On Our Radar: BP Shares Climb BP shares advance as traders react to news of the $7.8 billion settlement brokered by the oil giant with individuals and businesses harmed by the 2010 gulf oil spill. The head of China's top planning agency says the country failed to meet its targets for improving its air and water quality because of a continuing reliance on heavy industry. "We have not transformed our economic development model," he tells reporters. Climate change could threaten the survival of outdoor ice hockey in Canada, new research suggests. A Miami artist who uses stuffed wildlife carcasses in his sculptures is sentenced for trafficking illegally in threatened wildlife, including orangutans and rare birds.