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BP chief won’t quit over Gulf of Mexico spill
Associated Press – June 6, 2010 7:14 AM ET LONDON (AP) – BP PLC chief executive Tony Hayward says he won’t step down over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Video: Outrage over Oil Spill
Seven weeks into the worst oil spill disaster in U.S. history, BP’s clean up point man Bo Dudley toured the devastation today for the first time, angering local residents. Mark Strassmann reports.
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S&P cuts BP rating over oil spill
LONDON (AFP) – International ratings agency Standard and Poor’s cut British oil giant BP’s long-term rating from AA to AA- on Friday, the latest downgrade for the company over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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Obama wants to know ‘whose ass to kick’ over oil spill
By Stephen Collinson WASHINGTON: The fragile economy and environment of the southeastern US coast will take years to recover from the worst oil spill in US history, US officials said yesterday, as President Barack Obama bared a spot of raw emotion over the disaster. In an interview to air on NBC television on Tuesday, Obama followed criticism that his talk was not tough enough by saying he spoke …
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President Obama and BP Oil executives hold a news confrerence.

BP Places Cap Over Leaking Gulf Oil Well, U.S. Says (Update1)
BP Plc has lowered a cap over a damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well, the U.S. Coast Guard said, in the latest attempt to control the worst oil spill in the country’s history.
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GRAND ISLE, La. – Vessels of opportunity under the direction of two Coast Guard cutters skim near Grand Isle, La. June 6, 2010.
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Oil pours from cap over Gulf gusher, some captured
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — President Barack Obama promised Saturday to fight the massive oil spill alongside the people of the Gulf Coast, as a cap placed over the gusher was collecting only some of the crude and a slow-motion catastrophe spread deeper into the marshes and beaches of four states. The spreading slick arrived with the tide on the Florida Panhandle’s white sands Friday as BP continued …
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Arrival of hurricane season in Gulf of Mexico adds new fears over continuing Deepwater Horizon oil spill
NEW YORK – The 2010 Hurricane season, which is predicted by meteorologists to be “active or extremely active” has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico where BP is still struggling amid myriad failures to stem the flow of oil from its leak that is now in its 42nd day.
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BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill
BP used giant shears to slice off a pipe Thursday in the company’s latest bid to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil, but the cut was irregular and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said.
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