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document.writeln('Corporate felon BP agreed to pay $20 billion into an escrow account. They will ');
document.writeln('build the fund over 3.5 years with the first payment of $3 billion in the third ');
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document.writeln('For example, Louisiana\'s seafood industry alone is worth $2 billion annually, ');
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