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Gulf Spill: Equipment Change Will Permit Final 'Kill'
Officials said last week that, in the interest of safety, they plan to replace the blowout preventer atop BP's damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. This means the final "kill" via the relief well won't happen until sometime after Labor Day.
Meanwhile, a new study contradicted earlier reports that oil spilled from the well was mostly gone. Scientists reported finding a 22-mile-long invisible plume of oil far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
And, finally, Gulf fishermen began the shrimp harvest last week with some trepidation. Federal officials said the shrimp weren't contaminated. But in some places, the start of shrimping was greeted with suspicion instead of joy.
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