Gulf Oil Well Cap Appears Successful

USATODAY.com News, USA Today
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 9:27pm

Engineers fighting the Gulf oil spill are confident that the cap over the well is strong enough that they may be able to plug it up soon.

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