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News for Columbia
Latest news from around Columbia, South Carolina, the Nation and the World
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Friday, May 28, 2010
A thick, 22-mile plume of oil discovered by researchers off the BP spill site was nearing an underwater canyon, where it could poison the foodchain for sealife in the waters off Florida.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
UPDATED with AP video. Thick, sticky oil crept deeper into delicate marshes of the Mississippi Delta, an arrival dreaded for a month since the crude started spewing into the Gulf.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Federal scientists said Wednesday that a small portion of the oil slick from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico has reached a powerful current that could take it to Florida.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
UPDATED 9:15 a.m. CDT. BP said Monday it was siphoning more than one-fifth of the oil spewing into the Gulf, as worries escalated that the ooze may reach a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast.
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