GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and misery, officials on Wednesday declared the hard-hit region reborn.
Gulf Gets Taste Of Recovery One Year After Spill
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Wed, 04/20/2011 - 5:05pm
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