BP fights oil spill with welding torches, cash

GOLDEN MEADOW, La. (Reuters) - BP Plc pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to stop oil from continuing to spew from an offshore oil well off the U.S. coast deep in the Gulf of Mexico that ruptured almost two weeks ago.

The British oil company, under pressure from Washington to limit the damage, said it will try containing the crude with a massive metal, funnel-like structure. BP said it has offered the U.S. Gulf Coast states whose shores could be soiled with oil millions of dollars to move ahead with recovery projects.