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<title>Girl Makes Funny Faces At Congressional Hearing</title>
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    <p>The oil drilling argument between Alaska Representative Don Young and Rice University Professor Doug Brinkley &#8212; ah who cares? The look on that staffer&#39;s face is priceless.</p>

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    <p>Lady Gaga takes on the form of a mermaid for the latest &ldquo;Larger Than Life&rdquo; issue of Visionaire magazine .

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    <p>This probably isn&#39;t what you have in mind when you think of oil and bikini models. These are from the Surfrider calendar in Europe. Surfrider, if you couldn&#39;t tell from the BP-themed satire, is an environmental preservation organization . Relax. It&#39;s not really crude oil. Photoshoppery ahoy.</p> <script type="text/javascript">window.BF_IS_TOP_LIST = true</script> <ol class="top-list" id="top-list"> 	  <li class="bf_dom num1" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3> </h3> 		 		  			 				<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/7/27/10/enhanced-buzz-30613-1311777900-12.jpg" width="600" height="422" alt="" /> 			 		      		<p></p>   </li>   </ol><p><a class="action" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/oil-bikinis">View Entire List &rsaquo;</a></p>







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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:48:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Oil-Spill Victims: Where&#x26;#39;s Justice?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:37:05 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p> As if the Motor City wasn&#39;t beleaguered enough, a regional oil company sprang a leak and is set to inadvertently feed upwards of one million gallons of oil into Lake Michigan.  Err, are oil tycoons asleep at the wheel these days?</p>
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    <p> A Pin-up calendar created by a french agency for the Surfrider Foundation.  A foundation which is passionate about cleaning up our beaches and fighting pollution around the world.</p><ol class="top-list"> 	  <li class="bf_dom num1" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3> </h3> 		 			<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web02/2010/6/28/13/enhanced-buzz-31123-1277745711-29.jpg" width="600" height="1004" /> 		      		<p></p>   </li> 	  <li class="bf_dom" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3><span class="num">2.</span> </h3> 		 			<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web02/2010/6/28/13/enhanced-buzz-26077-1277745722-5.jpg" width="600" height="1006" /> 		      		<p></p>   </li> 	  <li class="bf_dom" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3><span class="num">3.</span> </h3> 		 			<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web02/2010/6/28/13/enhanced-buzz-19140-1277745737-24.jpg" width="600" height="1007" /> 		      		<p></p>   </li> 	  <li class="bf_dom" rel:bf_bucket="track"> 	  <h3><span class="num">4.</span> </h3> 		 			<img src="http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web02/2010/6/28/13/enhanced-buzz-31116-1277745749-24.jpg" width="600" height="1002" /> 		      		<p></p>   </li>  </ol> 









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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:02:10 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p> Awwww. Shame on you BP.  All little Carter wants to do is go to the beach and play in the water but he can&#39;t because it&#39;s covered in oil. His childhood is ruined.</p>

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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:02:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why the Oil Cleanup is Taking So Long...</title>
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    <p>Time to invest in Bounty, I guess&#8230;</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:02:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>What If The Oil Spill Happened Where You Live?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:06:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Oil Consumption By State</title>
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    <p>The U.S. consumes a quarter of the world&#8217;s oil. Where does it all go?</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:31:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>A weird correlation appears when you compare the last 60 years of U.S. oil output to Rolling Stone&#8217;s list of the 500 greatest rock songs of all time.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:32:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <p>Government official within the Interior Department traded sexual favors and illegal gifts for access to key contracts.</p>

  	
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    <p>Exxon posts a record profit for the last quarter; Shell, meanwhile, made a measly $11.6 billion.</p>

  	
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