Blown-out BP well declared dead

BP's blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has finally been killed once and for all, five months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Full story

"Bottom kill" Days Away?

  Admiral Thad Allen says the final fix to gulf oil well could be just days away. NBC's Jay Gray reports.

Key evidence pulled from BP spill site

The piece of equipment at the center of the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill was being retrieved from a mile below the sea, BP announced Friday. Full story