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June 17th, 2010

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore (AP)

A dolphin swims in the Barataria Bay near oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill Wednesday, June 16, 2010, near Grand Isle, La. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches, like forest animals fleeing a fire. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.


June 17th, 2010

Oil ends life on the water for Gulf boat captain (AP)

Boat captain Brent 'Hollywood' Shaver looks at the oil that has fouled one of his fishing reels as he works on his boat at Cotton Bayou in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, June 10, 2010.  Shaver, a long time charter boat operator, is shutting down his inshore fishing business because of the gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - Grounded by oil, the charter boat owner along Alabama's Gulf Coast known as Capt. Bligh walks past an old first mate.


June 16th, 2010

BP chairman apologizes to Americans for oil spill (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc's chairman apologized on Wednesday to the American people for the catastrophic oil spill on the Gulf coast.

June 16th, 2010

BP chief apologizes for “small people” remark (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg on Tuesday apologized for speaking "clumsily" by referring to those hurt by his company's oil spill as "small people."

June 16th, 2010

BP agrees to $20 billion spill fund, cuts dividend (Reuters)

President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington in this television frame grab June 15, 2010. REUTERS/Reuters TVReuters - Under intense pressure from President Barack Obama, BP Plc agreed on Wednesday to set up a $20 billion fund for damage claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill and suspended dividend payments to its shareholders.



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