Teams gauge oil spill as Exxon says damage limited

Associated Press: Teams of federal and state workers fanned out Sunday along Montana's famed Yellowstone River to gauge the environmental damage from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline that spewed tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the waterway. The break near Billings, in south-central Montana, fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts to close intakes. There were reports of oil as far as 100 miles downstream near the town of Hysham. But an Exxon Mobil Corp. executive......

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