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Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill today morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official. The oil giant said Dudley would be in Biloxi, Miss., to announce that former Federal Eme rge n cy Ma n a geme n t Agency head James Lee Witt will support its recovery efforts. Local officials, especially in Louisiana, have been clamoring for more long-term commitments in the face of reports...
An explosion rocked an offshore oil drilling platform, sending a column of fire into the sky and touching off a frantic search at sea today for at least 11 reported missing. Most of the 126 workers on the rig Deepwater Horizon were believed to have escaped safely after the explosion about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Senior Chief Pet ty Of f icer Mike O'Berry said. The rig, more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, was still burning this morning. It was tilting about 70 degrees and...
