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Monday, January 28, 2013  Crude oil leaked into the Mississippi River and the waterway was closed.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  The exercise Wednesday will focus on a simulated failure of an Enbridge Inc. oil pipeline that crosses the Saginaw River.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  The July 25, 2010, pipeline rupture spread oil across roughly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich., fouling wildlife habitat and closing a large swath of the river to boaters and anglers.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Documents detail Exxon's Yellowstone response as surging river raises fears spill could spread

Monday, July 04, 2011  Exxon claims Montana spill limited but governor doubtful, says company needs to look harder

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  The president said significant progress has been made since the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, but the work isn't done.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  Expert panel says signs of trouble missed, ignored prior to massive Gulf oil spill

Monday, November 08, 2010  Government panel lends support to BP's conclusions

Thursday, October 28, 2010  Tests performed before the deadly blowout of BP's oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised doubts about the cement used to seal the well, investigators with the president's oil spill commission said Thursday

Sunday, August 01, 2010  U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River

Sunday, August 01, 2010  The investigators said the U.S. Coast Guard routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of the chemical per day to break up the oil in the Gulf, despite a federal directive to use the dispersant rarely.

Saturday, July 17, 2010  BP says encouraged as trial run of Gulf well cap nears 48 hours with no sign of any new leak

Friday, April 23, 2010  No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Friday.