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Coast Guard personnel work to contain a fuel oil spill in the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans, Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
(photo: AP / Bill Haber)
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
San Diego
NEW ORLEANS - A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, forming the slick and closing about 47 miles of the...
barge at the other (southern) end of the Mississippi River as I was flying into Baton Rouge.
(photo: Creative commons)
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
Seattle Times
NEW ORLEANS - | A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, forming the slick and closing about 47 miles of t...
Crews cleaning oil from Mississippi River that is closed from New Orleans to Gulf of Mexico
Star Tribune
| NEW ORLEANS - Crews are cleaning more than 400,000 gallons of oil from a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico. | Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young says crews are using vacuum skimmers to pick up the oi...
Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans
The Examiner
NEW ORLEANS (Map, News) - The Coast Guard says 29 miles of the Mississippi River at New Orleans are closed after a tugboat pushing a barge and a 600-foot tanker crashed, causing diesel to leak into the water. | Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young ...
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
Lexington Herald-Leader
| NEW ORLEANS -- | A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the bar...
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
The Wichita Eagle
By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press Writer | ...
Russell Westbrook (sl1)
AP Photo / Kevork Djansezian
Basketball notebook: Horn sounds good to Downey
Lexington Herald-Leader
| Pickup games in a driveway told Ralph Willard that Darrin Horn knew how to play basketball. | Willard, who coached Horn at Western Kentucky, liked to talk about their one-on-one ...
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Toyota will start making Prius hybrid in US
Houston Chronicle
TOOLS | DETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp., the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut that saw its U.S. sales double in the last decade, has come back down to earth. Stung by rare double-digi...
Toyota Corolla
Public Domain Photo / Esirgen
Toyota Shifts Plans For U.S. Production
Wall Street Journal
Toyota Motor Corp. is starting to show a milder form of the symptoms plaguing Detroit's Big Three: excess manufacturing capacity, fleets of unsold trucks and a surplus of American ...
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
Seattle Times
NEW ORLEANS - | A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge,...
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
The News Tribune
NEW ORLEANS -- A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, ...
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
The Miami Herald
NEW ORLEANS -- A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. | Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, ...
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Indeed, one can eat heatlhy food at the California Mid-State Fair
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
By Leah Etling | The smell of fried fair food wafted through the air Wednesday as I headed out on my quest to answer the question: Would i be possible to eat a healthy meal or snack at the California Mid-State Fair? | Last year, during my first fair, I munched on deep-fried oreos, a corn dog and kettle corn. I tried the anamoly that is a deep-fried...
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 Mandy Rivett, phlebotomist at the Community Blood Bank of the Lancaster County Medical Society in Lincoln, Neb., right, begins drawing blood from donor Doug Delhay Monday, Jan. 16, 2005. Since 1998, Delhay has donated three gallons of whole blood and 13
(photo: AP Photo/Bill Wolf)
Blood donors get chance to win a Harley-Davidson
Toledo Blade
In order to increase awareness about the need for blood and platelet donors, the American Red Cross is holding a sweepstakes with a prize of a 105th Anniversary Edition Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom. | Through Sept. 28, blood donors at participating Red Cross Blood Drives can be entered to win the motorcycle, donated by Napoleon Harley-Davi...
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