Skimmer sent by Kevin Costner’s company to do work in the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico

Kevin Costner’s oil skimmer to work in fouled Gulf

Kevin Costner lends Hollywood star power and oil-separating centrifuges to Gulf cleanup fight

Costner’s centrifuges deploy for Gulf oil cleanup

Latest effort to contain Gulf oil spill stalls when saw gets stuck in pipe

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Oil slick drifts close to Fla. beaches as BP works on latest risky bid to reduce Gulf gusher

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Risky business: Effort to contain gusher gets riskier with ‘cut and cap’; oil nears Fla.

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

BP shares plunge, losing billions in market value, as oil giant tries yet another Gulf oil fix

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

BP establishes floating hotels for workers in preparation for massive cleanup on Gulf Coast

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Obama visits beach threatened by Gulf oil spill; Set for briefing, remarks and meetings

Obama inspects beach threatened by Gulf oil spill

Obama tours Louisiana beach threatened by Gulf oil spill

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La. officials: Huge tar balls, some 8 inches across, found littering wide area of beach

La. officials: 8-inch tar balls washed up on beach

Helicopters airlift sandbags to drop on La. coastline in attempt to protect marshes from oil

Helicopters to drop sandbags for oil protection

Coast Guard: More than 2M gallons of oil-water mix collected since Gulf crude spill

More than 2M gallons of oil-water mix collected

Satellite images show oil extending west of Mississippi Delta, encroaching on Chandeleur Sound

Oil extending west around Mississippi Delta

100-ton containment box leaves for Gulf oil leak site, latest try by BP to clean up crude

Crews depart with giant box to help Gulf oil leak

Crews burn oil off Gulf water as giant containment box preps to head to site of massive spill

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Giant containment box to bottle up oil gets loaded on barge, headed for massive Gulf spill

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Giant containment box to bottle up oil will head to site of massive Gulf spill

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Delicate work unfolds a mile beneath the Gulf; engineers operate submarines via joystick

Delicate work unfolds a mile beneath Gulf

PORT FOURCHON, La. — It is a job that requires the expertise of a rocket scientist and the precision of a surgeon.

Crews finishing 98-ton concrete-and-metal box to be placed over 1 of the Gulf oil leaks

First oil containment box almost completed

With blowout preventer failed, BP will place rectangular containment boxes over Gulf oil spill

BP builds containment boxes to place over spill

Coast Guard calls off search for 11 workers missing since oil rig blast off La. coast

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Coast Guard resumes air search for 11 workers missing after oil rig blast off La. coast

Air search resumes for 11 missing in oil rig blast

Coast Guard says aerial search for 11 missing after oil rig blast off La. coast has resumed

Air search resumes for 11 missing oil rig workers

Survivors of La. oil rig explosion back on land; Coast Guard searches Gulf for 11 missing

La. oil rig survivors back on land; 11 missing

Relative: Boat with 100 survivors of La. oil rig blast reaches shore; search on for 11 missing

Boat with survivors of oil rig blast reaches shore

Families of La. oil rig blast survivors wait to see loved ones; search on for 11 missing

Families of Louisiana oil rig blast survivors wait