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 | 2010-09-02 11:57:30 | Coast Guard Says Oil Rig Exploded in Gulf of Mexico, A.P. Reports
An offshore oil rig exploded on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill, the Coast Guard told the Associated Press.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said that the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company on Thursday morning. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast. | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:56:10 | ***USATODAY.com Breaking News*** An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CT Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast. Ranel says it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel says smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning. | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:44:15 | -- Oil rig explodes 80 miles off Louisiana coast; 12 people reported overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard says. | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:42:19 | msnbc.com BREAKING NEWS: Coast Guard says it is responding to rig explosion south of Grand Isle, La. | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:37:22 | Coast Guard Responds to Reports of an Oil Rig Explosion in the Gulf [11:30 a.m. ET]
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 | 2010-09-02 11:31:09 | Coast Guard reportedly responding to oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico
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 | 2010-09-02 11:23:01 | -- Hurricane warning issued for part of Massachusetts as Earl approaches East Coast. | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:18:01 | msnbc.com BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane warning issued for southern coast of Massachusetts | |
 | 2010-09-02 11:05:15 | Hurricane warning expanded to include Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
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 | 2010-09-02 08:36:43 | Weekly jobless claims drop for second week, falling 6,000 to 472,000
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 | 2010-09-01 23:46:15 | President Obama signs North Carolina Disaster Declaration as Hurricane Earl approaches
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 | 2010-09-01 17:57:01 | Gunman dead after being shot by police in hostage standoff at Discovery Channel building, AP reports
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 | 2010-09-01 17:16:06 | msnbc.com BREAKING NEWS: Discovery TV gunman in custody; three hostages safe, police say | |
 | 2010-09-01 17:08:12 | Gunman in Discovery building shot by police; 3 hostages escape safely
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 | 2010-09-01 17:04:13 | -- Suspect in Discovery Channel standoff shot and in custody; all three hostages are safe, police chief says.
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 | 2010-09-01 17:02:55 | Hurricane Earl strengthens back to Category 4 storm
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 | 2010-09-01 15:23:48 | Maryland police confirm 'small number' of hostages in Discovery Channel building as authorities negotiate with armed man
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 | 2010-09-01 14:52:50 | -- Police in Silver Spring, Maryland, are talking with a man holding at least one hostage at the Discovery Channel. | |
 | 2010-09-01 14:51:07 | msnbc.com BREAKING NEWS: Discovery TV gunman identified as James Jay Lee, NBC News reports | |
 | 2010-09-01 13:52:54 | Armed man, possibly with a bomb, takes at least one hostage in Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, Md.
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