BP will create fund to pay claims

Obama insists the $20 billion not be controlled by the oil firm, which also halts its dividends. Reaching one of his top goals in the gulf oil spill crisis, President Obama announced Wednesday that BP had agreed to create a $20-billion fund that will pay damages to fishermen, small businesses and others who suffered financial losses in the worst environmental disaster in U.S....

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