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Oil cleanup brings strangers, tension to towns (AP)

In this photo taken July 11, 2010, Buggie Vegas, owner of the Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle, La., visits with a customer. The marina used to cater mainly to sport fishermen and vacationing families, but now relies on oil spill cleanup workers to pay the bills. (AP Photo/Vicki Smith)AP - The women of Grand Isle are nervous. Used to be, they say, they could walk the streets of their beachside town alone, getting a little exercise after the hottest part of the day or setting out the trash after midnight.