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BP: More oil-collecting help converging on Gulf

BP: More oil-collecting help converging on Gulf

Help is on the way to bolster the work being done to contain the crude spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, including a tanker from the North Sea that will provide an important assist, the point man for the government's response to the disaster said Wednesday.

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Oil spill facts seem as cloudy as stricken waters

Oil spill facts seem as cloudy as stricken waters

The cap over a broken BP wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is collecting more gushing crude day by day, but that's about the extent of the details known as authorities try to pinpoint how much oil is escaping, where it's going and what harm it will cause.

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Lessons learned from the oil spill

Lessons learned from the oil spill

Watch it on TV or follow it on the Internet, and the Gulf oil spill seems both surreal and far away. But essayist Peter Smith says the lessons of the spill apply right here in Minnesota.
by Peter Smith

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Oil spill divides, threatens wider area

In sensitive marshes on the Louisiana coast, oil thick as pancake batter suffocates grasses and traps pelicans. Blobs of tar the size of dimes or dinner plates dot the white sands of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Little seems amiss in Mississippi except a shortage of tourists, but an oily sheen glides atop the sea west of Tampa.

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1 missing after natural gas line blast in Texas

A large natural gas line in north Texas erupted Monday after utility workers accidentally hit the line, sending a column of fire into the air and leaving one worker missing hours after the blast, officials said.

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Cap collecting more oil as slick extends its reach

Cap collecting more oil as slick extends its reach

The geyser of oil spewing from the sea floor is tapering off day by day, but there's no quick fix.

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Gulf oil spill's threat to wildlife turns real

Gulf oil spill's threat to wildlife turns real

The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality.

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Minnesota's state bird at risk in the Gulf

Minnesota's state bird at risk in the Gulf

One of bird species at risk in the Gulf is probably Minnesota's most iconic. Our state bird, the common loon, spends winters down south. All Things Considered host Tom Crann asked DNR bird expert Carroll Henderson to help us understand the risks loons may be facing.

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Commentary: A lesson learned out on the Gulf of Mexico

Commentary: A lesson learned out on the Gulf of Mexico

All the images of oil-covered birds and idled fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico have our commentator, Reverend Gordon Stewart, recalling a lesson he learned out on the water.
by Gordon C. Stewart

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Fargo to pay $13,000 a month to store sandbags

Fargo will pay $13,000 a month for warehouse space over the next year to store the bulk of 370,000 sandbags left over from this spring's flood fight.

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