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NEW ORLEANS — Commercial traffic along a stretch of the Mississippi River shut down by a massive oil spill should return to its normal pace by today, the Coast Guard said Monday. Ships have been moving slowly so their wakes won’t wash fuel oil off the banks of the Mississippi River and from booms stretched to trap the 419,000 gallons spilled when a barge and tanker collided Wednesday, breaking the barge open. River traffic was halted for two days.
