Headlines from April 8, 2009

Pentagon says that the crew of the American ship overtaken by pirates has regained control.
Op: Everyone's complaining about bankers gaming Geithner's system. Well, gaming it might be the point.
"Privacy algorithm" idea scrapped in airport body scanners.
Photos from the L'Aquila earthquake in Italy.
Pictures of an abandoned book depository in Detroit; pictures of William Gass's home library.
Rise of the New Yiddishists, a new category that all the writers included therein will despise.
Helicopter photo of this morning's "Blessing of the Sun" in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
In case your family complains about Passover taking too long: a two-minute Haggadah.
Religious intolerance is relatively rare in today's Morocco, but draws on a long tradition.
Top 30 most controversial album covers.
Simply an incredible collection of terrible videos.
Canadian chased by Air Force across five states in stolen airplane, lands in small Missouri town, buys a Gatorade, and turns himself in.
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.