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03.03.13
BP SPILL TRIAL BEGINS
A trial began this week over the worst offshore
oil spill in U.S. history. The Deepwater Horizon
rig exploded in 2010, killing 11 people and
releasing about 172 million gallons of crude oil
into the Gulf of Mexico. BP, which leased the
rig, has already pleaded guilty to manslaughter,
but the prosecution aims to prove the company
is liable for civil damages as well.
ONION CEO APOLOGIZES
TO OSCAR NOMINEE
While 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis was watching the
Oscars as the youngest Best Actress nominee ever, The
Onion sent out a tweet referring to her with an offensive slur.
The publication deleted the tweet after an outcry on social
media, and broke tradition by offering an apology. “It was
crude and offensive — not to mention inconsistent with The
Onion’s commitment to parody and satire, however biting,”
The Onion’s CEO wrote on the paper’s Facebook page.
TOP ROMNEY
ADVISER’S ADMISSION
IS LATE TO THE GAME
During the campaign, Mitt Romney said,
“many in the media are inclined to do the
president’s bidding,” and his advisers often
criticized the media in the same vein. But chief
strategist Stuart Stevens now appears to
have had a change of heart. On Sunday, CNN
host Howard Kurtz asked him, “Do you believe today that much of the media is in the tank for
Barack Obama?” He gave a surprising response. “It’s not a yes or a no question,” he said at
first. “In the tank, I would say no. So, yes or no question? I would say no.”