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The latest official update from the National Hurricane Center shows Tropical Depression Bonnie as a tropical disturbance that may be falling apart. However, the official forecast model still predicts that Bonnie will head toward the Louisiana coastline over the weekend, possibly bringing tropical-storm-force winds ...
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Vital warning systems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were switched off at the time of the explosion to spare workers being woken by false alarms, a federal investigation has heard.
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The government's oil spill chief tried to tamp down fears Tuesday that BP's capped well is buckling under the pressure, saying that seepage detected along the sea floor less than two miles away is coming from an older well no longer in production.
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Oil is leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured oil well, but federal officials intend to leave it in place for now.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says Monday afternoon that the leaks are so far not a major concern...
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With temporary cap in place keeping oil gusher at bay, Gulf Coast residents ask: Now what? Where will the millions of as-yet uncollected, unburned, unseen gallons of oil from the blown-out Deepwater Horizon well end up?
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BP was encouraged early Friday by results from an experimental cap shutting in oil from its busted Gulf of Mexico well, saying everything was holding steady 17 hours into the effort. BP vice president Kent Wells said on a conference call that there was no evidence of a leak in the pipe under the sea floor, one of the main concerns.
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With hurricane-whipped waves pushing more oil onto the Gulf of Mexico's once-white beaches, the government pinned its latest cleanup hopes Wednesday on a huge new piece of equipment: the world's largest oil-skimming vessel.
The Taiwanese-flagged former tanker named the "A Whale" is the length of 3 1/2 football fields and stands 10 stories high.
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BP's mounting costs for capping and cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico spill have reached $2.65 billion, the oil giant said Monday, but the company denied reports out of Russia that CEO Tony Hayward is resigning.
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A Federal judge has blocked the six-month moratorium on offshore drilling ordered by President Obama following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward attended a yachting race in England yesterday. It was just the latest BP public relations gaffe in the Gulf oil spill. Here are 10 of the worst...
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