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Oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico nonstop for about a month and a half. BP has somehow taken control of the beaches away from the Coast Guard, preventing photographers from documenting the worst coastal spill in the history of the country. Additionally, they now own the airspace above, so planes can't fly in for a look either. As much as 39 million gallons of oil have contaminated the ecosystem. Eleven people are dead. Those people had families.

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