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Headlines for 15 February 2006

New York’s currently: the last of the famous snowstorm

 Riots in Pakistan over cartoons leave three dead.

 Iran confirms it has resumed uranium enrichment activities.

 Today New York melts, as temperatures return to “normal.”

 After Cheney shooting victim suffers mild heart attack due to shotgun pellet, mood at White House shifts from levity to sincerity.

 Op: The details of Cheney’s hunting accident are, to hunters, pretty fishy.

 Rock stars in Tehran toe the line, though dare not cross it.

 Restaurants take the lead in the resurrection of New Orleans.

 Willie Nelson sings new song about gay cowboys, “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other).”

 “New York is a sort of dirty, sexy, fast-paced place. It’s a natural on a condom.”

 Indoor smoking ban across England to go in effect summer 2007.

 Voting against critical analysis of evolution, the Ohio Board of Education deal intelligent design its second blow in as many months.

 How much would you pay to meet President Bush? If you’re dealing with Jack Abramoff, the answer is: a lot.

 Technology reveals Melville’s alternate ending for Moby Dick.

 Inside the “amateurish” but lucrative propaganda machine that’s feeding information to Iraq.

 The National Counterterrorism Center’s list of suspects has quadrupled since 2003—to the figure of 325,000—many of whom may be very innocent.

 Japanese make out with cell phones.

 Centipede King and Scorpion Queen celebrate Valentine’s Day nuptials.

 Pets in uniform.

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