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BP Oil Spill Update: Birds, Barrel Bickering & Betty White
The latest news from the Gulf Coast:
- The first two birds rescued from the spill have been returned to the wild
- Officials are pumping more fresh river water into the Louisiana wetlands to try to push the oil offshore
- Teams of fishermen continue working to save their shoreline
- A Florida State oceanography professor says the number of barrels being discharged by the spill is five times larger than BP & Coast Guard estimates
- Fresh off her Saturday Night Live appearance, Betty White is pitching in to the Gulf Coast wildlife protection efforts
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Written by Miles Grant
