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A SALVAGE BOAT IS FINALLY IN PLACE TONIGHT--THE CREW PREPARING TO LIFT THE LEAKING BARGE OUT OF THE RIVER.

Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy shipping waterway.

Two high profile misconduct cases have lead to the firings of two NOPD officers. New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley announced the firings following administrative hearings today.

Former Kenner Police Chief Nick Congemi has been named chief of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Police Department.

The Mississippi River remained closed to ships Thursday from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico after a barge split in half in a collision with a tanker, spilling thousands of gallons of heavy oil.