NEW ORLEANS— Cleanup and containment of a massive oil slick resumed Tuesday as winds eased in the Gulf of Mexico and people along beaches and bayous waited to find out just how badly it might damage the delicate coast.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — The family of Mississippi oil rig worker Aaron Dale Burkeen have filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the April 20 oil rig explosion in which he died.

From MSNBC: VENICE, La. – President Barack Obama toured the staging area for response efforts to the Gulf Coast oil spill on Sunday, afterwards saying “we’re dealing with a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.”