[THS] !!! Goldman Sachs sold $250 million of BP stock before spill

[The Harder Stuff in news and commentary]

Dying, dead marine wildlife paint dark, morbid picture of Gulf Coast following oil spill:

"When we found this dolphin it was filled with oil. Oil was just pouring out of it. It
was the saddest darn thing to look at," said a BP contract worker who took the Daily
News on a surreptitious tour of the wildlife disaster unfolding in Louisiana.
http://tinyurl.com/2c85pw4

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BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas:

BP Plc's failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the
crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has
called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
http://tinyurl.com/2f9hgr2

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BP paid for officials' meals, airfare and polar bear trip:

The embattled oil and gas giant BP paid for a slew of travel and dining arrangements
for senior government officials in the years leading up to the massive oil leak in the
Gulf. Critics say BP got too close with regulators, neutering the government's safety
watchdogs.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0603/bp-paid-officials-meals-airfare-polar-bear-trip/

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Goldman Sachs sold $250 million of BP stock before spill:

Firm's stock sale nearly twice as large as any other institution; Represented 44
percent of total BP investment
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0602/month-oil-spill-goldman-sachs-sold-250-million-bp-
stock/