BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement; investigation to continue
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BARATARIA BAY, LA - MAY 24: Brown pelicans fly past an oil boom surrounding their island on May 24, 2010 in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The island is home to brown pelicans, egrets and roseate spoonbills, some now stained by oil from the BP oil spill. Officials now say that it may be impossible to clean the hundreds of miles of coastal wetlands and islands affected by the massivel spill which continues gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
