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Headlines for 28 April 2006

New York’s currently: a la luz de la aurora

 Hoping to stem rising gasoline costs, Senate Republicans propose $100 rebate for taxpayers and extra taxes on oil companies.

 ExxonMobil announces first-quarter earnings, is on track to break last year’s record profits.

 Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says militias should disarm, which alarms secular and Sunni Iraqis—who don’t like the sound of Shiite religious figures involved in governing.

 Iran “does not give a damn” about today’s U.N. nuclear deadline.

 Little, Brown to recall all editions of Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel, remove the plagiarized sections, and reissue it.

 Want to be a plagiarist? Enter the TMN “Sloppy Seconds With Opal Mehta” contest, starting today!

 Aspiring authors, take note: There is no such thing as a photographic memory.

 Should FEMA be dismantled, rebuilt? With hurricane season just over a month away, the powers that be should start agreeing.

 Bush will approve takeover of nine military parts plants by Dubai firm—another day in the life of the decider.

 Murder by numbers in NYC—random killings are rare, though summers are bad.

 Stunt-taking host from the Discovery Channel is arrested before parachute attempt off the Empire State Building.

 The evidence speaks for itself: Superman is a dick.

 Saudi Arabia takes one step forward by allowing women to work in mixed-sex lingerie stores, one step back by kicking out the men; the UAE is having issues too.

 Oh say can you see—a la luz de la aurora? New take on the national anthem is set for Spanish-radio airwaves today.

 Video of the Week: Ze Frank’s “The Show.”

 U.S. wants to extradite British citizen accused of hacking into top-secret government networks in order to find out about aliens.

 Now you have to steal people’s brains instead of their passwords.

 David Bowie is very disappointed in you—and he’s not the only one.

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