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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/07
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/30
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/17
Gallery: Places where the Gulf oil spill has made landfall...and counting
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Static kill plugs Gulf oil spill leak, but much work remains

Static kill: BPs efforts to plug the leak seem to have worked, but it's still too early to declare victory, officials say.
Gulf beach closings and warnings by the thousands from Louisiana to Florida, due to BP oil spill

Gulf beach closings from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were nearly 10 times more often this summer than last because of oil from BP's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Gulf oil cap will be installed today

Gulf oil cap could finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico nearly three months into the crisis.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/07
BP oil spill: Claims can't make up losses for many Gulf residents

The BP oil spill has cost the company almost $150 million and counting in compensation for damages to Gulf Coast workers and businesses. But replacing millions in undocumented income from the tourist-driven Gulf economy may prove impossible.
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/30
In Gulf oil spill 'war,' cleanup foot soldiers threaten mutiny

Claims problems and mixed messages from the Gulf oil spill unified command structure has local leaders from Pensacola to Plaquemines Parish fuming as the Gulf comes under what some call a 'tarball attack.'
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/17
Gallery: Places where the Gulf oil spill has made landfall...and counting
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/13
BP oil disaster: new oil numbers suggest more environmental damage

New figures could mean 42 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have already fouled the Gulf's delicate ecosystem.
Oil on Orange Beach, spill keeps looking worse

The spill was flowing at a daily rate that could possibly have been as high as 2.1 million gallons, twice the highest number the federal government had been saying.
The Gulf oil spill muddle: when oil nears shore, confusion begins

A group of Gulf Coast mayors erupted Saturday, blaming BP for letting the Gulf oil spill come ashore. But on Sunday, Obama's man in charge said it was federal coordinators' responsibility. The exchange laid bare a still-misunderstood chain of command for onshore operations.
In Pictures: Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
Global warming: Why public concern declines

On eve of the global warming summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, an informal global survey shows that public interest in the issue is waning. But many people are taking individual steps to curb global warming.