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Debris will delay plugging Gulf oil leak
- NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- Courier-Journal
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- 7/31/2010 5:18:00 PM
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Oil-damaged wetlands may just have to wait it out
- Although thick, sprawling oil slicks of have vanished from much of the surface of the Gulf of Mexico , pockets of goo still menace delicate wetlands and there is no effective way to clean them up, experts said ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/31/2010 5:03:41 PM
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It's a Heat Wave: Triple Digits All Week
- North Texans will be scrambling for air conditioning and shade this weekend as temperatures climb into the triple-digits across the state. On Saturday the official high at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was 102 ...
- NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
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- 7/31/2010 4:27:53 PM
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3 Squabbling Companies Must Cooperate To Plug Gulf Oil Well
- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental ...
- Free Internet Press
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- 7/31/2010 3:59:15 PM
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Continued: Grasses hold key to marsh survival after oil spill
- TAMBOUR BAY, LA. - In the next act of the drama of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, two important heroes don't look like heroes. They are just thin green stalks, sticking out of grass too wet to stand on. They are cordgrass ...
- Minneapolis Star Tribune
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- 7/31/2010 3:16:19 PM
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BP Winning The Propaganda War: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
- BP has conned the federal government and about 93% of the American people that the exploratory oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is under control. In deed, the well was capped July 15 as a temporary stopgap. BP ...
- The Moderate Voice
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- 7/31/2010 2:47:41 PM
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Debris in relief well sets workers back
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It will be more like Tuesday before workers are able to begin plugging the leak in the Gulf oil spill. Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento ...
- Roanoke Daily Herald
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- 7/31/2010 2:40:31 PM
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Documents indicate heavy use of dispersants in gulf spill
- Now, scientists say, it's difficult to tell what the added use of dispersants permitted by the Coast Guard meant for the gulf. The chemicals may have helped break up some oil before it reached sensitive marshes along the ...
- Washington Post
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- 7/31/2010 2:33:22 PM
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Commercial fishing opens on east side of Mississippi River
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. The ...
- Abbeville Meridional
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- 7/31/2010 1:00:18 PM
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Gulf Oil Spill Released Toxic, Tough-to-track Chemicals
- (USA Today/WLTX) -- Out of sight, out of mind? With surface oil slicks fading from view in the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of the capped Macondo well, we'd be out of our minds to think that the oil still isn't there, warn ...
- WLTX.com
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- 7/31/2010 12:53:09 PM
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now
- ON THE GULF OF MEXICO—The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico—with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface—when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 ...
- Denver Post
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- 7/31/2010 12:38:50 PM
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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now
- ON THE GULF OF MEXICO—The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico—with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface—when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 ...
- San Jose Mercury News
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- 7/31/2010 12:38:50 PM
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Local official says plenty of oil to clean up in Gulf
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) - One local official in Louisiana says there's still plenty of oil to clean up in the Gulf of Mexico, despite comments from BP's incoming chief that it's "not too soon" to scale back ...
- WINKNEWS.com
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- 7/31/2010 12:31:40 PM
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
- BILOXI, Miss. — BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- Shreveport Times
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- 7/31/2010 11:34:24 AM
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Gulf oil spill relief well debris sets back work
- NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- News-Press
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- 7/31/2010 11:05:46 AM
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Nungesser: Not time to 'scale back' on cleanup
- One local official in Louisiana says there's still plenty of oil to clean up in the Gulf of Mexico, despite comments from BP's incoming chief that it's "not too soon" to scale back. Plaquemines Parish President Billy ...
- WWL-TV
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- 7/31/2010 10:58:37 AM
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Local official says plenty of oil to clean up in Gulf
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- One local official in Louisiana says there's still plenty of oil to clean up in the Gulf of Mexico, despite comments from BP's incoming chief that it's "not too soon" to scale back. Plaquemines Parish ...
- KGAN.com
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- 7/31/2010 10:58:37 AM
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Tighter offshore regs head to Senate
- WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The oil industry and its allies in Congress had sharp parting words for a bill passed by the House aimed at improving offshore oil-drilling safety. The environmental safeguards ...
- United Press International
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- 7/31/2010 10:58:37 AM
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Storm Sets Back Work on Oil Gusher
- NEW ORLEANS—Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- Wall Street Journal
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- 7/31/2010 10:37:08 AM
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Debris in relief well delays work on oil gusher
- Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug the leak for good, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Friday. The Development Driller II is drilling the relief ...
- KVAL
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- 7/31/2010 8:49:46 AM
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Debris in relief well delays work on oil gusher
- The Development Driller II is drilling the relief well at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a ...
- KOMO News
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- 7/31/2010 8:49:46 AM
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BC-US--Gulf Oil Spill-Salazar, US
- ON THE GULF OF MEXICO - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly ...
- CNBC
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- 7/31/2010 8:42:36 AM
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Debris Sets Back Work On Stopping The Gusher
- Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used ...
- NPR News
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- 7/31/2010 7:59:39 AM
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Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
- N EW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- Boston Herald
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- 7/31/2010 7:52:30 AM
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Gulf Oil Spill: Debris In Relief Well Sets Back Work On Gusher
- NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- Huffingtonpost.com
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- 7/31/2010 7:45:20 AM
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Salazar tours rigs, keeps drill ban
- The Front Runner rig, owned by Houston-based Nabors Offshore Corp., operates in 3,300 feet of water 92 miles off the Louisiana coast. At a briefing with Salazar, executives made an impassioned plea, citing the rig's ...
- Deseret News
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- 7/31/2010 7:16:42 AM
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Latest updates and pictures from the BP oil spill
- The Gulf oil spill disaster has largely left the headlines, but real risks still remain for the region. A lot of the oil and dispersants remains underwater, and research will need to be done in coming years to find the ...
- Examiner
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- 7/31/2010 7:09:33 AM
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Crane tips over, lands in Lake Whatcom at Bloedel boat launch
- A crane that replaced log booms at the boat launch at Bloedel Donovan Park fell off its barge and into Lake Whatcom Friday, July 30, spilling five gallons of oil and damaging a boat. COURTESY FOR THE HERALD A ...
- Tacoma News Tribune
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- 7/31/2010 7:02:23 AM
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As BP winds down cleanup, environmental impact spreads
- In another indication that BP will seize on its reported success in finally stopping the Gulf oil blowout to protect its revenues, new CEO Bob Dudley on Friday said that the company will start to wind down its cleanup ...
- World Socialist Web Site
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- 7/31/2010 7:02:23 AM
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Salazar Gets Firsthand Look at Gulf Disaster
- ON THE GULF OF MEXICO—The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico—with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface—when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 ...
- Wall Street Journal
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- 7/31/2010 6:55:14 AM
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Signs of Oil Spill Recovery Entering New Phase
- BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting ...
- First Coast News
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- 7/31/2010 6:05:07 AM
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South Fla., East Coast miss spill impacts
- NEW ORLEANS - Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never ...
- Star-Banner
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- 7/31/2010 4:24:54 AM
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Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well
- Engineers on Saturday prepared to permanently seal a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well as incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed that his company would stand by local residents who have suffered the effects of the spill ...
- Raw Story
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- 7/31/2010 3:34:48 AM
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Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
- As a young Marine staff sergeant, back home after fighting in the South Pacific, he stood on barges in the gulf and watched as surplus mines, bombs and ammunition were pushed over the side. He helped build the gulf’s ...
- Herald Tribune
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- 7/31/2010 3:27:38 AM
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Theater for the New City Presents GONE FISSION, Opens 7/31
- When an out-of-work Account Executive takes a survival job as a Census Taker, he visits a fish restaurant. A hurricane transforms the place to a Louisiana Bayou, where Father Neptune is conducting a summit ...
- Broadway World
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- 7/31/2010 2:01:44 AM
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Spill cleanup entering new stage
- BILOXI, Miss. – BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scaleback” in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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- 7/31/2010 1:11:38 AM
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Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
- NEW ORLEANS—Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day. Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well ...
- San Jose Mercury News
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- 7/31/2010 12:57:19 AM
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New phase of cleanup looms, BP chief says
- BILOXI, Miss — BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scaleback” in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing ...
- New Haven Register
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- 7/31/2010 12:21:31 AM
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New BP CEO critical of cleanup
- BILOXI, Miss. – BP’s incoming CEO said Friday that it’s time for a “scaleback” of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but stressed that the commitment to make things right is ...
- Olympian
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- 7/31/2010 12:07:12 AM
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Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
- Enbridge Inc., the Canadian owner of the ruptured pipeline that released the crude into the Kalamazoo River, says the spill is contained. Gov. Jennifer Granholm said after a helicopter inspection of the ...
- Olympian
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- 7/31/2010 12:07:12 AM
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Commercial fishing reopens in Southeast Louisiana
- NEW ORLEANS — Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat ...
- Shreveport Times
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- 7/31/2010 12:00:03 AM
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'Scale back' in clean up operation initiated as slick recedes
- Federal officials have announced ‘scale back’ of clean up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico stating that there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. Some fishing areas are also starting to reopen. It has taken ...
- The Money Times
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- 7/30/2010 11:31:25 PM
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Commercial fishing reopens in Southeast Louisiana (7/31)
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. The ...
- Lake Charles American Press
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- 7/30/2010 11:17:06 PM
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Oil Spill Officials Shift to Long-Term Concerns
- NEW ORLEANS -- Officials in charge of the oil spill response in the gulf region say they are beginning to shift their efforts to a new phase, focusing more on long-term recovery now that some of the urgent demands of the ...
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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- 7/30/2010 11:02:47 PM
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
- BILOXI, Miss.— BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- Boston Globe
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- 7/30/2010 10:34:09 PM
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BP continues to scale back
- BARATARIA BAY, La. • As visible slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico disappear, BP is scaling back its massive cleanup effort, pulling out miles of protective orange boom from the coastline, cutting ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- 7/30/2010 9:58:21 PM
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BP official calls for 'scaleback' on oil spill
- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen ...
- Norwalk Hour
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- 7/30/2010 9:22:34 PM
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Pasco Crime Tracker
- This crime index is published to help residents keep track of crime in their neighborhood and to promote public safety. Below is a listing of crimes handled by the Pasco County Sheriff's Office from July 11-17 ...
- Tampa Bay Online
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- 7/30/2010 9:15:24 PM
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Commercial fishing reopens in southeast Louisiana
- NEW ORLEANS — With approval from federal officials, Louisiana has reopened to commercial fishing a portion of state waters that had been closed because of the BP oil spill. The Department of Wildlife and ...
- Biloxi Sun Herald
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- 7/30/2010 9:01:06 PM
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Incoming BP Chief: Time To Scale Back Cleanup
- BP's incoming CEO, Bob Dudley, says it's time to scale back the oil spill cleanup in the Gulf. At a news conference today, he also announced that former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief James Lee Witt ...
- NPR News
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- 7/30/2010 8:39:37 PM
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Oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned
- An oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Some 57,539 square miles (149,026 square kilometers) of federal fishing waters still remain off-limits ...
- YAHOO!
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- 7/30/2010 8:03:50 PM
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Idle fishermen fret as oil clean-up jobs disappear
- VENICE, La. — Uncertainty, like the gulf's waters, ebbs and flows in this fishing village in Louisiana's southern reaches. Shortly after the oil began gushing more than three months ago, fishing was banned ...
- St. Petersburg Times
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- 7/30/2010 7:28:02 PM
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2,400 square miles reopened for fishing, shrimping
- It's news most commercial fishermen have been waiting for since the BP oil spill docked their boats more than 100 days ago. Nearly 2,400 square miles of Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River, off the coasts of ...
- YAHOO!
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- 7/30/2010 7:20:53 PM
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Oil-spill recovery entering new phase
- Dudley said it's "not too soon for a scaleback" in the cleanup, and in areas where there is no oil, "you probably don't need to see people in hazmat suits on the beach." He added, however, that there is "no pullback" in ...
- Deseret News
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- 7/30/2010 6:59:24 PM
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Commercial fishing reopens in SE La.
- Commercial fishermen were allowed back in some Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River on Friday after federal authorities said samples of finfish and shrimp taken there were safe to eat. The opening came two ...
- Examiner
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- 7/30/2010 6:23:37 PM
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Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
- BILOXI, Miss. — BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to ...
- Houston Chronicle
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- 7/30/2010 5:47:49 PM
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Gulf oil spill: Louisiana fish and shrimp get thumbs-up
- Is Louisiana seafood safe to eat? U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Friday heartily endorsed the decision of Louisiana fisheries officials to reopen wide swaths of state ...
- Los Angeles Times
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- 7/30/2010 5:26:21 PM
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Incoming BP CEO: Time to Scale Back Gulf Cleanup
- On day 100 of the devastating oil spill, Mark Strassmann reports from Gulfport, Miss. that with the well capped and the spill breaking up it's tough to find any oil on the surface of the gulf. BP's incoming ...
- CBS News
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- 7/30/2010 5:12:02 PM
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New BP boss says there will be ‘pullback’ in cleanup
- New BP chief executive Bob Dudley. Photo: BP NEW ORLEANS -- Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed on Friday that the British energy giant would not abandon Gulf residents for years to come, as engineers fine-tuned ...
- Grist
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- 7/30/2010 5:04:52 PM
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South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact
- NEW ORLEANS (AP)- Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude ...
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- 7/30/2010 5:04:52 PM
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BP pulls back oil spill cleanup operation
- As visible slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico disappear, BP is scaling back its massive cleanup effort, pulling out miles of protective orange boom from the coastline and cutting the number of ships ...
- Los Angeles Times
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- 7/30/2010 5:04:52 PM
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Signs of Gulf recovery entering new phase
- BILOXI, Miss. -- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- Fresno Bee
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- 7/30/2010 4:50:33 PM
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Capt. Rusty Graybill
- Capt. Rusty Graybill, a shrimp, crab and oyster fisherman talks with reporters in Yscloskey, La., Friday, July 30, 2010. About 70 percent of Louisiana waters are now open to some kind of commercial fishing, but state ...
- YAHOO!
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- 7/30/2010 4:50:33 PM
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Dawn Nunez
- Dawn Nunez talks with a reporter inside her deli market Amigo Ice Co, Inc. which also sells seafood wholesale on the market in Yscloskey, La., Friday, July 30, 2010. About 70 percent of Louisiana waters are now open to ...
- YAHOO!
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- 7/30/2010 4:50:33 PM
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For 'oiled' marshlands, time may be the only balm
- WAVELAND, Miss. — A few days ago, at least a dozen tiny crabs scurried along the sandy bottom of Jackson Marsh near here, just inches beneath a streak of oily sheen that was racing back into a crude-soaked ...
- Biloxi Sun Herald
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- 7/30/2010 4:00:27 PM
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Gulf Oil Spill: BP Says Time For 'Scaleback' Of Cleanup Efforts
- BILOXI, Miss. — BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- Huffingtonpost.com
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- 7/30/2010 3:10:20 PM
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Gulf states now worry about restoring their image
- Louisiana fishermen pray their livelihood will return, hoteliers in Alabama wait for the phones to ring, and New Orleans' finest chefs cook up public relations strategies rather than po'-boys — all because ...
- Centre Daily
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- 7/30/2010 2:34:33 PM
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Navy secretary to hold town hall meetings on Gulf's future
- WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all ...
- The State
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- 7/30/2010 2:27:23 PM
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Signs Of Spill Recovery Entering New Phase
- BILOXI, Miss. -- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are ...
- WSB-TV Atlanta
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- 7/30/2010 2:20:14 PM
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Navy secretary to hold town hall meetings on Gulf's future
- WASHINGTON Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five ...
- Tri-City Herald
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- 7/30/2010 2:20:14 PM
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Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future
- WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all ...
- McClatchy
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- 7/30/2010 2:05:55 PM
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Less surface oil, less work for fishermen
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill ...
- Enterprise-Journal
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- 7/30/2010 1:37:17 PM
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BP pulls up boom as fishing areas reopen
- NEW ORLEANS -- As large, visible oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico disappear, BP is scaling back its cleanup, with fewer ships scouting for oil and fewer people scouring beaches for slicks. Crews ...
- Sacramento Bee
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- 7/30/2010 1:22:58 PM
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US Gulf Coast states push for offshore oil revenues
- As a part of 2006 energy legislation, lawmakers like Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu secured a deal to direct a 37.5 percent share of U.S. offshore royalties to coastal states starting in 2017. The provision would net $ ...
- Inside Fidelity
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- 7/30/2010 1:01:29 PM
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Gulf Coast states push for offshore oil revenues
- NEW ORLEANS Louisiana (Reuters) - BP massive oil spill has given Gulf Coast lawmakers leverage to push for a larger share of the billions of dollars in royalties that oil companies pay to drill in U.S. waters ...
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- 7/30/2010 12:40:01 PM
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Bistineau Task Force holds July meeting
- The 2nd Bistineau Task Force (BTF) meeting was held July 15 at the Webster Parish Courthouse in Minden. In this meeting, the Dorcheat and Bodcau SWCD Resolutions were presented and officers were elected. They were Billy ...
- nwlanews.com
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- 7/30/2010 12:32:51 PM
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South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact
- Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never ...
- Arizona Daily Star
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- 7/30/2010 11:28:26 AM
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South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact
- Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never ...
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- 7/30/2010 11:14:07 AM
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South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact
- NEW ORLEANS - Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP PLC spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because ...
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- 7/30/2010 11:14:07 AM
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Effort to stop Gulf gusher delayed over sediment
- The government's point man for the Gulf oil spill says there's been a delay in a procedure that will help stop the gusher for good. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that debris was found in the bottom ...
- San Luis Obispo Tribune
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- 7/30/2010 10:31:10 AM
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Effort to stop Gulf gusher delayed over sediment
- Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Friday that debris was found in the bottom of the relief well that must be fished out before crews can pump mud into the busted well in a procedure known as a static kill. The ...
- Olympian
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- 7/30/2010 10:24:00 AM
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New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-up
- NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley Friday vowed the British energy giant would not abandon Gulf residents for years to come, as engineers fine-tuned plans to kill a ruptured well for ...
- YAHOO!
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- 7/30/2010 10:09:41 AM
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AgCenter agents retire
- Tangipahoa Parish is losing years of experience and a wealth of knowledge with the retirement this weekend of three LSU AgCenter extension agents. Extension Agent-family Kathy Mauthe, County Agent Chic Core ...
- Hammond Daily Star
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- 7/30/2010 10:09:41 AM
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Big crab catch might equal forecast
- This could be a banner year for Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. Maryland officials in April forecast the comeback of the blue crab, attributing it to better management practices they hope will be reflected in a similar ...
- So Md News.com
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- 7/30/2010 8:50:57 AM
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Revolt of the six-figure Wall Street coders
- Sergey Aleynikov in February. High-speed frequency trading programmers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose ... but your shirts. Slashdot points us to an amusing story in Forbes reporting labor unrest ...
- Salon
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- 7/30/2010 8:50:57 AM
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Hope and Oil Mixing in the Gulf
- Ask any of the fisherman along the Gulf of Mexico what they would rather be doing, and the answer won't be far off that of charter boat captain Jason Blanchard. "Fishing," he says. "That was going to be my career ...
- Ethiopian Review
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- 7/30/2010 8:50:57 AM
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Has regulation or nature fueled rebound of crabs?
- Petey Eastridge and Bobby Abner stand with the 15 bushels of blue crabs they caught a recent morning aboard the Brittney Mae. Abner has been running a crab boat for 45 years along with owning and building up Abner's Cove ...
- So Md News.com
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- 7/30/2010 8:50:57 AM
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House Begins Debating Oil Spill Reform Bill
- The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Friday to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the BP oil spill . Getty Images Fire boats battle a fire at the ...
- CNBC
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- 7/30/2010 8:36:38 AM
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BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
- BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged ...
- Inside Fidelity
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- 7/30/2010 8:29:28 AM
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Louisiana reopens waters east of the river to comm...
- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has re-opened commercial fishing for shrimp and finfish in areas east of the Mississippi River, following weeks of discussion and testing done in coordination with the ...
- Bayou Buzz
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- 7/30/2010 8:29:28 AM
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Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'scaleback' in cleanup
- Deckhand Sang Nguyen swings in a hammock made from fishing net on the deck of a commercial fishing vessel while on standby with the vessels of opportunity program in Empire, La., Thursday, July 29, 2010. As ...
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
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- 7/30/2010 8:29:28 AM
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Louisiana Bancorp reports higher second-quarter income
- Chairman and CEO Lawrence J. LeBon, III said the bank's loan portfolio has no direct exposure to companies operating in the energy or fishing industries, which have borne the immediate impact of this disaster ...
- New Orleans Times-Picayune
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- 7/30/2010 8:15:09 AM
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Louisiana reopens fishing grounds after spill closure
- Louisiana has reopened wide swaths of state fishing grounds that were closed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after seafood testing, the state said. Working in coordination with the federal Food and ...
- Raw Story
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- 7/30/2010 7:25:03 AM
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Some La. waters reopened to commercial, sport fishing
- NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana officials have reopened to commercial fishing a portion of state waters that had been closed because of the BP oil spill. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on Thursday reopened an area ...
- Houston Chronicle
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- 7/30/2010 6:27:47 AM
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Fishermen and Oil Workers Face Uncertainty
- Oil refineries dot vast wetlands throughout the Louisiana coast -- images of two major economic drivers that now face an uncertain future. As oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster threatens coastal waters ...
- FOXNews (blog)
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- 7/30/2010 6:13:28 AM
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L.D.W.F. announces reopening of commercial fishing areas
- Today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) – in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – has ordered an emergency reopening of commercial fishing areas that were ...
- Daily Comet
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- 7/30/2010 5:51:59 AM
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Crew leaps to safety as boat burns in Indian River | VIDEO
- ROCKLEDGE — En route to Louisiana, a recently purchased shrimp boat went up in flames Thursday morning, sending its two occupants leaping into the Indian River as the vessel drifted to shore as a burned-out ...
- Florida Today
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- 7/30/2010 5:16:12 AM
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Holistic education center changes the game in New ...
- Louisiana Bancorp, Inc. Announces Earnings for the... Holistic education center changes the game in New ... Louisiana Reopens Some Fishing Areas After FDA Tes... May take 10 days to cap abandoned, leaking well of ...
- Bayou Buzz
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- 7/30/2010 4:26:05 AM
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Less oil, less work for Gulf fishermen
- NEW ORLEANS — Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill have ...
- Monterey County Herald
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- 7/30/2010 4:26:05 AM
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Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover
- Captain Vatroslav Garbin stands near his commercial oyster boat while on standby with the vessels of opportunity program in Empire, La., Thursday, July 29, 2010. Garbin signed a contract to participate in the ...
- Idaho Statesman
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- 7/30/2010 4:18:56 AM
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Less oil, less work in Gulf
- NEW ORLEANS – Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill have ...
- Northwest Herald
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- 7/30/2010 3:35:59 AM
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Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover
- FILE - In this May 28, 2010 photo, BP CEO Tony Hayward is aboard the Discover Enterprise drill ship during recovery operations in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Venice, La. Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing ...
- Times Union
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- 7/30/2010 2:53:02 AM
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Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen
- Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill have found work ...
- Town Hall
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- 7/30/2010 2:45:53 AM
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Less oil on surface means less work for Gulf fishermen
- NEW ORLEANS — Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill have found work ...
- Times West Virginian
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- 7/30/2010 2:45:53 AM
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Gulf of Mexico Has Long Been a Sink of Pollution
- HOUMA, La. — Loulan Pitre Sr. was born on the Gulf Coast in 1921, the son of an oysterman. Nearly all his life, he worked on the water, abiding by the widely shared faith that the resources of the Gulf of Mexico were ...
- The Ledger
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- 7/30/2010 2:17:15 AM
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Less oil on surface means less work
- NEW ORLEANS -- Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen. Many of those whose fisheries were shut down by the oil spill have ...
- Montgomery Advertiser
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- 7/30/2010 2:02:56 AM
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Gulf plan moves closer
- NEW ORLEANS -- A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging the blownout Gulf well for good could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the spill response said Thursday. The so ...
- The Sun News
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- 7/30/2010 1:41:27 AM