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Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy kept more than his cattle when he and his armed militia supporters from Oregon and elsewhere recently backed down the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. BLM officials say he also kept $1 million he owes for grazing without permits.
That's in addition to the $18.7 billion BP paid to settle federal and state claims. It agreed to that in a historic penalty levied on July 3, 2015. In total, BP has spent $56.4 billion in court fees, penalties, and clean-up costs. (Source: Huge Oil Spill Still Shadows BP, WSJ, April 27, 2016.)