BP Oil Found on Texas Beaches for First Time 2.65K Max Read 07/05/10 07:55PM Filed to: oil spill oil spill Bp gulf of mexico Galveston Texas Tar balls Appic Tar balls from the BP spill hit beaches around Galveston, Tex. for the first time this weekend. It may have travelled via boat. Or, it has become sentient, and heard Galveston was nice. [Houston Chronicle; picture, of Florida, via AP]