Gulf Gets Taste Of Recovery One Year After Spill

Gulf gets taste of recovery one year after spill

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and misery, officials on Wednesday declared the hard-hit region reborn.

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