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Box to contain oil leak touches down on Gulf floor

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – A BP-chartered vessel lowered a 100-ton concrete-and-steel vault onto a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, an important step in a delicate and unprecedented attempt to stop most of the gushing crude fouling the sea. Full Story »

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Visitors stroll through a field of moss phlox at a park in Chichibu, Japan. AP/Itsuo Inouye

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