Rig owner to settle with U.S. over Gulf oil spill

    By John Schwartz     The owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which blew out in 2010 leading to a massive oil spill, has agreed to settle civil and criminal claims with the federal government for $1.4 billion, the Justice Department announced Thursday.     The Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned and sank in April 2010....