The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 26, 2011 BP Earns $4.9 Billion in Third Quarter --------------------------------------- In business news, the oil giant BP reported it made $4.9 billion over the last three months. This compared with $1.8 billion a year earlier. .