Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast (AP)

BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak (AP)
AP - BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but is readying yet another approach after repeated failures to stop the...

BP: Effort to plug Gulf oil spill going as planned (AP)
AP - BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has...

Giant box being loaded on barge bound for Gulf (AP)
AP - A 100-ton contraption to help funnel out oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico was loaded onto a barge Wednesday so it could begin its journey to the leak site about 50 miles...

Gulf Oil Spill Estimate Rises; Landfall Anticipated
Government officials said Thursday that a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than previously believed. A drilling rig exploded and sank off the Louisiana coast April 20, leaving...

Coast Guard: New oil leak in Gulf of Mexico (AP)
AP - The Coast Guard says a new leak has been found at the site where an oil platform exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico.