ROBERT, La. — BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it's preparing yet another method to fight the spill after a series of failures.
BP's top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak
Saturday, May 29, 2010 | 6:35 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:00 p.m. CDT, Thursday, June 10, 2010
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