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Bill Clinton: Consider Blowing Up Deepwater Horizon Well

(June 29) -- Former President Bill Clinton suggests that blowing up BP's gushing oil well may be necessary to stanch the leak in the Gulf of Mexico. "Unless we send the Navy down deep to blow up the well and cover the leak with piles and piles and piles of rock and debris, which may become necessary ... we are dependent...

Robot Subs Dispatched to Gulf for Oil Rig Leak

BATON ROUGE, La. (April 26) -- A fleet of robotic submarines is leading efforts to plug an oil well that's spewing crude oil at the Gulf of Mexico's seabed, nearly a mile below the water's surface, although officials conceded the operation might not work. At least four remote-controlled subs are being used in an attempt...

Oil Rig Sinks Into Gulf; Hope for Survivors Dims

NEW ORLEANS (April 22) -- A massive oil rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico today, nearly two days after exploding into flames. Meanwhile, it's increasingly unlikely that the 11 oil rig workers missing since the blast remain alive, a Coast Guard commander said. Rear Adm. Mary Landry said search crews would continue looking...

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04/24/12 Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case, say... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS The Justice Department said on Tuesday it filed the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, accusing a former BP engineer of destroying evidence.
04/20/12 The strange history of April 20, from Hitler to... Source: New York Daily News - New York NY In terms of world history, it would be hard to compete with April 20 for the title of Worst Day of the Year. I don't quite know why, and I think any explanation of the day;s significance would be incomplete.
03/27/12 Caribbean bottlenose dolphins severely ill after spill Source: The Earth Times Bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncates ) are common off Louisiana - or they were.