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VERMILION BAY, LA (KPLC) - the Coast Guard says the fire from an explosion on an offshore petroleum platform 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay has been put out an...

Mariner Energy (ME) puts active; as shares down 5% on explosion Mariner Energy (NYSE: ME) is recently down $1.14 to $22.20. Coast Guard...

gumby suits | CosmEPIC: VERMILION BAY ?Fox 59"these guys had the presence of mind, used their training to get into those gumby suits before...

GRAND ISLE, La. — the Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion...

Alert Email Print By Russ Britt and Steve Gelsi, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- An oil sheen has been spotted near the site of a fire that bro...

Aug 24, 4:05 PM EDT Experts check stranded whale for injuries in Fla. ...

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Saturday he wants additional tests done before ordering BP to finish the 'bottom kill' process to permanently plug the busted oil well. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)...

CBC.caNunavut judge blocks seismic testing in Lancaster SoundGlobe and MailThe Coast Guard icebreaker Terry Fox sits in the waters of Lancaster Sound, Nunavut at the eastern gates of the Northwest Passage, in 2006. CP Globe and Mail Update Published on Su...

Telegraph.co.ukNorth Korea Seizes South Korean Fishing BoatNew York TimesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea seized a South Korean fishing boat in waters near their eastern sea border, the South Korean Coast Guard said Sunday, straining already high tensions...

The GuardianAllen gives BP a mixed gradeCNNRetired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen heads the federal response to the Gulf oil spill. Washington (CNN) -- As he reflects on lessons learned from dealing with the Gulf oil spill, the man charged with leading ...US...