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Thursday, December 30, 2010  New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state's retirement fund will be a lead plaintiff in the class-action federal suit by investors against BP over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Friday, July 16, 2010  BP is anxiously watching the new cap on its troublesome well in the Gulf of Mexico, which so far has stopped the flow of oil.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  Biologists say oil has smeared at least 300-400 pelicans and hundreds of terns in the largest seabird nesting area on the Louisiana coast - marking a sharp and sudden increase in wildlife damage from BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Monday, July 12, 2010  BP says it's ahead of schedule as underwater robots steadily assemble heavy metal pieces in what could be the most significant progress yet toward containing the Gulf oil spill.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has moved to become the lead plaintiff in a federal class-action lawsuit by investors against BP over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Friday, June 18, 2010  A scientist says the crude oil isn't the only dangerous thing gushing from a blown out Gulf of Mexico well.

Thursday, June 17, 2010  Chastened by heavy criticism from lawmakers, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward said Thursday he was "deeply sorry" for his company's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010  A majority of Americans disapprove of how President Barack Obama has handled the devastating Gulf oil spill though far more blame BP for what people call a sluggish two-month response.

Thursday, June 03, 2010  BP was trying to put a lid on the Gulf oil gusher.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  President Barack Obama moved aggressively to show his government is in charge of the Gulf oil spill on Thursday, calling the spill an "unprecedented disaster" and blasting a "scandalously close relationship" between oil companies and regulators.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  If oil stops flowing to the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials will know that their latest effort to plug a blown-out undersea well off the Louisiana coast was successful.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  BP is giving it another try and the stakes are high.