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 website 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.