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The capped BP well in the Gulf of Mexico is seeping oil, and oil giant and U.S. government are at odds about what to do next.

Investors are cheered by the fact the British oil giant's temporary cap is holding for now on that leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. How is that going to bode for business going forward?

Easy Answer: They're estimating the volume of oil already in the ocean and working on establishing flow rates….

Four Democratic senators have called for an investigation into BP's role in the early U.K. release of Libyan terrorist Ali al-Megrahi.

Sure, the new cap on BP's leaking oil well may have a chance of stanching the flow and all parties involved can breathe a sigh of relief, but after, what next?

Money that BP is paying for clean-up could tap into the amount the company was going to pay in taxes in the U.S. and U.K.

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) today released details about its plan to award 190 parcels of land in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve…

BP's name is now forever identified with the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. But in the U.K., the oil titan garners a bit more sympathy. Why? Stephen Beard reports.

BP has said it will pay for the oil disaster in the Gulf. And it's asking two partners to help. Anadarko Petroleum and Mitsui Oil Exploration own 35% the destroyed well. And BP contends they're liable for 35% of the costs. Krissy Clark reports the companies aren't necessarily reaching for their checkbooks.