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Mar 21 2008, AP

Burrowing rodents caused a century-old irrigation canal to fail and flood a rural Nevada town in January, a team of scientific experts concluded in a report for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation made public Thursday night.Muskrats, beavers, gophers and...

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In this image released by The O and M Company, the cast of “Break Out,” perform at the Union Square Theatre in New York.