Finally, after three months of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the busted Deepwater Horizon well head, the oil's stopped...for now. BP announced tentative success with a new 75-ton cap developed by an anonymous plumber. Mario? [AJC]

The knee-jerk reactionaries boycotting BP by not buying gas at the company's franchises have made such an impact that station owners are starting to ditch the brand in favor of competitors.

Louisiana residents 45 miles off the Gulf of Mexico claim to have videotaped an oily substance raining down. Worst case scenario? It's petroleum mixed with Corexit, the cancer-causing dispersant BP's spraying on its oil slick. Best case scenario? Dirty roads.