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Oil Spill. BP officials on Monday announced another experimental plan to capture the crude oil that's gushing from a mangled well 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico as Louisiana authorities prepared for the likely arrival of a massive oil slick along the state's marshy shoreline.

Haiti. Protesters in Haiti have demanded the resignation of the president, accusing him of using January's devastating earthquake as an excuse to remain in power.

British Elections. Gordon Brown paved the way for a possible coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats by announcing his resignation yesterday in an attempt to derail a partnership deal between Nick Clegg and David Cameron.

Quote of the Day. "It is reckless. Information is powerful, but misunderstood information can be powerfully bad." Hank Greely, director of Stanford University's Center for Law and the Biosciences, on a new do-it-yourself genetic test to scan for various illness. The test will soon be available at retail drugstores. (Washington Post)