Oil unleashed temporarily in Gulf during containment attempt

Saturday, July 10, 2010 | 6:51 p.m. CDT; updated 3:36 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 11, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea for at least two days until a new seal can be mounted to capture all of it.

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