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Cattle farmers struggle with drought

January 5, 2012 9:01 AM

MONTEGUT, La. (AP) - On Herdis Neil's farm near Montegut, the land is so dry that livestock consistently wander into the drainage ditch in search of water at the bottom and get stuck there. That's what happened Tuesday evening. Neil found a calf stuck up to its belly on the... more »
E-mails Show Struggle to Guess Size of Gulf Spill

November 25, 2010 9:52 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - A review of thousands of government e-mails from last summer shows that the Obama administration struggled behind the scenes to determine just how much oil was leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from a broken BP well. The e-mails, obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom... more »
Miners' kin struggle with jealousy, rivalries

October 12, 2010 9:26 AM

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) - The dusty curve fronting the copper and gold mine where 33 men have been trapped alive underground since early August may be called "Camp Hope." But it also has been a spawning ground of intrigue, envy and rivalries that have divided the miners' relatives... more »
Gulf residents struggle in aftermath of oil spill

August 23, 2010 5:53 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and that should be a relief. But with fewer cleanup jobs to be had, many of the people hit hardest by the huge spill are struggling as badly as ever. Boat captains ifd deckhands who managed... more »