71.   High water that swamped towns along the Missouri River pushed downstream Monday into the Mississippi, threatening this historic French settlement for the second time in two years.

72.   Illinois towns along the Mississippi River have seen heavy traffic from Iowa.

73.   Hurricanes killed scores of fishermen along the Pacific and flooded cities and towns along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

74.   In Duluth, Minnesota, a town along Lake Superior that is known for its chilly temps, five people have died this week because of the heat.

75.   In Bete, a town along the Atrato, nurse Charlie Cordoba must make do with almost no medical supplies.

76.   In towns along the freeway, nonpartisan voters like Ham could decide the race.

77.   In three separate incidents Saturday, soldiers killed five rebels near Mankulam, the biggest town along a strategic rebel-controlled highway.

78.   In towns along the scenic but often treacherous Nova Scotia coast, residents reported hearing sputtering noises from an aircraft passing overhead, then a thundering crash.

79.   In three separate incidents the same day, soldiers killed five rebels near Mankulam, the biggest town along a strategic rebel-controlled highway.

80.   Like Heckman, most residents in the rural towns along the river spent Friday watching the water, hoping for hints of how much more was on its way.