For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas

For many Gulf oil spill victims, a glum Christmas

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from Ocean Conserve: Ocean Conservation RSS Newsfeed by Associated Press: Brian Skoloff

Associated Press: Even before the Gulf oil spill, Jennifer Reddick was just getting by, living paycheck to paycheck as she tried to support six children on the $400 a week she made working part time as a deckhand and shrimp net maker. Then BP's well blew out off the coast of Louisiana, scaring away tourists and shutting down fishing. Now she has no work and no money to buy her children toys or new clothes this Christmas. Charities are providing what they can, but it's hard for Reddick to take handouts. "It was...

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