May 5th, 2010 
UPDATE: One of the three leaks was shut off this morning. This is not expected to reduce the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf.
Al-Jazeera has a great video explaining how the oil spill happened and what methods might be used to fix it. (Thanks once more, @younglandis!)
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