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The U.S. has approved the first deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since BP's massive oil spill.

BP and other companies sued over the massive Gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to dismiss many of the claims filed by businesses and people who say they have been harmed by the disaster.

Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.

Gulf Oil Spill Aftermath: Rosina, Geraldine Philippe Of Louisiana's Atakapa Tribe Tell Their Story (VIDEO)

It didn't make sense: After an oil rig explosion killed 11 and began spewing uncontrolled oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama White House downplayed the severity of the problem.

Samples taken from the seafloor near BP's blown-out wellhead indicate miles of murky, oily residue sitting atop hard sediment. Moreover, inside that residue are dead shrimp, zooplankton, worms and other ... Continue Reading

A federal investigation into what went wrong at BP's Gulf of Mexico oil well before it blew shed more light on fateful decisions in the days before the April 20 explosions.