Flights to offshore wildlife refuge in La. halted

Associated Press: Federal officials have halted flights to the Breton National Wildlife Refuge off the Louisiana coast, saying aircraft hired by news organizations threaten the birds nesting in the barrier islands. A statement Saturday from the Coast Guard and other officials overseeing the oil spill cleanup said the flights and landings threaten the very birds that the media are covering. All access to the refuge has been closed as cleanup crews assess the damage from oil leaking from a well in ......

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