8 April 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 08 Apr 2009 Equal-rights activists hope gay-marriage wins in Vermont and Iowa will create momentum. D.C. council gives preliminary approval to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere Iraqi gays face murderous violence from militias, police, and family. In case Exxon commercials enrage you, too: Big oil is in the oil business, and not even Obama can tell it otherwise. More than 10,000 Moldovians use Twitter to rally and protest Communist leadership. Tale of using Facebook to personally retrieve stolen goods from drunk burglar. Tales of good digital samaritans. Fujimori's conviction represents first time a democratically elected Latin American leader has been found guilty in his own country for human rights abuses. Reporter tries to figure out what it is exactly about Morrissey's voice that still breaks his heart. Links to websites that share good news. Today's long read: Dubai's dark side can't be hidden by an adult Disneyland. Kyoto's geishas endangered by unseemly, grabby tourists. Charts show distribution of personality traits in the U.S. The century-long trend is perfectly clear. A warming globe will have cooler years; look to the graphs and scientists, not the weather outside.
