Brazil sending more troops in oil spill clean-up

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s vice president says more troops will be dispatched to help contain the oil spill that has been polluting the nation’s northeastern coast.
Hamilton Mourão said Monday that the origin of the leak remains unknown and that about 400 tons of crude have been retrieved.
The sludge began appearing at the start of September and has now washed up on at least 200 beaches in nine Brazilian states.
Oceanographers and environmental groups have been criti