The shadow of an Alabama Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flies over an oil ribbon in Gulf Shores, July 16, 2010. (USCG photo / Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Ruoti) 

Surface oil broken up, burned

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said crews are having trouble finding patches of the crude that had been washing up on beaches and coating delicate coastal wetlands since the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded April 20, …

  1. Oil ribbon_20100726154202_JPGSurface oil broken up, burned
  2. oil-well2-072310_20100723100729_JPGGulf gusher may stop sooner
  3. 0708oil-east9a_tmb0003_JPGGulf oil unlikely to reach East Coast

 

Concerns remain over FCAT discrepancies

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Protesters Handcuff Themselves to Jail

Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law, and dozens of people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear.

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