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Headlines for 13 June 2006

New York’s currently: learning how to lie with statistics

 Following Hamas’s attack on Fatah Gaza headquarters, hundreds of Abbas loyalists swarm, set fire to Hamas-controlled parliament, cabinet buildings.

 Though 2005 statistics show violent crime nationwide at its highest in 15 years, NYC’s crime rate “bucked the trend,” excepting the 15 percent rise in murders so far this year.

 Jordanian intelligence department reveals its crucial role in discerning Zarqawi’s whereabouts.

 Jihadist web site names Zarqawi’s replacement—Abu Hamza al-Muhajir—who many believe is a foreign fighter, like Zarqawi.

 Series of car bombs explode in northern Iraq, killing 20.

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 Three arrested in beating of Kevin Aviance, who has been released from the hospital.

 The Hard Rock Cafe and Casino, where altars and other items from closed churches meet their final resting place.

 Developers plan to toss antique fire trucks and space shuttle replicas into a man-made lake in Clute, Tex.—to the delight of scuba divers.

 Video: Danny Nutter needs a job. (But what will potential employers think?)

 Canine companions are finding everything from cancer to cows in heat.

 How to bring Bill Clinton back to the White House.

 Fitzmas is cancelled: Karl Rove won’t be charged in the Plame leak case.

 World Cup death watch now stands at nine.

 Media research project on the World Cup in the era of globalization.

 Video: Massive meteor collision simulation rivals anything Al Gore will tell you about the greenhouse effect.

 Girl, 16, sneaks off to meet Palestinian MySpace boyfriend, but can’t make past Jordan.

 Flying without an I.D. is easier than it would seem.

 Gibby Haynes: “The funny thing about regret is that it’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t.” Lots more regrets here.

 Design Observer redesigns, joins the Deck.

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