Cleanup crews are working feverishly to deal with a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.  An explosion of unknown origin damaged the rig and the failure of the blowout preventer, a backup system for containing spills of this type located nearly 5,000 feet below the ocean's surface, compounded the containment efforts (http://tinyurl.com/2fdda38). Earlier today, a young man …

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