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(NECN) – BP PLC’S massive oil spill in the Gulf coast drew the most searches from the tens of millions of people that used Yahoo.

Yahoo.com is out with it’s list of top searches of 2010. Topping the list is the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The BP oil spill was the most searched topic of 2010.

People tuned in to watch the live feed of the oil leak and get more details on the impact of the spill.

After that, the list gets a lot less serious.

The world cup is number two, followed by actress and singer Miley Cyrus, then Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber. The iPhone and American Idol are also on the list.

Britney Spears, who held the number one spot from 2005-2008, is down to tenth after she was fifth last year.

Last years number one was Michael Jackson, who didn’t crack the top ten this year.

The worlds largest search engine, Google, will release its list later this month. Google has more searches than all other search engines combined.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/01/bp-gulf-oil-spill-compensation

By COLLEEN LONG and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Colleen Long And Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers – 29 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS – BP said its capped-off well appeared to be holding steady Friday morning, almost midway into a white-knuckle waiting period in which engineers watched the pressure gauges for signs of a leak.

Results monitored from control rooms on ships at sea and hundreds of miles away at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Houston showed the oil staying inside the cap, rather than escaping through any undiscovered breaches, BP PLC vice president Kent Wells said on a conference call.

Four underwater robots scoured the sea floor but had also found no signs of new leaks.

President Barack Obama said Friday the progress was good news, but cautioned an anxious public not to “get too far ahead of ourselves.” Obama said the cap was still being tested and there was still an “enormous clean up job” and ensuring quick compensation for Gulf residents and business in the offing.

There was no evidence of a leak in the pipe under the sea floor, Wells said, one of the main concerns. Wells said the results were encouraging 17 hours after valves were shut to trap oil inside the cap, a test that could last up to 48 hours.

He said pressure continued to rise inside the tight-fighting cap, a good sign that oil was not getting out somewhere else. The pressure was more than 6,700 pounds per square inch, above the minimum they were hoping to see, but not yet in the high range of 8,000 to 9,000 psi they were hoping for.

“The pressures we’ve seen so far are consistent with the engineering analysis work that BP has done,” Wells said. “It’s been a very steady build.”

Wells also said work would resume on a relief well, the oil giant’s more permanent solution meant to plug the leak for good underground to end one of the nation’s worst environmental catastrophes.

That’s also a sign that things were going well. Engineers had stopped drilling one of the wells Thursday in case that bore hole deep underground could be affected by the oil cap effort.

Engineers and scientists continue to monitor the cap’s pressure. When the test is complete, more sea floor mapping will be done to detect any damage or deep-water leaks.

BP finally stopped oil from spewing into the sea Thursday for the first time since an April 20 explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers and unleashed the spill 5,000 feet beneath the water’s surface.

The accomplishment was greeted with hope, high expectations — and, in many cases along the beleaguered coastline, disbelief. BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles urged caution and warned the flow could resume, saying it wasn’t a time for celebration.

There was no end in sight to cleaning the oil already in the water and on shore. Somewhere between 94 million and 184 million gallons spilled into the Gulf, according to government estimates.

Long strands of white absorbent boom strung along the beach were stained chocolate brown at Orange Beach, Ala., early Friday after a fresh wave of pea-sized tar balls washed ashore. Charter boat captains who can’t fish because of the oil spill patrolled the shore looking for more oil slicks.

A few miles away, an oily sheen swirled around a $4.6 million steel oil barrier erected at the pass into Perdido Bay, located near the Alabama-Florida border.

I was diving less than 1 mile off the coast in a north bound current. I came up from the dive and found myself in a huge oil slick as far as we could see around the boat. It was extremely light and thin, like it had been floating for a long time. Not much of a rainbow / prism affect – it was slight. Atlantic waters were smooth and calm so it was easy to see. A brown “smudge” mark was across the boat at the water line, dive gear and floats smelled like oil and were sticky. We did get a picture from a cell phone – to be posted when I get it. Turtles were laying eggs- saw at least 50 of them swimming through the light sheen.

Over 25 years spent in local waters, weekly – never have seen anything like this.

http://oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/reports/view/942

President Obama speaks about BP’s $20 Billion dollar fund for oil spill victims.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=133432&catid=19

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AssociatedPress — June 04, 2010 — Waves of tar balls crashed onto the beaches of the Florida Panhandle on Friday as BP engineers adjusted a cap over the Gulf oil gusher. Local residents say BP should find resources to clean the beaches too. (June 4)

Johnny visits the waters of the Gulf, investigating the impact of the BP Oil Spill.

Watch the helicopter following his boat and the globs of crude oil.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/04/1663718/tar-balls-roll-up-the-beaches.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/04/kuwait.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=C1

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100602-711014.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tiber oil field is a deepwater offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, discovered by BP in September 2009. Described as a “giant” find,[2] it is estimated to contain 4 to 6 billion barrels (640×10^6 to 950×10^6 m3) of oil in place[3], although BP states it is too early to be sure of the size[2] – a “huge” field is usually considered to contain 250 million barrels (40×10^6 m3). It required the drilling of a 10,685-metre (35,056 ft) deep well under 1,260 metres (4,130 ft) of water,[4] making it one of the deepest wells drilled at the time of discovery[4] (the drilling rig’s owner states “the deepest ever”.[5])

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http://www.sunherald.com/2010/06/02/2230930/computer-models-show-gulf-oil.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73dS8SZrjs4

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/101167-florida-congressman-oil-spills-fallout-could-last-decades

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/31/oil.spill.order/index.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-solomon/sick-fishermen-and-oily-s_b_583256.html

http://www.pnj.com/article/20100602/NEWS01/6020322/Sheen-7-miles-from-Pensacola-shores

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My throat is very raw and my eyes are constantly feeling dry but continue to run with tears. My sinuses are congested and I often become dizzy.

http://oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/reports/view/506

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/local-news/23914-jindal-says-over-100-miles-of-louisiana-coast-impacted-bhy-bp-oil-

Sheen in Marshes, Elmers Island Beach

http://oilspill.labucketbrigade.org/reports/view/495

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=132923&catid=250&GID=0

The Top Kill Plan is a procedure that will inject the well with think mud to stop the flowing of oil. If they can succeed at stopping the oil from leaking out of the well, they will then inject concrete into the tube of the well, resulting in a dead well.