Articles written by Seth Borenstein Tom Breen Associated Press Writers New Orleans

SETH BORENSTEIN TOM BREEN Associated Press Writers NEW ORLEANS

BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by today based on the highest of the federal government's estimates, an ominous record that underscores the oil giant's dire need to halt the gusher. The oil that's spewed for two and a half months from a blownout well a mile under the sea is expected to surpass the 140 million gallon mark, eclipsing the record-setting Ixtoc I spill off Mexico's coast from 1979 to 1980. Even by the lower end of the government's estimates, at least 71. 2 million gallons...