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    BURAS, La. (AP) - At a National Guard staging area in southern Plaquemines Parish, a steady line of helicopters swept across the sky Tuesday to scoop up massive sand bags being used to fill gaps in offshore barrier islands. Soldiers on the ground fastened the bags to cables hanging from the hovering aircraft.

    The operation, designed to keep oil from the Deepwater Horizon from making its way past the islands and into marshes, is expected to continue for several days, said Guard spokesman Col. Mike DeVille.
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    BURAS, La. (AP) — At a National Guard staging area in southern Plaquemines Parish, a steady line of helicopters swept across the sky Tuesday to scoop up massive sand bags being used to fill gaps in offshore barrier islands. Soldiers on the ground ...


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