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Latest News on the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill

I owe eligible claimants some responsibility in making sure that available funds are directed to the right people. Full story »

MOBILE, Alabama -- When the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded last year, researchers didn’t know a lot about the ocean at 5,000-foot depths, where the oil was spewing, one scientist said today.  Full story »

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at the beach bar that straddles the Florida-Alabama state line for the nationally recognized fish-tossing party. Full story »

The state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to create a fund that could accept oil spill fines, federal grants and money from other sources and give those dollars to homeowners seeking to retrofit their property to better withstand hurricanes.  Full story »

More than four in five respondents nationwide said that the spill penalties should go to "restoration of the Mississippi River Delta and Gulf Coast" rather than to broader purposes, such as paying down the national debt.  Full story »

Tourism, for example, seems to be recovering in Baldwin County and the Florida Panhandle, regions shunned in 2010 by many beach-goers. But there’s some evidence that consumers nationally remain leery of Gulf of Mexico seafood. Full story »

A vigorous oil-spill recovery for the Baldwin coast will require some different ways of thinking by business and community leaders, says Bob Higgins, chairman of the Coastal Resiliency Coalition. Working to jump-start the process, the coalition is considering new approaches to lure revenue to the area, such as creating a tri-city business cooperative among Foley, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, through which they would share tax revenue on big developments. Full story »

The Bay Area Food Bank ran a "mobile pantry" program trucking food to areas along the coast where volunteer organizations and church pantries could no longer meet the needs in wake of the Gulf oil spill. Officials there say they need $1 million to recoup both their hard costs and to buy replacement food for other clients. They expected significant help from BP, but so far have gotten only $45,000 through a state grant program funded by the oil giant. Full story »

A charter boat owner most everyone calls Capt. Bligh stood behind the wheel of his new fishing boat after a crack-of-dawn ride across Perdido Bay. The sun was still coming up, and his outboard motor was kicking out a white, V-shaped wake. Birds squawked from perches atop wooden pilings. Full story »

Scientists say it is taking far too long to dole out millions of dollars in BP funds for badly needed Gulf oil spill research, and it could be too late to assess the crude's impact on pelicans, shrimp and other species by the time studies begin. Full story »

Like the deepest waters of the Gulf, the shallow but frigid seas off Alaska are a new frontier for oil and gas exploration. The reserves are large but come with risks.  Full story »

Through floods, wars and many a storm, the St. Edmund-By-The-Sea has thrived on Dauphin Island, and now, on Easter Sunday, it has come through the oil spill, too. Full story »