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  • Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher (AP)

    James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Witt, the former FEMA director under President Bill Clinton, is expected to advise BP through its long-term response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.


  • Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well (AFP)

    An oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Some 57,539 square miles (149,026 square kilometers) of federal fishing waters still remain off-limits, robbing Louisiana of a key economic lifeline, and the BP-owned oil well leak has had a significant impact on precious coastal ecosystems.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Engineers on Saturday prepared to permanently seal a ruptured Gulf of Mexico well as incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed that his company would stand by local residents who have suffered the effects of the spill.


  • House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate (AP)

    Demonstrator Mary Ann Thomas wears chocolate syrup on her face next to a similarly stained stuffed duck on a fence during a protest in Berkeley, Calif. on Friday, July 30, 2010 to mark the 100th day anniversary of BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess.


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