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Judge OKs deal for BP to plead guilty, pay $4 billion in penalties for role in oil spill
Associated PressA federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Before she ruled, U.S....Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Trials, BP Plc
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 10
County’s deal for school land still needs to be explained To the editor: I was struck by a question not answered by Commissioner William McKinley in his Oct. 2 letter regarding the recent purchase of land for the proposed West City elementary...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Oil Spills, Petroleum Industry, Property, Pacific Ocean
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 20
Congress must end dependence on dirty oil To the editor: The political scheming in Congress to slip a rider that would undermine crucial reviews of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline onto the must-pass payroll tax cut bill is the latest desperate...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Iraq, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama, International Military Interventions
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Letters to the Editor - March 6
We can't pick and choose the country's fundamentals To the editor: I wish to comment on the recent article on same-sex marriage. Although I am a Christian and believe in marriage between a man and a woman, I feel due to the government's turn of...Tags: Ecosystems, Church and State Relations, Gulf of Mexico, Periodicals, Alaska
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Top business stories in 2010: Economy grows but hiring lags
In 2010, the economy rebounded fitfully from the Great Recession — starting strong, wobbling at midyear but showing enough vigor by year's end to quell fears of a second recession.
Yet Americans hardly felt relief under the weight of high...Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Sales, Politics, Money and Monetary Policy
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US judge: Spill claims czar not independent of BP
The embattled administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund for Gulf oil spill victims is not independent from BP and must stop telling potential claimants that he is, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, just hours after the fund czar released details...Tags: Lawyers, Louisiana, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington (U.S. state)
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