Reuters: BP Plc took risky shortcuts in drilling its Macondo well that “increased the danger of a catastrophic well failure,” two U.S. lawmakers probing the well’s blow-out and the worst U.S. oil spill said on Monday. “It appears that BP repeatedly chose risky procedures in order to reduce costs and save time and made minimal efforts to contain the added risk,” said Representatives Henry Waxman and Bart Stupak, the top Democrats on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce …