Filed at 12:38 a.m. ET The tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement -- suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster -- has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated Press investigation. Yet federal regulators give drillers a free hand in this crucial safety step -- another example of lax regulation regarding events leading up to the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Federal regulators don't regulate what type of cement...
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