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Headlines for 15 June 2006

New York’s currently: a good year for the roses

 Your tax dollars at work: House G.O.P. forces fake debate, the result of which will be a non-amendable resolution that the U.S. won’t waver in the war on terror.

 Bush to turn 140,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean into the world’s largest marine sanctuary.

 Iraqi government will offer amnesty to insurgents, including those who’ve only attacked U.S. troops.

 Key documents seized in Zarqawi raid provide the “upper hand” against al Qaeda, says Iraq’s national security advisor.

 Bus attack in Sri Lanka leaves 61 dead; Tamil Tigers deny responsibility, government responds with air strikes.

 Following rash of violence, Hamas wants restoration of Israel cease-fire.

 Katrina frauders milk FEMA for $1.4 billion in champagne, Girls Gone Wild dvds, and diamonds.

 Local cabbies make good, help collar Manhattan stabber.

 Matthew Baldwin explains the history of jokes.

 The luckiest boy in the world is the one whose mother argues in court for his circumcision because it hurts when he wears jeans.

 You might want to sit down. I wouldn’t sit like that. You’re going to develop a real nice case of lumbosacral strain, and it’s going to hurt for the rest of your life.

 Pentagon tastes revamped meals-ready-to-eat; chicken pesto pasta proves a favorite.

 Video: Mentos and Diet Coke, the symphony.

 Sushi supply in Portland, Ore., Chicago, and other cities controlled by cult leader Sun Myung Moon.

 Your parents are tattooed too: New study shows rebellious personalities may be genetic.

 Cats to compete in reality TV show in New York.

 Andrew Womack on the week in mp3s.

 Heroin additive that shuts down respiratory system blamed for 130 deaths in Detroit and Chicago.

 Buying the smallpox genome through mail order isn’t as difficult as you might think.

 The newest piece of equipment in the fight against bird flu is the T-shirt mask.

 Achievements in creative science: 1) evolution; 2) string theory; 3) the World’s Fair ScienceBlog.

 Video: Henry Rollins’s love letter to Ann Coulter.

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