Spill closes Miss. River, shuts off exports (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

24 July 2008, 4:14 pm

The largest petroleum spill to hit the Mississippi River since 2005's Hurricane Katrina snarled ship traffic on Thursday from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico and brought flows of grain and other key exports to a standstill.... read more

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