Tropical storm colin
NEW ORLEANS - Engineers began pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well Tuesday in what they think is their best chance yet to reach the ultimate goal in a delicate process - snuffing one of the world's largest spills for good.
NEW ORLEANS - BP says engineers have begun testing to determine whether they can begin pumping mud down the throat of the blown-out Gulf oil well in hopes of choking it for good.
NEW ORLEANS - BP engineers began testing the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well Tuesday in the first of several delicate steps in what they think is their best chance yet to reach the ultimate goal - snuffing one of the world's largest spills for good.
NEW ORLEANS - Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill.
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Colin is moving rapidly across the Atlantic but early forecasts put it on a track off the U.S.
