Oil Spill on the Yellowstone River

The rupture of an Exxon Mobil pipeline releases almost 1,000 barrels of oil into a flood-swollen river.
Jim Urquhart / AP

Wading In
A cleanup worker lays oil absorbent materials into the Yellowstone River, July 6, 2011.

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