Oil industry engineers remained in hope-and-pray mode June 1 as they prepared for another try at controlling the geyser of oil spewing from the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico. On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, experts were cringing at the thought of what could happen next if storm
winds drive oil ashore and deep into the marshes. And in Washington, D.C., June 1, Attorney Gen. Eric Holder said the U.S. Justice Dept. has begun a criminal probe of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent spill. Holder did not specify which parties the government is investigating.