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Title: First ships crawl up Mississippi after spill (AP)
Post by: riky on July 26, 2008, 01:43:56 AM
First ships crawl up Mississippi after spill
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080724/capt.2cd1d4818ff5420b937849b41cbad230.mississippi_river_collision_ny112.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZnweWHQymAXoy8a7A8WSRg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard a 41-foot smallboat from Coast Guard Station New Orleans patrols a safety zone around the partially sunken barge Wednesday July 23, 2008 as industry officials prepare a salvage plan for the barge.  Early Wednesday morning the motor vessel Tintomara and the tugboat Mel Oliver collided in the Mississippi River in New Orleans spilling approximately 419,286 gals. of number six fuel oil.  (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard - Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas M. Blue)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_bi_ge/mississippi_river_collision)AP - Ships began crawling up the Mississippi River at New Orleans in a tightly controlled procession Friday, two days after a massive oil spill shut down a stretch of one of the nation's most critical commercial arteries.</p><br clear="all"/>


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