More oil is leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, and officials now say the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is five times bigger than first thought. According to a report in The New York Times, a scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that 5,000 barrels a day, not 1,000 as first stated, is leaking from the stricken well. If the new estimates are correct, the slick could match the 11 million gallons that spilled during the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in a scant two months. There’s even more bad news. According to an Associated Press report, a third leak from the well has been discovered, and the spill may be closer ...