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Good morning, everybody. Lady Gaga calls the Glee tribute a dream come true. Now, your dream come—I mean, your morning constitutional: BP is poised to attempt choking the oil spill by stuffing it with heavy drilling mud and cement on Wednesday, a tactic called a “top kill.” Singapore is battling an oil spill of its own. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline (which is partially owned by BP) was shut down Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of oil into backup containers. In retaliation for an international report that lays the blame on North Korea for sinking a South Korean...

Good morning, everybody. Lost is over. Now, your morning constitutional: Frustrated after several attempts have failed, the Obama administration is losing faith that BP is actually capable of fixing the leaking oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. American delegation comes to China with long list of issues to work out on the economy and security, but China just wants to be left alone to pursue its own development. President Obama seeks novel new way of trimming costs from spending bills. State cuts to child care programs are forcing poor parents out of working, undoing many of...

Good morning, folks. Jesse James considers himself the world’s most hated man. Now, your morning constitutional: The Senate on Thursday passed the financial reform package on a 59-39 vote. Four Republicans voted for the package, and two Democrats voted against. The bill now goes to conference to be reconciled before it will hit President Obama’s desk for signing. Slate on how the reform package is kinder to the finance industry than it has to be. The Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, approved Friday a measure to contribute to a rescue package for Greece put together by...