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BP fined $20 million for Prudhoe Bay oil spill

Oil giant BP plead guilty today to a federal environmental crime stemming from an oil spill at Prudhoe Bay last year. The company was sentenced to three years probation, and will pay $20 million in fines for violating the federal Clean Water Act.David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage