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Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Oil spill defendants want to keep investigations blaming them for disaster out of civil trial

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Lengthy court battle looms over oil spill disaster; BP, rig owner, others look to lay blame

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  The president said significant progress has been made since the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, but the work isn't done.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  The owner of the broken Deepwater Horizon rig that is spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico has criticized the U.S. government's six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the area.

Friday, April 23, 2010  Coast Guard calls off search for 11 workers missing since oil rig blast off Louisiana coast

Friday, April 23, 2010  No oil appeared to be leaking after a drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Friday.

Thursday, April 22, 2010  UPDATE - Coast Guard: 11 workers missing in oil rig blast may have been near explosion; search ongoing