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STEAMBOAT RACE

The excursion boat Tom Sawyer passes under the Poplar Street Bridge during a trip in St. Louis on July 4, 2006. The Becky Thacher is also another excursion boat that works the Mississippi River in St. Louis. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

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