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    By Jonathan Berr

    | 6:15PM 8/12/2010
    BP, the oil company responsible for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, today resolved one of its many legal challenges, agreeing to pay a $50.6 million fine for failing to fix safety problems after a deadly 2005 fire at Texas refinery.

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 12:00PM 8/06/2010
    Thousands of Texas City, Tex. residents have joined a potential $10 billion class-action lawsuit against the U.K.-based oil company for failing to notify them about a leak at its Texas City refinery last spring.