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  • BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans

    BEN NUCKOLS GREG BLUESTEIN Associated Press Writers ROBERT, La.

    BP hoped to know as early as today if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska. President Barack Obama planned to announce today that a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be continued for six months while a presidential commission investigates, a White House aide said. Controversial lease sales off the coast of Alaska will be delayed pending the results of the commission's investig...