NEW ORLEANS — BP marked the first anniversary of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill with a $40 billion lawsuit blaming the disaster on its partners, as Gulf residents held somber vigils and relatives flew over the waters where 11 oil rig workers died.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — U.S. Justice Department officials are urging the public to report any suspected fraud or corruption arising from the Gulf oil spill, saying they are launching a billboard campaign to publicize their hot line.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation’s top drilling regulator.

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BOISE — A New Orleans federal judge will manage the 300 lawsuits filed in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal judicial panel has ordered. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which met in Boise ...

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Dozens of coastal attorneys have descended on remote, land-locked Boise for a hearing in federal court to decide what to do with several hundred lawsuits arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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