BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement; investigation to continue
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WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward (C), BP Managing Director Robert Dudley (R) and BP America President Lamar McKay (L) leave the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. It was announced after the meeting that BP has agreed to place $20 billion into an escrow account mediated by a third party to pay out claims against damages caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
