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s early as dawn Wednesday, the oil company will try to choke to death the gusher at the bottom of the sea by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement, a tactic called a "top kill" that is routinely used above ground but has never been tried 5,000 feet underwater.
HEADLINE: BP engineers draw up plans for 'top kill'
CAPTION: As early as dawn Wednesday, the oil company will try to choke to death the gusher at the bottom of the sea by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement _ a tactic called...
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Efforts to implement a 'top kill,' pumping heavy mud into the broken riser pipe coming from the Deepwater Horizon oil well, are in progress, with hopeful signs.