[THS] Stories: Oil spill flowing at up to 2.52 million gallons a day

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Oil spill flowing at up to 2.52 million gallons a day, scientists say:

Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from the ruptured
well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be leaking up to 2.52
million gallons of crude a day.
http://tinyurl.com/23vcpoj

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Oil spill raises concerns about air quality along coastal Louisiana: Video :

There are effects from the oil spill that you can see, like oil washing ashore, and
those that you can't, like when oil compounds breakdown and go airborne.
http://www.wwltv.com/home/Oil-Spill-Raises-Concerns-About-Air-Quality-Along-
Coastal-Louisiana-94202149.html

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BP Hires Mercs to Block Oily Beaches:

BP, in a move destined to go down as one of the bestest public relations moves ever,
has apparently hired a private security company to help to keep pesky reporters from
covering the unfolding catastrophe on the beaches of the Gulf Coast.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/bp-hires-mercs-to-block-oily-beaches/

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BP Said to Agree on $20 Billion Fund for Oil Spill :

BP Plc tentatively agreed to put about $20 billion into a fund to pay damages over a
period of time resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with claims administered by
the lawyer who oversaw executive compensation for the government's financial
bailout, people familiar with the talks said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=atRuCSfZ1nwc

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Obama's Oil Spill Speech: Full Text:

Remarks of President Barack Obama-As Prepared for Delivery - Address to the Nation
on the BP Oil Spill - Tuesday, June 15, 2010
http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2010/06/15/obamas-oil-spill-speech-full-text/

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Ixtoc Disaster Holds Clues to Evolution of an Oil Spill:

On a spring day in the Gulf of Mexico, a pipe issuing from the sea floor ruptured,
sending an explosion rippling up to the drilling platform above and spewing oil into
the surrounding waters. That was 31 years ago.
http://www.ipsnews.org/text/news.asp?idnews=51843