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  • Coast Guard: No oil leak from sunken rig off La.

    04/23/2010 10:05:06 AM PDT · by Hunton Peck · 26 replies · 966+ views
    AP ^ | JANET McCONNAUGHEY and KEVIN McGILL
    NEW ORLEANS – No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Friday, though officials were trying to contain what spilled from the blast and prevent any threat to the coast's fragile ecosystem.