Remember last week when scientists estimated that twice as much oil was gushing into the Gulf as previously thought? It's actually twice as much as that. Maybe 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) of oil a day are spewing from the broken well, and who knows—one scientist on the government’s Flow Rate Technical Group says it could be as much as 100,000 barrels a day, which is BP's own worst estimate. That's enough black gold for every dolphin, turtle, and walrus in the Gulf to pack up and move to Beverly. (Hills, that is.) They certainly can't stay here. Meanwhile, one Louisiana congressmen says BP execs should at least have the decency to commit ritual suicide. more ›

Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa told a Cedar Rapids radio station how he really feels about the AIG executives taking bonuses after needing to be bailed out with $170 billion in federal money: "I suggest, you know, obviously, maybe they ought to be removed. But I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide. And in the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology." His spokesman later said Grassley was speaking rhetorically. more ›