A protester shouts slogans against BP during a demonstration in front of the BP 'Green Curve' Station, in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2010. BP battled on May 12 to cap a huge oil leak, lowering a box dubbed 'a top-hat' into the Gulf of Mexico amid mounting US anger over a spill flowing unchecked into the sea for three weeks. Frustrated by the failure to staunch the leak, President Barack Obama dispatched a top team to BP's command center in Houston, Texas, to throw the administration's scientific expertise behind the British oil giant's efforts. Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images.
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