Morning Constitutional – Monday, 17 May 2010

Good morning, folks. After 20 years, NBC cancels Law & Order, but orders Law & Order: Los Angeles. Now, your morning constitutional:

General Motors on Monday reported it earned $865M in the first quarter of 2010, its first profit since 2007.

BP announced that they are successfully capturing around 1,000 barrels a day from a pipe they connected to the leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have discovered massive oil plumes in the Gulf, further evidence that the oil spill is massively worse than BP predicts.

Iran on Monday announced an agreement to ship some of its nuclear fuel to Turkey, a move likely to derail success of achieving new sanctions over its nuclear program.

Thai anti-government protesters continue to refuse to leave their fortified camp in Bangkok, even as violence left 36 dead since Thursday.

Senator John Kyl suggests that Republicans will not try to mount a filibuster against Elena Kagan\’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Thirty-year-old Chris Fargis never went to business school or even took a finance class, but was hired by a Wall Street start-up based solely on his skills at poker, a newly emerging hiring trend among investment banks.

A new study shows that children who are exposed to pesticides have a significantly higher risk of developing ADHD.

The Tory-LibDem coalition government in the U.K. will announce next week budget cuts ahead of its first budget in June.

House Republicans last week killed a science jobs bill by adding language that would have forced supporters to also vote in favor of government employees watching pornography.

Finally, in Japan, a robot presides over a wedding. Really.