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niggler
Original title "Exxon pipeline breaks spilling 84,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil near Arkansas lake"
mpyne
Probably an OK change. The source of the oil isn't the problem as much as the fact that it's leaking, so "Canada" is kind of extraneous.
theorique
It's important for the Keystone XL alarmists, though.

They want to make sure that Canadian oil is not piped through the USA via this pipeline.

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wwweston
What are they alarmed about?
pekk
Oil spills, I would imagine
darkarmani
It's spilling into the lake now, so it's probably and ok change.
niggler
The problem is that the original title reads as if the spill isn't ongoing
ArchD
In case you were wondering how they got that magic number 84,000 gallons, it probably comes from 2,000 barrels (http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=24&t=10), so it's a rather rough estimation (one significant digit, not two).

EDIT: 2,000 barrels instead of 20,000.

shasta
You mean 2,000 barrels = 84,000 gallons.
cpursley
What's ironic in the video is the guy's neighborhood. Notice the lack of sidewalks and large SUVs in the driveways. Just saying...
funkdobiest
this is in a somewhat rural area, so I'm really surprised the roads were even paved.
eyeface
Being from the area, I don't recall Mayflower as being very rural. It's a town near Conway which, while small, is not rural. Right off I-40.