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Clean up crews work to collect oil from along side the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Mont., Monday July 4, 2011. An ExxonMobil pipeline near Laurel ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Crews mop up oil on Yellowstone River in Montana

LAUREL, Mont. -- The scope of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s oil leak into the Yellowstone River could extend far beyond a 10-mile stretch of the famed waterway, the company acknowledged under political pressure Monday.

Provo boy dead after weekend river rescue

SALT LAKE CITY -- Officials say a 13-year-old Provo boy rescued from the Provo River over the weekend has died.

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