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2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard was searching Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous black plume of smoke into the air reminiscent of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Mexico, BP Plc, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of criminal charges and pay a record $4.5 billion in a settlement with the government over the deadly 2010 disaster in the Gulf of...
Tags: Explosions, Environmental Issues, Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Tony Hayward
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Expert calls Ind. stage collapse compensation fair
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The architect of compensation for victims of last year's deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse says he believes the state was "exceedingly fair" with victims. Victims' compensation specialist Kenneth Feinberg tells The...
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Board: BP missed the big hazard issues in spill
WASHINGTON (AP) — BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and wasn't as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other...
Tags: Explosions, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Emergency Incidents, Mexico
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ecosystems
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Tougher rules hit fishermen, industry hard
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Charter captains and recreational fishermen in the southeast say tighter restrictions on what fish and how many they can catch are keeping more of them away from the sport. The limits on such popular sport fish as...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Fishing
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Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S....Tags: Politics, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Pakistan, Barack Obama, Terrorism
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Highlights of Obama's $3.73 trillion budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at what President Barack Obama has requested in his $3.73 trillion budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. ____ Agency: Agriculture Spending: $145.6 billion Percentage Change from 2011: 1.5 percent decrease...Tags: Laws, Police Investigations, Labor Markets, Politics, Employment
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Should I Invest in BP?
Paul ReasonerPaul...I have a little bit of extra savings and I would like to get started building an investment portfolio. It seems to me with all the negative publicity that BP might be an excellent stock to buy. Sooner or later this huge oil spill thing will end and...Tags: Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Family, BP Plc, Environmental Pollution
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A license plate for every cause, but how much is raised?
Do you care about the survival of sea turtles? Dolphins? Do you ride horses, watch whales or fish for large-mouth bass? Did you serve as a paratrooper — or care for someone who did? If so, you can tell the world — with your license tag....
Tags: Florida Gators, American Legion, University of Florida, Juno Beach, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill
ReutersBy P.J. Huffstutter May 18 (Reuters) - Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Halliburton Company, Environmental Issues, Mexico, BP Plc
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Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations
Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...
Tags: Chevron Corportion, Economy, Business and Finance, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Kamala D. Harris
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