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Headlines for 30 June 2006

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 No, Mr. President, you will not have your war crime trials; Yes, Mr. President, you can be curtailed.

 Stevens’s ruling implies military policies must now comply with the Geneva Conventions’ basic requirements.

 Trillin: Vote for Chris Dodd, his name has enormous rhyming potential.

 Palestinian prime minister says Israeli soldier will be freed, but Israel is trying to dismantle my government.

 Israel says now that Hamas is openly back to terrorism, we can openly treat them like terrorists.

 Oddly spirited defense of the World Cup against imaginary feminists.

 Big city police chiefs say federal terrorism info isn’t much better than the nightly news.

 What is the ruling on stealing their possessions and killing them in their homes? Questions asked by Al Qaeda recruits.

 Dating sites now available for all common interests.

 Mid-Atlantic flooding’s devastation continues.

 Making the case for eating grasshoppers in Washington, D.C.

 Japanese engineers busy building odor recorder/player.

 Today in TMN’s Digest, Sarah Hepola on the week in web videos.

 Twelve-year-old boy dies to synchronized Aerosmith soundtrack on Disney coaster.

 Boca Raton “Lotion-Application Shop” not really applying lotion.

 Former Judge Donald D. Thompson is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others.

 New TMN T-shirts perfect for bottomless summer nights.

 Stolen laptop with data on 26.5 military personnel and veterans back in safe hands.

 Swedes can buy insurance against RIAA lawsuits for about the cost of a CD.

 How to read Harry Potter without encountering shame.

 Suggestions for how to kill time when you’re spending 90 days in jail.

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