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September 22, 2006 (Friday)
- The U.S. military officially retires the F-14 Tomcat, famous from the movie Top Gun. (AP)
- Patricia Dunn announces her resignation as Hewlett-Packard's chairman and board member, following a pretexting scandal. Mark Hurd has replaced Dunn as chairman of the company, effective immediately. (WSJ)
- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ranks fifth (7% support) in an Israeli poll of potential prime ministers. (JTA)
- Thousands riot in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, following the execution of three Christian militants found guilty of taking part in an attack on a Muslim boarding school. (Reuters)
- Richard Hammond is released from intensive care and is walking and talking after a car crash whilst filming for the BBC show, Top Gear. (News Limited/Reuters)
- A prototype Transrapid Maglev train crashes into a maintenance vehicle on elevated track in Emsland, Germany, killing 23 people and severely injuring 10. (Washington Post/Reuters) Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (BBC) (Deutsche Welle)
- The reported number of people fallen ill after eating tainted spinach reaches 166 in 25 U.S. states. (CDC)
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