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Thursday, November 15, 2012  BP agrees to plead guilty and pay a record $4.5 billion over Gulf spill; 3 employees charged

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Oil spill defendants want to keep investigations blaming them for disaster out of civil trial

Wednesday, September 14, 2011  New evidence cites more BP oil spill mistakes as panel prepares to release its report

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  The president said significant progress has been made since the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, but the work isn't done.

Monday, November 08, 2010  Government panel lends support to BP's conclusions

Monday, November 08, 2010  Presidential commission to detail causes of Gulf spill, question companies involved

Sunday, October 24, 2010  Environmental group's lawsuit seeks to revive federal moratorium on deepwater drilling

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Drilling moratorium imposed after BP spill lifted but uncertainties still face Gulf residents

Monday, October 04, 2010  The federal panel meeting this week at a hotel near New Orleans is trying to determine the cause of the blast and massive oil spill that followed.

Saturday, July 17, 2010  BP says encouraged as trial run of Gulf well cap nears 48 hours with no sign of any new leak

Sunday, July 11, 2010  Stung by many failures, BP trying not to promise too much with latest effort to stop oil leak

Friday, July 09, 2010  BP officials say the first of two relief wells being drilled to stop the Gulf oil gusher could be finished by the end of the month

Thursday, July 08, 2010  BP offers ray of hope: First relief well could be complete by end of July, ahead of schedule

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  The gushing BP oil well may be just one of thousands of wells leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Thursday, July 01, 2010  BP's massive oil spill will become the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday based on the highest of the federal government's estimates