As a prelude to permanently shutting down the well, crews are trying to withdraw drill pipe hanging below the bottom of the blowout preventer and remove it from the well, so they can then remove the capping stack that's kept oil from leaking since July 15 and replace the old blowout preventer with a new one.

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Madoff was found by his father-in-law hanging from a ceiling pipe in the living room of his SoHo loft.

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