Oil slick affects the Mississippi
From Times Wire Reports
A stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. The slick closed about 47 miles of river, the Coast Guard said.
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