As tarballs reach Dauphin Island, container placed over oil spill flounders | al.com

As tarballs reach Dauphin Island, container placed over oil spill flounders | al.com: "Scattered, nickel-size tarballs thought to be part of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill washed ashore at Dauphin Island Saturday. Meanwhile, BP PLC officials were stymied in their effort to use a 100-ton concrete box to contain the leak at its source.

Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier said that officials just before noon began receiving reports of tarballs from points around the fishing pier at the public beach and areas westward."