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A federal judge ruled that the defendant, accused of working with Iraqi intelligence, could not be forced to take antipsychotic medication in an effort to make her competent to stand trial.
President Bush's top aides are striving to portray him as he appeared before Iraq and Hurricane Katrina.
A son, whose father died in the destruction of the World Trade Center, wears a tattoo of the twin towers to remember his dad and to bring the pain to the surface.
The Kabul bombing came amid a sharp escalation of violence in Afghanistan.
N.F.L. players are prized for their ability to stay calm during the most intense moments of a game. But they are not always good about controlling their pregame jitters.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 6, 2006, covering September 9, 2006.
Danity Kane
OutKast
Christina Aguilera
Mana
Soundtrack
2006Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (born 1927)[†]
Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: La Maison and Le Bateau sur l'herbe.
2006Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (born 1955)[†]
Richard Steven Burmer was an American composer, engineer, sound designer, musician and ethnomusicologist. His work with electronic music combined with musical styles and instruments from around the world formed his own unique and distinct sound.
2006Matt Gadsby, English footballer (born 1979)[†]
Matthew John Gadsby was an English professional footballer. Born in Sutton Coldfield, he played for Walsall, Mansfield Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Forest Green and Hinckley United as a defender and midfielder.
2006William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (born 1930)[†]
William Bernard "Bill" Ziff Jr. was an American publishing executive. His father, William Bernard Ziff Sr., was the co-founder of Ziff Davis Inc. and when the elder Ziff died in 1953, Ziff took over the management of the company. After buying out partner Bernard G. Davis, he led Ziff Davis to become the most successful publisher of technology magazines in the 1970s and 1980s.
2006Space Shuttle Program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-115 to resume assembling the International Space Station. It is the first ISS assembly mission after the Columbia disaster back in 2003.[†]
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufactured by the Rockwell International company in Southern California and was delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Eastern Florida in April 1985. Atlantis is the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J made from October 3 to 7, 1985.
In 2006, the world population was approximately 6,671,452,015 people[†]