Mabus: Penalty money should go to states

A large amount of the penalty money energy giant BP is expected to pay for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should go to Gulf Coast states harmed by the disaster. That's according to a report released Tuesday. Former Mississippi governor Ray Mabus, the Secretary of the Navy who was assigned to devise a recovery plan to respond to the spill, rolled out the plan in New Orleans and Gulfport. (Sources: Multiple, including USA Today, Sun Herald, Mississippi Press, 09/29/10) Organizations at Stennis Space Center, Miss., have been heavily involved in spill-related work.