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Thousands of acres of the Mississippi Delta are being inundated by floodwaters. Backwater levees along the Yazoo River, which feeds into the Mississippi, are not high enough to withstand this record flood. One town in the danger zone is Rolling Fork, which was home to legendary Mississippi bluesman Muddy Waters.

Rosedale, Miss, is in the middle of the flood zone in the Mississippi Delta. John Janoush, vice president of Jantran, which operates towboats, tells Steve Inskeep that six of his towboats are stuck on the Arkansas River, a tributary of the Mississippi.

Mitt Romney, who is exploring another run for the White House, was in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, talking about healthcare. It's an issue that's likely to be among the most difficult he'll face in his bid for the Republican nomination for 2012.

CEOs from the major oil companies were on Capitol Hill Thursday, being grilled by Democratic senators. Members of Senate Finance Committee asked the executives to testify about the tax breaks their companies receive.

Toyota was supposed to launch a new version of its Prius hybrid car Friday in Japan. But some buyers will have to wait until next year for delivery, because of shortages of a new battery. The shortage is the result of production delays caused by the March earthquake and tsunami.

A video on YouTube shows a man dressed as Batman putting up his dukes. Unfortunately for the caped crusader, a tourist throws multiple punches at him, and then picks up Batman and body-slams him before walking off.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a well known problem in his bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination — the health care plan he passed as governor. But Jay Cost of The Weekly Standard argues that Romeny's problem isn't health care, it's a historical, geographic split in the Republican Party.

The U.S. goal should be stability and that might mean giving the Taliban control or influence in the southern part of the country, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) says. President Obama is known to listen to the influential senator.

In 1944 Recy Taylor was abducted and assaulted by seven men in her rural Alabama town. It was part of a pattern of sexual violence toward black women at the time. This March the town passed a resolution formally apologizing to Taylor. Cynthia Gordy of The Root argues, it's about time.

Grey makes his first visit to Mountain Stage to perform a four-song, stripped-down acoustic set.