US Drought Subsiding, Slightly, But The Damage Is Done

America's worst drought in more than 50 years seems to be subsiding, slightly, as summer starts to wind down in the northern parts of the country and rain comes to the parched Southeast, according to the latest weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report.The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture estimates that 61.8 percent of the country's 48 contiguous states (excluding Hawaii and Alaska) are still under abnormally