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  • Beleaguered BP CEO Tony Hayward is no longer running the British oil giant's cleanup operations in the Gulf of Mexico spill.

  • So far, more than 40,000 people have used hotlines set up by BP to offer suggestions and ideas for stopping the oil spill and cleaning things up. But a lot of regular folks feel like they aren't getting through to BP. And some are going to local governments to see if they can get anyone to pay attention. Adriene Hill reports.

  • The Obama Administration is quickly regrouping to try to get its moratorium on deepwater oil drilling reinstated.

  • A court decided to roll back President Obama's six-month moratorium on deepwater oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • The latest casualty of the Gulf oil spill: The oyster po-boy, a famous New Orleans sandwich and longtime staple regional food. High prices of oysters are even forcing some restaurant owners to knock the food off their menus.

  • A worker on the oil rig that blew up in the Gulf of Mexico says he reported a leak in the safety equipment weeks before the explosion.

  • BP has pledged a half-billion dollars towards researching the biological impacts of the Gulf oil spill, which is helping some eco-scientists continue their projects.

  • Lawmakers kicked off a House subcommittee hearing with more than an hour of BP criticism before the oil company's chief got his chance to talk. Washington bureau chief John Dimsdale talks with Bob Moon about what happened when BP CEO Tony Hayward testified and why he didn't answer certain questions.

  • At this point we've heard a lot about the BP oil spill, how it's devastating Gulf coast fishing.And you might think the fishing industry and oil industry would be at odds. But as Adriene Hill reports from the Sustainability Desk, in Southern Louisiana, it's not that simple.

  • In Britain, some politicians and some pundits have bristled at what they see as President Obama's "anti-British rhetoric" over the role of BP. Stephen Beard reports.

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