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First of the Rescued Sea Turtles Are Returned to the Gulf of Mexico

Nearly two dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtles -- among the most endangered of marine reptiles -- cleaned up after the oil spill are released back into the wild.

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First of Rescued Sea Turtles Are Returned to the Gulf

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(Aug. 18) -- In the latest sign of recovery for the Gulf of Mexico, government scientists today sent back to the wild the first batch of endangered sea turtles that were rescued from the oil-tainted ...

BP Sends Claimants Letters With No Checks Inside

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(Aug. 18) -- "By cashing this check," the letter said, "you acknowledge that BP has paid this amount as compensation for your claimed losses." Which Wayne Riser would have done -- his fiberglass ...

Reports Sharply Contradict Claims About Vanished Oil

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(Aug. 17) -- Two new reports from different groups of academic scientists are providing a counterweight to the government's rosy assertions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is drawing to a ...

US Is Toughening Scrutiny of Deepwater Drilling

2 days 19 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Aug. 16) -- The government said Monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling, ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed BP to drill its blown-out ...

Support for Drilling Ban Drops in Florida Now That the Oil Spill Is Contained

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Now that the runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer gushing oil, public opinion in Florida -- including the North Florida/Panhandle region that was most at risk -- has turned against the idea ...

La. Shrimpers Worry About Prices for New Season

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GRAND ISLE, La. (Aug. 16) -- Fishermen who spent much of the summer mopping up oil from BP's disastrous spill got back to work as the fall shrimping season in Louisiana's coastal waters opened Monday ...

Gulf Relief Well Driller Plans to Light Up Cigar After Job Is Done

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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 15) -- The man with pinpoint accuracy who is drilling the relief well meant to plug BP's runaway well is looking forward to finishing his mission and celebrating with a cigar, a ...

Obama Declares Gulf Coast 'Open for Business'

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 14) -- President Barack Obama declared Gulf Coast beaches clean, safe and open for business Saturday as he brought his family to the Florida Panhandle and promised ...

Government: BP Must Go Forward With Relief Well

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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 13) -- BP's broken oil well is not dead yet. The government's point man on the crisis said Friday that the blown-out well is not securely plugged to his satisfaction and that the ...

BP May Have Already Plugged Oil Well for Good

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(Aug. 13) -- Analysis of pressure tests on BP's cemented Gulf of Mexico oil well could indicate today that the damaged well is already plugged for good, and that a relief well won't be needed after ...

Alabama AG Sues BP, Others Over Gulf Oil Spill

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Aug. 12) -- Alabama's attorney general is suing BP and others over the Gulf oil spill because he says the oil company has broken too many promises about accepting responsibility for ...

Officials Testing Seal at BP's Broken Oil Well in Gulf

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NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 12) -- In the strongest indication yet that BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico may be plugged for good, officials on Thursday said they're conducting tests to determine if ...