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After latest fix fails, a dispiriting summer of oil, anger in store

After latest fix fails, a dispiriting summer of oil, anger in store

As the latest attempt to fix the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was declared a failure, and the next fix perhaps not in place until August, the people of the beleaguered Gulf Coast see a dispiriting summer of oil and anger ahead.

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Obama visits Gulf, says residents 'are not alone'

Obama visits Gulf, says residents 'are not alone'

Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama inspected a fouled beach, took in what he called "heartbreaking stories" of the catastrophe and declared "we're going to keep at it" until the America's largest-ever oil spill is stopped and cleaned up.

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Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill

Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill

As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.

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Scientists: Gulf oil spill surpasses Exxon Valdez

The Gulf oil spill has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history, according to new estimates released Thursday, but the Coast Guard and BP said an untested procedure to stop it seemed to be working.

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AP sources: Oil agency chief quits under pressure

The head of the troubled agency that oversees offshore drilling resigned under pressure Thursday, Democratic sources said, as President Barack Obama moved more aggressively to take charge of the Gulf oil spill.

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