Associated Press: BP’s top lobbyist says the company does not view a $75 million federal cap on economic damages for oil spills as a limit to its obligations to people along the Gulf Coast. David Nagel, head of the company’s Washington office, said BP has so far paid $3.5 million in damage claims beyond cleanup costs. He said the company has received 4,700 claims so far and paid on 295 of them. A federal law caps liability to $75 million for economic damages beyond direct cleanup costs. Nagel, …