News bites: BP settlement might be close

The Washington Post reports that a settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill could come as soon as this week.

The New York Times looks at GOP efforts to hit President Obama over rising gasoline prices.

The Associated Press reports that GOP White House candidate Rick Santorum is taking aim at Obama’s green agenda.

Reuters reports that two companies say they have struck oil off the coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone, “raising hopes for an energy bonanza in the war-scarred West African states.”