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Bat Fellatio, Whale Snot Research Honored at Ig Nobel Awards

(Sept. 30) -- Every day of the year, scientists try to solve life's riddles, like how to use a remote control helicopter to retrieve whale snot, and whether or not swearing actually relieves pain. One night of the year, the science world comes together to honor the men and women seeking the answers to these difficult --...

In Time for Halloween, the BP Oil Spill Costume

(Aug. 17) -- Just when British Petroleum thought it had stanched the flow of oil and bad PR, this little item washed up like a tar ball on the shores of American commercialism: introducing the 2010 BP oil spill Halloween costume. Developed by costume supplier Fun World of Carle Place, N.Y., the slick getup depicts an oil...

Opinion: Hey America, Give BP a Break

(July 21) -- We Brits are very attached to BP. Or our pension funds are, at least. And since our pension funds are rapidly falling apart, any Brit intent on mitigating the looming indigence of old age needs to come to the defense of this great British institution. So, as an expatriated Englishman whose pension policy is to...

Another Reason to Hate BP: Lobbying for Lockerbie Bomber

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (July 15) -- BP had already called in the heavy artillery to help repair its image after April's oil rig explosion in the gulf. But as the oil still gushes nearly three months later, even a nuclear bomb is unlikely to obliterate the PR fallout over its confirmation that it lobbied the British...

BP Passes the Buck to Oil Well Partners

Though BP has been the evil face of the Gulf oil spill, the company is passing the buck onto its partners in the Macondo well, and there's certainly no shortage of buck to be passed: Last month, BP sent a bill for $272 million to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, which owns a 25 percent stake in the well, and $111 million to...