Oil washes onto Mississippi coast for first time
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Large patches of thick oil washed ashore in Mississippi on Sunday, the first time crude from the BP Plc spill in the Gulf of Mexico has hit the state's coast.
Oil hit two tourist beaches at Ocean Springs, about 16 kilometers east of Biloxi, and a beach used by fisherman that is close to an inland marsh. Wildlife officials picked up one pelican covered in oil. State officials and the Coast Guard, who said they were expecting more oil to arrive, were waiting on BP contractors to start cleaning up. (Reuters)
