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Indicted ex-BP engineer challenges travel restrictions
A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is asking for a federal judge's permission to travel freely throughout the U.S. while he is free on …
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Man gets prison for oil - spill fraud
… Gulfport man has been sentenced to prison for 37 months and ordered to make restitution of $27,000 for fraud involving an oil - spill recovery claim. The Sun Herald reports Moses W. Keys was sentenced Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola …
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Federal judge recuses herself from ex-BP engineer's case
… criminal case against a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo didn't specify in Tuesday's order why she is recusing …
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Official: Thank BP for record levels of tourism in New Orleans
… not only following Katrina, but also the high profile oil spill in the Gulf? "One of them definitely is the BP funds ..... dealing with something like Katrina brand damage or an oil spill , when there's so many misconceptions out there …
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Coast Guard steps up inspections of towboats
… nationwide push by the Coast Guard to improve the safety of the nation's rivers and harbors. Since a 2008 collision and oil spill near New Orleans involving an improperly licensed towboat captain, the Coast Guard has begun inspecting work boats across …
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Judge pushes civil trial over BP spill into 2013
… judge has pushed back the start of a civil trial for claims against BP PLC and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf oil spill . U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier on Thursday set a date of Jan. 14, 2013. The trial originally was scheduled to …
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Ex-BP engineer pleads not guilty in spill probe
… text messages to a supervisor and a contractor to prevent them from being used in a federal grand jury probe of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Pickens said 50-year-old Kurt Mix of Katy, Texas, applied …
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