Today's Newspapers

1. BP Slows Oil Leak Using Mile-Long Straw
   A four-inch-wide pipe is siphoning oil from the site of the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to a drillship at the ocean's surface.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Monday, May 17, 2010

2. ADHD Linked to Pesticides
   A new study out of Harvard found that children who ingested a certain toxic pesticide used on fruits and vegetables were more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
   Read original story in Time | Monday, May 17, 2010

3. Iran Agrees to Nuclear Deal With Brazil, Turkey
   Iran will send some of its uranium to Turkey in exchange for a smaller amount of uranium that has already been enriched. Will the United States and its allies agree to this deal or will they push the UN to impose sanctions anyway?
   Read original story in The New York Times | Monday, May 17, 2010

4. Euro Continues to Fall, Reaches Four-Year Low Against the Dollar
   Amid returning fear that the eurozone will not be able to sustain a bailout of the Greek economy, the value of the euro continues to fall sharply.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

5. Rima Fakih Is Named the First Arab American Miss USA
   Probably. The pageant's records aren't comprehensive enough to know for sure.
   Read original story in The Detroit Free Press | Monday, May 17, 2010

6. YouTube Turns Five, Celebrates New Record
   On average, users only spend 15 minutes on the site, which is still struggling to turn a profit, but YouTube is now hosting two billion video streams every day. That's more than twice the audience of the three prime time TV stations in the U.S. combined.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

7. Tuesday's Primaries Could Deliver Fresh Blows to Incumbents
   In what is being dubbed the Super Tuesday of 2010, a few high-stakes races will be used to predict what lies in store for politicians in November.
   Read original story in The Washington Post | Sunday, May 16, 2010

8. Tiger's Mistress Inks Playboy Deal
   Nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel will show the world her top half in Hef's magazine for an undisclosed sum.
   Read original story in TMZ | Monday, May 17, 2010

9. India Tests Ballistic Missile
   After failing twice last year, the Agni-II has successfully launched. The intermediate-range missile is capable of carrying a nuclear payload of 1,000 kg up to 1,250 miles.
   Read original story in BBC | Monday, May 17, 2010

10. Rockers Remember Ronnie James Dio, 67
    Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer of Black Sabbath in 1979, died Sunday morning while battling stomach cancer.
    Read original story in CNN | Monday, May 17, 2010

11. Steve Jobs: Apple Offers "Freedom From Porn"
    The head of Apple's habit of personally responding to e-mails has once again made news when he traded e-mails with an angry Gawker writer early on Saturday morning.
    Read original story in Gawker | Sunday, May 16, 2010

12. Greece Might Take Legal Action Against U.S. Banks
    The prime minister says he "wouldn't rule out" the possibility that his government could try to hold American investment banks legally responsible for contributing to the country's debt crisis.
    Read original story in Bloomberg | Sunday, May 16, 2010