This summer on the oil-stained Gulf Coast promises to be like no other.
Just off Louisiana on Grand Isle, which was hit with oil from the spill, the beach reopened for Memorial Day weekend but with several caveats: No swimming or fishing, and stay away from oil cleanup crews. Elsewhere, fishermen were idled during what's normally a busy season, and floating hotels are being set up to house workers who will try to mop up the crude seeping into marshes.
With BP making yet another attempt to stem the flow from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico - this time only to contain the leak, not stop it - signs point to August before any real end is in sight. On top of …
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