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Friday, April 30, 2010 – Daily News – 5B WORLD BRIEFING La. gov declares emergency state NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The edge of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach the Mississip- pi River delta by Thursday night and a new technique to break up the oil a mile under- water could be tried, officials said. As of this morning, part of the slick was about 3 miles from the Louisiana shore, said National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration spokesman Charles Henry said. It’s too late to stop some of the spill from reaching the coast, but BP PLC said it might attempt to break up some of the oil spewing from a blown-out a mile under water. The company also has asked the Department of Defense if it can help with better underwater equipment than is available commercially, said BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles. In addition, he said the com- pany has been reviewing research on using chemical to break up the oil, which has been done before, but never at these depths. The well is almost a mile underwater off the Louisiana shore. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry called it ‘‘a novel, absolutely novel idea.’’ Obama says immigration reform unlikely WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration reform has become the first of President Barack Obama’s major priori- ties dropped from the agenda of an election-year Congress fac- ing voter disillusionment. Sounding the death knell was Obama himself. The president noted that law- makers may lack the ‘‘appetite’’ to take on immigration while many of them are up for re- election and while another big legislative issue — climate run as an independent. Crist’s decision Thursday to drop out of the Aug. 24 primary comes amid plummeting sup- port from conservatives and polls showing he would lose to tea party favorite Marco Rubio. He says people want some- one who is more concerned about standing up for them than about standing up for special interests or party. The move sets up a probable three-way race between Crist, Rubio and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in Novem- ber’s general election. Crist was leading in the polls a year ago until he angered con- servatives by embracing Presi- dent Barack Obama and his $787 billion federal stimulus plan. change — is already on their plate. ‘‘I don’t want us to do some- thing just for the sake of politics that doesn’t solve the problem,’’ Obama told reporters Wednes- day night aboard Air Force One. Immigration reform was an issue Obama promised Latino groups that he would take up in his first year in office. But sev- eral hard realities — a tanked economy, a crowded agenda, election-year politics and lack of political will — led to so much foot-dragging in Con- gress that, ultimately, Obama decided to set the issue aside. With that move, the presi- dent calculated that an immi- gration bill would not prove as costly to his party two years from now, when he seeks re- election, than it would today, even though some immigration reformers warned that a delay could so discourage Democrat- ic-leaning Latino voters that they would stay home from the polls in November. Crist abandons Republican Senate primary ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he is abandoning the Republican Senate primary to BENNY CORNING BROWN’S FORD • MERCURY 4X4! NEW 2009 FORD F-250 Trailer Tow Pkg., Ltd. Slip Axle, A/T OD, A/C, P/S, P/B, ABS, AM/FM . 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