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JUAN A. LOZANO
Suits in civil trial from BP plant blast settled
- BP PLC on Tuesday settled the four lawsuits that remained in the latest civil trial resulting from the deadly 2005 explosion at its refinery near Houston.
Suits over drivers' deaths could be tried in 2009
- After much legal wrangling, lawsuits against military contractors over deadly ambushes that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq could go to trial next year, a federal judge said Tuesday.
2 boys killed in Houston stairwell collapse
- An apartment building where a stairway collapsed, killing two children playing hide-and-seek and injuring a third, had been the subject of minor complaints and problems, but nothing so serious as to predict the deadly accident, authorities said Thursday.
Judge's decision on BP plea deal still months away
- A decision on whether to approve a much-criticized plea deal that settles criminal conduct related to a deadly explosion at a BP PLC plant won't come until October at the earliest, a federal judge said Wednesday.