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Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence in Gulf spill
• AFPHalliburton pleaded guilty Thursday to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the Justice Department said.
Halliburton was sentenced to the maximum fine allowed, the department said in a statement.
The court statement did not disclose the amount, but Halliburton put it at $200,000 and three years’ probation....