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The northern Iraq city of Mosul sits astride the Tigris River on the main road south to the Sunni heartland and the capital, Baghdad. As a result, it is considered a key prize in the Iraq war and an intense struggle to control the streets is under way. Philip Reeves is embedded with U.S. forces in Mosul.

David Greenberger relates the fantastical story of FBI agent Big Al and his run-in with dope-running monkeys. The story is based on a conversation with Albert Entzel of Chattanooga, Tenn., and is collected on the CD The Mayor of Tennessee River, music by Shaking Ray Levis.

U.S. troops boost their presence in Baghdad after two American soldiers are killed and nine wounded by Iraqi gunmen in Fallujah, a city west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. NPR's Nick Spicer reports that in Fallujah, hostility toward the U.S. occupation is vocal and widespread.

The creeks and rivers that run through East Palestine, Ohio are contaminated with chemicals from the train derailment that occurred in early February.

In January, pilot Chesley Sullenberger landed a US Airways flight safely on the Hudson River after a flock of birds disabled both engines. Everyone onboard survived. Since then, he has raised questions about the quality of training and support available to newer pilots.

Video footage showed roads turned to rivers and cars, trash cans and many other large items being swept away in high currents.

The flooding has killed at least 27 people in Laos. In Cambodia, the Sekong River rose to nearly 12 meters (almost 40 feet) on Thursday — a height that flooded 17 villages.

The river is expected to peak at around 19 1/2 feet later this weekend, but not before it swallowed up streets, halted all boat traffic and sent rats scurrying through the city.

Two counties remain under a state of emergency after a train carrying oil derailed on Monday. Dozens of residents around Armstrong Creek evacuated after several rail cars caught fire next to a river.

Law enforcement in North Dakota arrested more than 140 on private land owned by the pipeline company. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe wants to prevent the pipeline from running under the Missouri River.