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guilty to a raft of charges in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines. The settlement came 2 1/2 years after the fiery drilling-rig explosion killed 11 workers and touched off the nation's largest offshore oil spill. Four veterans were killed and 16 people injured when a train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded warriors and their spouses in Midland, Texas. Detroit's Miguel Cabrera was named the American League's Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. San Francisco's Buster Posey was the National League MVP.
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• Today's Birthdays: Judge Joseph Wapner is 94. Statesman Howard H. Baker Jr. is 88. Actor Ed Asner is 84. Singer Petula Clark is 81. Comedian Jack Burns is 80. Actress Joanna Barnes is 79. Actor Yaphet Kotto is 74. Actor Sam Waterston is 73. Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim is 71. Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 68. Actor Bob Gunton is 68. Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is 66. Actress Beverly D'Angelo is 62. Director-actor James Widdoes is 60. Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 59. News correspondent John Roberts is 57. Former "Jay Leno Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks is 56. Comedian Judy Gold is 51. Actress Rachel True is 47. Rapper E-40 is 46. Country singer Jack Ingram is 43. Actor Jay Harrington is 42. Actor Jonny Lee Miller is 41. Actress Sydney Tamiia (tuh-MY'-yuh) Poitier is 40. Christian rock musician David Carr (Third Day) is 39. Rock singer-musician Chad Kroeger is 39. Rock musician Jesse Sandoval is 39. Actress Virginie Ledoyen is 37. Actor Sean Murray is 36. Pop singer Ace Young (TV: "American Idol") is 33. Golfer Lorena Ochoa is 32. Actress Shailene Woodley is 22. Actress-dancer Emma Dumont (TV: "Bunheads") is 19.
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• Thought for Today: "News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news." - Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (1921-1990).
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