Thursday, November 15th, 2012...8:04 pm

BP to Pay $4.5 Billion for Gulf Oil Spill

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/bp-oil-spill_n_2136063.html

BP has been found guilty of all eleven charges that they were charged for, many of them felonies. The article goes on to say that two men, who were the site leader, were charged with manslaughter.

The settlement includes nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines – the biggest criminal penalty in U.S. history – along with payments to certain government entities.

Obviously this is newsworthy because the oil spill effected thousands of people along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. It is newsworthy also because the settlement is the biggest criminal penalty in U.S. history.

I thought the story was written very well. Like we learned in class, quotes should be in paragraphs by themselves and I saw that in this article.



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  • OK, Hannah. I doubt this brings the whole episode to a close, but I imagine people on the Gulf Coast will be happy to see movement of any sort in this case.