Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Energy giant BP Plc indicated some progress on Monday toward capping the underwater well that ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico almost two weeks ago, pushing a giant oil slick toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The British company has been working to plug a leak nearly a mile under the surface of the ocean, under pressure from the U.S. government to try to limit a looming environmental and economic disaster to prized fishing, environmental and recreational areas.

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