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A U.S. judge ruled Thursday that BP will face a maximum fine of $13.7 billion – nearly $5 billion less than what the government sought – for its part in dumping million of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The New York Times reports that Judge Carl J. Barbier of Federal District Court in New Orleans issued the ruling in a 44-page finding of fact that anticipates the coming third phase of the federal case.
Barbier wrote in his findings that BP actually spilled four million barrels of oil into the gulf, but that because the company attempted collection it should only be held responsible for a discharge of 3.19 million barrels or 134 million gallons of oil.
The ruling represents a substantial loss for the federal government, which estimated nearly 4.19 million barrels were spilled after collection efforts. However, the judge’s finding was still more than the 3.26 million barrels BP officials said was released in total.
Barbier previously found that BP was grossly negligent in causing the spill and could face a maximum penalty of $4,300 for each barrel spilled under the Clean Water Act.
According to the new findings, the company could now face a maximum fine of $13.7 billion.
The Times reports that Barbier’s finding did not elaborate on how he came to the 3.19 million barrel figure. He wrote that the evidence from the government and from the company was “voluminous, dense, highly technical, and conflicting.”
He went on to say that both sides presented evidence to support their cumulative flow estimates and mounted effective attacks on each other’s findings.
“There is no way to know with precision how much oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico,” he wrote before saying that once all arguments were weighed he came to the four million barrel figure.
Officials for BP and the federal government tell the Times that they are currently reviewing the judge’s ruling.
The third phase of the years-long trial, which will focus on the penalties to be assessed, is set to begin next Tuesday.
To date, BP says it has spent $27 billion since the spill, including more than $14 billion on response and cleanup, as well as $13 billion in damage claims.
Judge’s Ruling on Gulf Oil Spill Lowers Ceiling on the Fine BP Is Facing [The New York Times]
According to the news sites themselves, both were briefly hacked this afternoon, with both accounts tweeting fake news about the U.S. Navy engaged in combat with China.
The fake Pope even fake weighed in on the fake story:
Everyone included is breathing a sigh of relief because war, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing, says UPI in acknowledging the act with a tweet linking to its story about its hacked tweets:
The NYP acknowledged it without running a story online that we can find:
Thus far it’s unclear if any hacking group has taken responsibility for the attacks. The UPI says in its story about the attack that around the time the tweets started popping up, editors noticed that a ‘breaking news’ banner touting the Federal Reserve story was published to the UPI.com homepage.
“UPI’s technology support team quickly shut down access,” UPI reports.
Strawberry Honeycomb debuted in 1983, and was taken off the market…well, no one seems to know when it was taken off the market, including Post in its own press release. We would guess sometime in the ’90s. Now Post wants us to know that it’s back in “select” stores. Which stores those are isn’t clear, since the company directs customers to a product finder that doesn’t yet list strawberry as a valid Honeycomb flavor. At the same time, the flavor isn’t on their “discontinued products” page, either, leaving it in a strange cereal limbo.
Strawberry Honeycomb follows General Mills’ French Toast Crunch back onto the shelves and into the cabinets of cereal-loving millennials.
(Thanks to Brand Eating for the heads-up!)
The Associated Press reports that the USPS’ proposal includes slight increases for mailing letters and postcards, but would leave the first-class “Forever” stamp at its current price point.
According to a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, the increases would raise the cost to send intentional letters to $1.20 from the current cost of $1.15. Postcards would also increase from from $0.34 to $0.35.
For first-class mail, every ounce over one ounce would cost an additional 22-cents, an increase from the current $0.21 cost, the AP reports.
If the proposed increase is approved it would become effective on April 26.
Officials with USPS tell the AP that the potential price increases are an attempt for the agency “to achieve financial stability.”
Postal Service proposes price increases [The Associated Press]
I get home milk delivery and have accidentally frozen a few half-gallons in my day, which doesn’t end well. You can do it on purpose, too, and also freeze other dairy products like cheese, eggs, and butter if you find a good sale and like to stock up.
Milk: Pour out a small amount–you really only need to remove less than a cup–so the container doesn’t expand and explode. It will keep for about a month. Remove your next gallon about 24 hours before you need it. Don’t drink half-thawed milk because it will taste watery and gross.
Cheese: Freeze in bricks, or shred it first! It can last about six months, but cheese that you plan to slice for a party or for grilled cheese sandwiches shouldn’t be frozen, because it will end up crumbly.
Eggs: You can freeze them, but as anyone who has accidentally turned their fridge temperature too cold can tell you, you need to crack them first. This video demonstrates eggs being lightly whisked and stored in an ice cube tray. Eggs can keep for about a year.
Butter: Unsalted butter lasts a month or so, and salted butter can last up to six months. This one’s easy: just put the containers in the freezer.
How To Freeze Dairy Products [YouTube] (via Lifehacker)
With a $50,000 goal and around 1,840 donations (again, as of this moment), the page created Jan. 14 has been seeing a steady flow of money coming in.
To recap, if you don’t feel like clicking to the original post: A video apparently shot by workers at car dealership shows employees demand that the pizza guy hand over change for the $42 and some change pizza order, after handing him two $20 bills and two $5 bills as payment. Why give someone two fives only to ask for a full bill back?
The Internet wasn’t pleased, leading to an outpouring of support from those who believed he was treated poorly.
“I believe Jarrid should be rewarded for dealing with such crappy people,” the woman who started the page writes. “Please watch the video and donate. Even if it is $1, it will make up (maybe a little) for him having to deal with idiots like this.”
Since then, the sales manager at the dealership has issued a statement and apologized for the workers’ actions, though he says the video wasn’t released by the staff at the dealership.
“We will [sic] like to apologize for the actions that led to this situation, this embarrassing video gone viral on the Internet, was not released by any employee [of the dealership],” he said in a oddly worded statement via CNN.
The Associated Press reports that regulators are investigating engine compartment smoke and fire complaints in Jeep Cherokees and airbag issues in Nissan Rogue vehicles.
NHTSA officials say the first probe, which involves approximately 50,000 model year 2015 Jeep Cherokees, was initiated after the agency received reports from two consumers regarding fire and smoke engulfing the vehicles.
One driver in California reported that he smelled oil from under the hood of his vehicle while driving on January 4. Shortly after he parked the Cherokee at home, white smoke began filtering out from under the hood.
“Within seconds the entire car was engulfed in fire, flames 20 feet high,” the owner said in the complaint. “Burning oil or fuel ran down the street over 50 yards.”
In a second complaint, the owner of the a Jeep Cherokee reported that he noticed smoke under the hood while driving 60 miles-per-hour.
In both cases, the vehicles had less than 100 miles on them. NHTSA reports that no injuries occurred in either incident.
A spokesperson for Fiat Chrysler tells the AP that the company is working with NHTSA to resolve the investigation.
The agency’s second investigation into nearly 195,000 model year 2013 Nissan Rouges was initiated after NHTSA received two complaints alleging the airbags deployed up to a minute after crashes and either inflated slowly or didn’t inflate fully. No injuries were reported as a result of the issues.
A spokesperson for Nissan says the airbags were not made by Japanese parts maker Takata and that the car maker is working with NHTSA on the investigation.
US probes Jeep Cherokee engine fires and slow-deploying air bags in Nissan Rogue [The Associated Press]
