America Ferrera Engaged, Artest Thanks Psychiatrist, GOP Rep Apologizes to BP - Morning Update - 06/18/2010

GOP Rep: ‘I Apologize’ to BP (Daily Beast) - and then:

Republican, Under Pressure, Backpedals From Apology to BP (NY Times) - LOL

Representative Joe L. Barton had to be truly sorry by the time he apologized for his apology on Thursday.

Joe Barton Would Like To Apologize To...

America Ferrera Is Engaged (PEOPLE) - To longtime boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams. Congratulations!

Facebook '09 Revenue Neared $800 Million (ABC News) - FFB Seriously

South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic Angered By Soccer Games Breaking Out During Concerts (Onion) - FV

Ron Artest Interview: Psychiatrist Crucial To NBA Championship (HP) - Yes.

http://www.youtube.com/v/n3tosu3KiC4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1

Ancient Chinese secret? Yes. Masons used sticky rice as mortar (CS Monitor)

According to a new study by the American Chemical Society, the world's first composite mortar was sticky rice, used in China some 1,500 years ago.

Toy Story 3: A Record Breaker? (Daily Beast) - Hmmm...

Joran Van Der Sloot's Bloody Shirt, Victim's Clothing & Inside The Murder Room (Radar Online) - Crime scene photo

Plants vs Zombies Dance Off (YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/v/u250FK_o8oY&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Box of Heads Found on Plane (Daily Beast) - Heads on a plane!

Alexie Agdeppa post-elimination interview (SYTYCDism)

http://www.youtube.com/v/twJU4BmwXKg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_GB&feature=player_embedded&fs=1

Attorney: Gary Coleman Cremated (PopEater) - RIP

SpaghettiOs Recall 2010: Campbell Soup Company Recalls 15 Million Pounds Of SpaghettiOs (HP) - Undercooked mysterious meat

Gardner executed (Salt Lake Tribune)

Ronnie Lee Gardner's quarter-century on death row ended at 12:20 today when a firing squad executed one of Utah's most notorious killers.

Metropolitan Opera Says Assets Fell 38% Last Year (NY Times) - No!

Miley Won’t Press Charges (Daily Beast)

James Franco Art Exhibit (WSJ) - I should go!

Chocolates shaped like astronauts (Boing Boing) - Cute!

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