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A Conversation With BP's Pay Czar, Kenneth Feinberg

Kenneth Feinberg, the pay czar for BP's oil spill victims' compensation fund, will be back in the news this week and next as he works through another round of meetings with spill victims and public officials along the Gulf Coast. But even though Feinberg has paid out almost $3 billion to 168,000 claimants, don't expect to...

Father Fights to Expose Cancer Cluster in Maryland

(Aug. 21) -- Two and a half years ago, Randy White's daughter Kristen was diagnosed with brain cancer. She went through chemo, radiation and three brain biopsies, but nothing worked. Just 30 years old, she died in his house, in his arms. "She was never sick a day in her life" before the cancer, White told AOL News....

Background on agent orange

Agent Orange is the common name used for one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It was given its name from the color of the orange-striped 55 US gallon (208 litre) barrels in which it was shipped, and was the most widely used of the so-called "Rainbow Herbicides".

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