NEW ORLEANS (AP)— BP’s stock plummetedand took much of the mar-ket down with it Tuesdayas the federal governmentannounced criminal andcivil investigations intothe Gulf of Mexico oil spill.BP engineers, meanwhile,tried to recover from afailed attempt to stop thegusher with an effort thatwill initially make theleak worse.

Attorney General EricHolder, who was visitingthe Gulf to survey thefragile coastline and meetwith state and federalprosecutors, would not saywho might be targeted inthe probes into the largestoil spill in U.S. history.

“We will closely examinethe actions of those in-volved in the spill. If wefind evidence of illegal be-havior, we will be extreme-

ly forceful in our re-sponse,” Holder said inNew Orleans.

BP’s stock nose-dived onTuesday, losing nearly 15percent of its value on thefirst trading day since theprevious best option — theso-called “top kill” —failed and was aborted atthe government’s direc-tion. It dipped steeplywith Holder’s late-after-noon announcement,

which also sent other en-ergy stocks tumbling, ulti-mately causing the DowJones industrial averageto tumble 112.

After six weeks of fail-ures to block the well ordivert the oil, BP was us-ing robotic machines tocarve into the twisted ap-pendages of the crippledwell. The latest attemptinvolved using tools re-sembling an oversized deli

slicer and garden shearsto break away the brokenriser pipe so engineers canthen position a cap overthe well’s opening.

Even if it succeeds, itwill temporarily increasethe flow of an alreadymassive leak by 20 per-cent — at least 100,000gallons more a day. And itis far from certain that BPwill be able to cap a wellthat one expert comparedto an out-of-control firehydrant.

“It is an engineer’snightmare,” said Ed Over-ton, a Louisiana StateUniversity professor of en-vironmental sciences.“They’re trying to fit a 21-inch cap over a 20-inchpipe a mile away. That’sjust horrendously hard todo. It’s not like you and I

standing on the groundpushing — they’re usinglittle robots to do this.”

The operation has neverbeen performed in suchdeep water, and is similarto an earlier failed attemptthat used a larger cap thatquickly froze up. BP PLCofficials said they were ap-plying lessons learnedfrom the earlier effort, andplan to pump warm waterthrough pipes into thesmaller dome to preventany icing problems.

“If all goes as planned,within about 24 hours wecould have this con-tained,” BP’s Doug Suttlessaid Tuesday after touringa temporary housing facil-ity set up for cleanupworkers in Grand Isle.“But we can’t guaranteesuccess.”

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High: 93°

Partly cloudy with astrong t-storm

Low: 68°RealFeel: 64°RealFeel: 97° RF: 101° RF: 65° RF: 98° RF: 73° RF: 105° RF: 75° RF: 100° RF: 71°

91° 69° 97° 74° 101° 74° 95° 71°

Partly sunny, athunderstorm;

humid

Partly sunny andvery warm

Sunny, breezy andhot

Mostly sunny andvery warm

WashingtonWashington87/7187/71

New YorkNew York84/7084/70

MiamiMiami89/7689/76

AtlantaAtlanta87/6987/69

DetroitDetroit83/6683/66

HoustonHouston92/7492/74

ChicagoChicago77/5377/53

MinneapolisMinneapolis73/5473/54

Kansas CityKansas City83/6283/62

El PasoEl Paso93/6793/67

DenverDenver79/5379/53

BillingsBillings70/5270/52

Los AngelesLos Angeles76/6076/60

San FranciscoSan Francisco68/5768/57

SeattleSeattle64/5164/51

Washington87/71

New York84/70

Miami89/76

Atlanta87/69

Detroit83/66

Houston92/74

Chicago77/53

Minneapolis73/54

Kansas City83/62

El Paso93/67

Denver79/53

Billings70/52

Los Angeles76/60

San Francisco68/57

Seattle64/51

Wednesday, June 2

Precipitation

Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice

-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

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Today Tonight Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Statistics for Muskogee through 6 p.m. yesterday

High . . . . . . . . . . . . 91°Low . . . . . . . . . . . . 67°

TemperaturesHigh . . . . . . . . . . 100%Low . . . . . . . . . . . 52%

Relative Humidity

High . . . . . . . . . . 29.95Low . . . . . . . . . . . 29.81

Barometric Pressure24-hour period through6 p.m. yesterday . 0.00"

Precipitation

The higher the AccuWeather.comUV Index® number, the greater theneed for eye and skin protection.

Summary: Times of clouds and suntoday. Partly cloudy tonight; a strongthunderstorm, except dry in southernand eastern parts of our area. Partlysunny and humid tomorrow with a thun-derstorm. Friday: partly sunny and verywarm. Saturday and Sunday: sunny andhot.

10 a.m. 5 ModerateNoon 8 Very High2 p.m. 8 Very High4 p.m. 5 Moderate6 p.m. 2 Low

Today 6:07 am 8:32 pmThu. 6:06 am 8:33 pm

The Sun Rise Set

Today 12:18 am 11:16 amThu. 12:46 am 12:12 pm

The Moon Rise Set

June4

June12

June18

June26

Last New First Full

Abilene 95 72 t 98 74 s 104 76 sDallas 96 78 pc 98 77 pc 101 79 sDodge City 86 60 pc 90 65 pc 98 65 pcEnid 92 66 pc 89 71 pc 99 71 sFort Smith 94 70 pc 91 71 t 97 74 sLawton 98 70 pc 95 73 pc 102 73 sLittle Rock 95 71 pc 93 73 t 96 75 sNorman 95 71 pc 93 75 pc 99 77 sOklahoma City 95 71 pc 92 72 pc 102 76 sShreveport 93 72 pc 95 73 t 98 74 sSpringfield, MO 90 67 pc 83 67 t 90 70 pcTulsa 94 70 pc 89 72 t 97 77 pcWichita 88 64 t 84 68 pc 93 70 pcWichita Falls 97 74 pc 99 76 pc 105 76 s

Today Thu. Fri.City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Albuquerque 87 59 s 91 62 s 93 66 sAtlanta 87 69 t 85 68 t 89 71 pcAtlantic City 86 66 s 86 66 pc 80 56 pcCharleston, SC 89 71 t 88 71 t 90 72 pcChicago 77 53 t 74 54 pc 75 59 cCleveland 87 69 t 75 54 t 75 58 pcDenver 79 53 t 90 56 c 92 58 pcDes Moines 75 55 t 77 60 pc 79 64 cDetroit 83 66 t 76 54 t 74 57 pcHouston 92 74 pc 95 75 pc 98 76 sIndianapolis 86 67 t 78 58 t 79 64 cKansas City 83 62 t 78 64 pc 86 70 cLas Vegas 95 71 pc 99 76 s 100 77 sLos Angeles 76 60 pc 80 62 pc 83 64 pc

Louisville 93 71 pc 85 63 t 84 68 pcMemphis 94 75 pc 92 74 t 93 77 pcMiami 89 76 t 91 78 t 90 77 tMinneapolis 73 54 pc 76 59 pc 76 57 cNew Orleans 87 73 t 89 74 t 91 76 tNew York 84 70 s 86 67 t 81 64 pcPhoenix 97 71 s 100 73 s 102 76 sRaleigh 88 69 t 88 70 t 89 67 pcSt. Louis 93 68 t 81 64 t 86 71 cSalt Lake City 75 59 pc 77 64 c 80 60 cSan Francisco 68 57 pc 69 60 pc 70 57 cSeattle 64 51 r 66 51 c 63 51 rTampa 90 76 t 90 77 t 87 77 tWashington, DC 87 71 s 88 68 t 83 64 pc

Today Thu. Fri. Today Thu. Fri.City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Shown is today's weather.Temperatures are today's highsand tonight's lows.

Checotah

Kinta

Sallisaw

Haskell

Okmulgee

Eufaula

Watts90/68Coweta

92/69

Wagoner92/67

Fort Gibson

Henryetta

92/67

93/70

Muskogee

Tahlequah

93/68

Stilwell90/67

91/71

93/69

92/70

91/70Porum92/70

Dallas96/78

Abilene95/72

Guymon90/60

Dodge City86/60

Shreveport93/72

Muskogee

Little Rock95/71

Fort Smith94/70

Springfield90/67

Wichita88/64

Tulsa94/70Enid

92/66Oklahoma City95/71

Lawton98/70

Durant93/72

Wichita Falls97/74

Muldrow91/67

Hitchita93/71

Paradise Hill90/67

Fair Oaks90/67

Winchester93/69

Stigler92/70

90/68

92/70

93/66

Fronts

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Warm

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Temperatures: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 91/67High/low records:June 1 last year 86/62This year 91 (6/1) / 4 (1/10)June 1 records 96 (`53) / 48 (`83)Precipitation:Tuesday, June 1, 2010 0.00June 1 record 2.78 (`59)June total 0.00June average 3.82This year’s total 17.42Time, temperature and forecast: 687-9797.

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