Towboat Senior Deckhand Al Davis, right, and Junior Deck Hand Randy Howard, left, work on securing barges they anchored earlier on Mississippi River the near Quincy, Ill., Monday, June 16, 2008. The barges which contain soybeans and corn will be anchored in the river until the flood waters recede. The Mississippi River is closed to barge traffic due to flood conditions that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of corn and soybeans. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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