Missouri levee holds as river crests

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• NEW: 17 deaths attributed to week's bad weather
  
• Meramec River begins to recede with 3 feet to spare
  
• Milwaukee gets 12.4 inches of snow overnight; season total 96 inches
  
• States across long swath of U.S. deal with flooding from heavy rain
  
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