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Massive Oil Spill Could Happen Again, Panel Says

NEW ORLEANS -- A presidential commission's conclusion on the largest offshore oil spill in history that decisions meant to save time and money created an unreasonable amount of risk won't be the final word on the disaster. But it already has the companies involved with the blown-out well and Deepwater Horizon rig pointing...

After Gulf Blast, Drilling Ban Debate Intensifies

(Sept. 2) -- The explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has intensified the debate over the Obama administration's temporary ban on deepwater drilling in the gulf, even though the accident apparently did not involve drilling and the ban doesn't apply to the installation because it's in shallow...