The Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) announced over $46 million in investments are being made to improve and renovate various state agency buildings in the southern regions of the state.
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Federal sources told The Times this week the displacement is best explained by a ship's anchor dragging across the ocean floor and hooking into the pipeline.
Photos show patches of oil coating the sand, signs warning people to stay off the beach and cleanup contractors in white outfits using skimmers and barriers to try to contain and clean the spill.
Oiled seabirds are often among the earliest victims of a spill because gobs of crude washing up onto the sand and wetlands can clump their feathers together, leaving them chilled by the cold ocean water.