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Gulf Coast oil spill (Updated: Monday, June 7)

Cleanup and containment efforts continue after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig April 20.

SOURCES: NOAA, NESDIS, States of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, American Bird Conservancy, BP, U.S. Coast Guard, Pensacola Chamber of Commerce | CREDIT: Gene Thorp, Sisi Wei, Laris Karklis and Patterson Clark, The Washington Post - June 7, 2010

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Oil spill threatens Gulf region's ecosystem and fishing, tourism and shipping industries

PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS. -- In this Gulf Coast fishing town, they spent Saturday awaiting, and dreading, the oil.