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Fargo police say bowhunters took 11 deer along the Red River corridor during the last deer management season. Eight of the 23 hunters who took part in the program got a deer.
BP's next try to stem oil gusher: Smaller tube
BP officials said Thursday they would thread a small tube into a jagged pipe on the seafloor to suck oil to the surface before it can spew into the Gulf and add to the disaster, which was apparently set in motion by a long list of equipment failures.
Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows
Political patience was washing away for BP executives who can't stop a broken underwater well from spewing oil into the Gulf, where crews were trying the latest solution - submerging a second containment box designed to funnel the gusher to a waiting tanker.
Blame game begins in wake of Gulf oil spill
Executives of three companies, testifying before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wasted little time before trying to shift responsibility for the environmental crisis to each other.