The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. The worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has spurred something of an economic b...
Posted 05.25.2011
Homeless shelters across the Gulf coast have seen increased numbers in recent months, as those from elsewhere in the U.S. seek cleanup work. According...
NPR | Yuki Noguchi | Posted 05.25.2011
In and around New Orleans, where the heaviest oil from the Gulf spill has hit so far, there are plenty of people hoping to do cleanup work. And you mi...
AP | CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 05.25.2011
MORGAN CITY, La. — Mr. Charlie has seen the up and downs over the years in the oil patch off Louisiana's coast, but this could be the toughest s...
AP | MIKE KUNZELMAN and GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW ORLEANS — BP's stock plummeted and took much of the market down with it Tuesday as the federal government announced criminal and civil inves...
AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011
VENICE, La. — More than 40 trailers that can sleep up to 36 workers in bunks are being brought to Louisiana coastal communities to house tempora...
AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011
COVINGTON, La. — The U.S. Coast Guard has pulled commercial fishing boats from oil cleanup efforts in Breton Sound off the Louisiana coast after...
AP | JOHN CURRAN | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW ORLEANS — Much as he hates to say it, Mark Leonard knows it's true: The oil spill that is fouling the Gulf of Mexico may save his family's b...
AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER | Posted 05.25.2011