Coast Guard: Barge leaked 7,000 gallons of oil Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:48 am, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 (AP) — With more than 50 vessels idled on the water for a fourth day Wednesday, authorities said they still do not know when they will be able to reopen a 16-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to an oil spill. A plan to pump oil from a leaking barge onto another barge — a process known as ... Read More