FARGO - March 7-13 is National Ground Water Awareness Week, which is a good time for homeowners to check their well cap to make sure it is protecting the water supply from contamination, says Roxanne ...

Ambiguous test results from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico kept scientists from the oil company BP and the federal government puzzling over details Friday as they tried to decide whether ...

Obama administration spill chief says latest development in the Gulf is no cause for alarm. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen speaks Monday to the media about the BP oil spill in front of a line ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After securing a new, tight-fitting cap on top of the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared Tuesday to begin tests to see if it will hold and stop fresh oil from polluting ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The cap on the blown-out well in the Gulf is capturing a half-million gallons a day, or anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of the oil spewing from the bottom of the sea, ...

President Barack Obama on Friday called the successful blockage of BP’s gushing oil well “good news,” but cautioned that work remains to permanently end the catastrophic spill. “It is important that ...

* If new system works, BP says no oil will leak * Relief well on track to meet blown-out well by end-July (Adds quotes from briefing, professor) By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, July 13 (Reuters) - BP Plc <BP ...