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Second Gulf Well Still Leaking

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Plan to shut it off won’t be ready till Wed.

That second Gulf oil well that began leaking after a boat hit it on Tuesday? It’s still going. No one knows how much oil is spilling from the well, which was abandoned, but it's clear that it's a much smaller leak than the Deepwater Horizon one. Coast Guard Captain John Arenstam says that a plan to shut down the well will be ready on Wednesday.

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