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In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana’s tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Associated Press
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“A massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster”

GALLERY: The spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico
By Andrew Tolson
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May 3, 2010

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