Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance said the plea
...Hostess set to announce bidder for Twinkies
By CANDICE CHOI
AP Food Industry Writer
The indestructible Twinkie appears to be one step closer to a comeback.
Hostess Brands is close to announcing that it has picked two investment firms - C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management - as the lead bidders for its Twinkies and other
...Oil leak: Miss. River at Vicksburg remains closed
Associated Press
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident.
Workers have been
...Grizz, youth dribble down Beale for fitness
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