Underwater oil globs. Slick-covered birds, dying marshlands, exterminated seafood stocks. No, we're not talking about the BP Gulf disaster for a change. In the Niger Delta, neglected oil pipelines have been quietly spewing one Exxon Valdez per year, for the past 50 years, into the area's sensitive marshlands. If you read one thing today, read this.

And yes, Tony Hayward is, I believe the term is "poncing about" in front of Congress today? Groveling? Sniveling?

Israel agrees to lift some restrictions on Gaza imports.

Meanwhile, Turkey is threatening not to send its ambassador back to Israel after that country's deadly attack on a Turkish-sponsored flotilla.

Coal mine explosions due to methane gas are somewhat routine in Colombia. The most recent kills at least 8 miners; 70 more are missing.

Insane demand for iPhone 4 (600,000+ orders on day one) proved too much for AT&T to handle, so orders are temporarily backlogged. YOU'LL LIVE.

GOLF! The US Open is open in Pebble Beach. Nice place, there. Pretty.

By a narrow margin, Oregon schools will keep the superintendent who believes in evolution.

Sam Adams, the "education mayor," says nothing about the potential closure of Jefferson, Portland's only mostly-black high school. More on Jefferson's plight later today.

Aaannnddd.... Happy Icelandic National Day! What better way to celebrate than to learn Icelandic with BAMBI!!!!!