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Build it and they will come: Kevin Costner sells oil-water separator on Capitol Hill

The movie star came to Washington, not, as he put it, because he “heard a voice in a cornfield,” referring to the 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” in which he starred. Rather he was there to promote a machine, an oil-water separator; over nearly two decades he has invested $20 million of his own money in the separator’s development, in partnership with the Louisiana-based Ocean Therapy Solutions.
via thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

He says he didn't do this because he heard a voice in the cornfield. But who knows. :-)

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Federal government is limiting reporter access to oil spill coverage

Last week, Senator Bill Nelson, Democrat of Florida, tried to bring a small group of journalists with him on a trip he was taking through the gulf on a Coast Guard vessel. Mr. Nelson’s office said the Coast Guard agreed to accommodate the reporters and camera operators. But at about 10 p.m. on the evening before the trip, someone from the Department of Homeland Security’s legislative affairs office called the senator’s office to tell them that no journalists would be allowed.

“They said it was the Department of Homeland Security’s response-wide policy not to allow elected officials and media on the same ‘federal asset,’ ” said Bryan Gulley, a spokesman for the senator. “No further elaboration” was given, Mr. Gulley added.

Mr. Nelson has asked the Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano, for an official explanation, the senator’s office said.

via nytimes.com

I can understand the BP does not want any reporters around. But why is the federal government limiting reporter access?

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