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Why Is BP Delaying the Bottom Kill Operation Till September?

(Aug. 20) -- National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday that BP's unruly well won't be killed once and for all until September. Original estimates had planned for the bottom kill -- which will kill the well for good -- to take place this month. At several points, emergency crews were even said to be ahead of...

New Gulf Oil Leak in Pictures

(July 27) -- Just as BP and the country were getting used to the thought of having finally contained the country's worst oil spill (at least temporarily), a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday opened a new leak in another company's wellhead, spraying a 100-foot-high plume of natural gas into the air and water...

Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms Near Bahamas

(July 22) -- After a day of anticipation and dread, it's finally here: Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second named tropical storm this season, officially formed as of 6:15 p.m. EDT today, the National Hurricane Center reported. The storm formed about 200 miles southeast of Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas, near the...