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Two Twin Cities TV news shops reported that a Minnesota man had designed a cap for BP to stop oil from spilling into the gulf and that “he could stand to make millions of dollars.” The St. Paul Pioneer Press did some real reporting — it took the time to call BP — and found the story was bogus, and that the “inventor” has a history of telling tall tales.
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