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BP seeks judge’s ruling on size of Gulf oil spill

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

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This story was filed on January 13, 2013

NEW ORLEANS—BP urged a federal judge Friday to rule the company can’t be penalized for millions of gallons of oil that spewed from its blown-out well but was captured before it could spill into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

Founder & Editor in Chief

Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Spoken Languages: English

Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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