Cleanup of oil-tainted Gulf Coast nears end

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Cleanup of oil-tainted Gulf Coast nears end
EAST GRAND TERRE ISLAND, La. – Dig 2 feet into the sand on this wind-swept beach and up comes the foul smell of oil.
The unmistakable whiff of crude eight months after the BP spill is one of the last in-your-face reminders of the long, tainted summer on the Gulf Coast.
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