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BP well cap collecting more leaking oil-Coast Guard
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 5th, 2010
Reuters: BP's containment cap over its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well collected 6,000 barrels of oil over a 24-hour period, signaling progress in efforts to control the leak, the U.S. national oil spill response commander said on Saturday. Asked whether the welltop containment device was working, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told a briefing: "Yes -- with caveats". "In the first full 24-hour cycle yesterday ... they were able to bring up ... 6,000 barrels of oil from the well," Allen ...
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United States: Record warmth, lack of snow give wildlife a jump
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 5th, 2010
LaCrosse Tribune: National Weather Service radar captured a hatch of mayflies May 29 along the Mississippi River. Flowers bloomed in a month better known for showers. Sap stopped flowing in March, and mayflies hatched in May. It was the second-warmest meteorological spring on record for La Crosse and the driest since 1996, according to the National Weather Service. It also was the first spring without snow in 127 years of modern observation. "It's been a very strange spring," said Karl ...