World News | Justin Gillis and Leslie Kaufman, NYT News Service | Sunday July 18, 2010
On the rocky beaches of Alaska, scientists plunged shovels and picks into the ground and dug 6,775 holes, repeatedly striking oil - still pungent and dangerous a dozen years after the Exxon Valdez infamously spilled its cargo. (In pic: Fire boats battled a fire at the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, in the Gulf of Mexico)More...
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