Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
KEY WEST, Fla.
(AP) — The Coast Guard says tar balls that floated ashore in the Florida Keys aren't linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.A report released Wednesday says tests by a Coast Guard laboratory show the tar balls don't match the type of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The source of the tar balls isn't known. Tar balls can occur naturally or come from other sources such as ships.Twenty were found Monday and several others Tuesday.Government scientists who surveyed the Gulf on Tuesday said tendrils of light oil were near or already in a powerful current that could take it to Florida. The loop current circulates in the Gulf and takes water south to the Florida Keys and the Gulf Stream. But most oil remains dozens of miles away from the current....NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed through the central Bahamas and was approaching the Florida Keys on Friday along a course that is expected to cr...
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Senators challenge Obama administration's actions before and after the Gulf oil spill
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed through the central Bahamas on Thursday night while tracking a course that could take it over the site of the Gu...
Scientists predict Gulf oil spill will reach Florida Keys
HAVANA (AP) — U.S and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is believed to be dumping s...
Events May 16, Day 27 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd...
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Coast Guard looks for source as Gulf oil spill spreads
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KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says 20 tar balls have been found off Key West, Fla., but the agency stopped short of saying whether they came from a mass...
Federal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be s...
Increasing concerns that oil spill may have entered Gulf current
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An outer edge of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached a powerful current that could take it to Florida and beyond, according to govern...
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Coast Guard analyzes tar balls
NOAA forecasts there is a high chance that oil spill could reach Florida Keys and Miami
The Obama administration says the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico no longer poses a threat to the Florida Keys or the East Coast.A new federal report indicates that ...
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill is "increasingly likely" to enter a loop current and be swept to Florida, a US official said Tuesday, addi...
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