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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal board allowed to monitor the testing of a key piece of Gulf oil spill evidence — the blowout preventer — is demanding that the analysis stop until representatives of the companies that made and maintained the device are removed from the process.

Louisiana fisherman impacted by the BP Oil receive a nice Christmas gift today.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lead plaintiffs attorneys in lawsuits over the Gulf oil spill say BP is calling the shots on handling of the $20 billion victims compensation fund and fund administrator Ken Feinberg is doing the company's bidding.

The Justice Department has sued BP Exploration and Production Inc. and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill  disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. History.

The administrator of a $20 billion fund paying damages from the Gulf oil spill says claimants who want a quick resolution can opt for a one-time payment of $5,000 for individuals and as much as $25,000 for businesses, but have to give up their right to sue BP...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — The administrator of the $20 billion BP PLC fund doling out money to Gulf oil spill victims says the program will be offering claimants an additional payment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The co-chair of a presidential panel investigating the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history says the disaster cannot be blamed solely on BP.