Military dumps "sand bombs" to lift New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The 16,000-pound (7,260-kg) sandbag parts the waters of the canal like a bomb before disappearing into the murky depths of hurricane-swamped New Orleans.
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