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BP to pay $4 billion fine related to 2010 Gulf oil spill
BP will plead guilty to a dozen felony charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, the oil company said Thursday. Of the penalties, $4 billion will resolve...
Tags: CNN (tv network), U.S. Department of Justice, Tony Hayward, Misdemeanors, Lawyers
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BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and plead guilty to criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to...
Tags: Water Pollution, U.S. Department of Justice, Tony Hayward, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lawyers
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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: Property, Pacific Ocean, William McKinley, BP Plc, The Herald-Mail
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Nelson for U.S. Senate
It's not implausible that the outcome in Florida's U.S. Senate race this year could determine whether the winner in the presidential election is working with a Democratic or Republican Senate. Yet for a contest so crucial, the Sunshine State's Senate...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, Bill Nelson, Conservation
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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S....
Tags: Washington, DC, Energy Resources, Market and Exchange, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Credit and Debt
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Allen West in political dogfight against newcomer Patrick Murphy
It has become one of the nastiest, costliest and most crucial Congressional battles in the country, and it features two candidates who moved up the South Florida coast from Broward to the redrawn 18th U.S. House district in northern Palm Beach, Martin and...Tags: Jupiter, Politics, Miami Beach, Allen West, David Rivera
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US may soon become world's top oil producer
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Driven by high prices and new drilling methods, U.S. production of crude and other liquid hydrocarbons is on...
Tags: Energy Resources, Chemical Industry, BP Plc, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Labor Markets
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Think Again: Don't take public safety net for granted
While the consumerism around July 4th is hard to avoid, planning barbecues, having friends over and watching fireworks give me pause to reflect on things that I appreciate about our country. I spent the last week in senior-level emergency preparedness...Tags: FEMA, Government, Disasters and Accidents, Politics, Safety of Citizens
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Oil & Natural Gas Leases Sold for First Time Since BP Oil Spill
WGNO NewsFor the first time since BP's massive oil spill the federal government sold oil and natural gas leases for the Gulf of Mexico. Norway's Statoil submitted the highest bid for a lease about 70 miles southwest of the Macondo that spewed more than four...Tags: Energy Resources, BP Plc, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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The GOP's environmental disaster
By the time he died last month, Russell Train was largely forgotten. Most Americans didn't know that, as The New York Times' obituary said, he helped shape "the world's first comprehensive program for scrubbing the skies and waters of pollution,...Tags: Mitt Romney, Mark Twain, Conservation, Environmental Cleanup, Richard Nixon
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Unmanned Aircraft: Alaska's New High Tech Frontier
Channel 2 NewsThere are several unmanned aircraft sitting on a table at the Alaska Unmanned Aircraft System Interest Group’s annual meeting in Anchorage. They’re just a few pounds and look like something you’d find in a hobby shop. But you should...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service , Aquaculture, Military Equipment, BP Plc
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Briefly a hurricane, Chris weakens into tropical storm again
Sun SentinelNow it's Tropical Storm Chris again. After briefly strengthening into the first hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic storm season on Thursday morning, the system already has weakened. Not that it matters much to Florida - or any other land area for that...Tags: Weather Reports, Disasters and Accidents, Weather, Tropical Storms, National Hurricane Center
Nov 15, 2012
|Column| WXIN-LTV
Nov 15, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Nov 10, 2012
|Story| Herald Mail
Oct 25, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Oct 26, 2012
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 24, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Jul 9, 2012
|Story| Glendale News Press
Jun 20, 2012
|Story| WGNO-LTV
Sep 27, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Sep 25, 2012
|Story| KTUU
Jun 21, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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