GREG BLUESTEIN
MIKE BAKER
Associated Press Writer
COVINGTON, La. – BP is giving it another try and the stakes are high.
By dawn on Wednesday, the oil company planned a “top kill” designed to choke off the gusher of oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement. It comes as politicians and others are losing patience with the company over its several failed attempts to stop the leak that started more than a month ago after an offshore drilling rig exploded.