A giant oil skimmer, dubbed The Whale by its maker, is being tested in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, July 3, 2010. The Taiwanese vessel is the largest oil skimmer in the world and began showing its capabilities just north of the Deepwater oil site. The vessel will cruise a 25-square-mile test site through Sunday. … »
Authorities are searching for eight people who have not been accounted for as a wildfire tore through their neighborhoods.
Sheriff’s Cmdr. Rich Brough said that 20… »