Covington

COVINGTON, La. - The Coast Guard says BP engineers will try to use a pair of giant shears to slice off a leaking pipe spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after a diamond-tipped saw became stuck.

COVINGTON, La. - BP says it was about halfway done slicing through a pipe on the blown-out Gulf well when the diamond-tipped saw snagged.

COVINGTON, La. - BP kept pumping heavy mud into its blown-out well beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but the company's chief executive cautioned it will be two more days before anyone knows if the latest fix attempt will end the uncontrolled flow of crude that has already become the worst oil spill in U.S.

COVINGTON, La. - BP kept pumping heavy mud into its blown-out well beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but the company's chief executive cautioned it will be two more days before anyone knows if the latest fix attempt will end the uncontrolled flow of crude that has already become the worst oil spill in U.S.

COVINGTON, La. - An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S.