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December 31, 2010
Workers prepare to fill a whole that was dug to search for a layer of tar buried under the sand on an East Grant Terre Island, La., beach. Beaches that once looked like excavation sites are returning to normal, but there is still oil underneath the sand, mud and oyster shells.
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