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TODAY'S NEWS Trial starts in multibillion-dollar blame game over Gulf oil spill An army of lawyers for BP, Transocean, the DOJ and others began staking out their positions at trial on Monday in New Orleans, nearly three years after the catastrophic spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding coastlines. Settlements don't end Toyota's legal headaches Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve hundreds of lawsuits centered on alleged sudden acceleration defects associated with the recall of more than 10 million vehicles, but the company's legal troubles don't end there. After months of delay, Senate confirms Tenth Circuit nominee unanimously The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Robert Bacharach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday, ending a confirmation saga that had become a prime example of how Senate partisan politics has slowed down the process of filling the nation's federal courts. 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