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Reuters: On a typical summer weekend in Grand Isle, Louisiana, Frank Besson's small gift shop would be filled with customers picking up a souvenir as they headed back home from a weekend visit to the beach. But this summer, business at the Nez Coupe is down about 95 percent, Besson said, as most of this coastal community's beaches remain shut. Motels are filled with workers hired by BP Plc to clean up its oil spill, not tourists. Since BP's ruptured oil well was capped in July, no oil ......
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On Louisiana coast, residents bemoan a lost summer
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 27th, 2010
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