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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

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Lengthy court battle looms over oil spill disaster; BP, rig owner, others look to lay blame

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.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  Expert panel says signs of trouble missed, ignored prior to massive Gulf oil spill

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

Friday, October 22, 2010  Gulf of Mexico deep water corals in BP oil spill zone appear healthy, studies ongoing

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

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  BP report blames itself, other companies' workers, series of failures for Gulf oil spill

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

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  Oil's creep brings sheen, tar balls to Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans