As a long-time journalist, I know that the media world is hopelessly slanted toward negative news. But unfortunately, this week's bad news is all real -- and not exaggerated. Greece is melting down, sovereign debt issues plague the globe, and now we have a massive environmental and economic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. Can you cut us a break, boss? Here's a rundown on what's going on on this dreary Monday:

• The Gulf oil spill will probably take months to contain (Washington Post)
• BP says it's ready to pay (Reuters) But it also says it's not to blame... figure that one out.
• Will the spill affect Obama's new "drill, drill, drill" policy?(CNN) That's what Barry gets for pretending to be Ronald Reagan.
• Deepwater Horizon had a history of problems, before the spill (Nola.com)
• Apparently blowout preventers fail frequently... (Kansascity.com)
• On to Greece... The Baklava Bailout is finally here (BusinessWeek). That's the slowest cooking Baklava, ever.
• Germany's share is $30B (Associated Press). And Angela Merkel can say goodbye now.
• Apple iPad 3G estimated to have sold 300K on launch weekend (Apple Insider). AT&T engineers trying to figure out what to do now.
• Is an anti-trust investigation at hand for Apple's app world? (New York Post). Steve Jobs' squeaky clean, integrated world may be just a little too integrated.
• Roger Ebert hates 3D (Newsweek). Funny, given that he's not exactly 2D.
• Is IronMan 2 about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? (TechCrunch) If so, I'm glad they went with an allegory, instead of real life.
• A detailed analysis of Groupon (TechCrunch).