Today, BP will try to pour cement down the leaking well to plug it up and pave it over, but pouring cement 5,000 feet beneath the ocean is a bit more complicated than laying a sidewalk.
For more on the top kill procedure, we're joined by WWL reporter Dave Cohen. And Dr. Peter Clark, a petroleum engineer with the University of Alabama.
Today's Takeaway: Obesity Among the Homeless, Egyptian Elections, Morgan Stanley in Hot Water, and Have College Students Stopped Studying?
Why Increased Immigration is the Solution for America's Ailing Economy
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Archer Records Keeps Vinyl and Detroit's Techno Scene Alive
Today's Takeaway: Over 50 and Unemployed, Texting in Class, The Future of Yemen, and Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
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I heard your show yesterday about the woman who intervened when she found out about suicide pacts. I'm wondering when you'll start identifying men, the Vice President, for instance, as "grandfathers."
Why doesn't the Dept of the Interior or other agency issue an official global call for the best science/engineering teams to come up with a solution in exchange for a monetary grant or award, like a decathlon, but more serious. This would foster innovation, pride and get us a step closer to a solution.
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