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EPA turns down states' request for ethanol waiver

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday denied requests from several governors to waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol. A renewable fuels law requires that 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol be produced by this year and

UPDATE: Coast Guard Says No Oil Leaking From Rig

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

UPDATE: The Coast Guard says no oil is leaking from a Gulf of Mexico oil platform damaged by an explosion and fire today. The blast took place as workers used a cutting torch. Four people were sent to a hospital with burns, and two others are missing in waters of Louisiana.

Glum Spain hosts summit for booming Latam nations

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CADIZ, Spain (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is opening the Iberoamerican summit, which brings together Latin American leaders and the heads of Spain and Portugal, the former colonial powers. The meeting comes at a time when Latin America basks in strong economic growth and Spain and

Defense lawyers say BP rig workers are scapegoats

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - While BP has resolved a sweeping criminal probe of its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, two company employees charged in the deaths of 11 rig workers claim the Justice Department is trying to make them scapegoats

Glance: Implementation of 'Obamacare' by state

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By The Associated Press An early look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:

BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 16th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the deadly Gulf of Mexico spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including the biggest criminal fine in U.S. history. Three BP

BP steadily moving beyond Gulf spill disaster

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By JONATHAN FAHEYAP Energy Writer BP's $4.5 billion settlement of federal criminal charges announced Thursday is a record amount, and a significant sum of money. Or, looked at another way, it's less than the $5.5 billion in profit the British oil giant made between June and September of

BP steadily moving beyond Gulf spill disaster

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The 11 workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By The Associated Press Here is a list of the 11 workers who died after a blast on the BP-leased drilling rig Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010 about 50 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig was owned by the Swiss firm Transocean Ltd. It was drilling the

FDA: Company shipped tainted peanut butter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent salmonella outbreak distributed peanut and almond butters after its own internal testing showed the products were contaminated, the Food and Drug Administration says. Sunland Inc. is the