Morning Constitutional – Tuesday, 18 May 2010

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Good morning, everybody. Charlie Sheen has signed on for two more years of Two and a Half Men, and at a salary of nearly $2M an episode, becomes the highest paid actor on television. Now, your morning constitutional:

Democrats and Republicans go to polls today in primaries and special elections in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon.

As Congress looks this week at how the government and industry responded to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is likely that regulations on oil extraction will be tightened.

Sausages are worse for you than unprocessed red meat.

Central American countries and the European Union came to an agreement Tuesday to liberalize trade and cut tariffs.

Views on immigration present a new generation gap, as older Americans are less welcoming to immigrants than young people.

The smallpox vaccine may help prevent HIV infection.

Finally, BBC (finally) explores the history and meaning of the two-fingered metal sign.