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Published March 23, 2011, 12:00 AM

Gulf oil rig on fire


The Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning in the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip on April 21, 2010. A federal probe has found that a trapped piece of drill pipe prevented a blowout preventer from properly sealing to stop last year's massive Gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Read the article: Gulf oil spill probe: Pipe piece caused blowout preventer failure