Reuters: Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for “catastrophic harm” caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the state’s attorney general said on Friday. Alabama is the first state to sue BP for damage from the world’s worst offshore oil spill. The decision stems from fear economic victims will be inadequately compensated and BP will shirk its financial responsibility, said Attorney General Troy King. “We are making this claim because we believe that BP has …