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Headlines for 12 July 2006

New York’s currently: qualifying for super saver shipping if it’s the last thing it does

 White House backtracks on previous position on detainees, retrieves Geneva Conventions from toilet.

 Indian police comb wrecked train cars, carry out multiple raids in search of clues as to who was behind yesterday’s bombing attacks in Mumbai.

 When public transit anywhere is attacked, it’s time for the NYPD to dig in subway riders’ bags.

 In clashes at Israeli-Lebanese border, Hezbollah has captured two Israeli soldiers.

 Spotting a pile of debris that wasn’t there before is how you spot “improvised explosive devices” in Iraq—and it could save your life.

 Hoping to spark honest political debate, former G.O.P. and Democrat strategists set aside partisan views and… start a web site.

 Colorado judge rules it’s a violation of copyright to sell sanitized versions of feature films.

 One step toward peace in Iraq could be finding out which side the phone dispatchers are on.

 TMN Summer T-shirts are still available—and check the discount bin for older shirt designs.

 Discovering they’ve been included in a federal database of potential terror targets, petting zoo and flea market proprietors channel the mayor from Jaws.

 Joe Boyd, Rick Moody remember Syd Barrett.

 How to win at sudoku every time.

 A history of cheap perfume.

 The Advice Blender finds stereotypes and fear of disease in advice columns.

 Why insults that involve your mother are considered the worst.

 SUV rubbing as art.

 Do buck teeth and a poor command of English fraud make?

 Onion columnists are the bold truth tellers we seek.

 The worst part of global warming: bad wine.

 Dinosaurs not warm- or cold-blooded, but kind of a nice medium.

 The research team have also unearthed evidence of a large carnivorous bird dubbed the “demon duck of doom.”

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