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Army Corps tamps down barge worries on Mississippi

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Associated Press Todd Thompson skis in front of the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi on New Year's Day, Tuesday, in St. Louis.

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Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that the industry fears is imminent, Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard officials said Friday.