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After delay, BP starts testing new spill cap Less oil seen gushing; U.S. had held up test due to fears of making leak worse

With a new, tighter-fitting cap in place on its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared on Tuesday to test whether the gusher could be stopped completely.

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil are being allowed to spew into the fouled waters of the Gulf of Mexico while BP engineers prepare to install a new containment system they hope will catch it all in the coming days.

The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well.

Today Sea Turtle Restoration Project filed an emergency request with wildlife agencies to halt the release of hatchling sea turtles from Texas beaches into the oiled waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

A nearly 40-year-old board game is getting a lot of new attention because of eerie similarities between the scenarios of its play and the 78-day-old BP Gulf oil disaster.

Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.