2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The annual battle for the Old Oaken Bucket trophy saw the Boilermakers extend their winning streak over Indiana to five games. The first half of the game featured several turnovers by both teams. Purdue managed the only first half touchdown on a 3-yard run by Jaycen Taylor in the first quarter. The Hoosiers responded with a second-quarter field goal to go into halftime down 7–3. In the second half, Greg Orton caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Curtis Painter.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis ran in a 16-yard touchdown, which was then followed by a short touchdown run by Kory Sheets of Purdue. After another Indiana field goal, Purdue led 21–13 at the close of the third quarter. Hoosier wide receiver James Hardy caught a 7-yard touchdown from Lewis. Indiana then tried to tie the game with a two-point conversion but the Boilermakers defense held. Purdue made the score 28–19 on a 15-yard Dorien Bryant touchdown run with five minutes left in the game. Indiana, which amassed over 500 total offensive yards in the game, began moving the ball steadily until the Purdue defense stopped the Hoosiers on a 4th down and short yardage play. The game features 9 turnovers in total; 5 by Purdue and 4 by Indiana.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
For the first time since the 2001 season, Purdue played their final regular-season game against a team other than Indiana. The first half of the game was dominated by Hawai'i. Nate Ilaoa, the Warriors' halfback, scored the first two touchdowns of the game on runs of 4 and 16 yards. Hawai'i added a short field goal with only a few seconds remaining in the second quarter to go up 17–0 at halftime.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
Purdue's offense cut the deficit to 17–14 after a touchdown pass from Curtis Painter to tight end Dustin Keller and a wide receiver option pass from Desmond Tardy to Kyle Adams. Hawai'i then added a field goal to push their lead back to 6 points at the end of the third quarter. The final quarter featured six touchdowns, three by each school, as Painter and Hawai'i quarterback Colt Brennan each threw 3 touchdown passes. Painter first found Greg Orton from 28 yards out. Brennan then answered with a pass to Ross Dickerson to give the Warriors the lead again.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Hawaii
Painter next found Keller again before putting Purdue up 35–27 after Selywn Lymon caught Painter's fourth touchdown pass of the game. Brennan led Hawai'i back by throwing a touchdown pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen and then hitting him again for the two-point conversion to tie the game at 35–35. After an interception was thrown by Painter, Hawai'i took the lead for good when Brennan found Ian Sample for the winning score. Brennan threw for 434 yards for the game and led the Hawai'i offense to over 650 total yards. Purdue finished the regular season at 8–5.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
Purdue closed out the 2006 season by competing in their ninth bowl game under head coach Joe Tiller. Maryland controlled the game from the beginning and Purdue's offense only managed to score once in a 24–7 defeat. Maryland quarterback Sam Hollenbach put the Terrapins ahead 7–0 after the first  of two touchdown passes on the day, this one to Joey Haynos. Maryland opened up a 14–0 lead after a 1-yard run by Cory Jackson. Hollenbach then threw his second touchdown pass, a 46-yard strike to Darrius Heyward-Bey. Purdue narrowed the gap to 21–7 before halftime when Curtis Painter connected with Greg Orton from 12 yards out. Both defenses controlled the second half, with the only scoring being a Maryland field goal. Purdue was out gained 429–285 and was a −2 in the turnover margin.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Post-season
The Big Ten coaches and media selected Anthony Spencer to the first team all-conference squad. Wide receiver Dorien Bryant was chosen by the coaches for the second team, while the writers picked Bryant for the first team. Mike Otto was also named by the coaches to second team offensive squad.


2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Post-season
Three Boilermaker football players were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft. Defensive End Anthony Spencer was selected in the first round by the Dallas Cowboys. Offensive Linemen Uche Nwaneri and Mike Otto were also drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans, respectively.


2006 QH181
2006 QH181, also written as 2006 QH181, is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). It is very likely a dwarf planet, and is part of the scattered disc. Its orbit is currently too poorly determined (U=6) to know whether it is in a resonance with Neptune.


2006 QH181, Distance
It came to perihelion around 1858. It is currently 83.8 AU from the Sun and moving away from the Sun at 1.04 kilometers per second (2,300 miles per hour). The only dwarf planets and likely dwarf planets currently farther from the Sun are Eris (96.1 AU), 2014 UZ224 (90.9 AU), 2015 TH367 (~89 AU), Gonggong (88.0 AU), Sedna (85.1 AU), 2013 FS28 (84.8 AU), and 2014 FC69 (84.7 AU). Because it is so far from the Sun, it only has an apparent magnitude of 23.6.


2006 QH181, Orbit
It has been observed 15 times over only three oppositions and thus currently has a somewhat poorly known orbit. JPL ranks orbital quality from 0 to 9 (0 being best), and 2006 QH181 is currently listed with an orbit quality of 6.


2006 QQ23
2006 QQ23 is a sub-kilometre asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Aten group that is potentially hazardous only as the orbit evolves over millennia. It was first observed on 21 August 2006 by the Siding Spring Survey. On 10 August 2019, the object safely passed 7.4 million kilometres (4.6 million miles) from Earth. With a 12 year observation arc it has a well determined orbit and is not a threat for the foreseeable future.


2006 QQ23, Discovery
2006 QQ23 was first observed on 21 August 2006 by the Siding Spring Survey, at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.


2006 QQ23, Orbit and classification
2006 QQ23 is classified as an Aten asteroid, which means that it is a near-Earth asteroid that crosses Earth's orbit at two points and has an orbital period of less than a year. Because it will come within 0.05 au of the Earth (MOID) and has an absolute magnitude (H) brighter than 22, 2006 QQ23 is labelled as a potentially hazardous object. With a 12 year observation arc it has a well determined orbit and is not a threat for the foreseeable future.


2006 QQ23, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.57–1.03 au in less than 9 months (263 days; semi-major axis of 0.80 au). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 3.4° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation at the Siding Spring Observatory on 21 August 2006.


2006 QQ23, Orbit and classification, Close approach in 2019
On 10 August 2019 at 7:23 am UTC, 2006 QQ23 safely passed 0.04977 au (7,445,000 km) from Earth; travelling at around 4.67 km/s (16,800 km/h) The asteroid was recovered on 14 July 2019, which extended the observation arc from 8 years to 12 years, and therefore it had a very small uncertainty in the 2019 approach. The uncertainty region in the close approach was ±60 km.


2006 QQ23, Physical characteristics
Based on its absolute magnitude of 20.1, 2006 QQ23 is estimated to have a diameter of 250–570 metres using an assumed albedo between 0.05 (carbonaceous) and 0.26 (siliceous).


2006 QV89
2006 QV89 (also written 2006 QV89) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 29 August 2006 when the asteroid was about 0.03 AU (4,500,000 km; 2,800,000 mi) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 150 degrees.


2006 QV89, Recovery
The asteroid was recovered on 11 August 2019 by the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, extending the observation arc from 10 days to 12 years. 2006 QV89 will make a closest approach to Earth on 27 September 2019 at a distance of 0.0463 AU (6,930,000 km; 4,300,000 mi). The August 2019 orbit solution will pass about 600000 km further from Earth than the 2006 orbit solution. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 11 August 2019.


2006 QV89, Possible Earth impact
2006 QV89 has a low 1.07° orbital inclination with respect to the Ecliptic plane and an Earth-MOID of only 10200 km. Where Earth will be on a given date was known, but given the relatively old and short observation arc (10 days in 2006) it could not be predicted accurately where the asteroid will be on its orbit. Based on the available data, the Sentry Risk Table showed an estimated 1 in 9100 chance of the asteroid impacting Earth on 9 September 2019.


2006 QV89, Possible Earth impact
The nominal JPL Horizons 9 September 2019 Earth distance was 0.05 AU (7,500,000 km; 4,600,000 mi) with a 3-sigma uncertainty of ± 10 million km. NEODyS also listed the nominal 9 September 2019 Earth distance as 0.05 AU (7,500,000 km; 4,600,000 mi). The European Space Agency listed the odds of impact at a comparable 1 in 7300 on 9 September 2019.


2006 QV89, Possible Earth impact
A Monte Carlo simulation using Solex 12 with 1000 clones of the asteroid showed that the asteroid's possible positions overlap Earth. The line of variation (LOV) passed over Antarctica and the southern tip of Argentina.


2006 QV89, Possible Earth impact, Impact ruled out
While the position of the asteroid was too uncertain as of July 2019 to recover it, it was known where it would be if it were on a collision course. Based on non-observations from 4 to 5 July 2019, the impact was ruled out on 16 July 2019, using the Very Large Telescope in Chile.


2006 QV89, Possible Earth impact, Impact ruled out
The asteroid came to opposition (opposite the Sun in the sky) on 28 July 2019 at an apparent magnitude of ~22.


2006 Qana airstrike
The 2006 Qana airstrike (also referred to as the 2006 Qana massacre or the second Qana massacre) was an air strike carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War. 28 civilians were killed, of which 16 were children. Israel halted air strikes for 48 hours following the attack, amid increasing calls for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.


2006 Qana airstrike
Initial media reports stated that more than 50 people, including 37 children, had died, although later reports revised this to a lower figure of 28, including 16 children, with 13 people reported missing. Residents dug through the rubble with their hands, searching for survivors as bodies were removed. Video broadcast by Arab TV showed the bloodied bodies of women and children who appeared to be wearing nightclothes.


2006 Qana airstrike
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF), although it admitted striking the building, initially denied that the explosion that caused the mass deaths were the result of their attack. This was contested by Qana's residents, who said the building collapsed due to the Israeli bombing. According to the IDF, the bombing was an attempt to stop Katyusha rockets supposedly being fired by Hezbollah into northern Israel from the village over a two-week period and said residents were warned to leave. International observers and journalists said there was no evidence the building served any military purpose.


2006 Qana airstrike
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accused Israel of war crimes and asked, "Why, we wonder, did they choose Qana yet again? ", in reference to an artillery shelling carried out by Israeli forces that killed over 100 civilians at a UN compound 10 years before. Kofi Annan urged the United Nations Security Council to condemn the attack.


2006 Qana airstrike, Attack; medical and humanitarian response
The airstrike was carried out using two bombs, at least one of which was precision guided, which were dropped in the hour following 1 a.m. on July 30, The second bomb was dropped five to fifteen minutes after the first. The aerial attack killed members of the Shalhoub and Hashem families who had used an underground garage below a three-story apartment building as a shelter during the bombing. Initial news reports state that the families were asleep when the two bombs were dropped on their building.


2006 Qana airstrike, Attack; medical and humanitarian response
While Israel had directed residents of South Lebanon to flee the conflict, roads out of the area were also subject to Israeli bombardment. One of the eight survivors of the blast said that attacks on the roads out of Qana discouraged the two families from leaving. Anthony Shadid, reporting for the Washington Post, described the scene he saw that day: "Most of the dead had choked on flying dirt and other debris. Their bodies, intact, preserved their final gestures: a raised arm called for help, an old man pulled on pants.


2006 Qana airstrike, Attack; medical and humanitarian response
Twelve-year-old Hussein Hashem lay curled in the fetal position, his mouth seeming to have vomited earth. Mohammed Chalhoub sat on the ground, his right hand broken. Khadja, his wife and Hasna, his mother, were dead, as were his daughters, Hawra and Zahra, aged twelve and two. As were his sons, Ali, ten; Yahya, nine; and Assem, seven."


2006 Qana airstrike, Attack; medical and humanitarian response
The Christian Science Monitor reported that further airstrikes and artillery attacks, which destroyed several houses in Qana, delayed the rescue response. Sami Yazbuk, the head of the Red Cross in Tyre, told The Guardian that the first call about the bombing was received at 7 a.m. He said that previous shelling on the road to Qana had delayed the arrival of Red Cross personnel.


2006 Qana airstrike, Casualties and memorial services
According to Lebanese Red Cross and Tyre hospital records, 28 people were recorded killed in the attack on Qana. At least eight people in the homes survived the attack, some of whom were wounded. The dead ranged in age from nine months to 75 years.


2006 Qana airstrike, Casualties and memorial services
The pro-Israel media watchdog group CAMERA speculates that three to four Hezbollah fighters were killed in the airstrike in Qana. Hundreds of Lebanese and some international observers marched in the funeral.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions
Responding to the incident, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denounced "Israeli war criminals" and canceled talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a television address to the country, he said, "There is no place on this sad morning for any discussion other than an immediate and unconditional cease-fire as well as an international investigation into the Israeli massacres." After the announcement, Rice canceled her planned visit to Beirut. Prime Minister Siniora appealed to the U.N. Security Council for an emergency session, which held consultations on July 30, 2006.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions
In a statement, the Security Council expressed the world body's "extreme shock and distress" at the Qana bombing and offered its condolences for the deaths. The airstrike on Qana threatened to derail work toward a resolution in the 19-day conflict between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas. In Beirut, outrage over the attack sparked violent protest at a U.N. office, with protesters using rocks, boards and poles to break into the building. In Gaza, Palestinian security forces had to eject about 2,000 demonstrators who had stormed the U.N. compound there in protest against the Qana attack.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions
In Israel, thousands joined in protests on July 30, most of them in the Arab village of Umm al-Fahm, but also including hundreds of Gush Shalom and Meretz supporters in separate demonstrations in Tel Aviv, and smaller numbers in Haifa and the Galilee. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called for state commission of inquiry into "a blatant violation of two basic principles of humanitarian law and international criminal law."


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, International reaction
The Qana airstrike was condemned by several countries and non-governmental organizations, as well as resulting in public demonstrations in a number of countries in the Middle East and elsewhere. On July 31, in response to global criticism, Israel agreed to suspend air strikes over southern Lebanon for up to 48 hours, which would allow for further civilian evacuations from the area, as well as investigation of the incident but said it would not refrain from responding to imminent threats. During that time, Hezbollah also halted cross-border rocket fire into Israel.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, International reaction
The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a July 30 statement on the IDF's attack on Qana: "Issuing advance warning to the civilian population of impending attacks in no way relieves a warring party of its obligations under the rules and principles of international humanitarian law." It also called for "a distinction to be drawn at all times between civilians and civilian objects on the one hand, and military objectives on the other. All necessary precautions must be taken to spare civilian life and objects and to ensure that the wounded have access to medical facilities."


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, International reaction
Red Cross worker Sami Yazbak, who was helping to pull bodies from the building, said that "many of the children who were sleeping inside were handicapped. "Human Rights Watch also warned that the "consistent failure to distinguish combatants and civilians is a war crime." In an interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, an IDF general confirmed that throughout the 2006 Lebanon war Israel pursued a strategy of not differentiating between civilians and combatants in order to keep the casualty toll on the Israeli side low.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Journalist commentary
Some commentators have pointed out similarities to the 1996 shelling of Qana, in which over 100 civilians were killed by Israeli anti-personnel shells on a UN compound. In the first case, Israel alleged that it fired without knowing the compound harbored civilians. The allegation was put into question after evidence came out that, at the time of the strike, Israel was spying on the compound with two helicopters and a drone. Both incidents resulted in increased pressure on Israel to declare a cease-fire. Qana's strategic location at the confluence of five major roadways and on the northern edge of Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon may have contributed as to its repeatedly being caught in the crossfire.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
Israeli Defense Force spokesmen initially reported that the building had collapsed several hours after Israeli bombing. According to the IAF Chief of Staff, Brigadier-General Amir Eshel, the building was attacked a little after midnight. He also alleged that he did not know when the building collapsed, but: "according to foreign press reports, and this is one of the reports we are relying on, the house collapsed at 8 A.M. We do not have testimony regarding the time of the collapse.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
If the house collapsed at 12 A.M., it is difficult for me to believe that they waited eight hours to evacuate it." In addition, it was reported that senior IAF officers had said that the collapse could have been caused by an unexploded missile or by a Hezbollah-planted explosive device. The IDF's excuses were immediately denounced by Qana's residents and witnesses of the strike, who said the Israeli shelling was responsible for the collapse. An elderly man who survived the strike said a Hezbollah device could not be the cause of the explosion, since Israeli destruction of local infrastructure made it impossible that weaponries be moved towards the building.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz expressed regret over the incident and apologized for the pain the Lebanese people had endured, while also blaming the Hezbollah for using the villagers as "human shields", a tactic the IDF accused Hezbollah militants of using throughout the war.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
In its report on civilian casualties during the war, however, independent researchers at Human Rights Watch concluded that there was no evidence that Hezbollah fired at Israel from populated areas. The Christian Science Monitor likewise found Hezbollah fighters launched their rockets at Israel from unpopulated areas that they declared no-go zones to Lebanese civilians. Witnesses of the strike denied Hezbollah fighters were present near the compound at the time Israel shelled it.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
But Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman initially accused Hezbollah of being responsible for the civilian deaths: "Israel has [beseeched] and asked repeatedly for the residents of Qana to leave. I would not be surprised if the Hezbollah made them stay." According to Human Rights Watch, though many civilians in South Lebanon refused to abandon their homes and act on the IDF's warnings, many others were unable to flee due to crumbled infrastructure. Israel singled out much of Lebanese civilian infrastructure for destruction throughout the war and at the end of the conflict the damage was estimated to top 2.5 billion dollars.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
"Clearly, we did not know the civilians were in the way," said IDF spokesman Jacob Dalal, who added that Israel was exercising its right to defend itself with its campaign of airstrikes. Israel reserved the right to take action against targets preparing attacks against it during the 48-hour period, an Israeli official said. Other officials called the attack a tragic mistake. Israel also arranged with U.N. officials to allow safe passage for 24 hours so residents of southern Lebanon can flee the region. The official confirmed an earlier announcement by U.S. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli, who said the bombing halt should "significantly speed and improve the flow of humanitarian aid."


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
A high-ranking IAF officer said on July 31 that the IDF had targeted the village since July 28, when it struck 10 targets there, and that the building that was hit on July 30 was chosen as a target after Israeli intelligence indicated that Hezbollah soldiers along with Katyusha rockets and launchers were hidden inside. The IDF has claimed that the airstrike was in response to over 150 Katyusha rockets fired from the area of the village into Israel in a two-week period. The IDF also said that they believed the building to be empty.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
"We warned the residents that we would be attacking there," a high-ranking IDF officer said, "We work under the belief that the villages are empty and that whoever is there is affiliated with Hezbollah." Amnesty accused Israel of assuming without grounds that its alleged warnings to civilians were acted upon, and firing indiscriminately at civilians remaining based on that assumption.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel
The IDF did not release footage of the airstrike itself, but did release  it said was taken some time before the incident showing Katyusha rockets being fired southwest of Qana. The video also showed rocket launchers being hidden in buildings but the buildings were not identified as being in Qana as was reported. On August 6, the BBC News reported that in a second attack in Qana, the IDF destroyed the Hezbollah rocket launchers in the village used against targets in Haifa, Israel.


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel, Timeline of events according to IDF
Accounts have differed regarding the timing of events at Qana. According to reports of the incident:


2006 Qana airstrike, Reactions, Position of Israel, Allegations of a hoax and of staging
Following the attack, commentary in Israeli newspapers like Arutz Sheva asserted that the loss of life reported during the Qana attack was brought about by Hezbollah fighters themselves, in order to generate anti-Israel sympathy. On August 2, the Israel Defense Forces stated they were "aware of the rumors", although the allegations did not form part of their later statement on the bombing. On Fox News, there were claims that some widely circulated photographs of the dead in Qana were staged.


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike
"As the Israel Air Force continues to investigate the air strike [at Qana], questions have been raised over military accounts of the incident. It now appears that the military had no information on rockets launched from the site of the building, or the presence of Hezbollah men at the time. The Israel Defense Forces had said after the deadly air-strike that many rockets had been launched from Qana. However, it changed its version on Monday. The site was included in an IAF plan to strike at several buildings in proximity to a previous launching site. Similar strikes were carried out in the past. However, there were no rocket launches from Qana on the day of the strike."


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, Bomb details
A piece of bomb fuselage bearing the markings (in English) "FOR USE ON MK-84 GUIDED BOMB BSU-37/B (ASSY) 96214-700922-6" was unearthed by Lebanese Civil Defense officials at the scene and verified by international media.


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, Human Rights Watch
According to Human Rights Watch on August 2, the initial estimate of 54 persons killed was based on a register of 63 persons who had sought shelter in the basement, and the rescue teams first having located only nine survivors. However, it was later established that 22 had escaped the basement and that 28 bodies had been recovered, of whom 16 were children. There were still 13 people missing, and locals feared they were buried in the rubble.


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch also added that its own researchers, who visited Qana on July 31, the day after the attack, did not find any destroyed military equipment in or near the house. They reported:


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, IDF investigation
On August 2, the IDF concluded its investigation into the attack on Qana. The report was not released to the public but was presented to IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz and Defense Minister Amir Peretz. In a statement read out to the press, Chief of Staff Halutz's summary of the report was given. The IDF stated that the building was thought to have been empty, and "was struck at 00:25 Sunday by two bombs launched by the IAF. One of the bombs exploded and the other was apparently a dud."


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, IDF investigation
The statement accused Hezbollah of using human shields and claimed that the IDF "operated according to information that 'the building was not inhabited by civilians and was being used as a hiding place for terrorists.' Had they known that civilians were in the building, the attack would not have been carried out." The statement also noted that "the building was adjacent to areas from which rockets had been launched towards Israel", and prior to the July 30 attack, "several other structures were attacked in the same area, because they served as terrorist infrastructure."


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, IDF investigation
The IDF did not explicitly take responsibility for the casualties, but Halutz was quoted as saying that he "expressed his sorrow for the deaths of civilians, among them children, in the incident in Qana". Amnesty International responded by describing the inquiry as flawed and "a whitewash," and called for an independent inquiry which has the "capacity to cross borders and talk to survivors of the attack as well as to the forces involved."


2006 Qana airstrike, Investigations into the airstrike, IDF investigation
Human Rights Watch likewise called for an independent international inquiry, saying that the IDF's report did not explain the attack, that it in effect raised more questions than it answered, and that it contradicted eyewitness accounts of the timing, which denied legitimate military targets were around the building.


2006 Qana airstrike, August 6 attack
On August 6 the IDF announced that a missile launcher located in the area of Qana which had fired rockets into Haifa was later destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. As part of the announcement the IDF released a video of the launcher which showed three rocket launchers in an area the video described as "between Qana and Zidkin." This area is a large uninhabited area to the southwest of Qana.


2006 Qantas Television Awards
The 2006 Qantas Television Awards were announced on 22 November 2006 in a ceremony at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. The ceremony was hosted by television presenters Dominic Bowden and Petra Bagust. Awards were presented in news and current affairs and general television categories, as well as four awards selected by public vote.


2006 Qantas Television Awards, Winners
The winners of the 2006 Qantas Television Awards were announced on 22 November 2006.


2006 Qantas Television Awards, Winners, News and Current Affairs, Best News Reporter
Donna-Marie Lever, One News "Unrest Returns to Dili" (TV One)


2006 Qantas Television Awards, Winners, News and Current Affairs, Best News/Current Affairs Editing
Shahir Daud, One News "Press Photo"	(TV One) Close Up "Steam Train" (TV One)


2006 Qatar Ladies Open
The 2006 Qatar Ladies Open (known as the 2006 Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons), was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Qatar Total Open, and was part of the Tier II Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar, from February 27 through March 5, 2007.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2006 Qatar Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2006 Qatar Ladies Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2006 Qatar Ladies Open, Finals, Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Li Ting /  Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–4


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles
Alicia Molik and Francesca Schiavone were the defending champions, but Molik did not compete this year. Schiavone teamed up with Květa Peschke and lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Likhovtseva and Vera Zvonareva.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles
Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama won the title by defeating Li Ting and Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles, Qualifying
Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Doubles.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but chose not to compete. Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Amélie Mauresmo 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles, Main draw, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2006 Qatar Ladies Open – Singles, Qualifying draw
Displayed below is the qualifying draw of the 2006 Qatar Ladies Open Singles.


2006 Qatar Open
The 2006 Qatar Open, known as the 2006 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, for sponsorship reasons, was an ATP Tour men's tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar from 2 January until 7 January 2006. First-seeded Roger Federer won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


2006 Qatar Open, Finals, Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Max Mirnyi defeated  Christophe Rochus /  Olivier Rochus, 2–6, 6–3, [10–8]


2006 Qatar Open – Doubles
Albert Costa and Rafael Nadal were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2006 Qatar Open – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi won in the final 2–6, 6–3, [10–8], against Christophe Rochus and Olivier Rochus.


2006 Qatar Open – Singles
Roger Federer defeated Gaël Monfils 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the 2006 Qatar Open singles tennis tournament.


2006 Qatar Telecom German Open
The 2006 Qatar Telecom German Open was a women's tennis event that was played at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany from 5 May until 13 May 2006. It was one of two Tier I events that took place on red clay in the build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open. Second-seeded Nadia Petrova won the singles title.


2006 Qatar Telecom German Open, Finals, Doubles
Yan Zi /  Zheng Jie defeated  Elena Dementieva /  Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 6–3


2006 Qatar Telecom German Open – Doubles
The Doubles Tournament at the 2006 Qatar Telecom German Open took place between May 5 and May 13 on the outdoor clay courts of the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany. Yan Zi and Zheng Jie won the title, defeating Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta in the final.


2006 Qatar Telecom German Open – Singles
The Singles Tournament at the 2006 Qatar Telecom German Open took place between May 5  and May 13 on the outdoor clay courts of the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany. Nadia Petrova won the title, defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final. This was the third consecutive tournament win for Petrova over a span of a month, extending her winning streak to a career-high 15 matches.


2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 2006 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 –8 April 2006 at the Losail Circuit.


2006 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


2006 Quebec municipal elections
These are the candidates and winners of the municipal elections in the province of Quebec, in Canada, held November 5 2006.


2006 Quebec municipal elections
Candidates alone were elected without opposition. Winners are in bold.


2006 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 12 June 2006 by the Governor-General, Michael Jeffery.


2006 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2006 Queens blackout
The 2006 Queens blackout was a series of power outages that affected the northwest section of the New York City borough Queens in July 2006. The blackout primarily affected the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside. The outages affected  174,000 people, caused business losses of tens of millions of dollars, caused airport and transit delays and cancellations, and caused unsavory living conditions due to a concurrent heat wave.


2006 Queens blackout, Cause
The cause of the outages—which was undetermined for five days—appeared to be the company's decision to continue supplying power to the 400,000 people serviced by twenty-two feeder cables after ten of them had failed, overloading the remaining twelve. After these were repaired, a manhole-to-manhole inspection and repair of smaller cables which had also burned took place. Consolidated Edison was due to make an initial status report, regarding the outage, on August 2, 2006. Data submitted by Con Edison in August 2006 indicated that the failed feeder cables had been in service an average of 16 years, with the oldest failed cable 59 years old.


2006 Queens blackout, Effects
The northwest Queens power outages coincided with a heat wave in the New York City area the week of July 17. Their effects included knocking out power at LaGuardia Airport and parts of the subway. The outage also caused Rikers Island to switch to backup generators.


2006 Queens blackout, Effects
The worst result of the outages was a prolonged loss of power to 100,000 northwest Queens residents beginning on July 17. This outage was originally estimated by Con Edison to have affected only 1,600 customers. Con Edison defines a customer as a single edifice such that an entire residential building (which could conceivably be home to hundreds of individuals) is counted as one customer. Con Edison later revised its estimates tenfold.


2006 Queens blackout, Restoration of power
Con Edison first believed it could restore power by the end of the day July 23, but their CEO Kevin Burke later stated he could not estimate how long it would take to restore full service. By July 24 (one week after the incident), about half of the customers affected had their service restored. The other half were still in the dark by July 21, 2006 and New York City government planned to provide food and shelter until they were all restored.


2006 Queens blackout, Restoration of power
There have been reports of offers of reimbursement for spoiled food of up to $300 per customer, however officials from Con Edison’s claims department told residents they could submit a claim of up to $150 without receipts, or $350 with receipts, and merchants might file claims of up to $7,000. Also, in a separate press release, the power company stated that the requirement for grocery receipts would be waived.


2006 Queens blackout, After the blackout
The extent of the outage and perceived poor response on their behalf prompted criticism to be levied on Con Edison and mayor Michael Bloomberg.


2006 Queens blackout, After the blackout
At a press conference on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Mayor Bloomberg snapped at reporters for asking about the power outage in Astoria. The Queens power problem had been a constant item on NY1's 9 PM show The Call hosted by John Schiumo for the entire week of Monday, July 17, 2006 to Friday, July 21, 2006. He received calls from frustrated Astoria residents who managed to relocate with friends or relatives to be able to see the show and call in. In addition, there were calls from MTA officials explaining how the power problem affected the subways that week (July 17–21). By Friday, when the full extent of the problem was revealed, Bloomberg changed his stance.


2006 Queens blackout, After the blackout
In response to perceived inadequacies of Con Edison's response, on Monday, July 24, 2006 Councilmember Eric Gioia has called for the ousting of the CEO, Kevin Burke, on WNYC's radio show The Brian Lehrer Show.


2006 Queens blackout, After the blackout
Hearings were held in August 2006 by the New York Public Service Commission. James Gallagher, Director of the Office of Electricity and Environment of the New York Department of Public Service, testified that the blackout represented a "significant public health and safety risk" and a "significant economic loss."


2006 Queensland Cup
The 2006 Queensland Cup season was the 11th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2006 Queensland Cup
The Redcliffe Dolphins won their fifth premiership, defeating the Toowoomba Clydesdales 27–6 at Suncorp Stadium. Souths Logan Magpies five-eighth Brandon Costin was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.


2006 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2006, the Queensland Cup retained the same 11 teams that competed in the 2005 season. The Wynnum Seagulls, who played under that name from 1995 to 2005, returned to playing as the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.


2006 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
Toowoomba finished the regular season as minor premiers and charged into the Grand Final after a dominant 56–22 win over Redcliffe in the major semi final. Redcliffe ended the season in 3rd place and upset the 2nd place North Queensland Young Guns 22–8 in the first week of the finals. After the big loss to Toowoomba, the Dolphins defeated Easts 30–16 to qualify for their eighth Grand Final and their fourth against the Clydesdales. In the regular season, Toowoomba defeated Redcliffe 42–28 in Round 8, while the Dolphins won the return match 34–16 in Round 18.


2006 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
Toowoomba prop Ben Vaeau opened the scoring in just the 3rd minute of the contest when he steamrolled through the Dolphins defence from 10 metres out to score. Redcliffe hit back in the 8th minute when halfback Marty Turner stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. With 10 seconds remaining in what was a tough first half, the Dolphins took the lead when fullback Ryan Cullen went through under the posts to score. The Dolphins taking a 12–6 lead into the half time break.


2006 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
Redcliffe maintained their narrow six-point lead for most of the second half, before hooker Mick Roberts kicked a field goal in the 67th minute to extended his side's lead to seven. Just over a minute later the Dolphins had their third try of the game when centre Nick Emmett batted down a Roberts' cross-field kick to his winger Rory Bromley who scored in the corner. Redcliffe pulled off a carbon copy of the try five minutes later when Emmett brought down a Turner kick and handed it off to Bromley who got his second. With two minutes remaining, Mark Shipway scored to seal the contest for Redcliffe and secure their fifth Queensland Cup premiership.


2006 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
The 2006 Grand Final would be the last game the Toowoomba Clydesdales would ever play in the Queensland Cup. One of the foundation clubs of the competition, the Clydesdales ceased operations at the end of the year due to financial reasons.


2006 Queensland state election
An election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly, after being announced by Premier Peter Beattie on 15 August 2006.


2006 Queensland state election
The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Peter Beattie defeat the National-Liberal Coalition led by Lawrence Springborg and Bruce Flegg respectively, and gain a fourth consecutive term in office. Beattie thus became the first Labor Premier of Queensland to win four consecutive elections since William Forgan Smith did so in the 1930s. Had Beattie served out his fourth term, he would have become the second-longest serving Queensland Premier, after Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. After the election, Springborg resigned as Opposition Leader, being replaced by Jeff Seeney.


2006 Queensland state election, Results
The election result was disappointing for the Coalition. It failed to make significant gains from Labor, despite the fact that the Government had been in office for eight years and had been mired in a series of scandals in its third term. It also failed to make headway against the Independents which still held many safe rural conservative seats, winning back only Gympie. Recent instability in the Coalition, combined with a poor media performance by inexperienced Liberal leader Dr Bruce Flegg was seen as being responsible for the result. In addition, Premier Peter Beattie remained personally popular. With Labor’s huge majority largely intact, it was seen as being unlikely that the Coalition would be able to win the next election.


2006 Queensland state election, Results
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2006 Queensland state election, Results, Mackerras pendulum
"Safe" seats require a swing of more than 10 per cent to change, "fairly safe" seats require a swing of between 6 and 10 per cent, while "marginal" seats require a swing of less than 6 per cent.


2006 Queensland state election, State of the parties before the election
Since April 2006, the ALP held 60 of the 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly, the Coalition 23 seats (16 National and seven Liberal), along with five Independents and one member of the One Nation Party. Thus in order to win an outright majority (45 seats), the Coalition would have needed to win an additional 22 seats from the ALP, the Independents or One Nation, assuming that they retained all of their own seats. This would have required a uniform swing against Labor of approximately 8% (such swings are very rare).


2006 Queensland state election, State of the parties before the election
Sitting Labor member for Noosa, Cate Molloy, had resigned from the Labor Party following her disendorsement as a Labor candidate, which in turn followed her repudiation of the state government's plans to build a dam on the Mary River at Traveston. Molloy recontested the seat as an Independent.


2006 Queensland state election, State of the parties before the election, Members who did not recontest their seats
A number of members of parliament retired at this election:


2006 Queensland state election, Issues
From mid-2005, after the revelation of the Jayant Patel scandal, the issue of health has become a focus of controversy, damaging to the Beattie government. After several inquiries and industrial disputes, a restructure of Queensland Health took place, and the state government is currently lobbying the federal government for more doctor training places in universities for Queensland.


2006 Queensland state election, Issues
Other issues of importance at the election included environmental management and land clearing, asbestos in state schools, the provision of transportation and infrastructure to rural and regional areas, and the management of South East Queensland's population growth.


2006 Queensland state election, Polling
Labor's high levels of support was maintained until mid-2005 when support for Labor slumped and the Coalition opened a minor lead on primary votes for the first time since 1996. However, this was eventually wiped out as Labor restored a huge lead in polls in the lead up to the election and the Coalition only managed a 0.5% swing. Even though some mid-term polls suggested a swing of up to 6% against Labor, a swing of over 8% was required for Labor to lose its majority.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
The campaign started unusually with Premier Peter Beattie denying a general election was about to be called, while residents in some Gold Coast electorates received direct mail from the ALP stating that the election had been called for September.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
At a press conference on 16 August, Liberal leader Bruce Flegg stated that in the event that the Coalition won government, and the Liberal Party won more seats than the Nationals, Lawrence Springborg would still become Premier. Other Liberal Party MPs such as Michael Caltabiano disagreed, as this ran contrary to the coalition agreement signed between the two parties, which stated that whichever party won the most seats would form government. The ALP used this to attack Coalition stability in media and advertising.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
Flegg was subsequently asked to leave a shopping centre in the Redcliffe suburb of Kippa-Ring for failing to obtain permission to do a campaign walkthrough. Flegg later denied that he had in fact been evicted.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
On 22 August, Flegg took part in a media conference with Julie Bishop, federal Liberal Minister for Education, where he endorsed a Federal Government plan for the mandatory teaching of Australian history in schools. Responding to questions from journalists, he failed to identify the date of arrival of the Second Fleet (1790), or the person after whom Brisbane was named (noted astronomer and Governor of New South Wales Sir Thomas Brisbane).


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
Two sad twists of fate impacted the 26-day campaign - on 30 August, opposition leader Lawrence Springborg took temporary leave from the campaign after the sudden death of his father-in-law, and National Party deputy leader Jeff Seeney and Liberal leader Bruce Flegg continued the campaign in his absence. The death of TV personality Steve Irwin ("The Crocodile Hunter") on 4 September in an accident off Port Douglas, Queensland, took the media's focus away from the election in its final week.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
Current Treasurer Anna Bligh has stated the coalition's major election promises of wiping out stamp duty within five years, increasing the first home buyers grant by $3,000 and introducing a 10% per litre subsidy on ethanol-blended petrol will cost $2.4 billion and has blown the budget. Lawrence Springborg says all his election promises are costed and affordable, with costings to be released two days before the election. So far these costings have not been released.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
On Friday 8 September, the day before the election, Premier Beattie and Opposition Leader Springborg participated in a "great debate" at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, moderated by ABC journalist Chris O'Brien.


2006 Queensland state election, Campaign
Although Newspoll and other published polls showed Labor well ahead on predicted two-party-preferred vote, Labor strategists feared that people would vote for the Coalition in a protest vote, expecting Beattie not to lose. They adopted a strategy of denying Labor was in fact ahead. The Roy Morgan poll suggested the Liberal vote had fallen, while the Greens had risen to 8%.


2006 Queensland state election, Seats changing hands
¶The margins and swings in Chatsworth, Gaven and Redcliffe are relative to the by-election results.


2006 Queensland state election, Seats changing hands
†The margin for Noosa was notionally Labor, but sitting member Cate Molloy became an independent earlier in 2006. The post-election margin is National v. Labor.


2006 R League
The 2006 edition of R League was held from March 30 to October 26.


2006 R League
Incheon United won the competition for the first time by defeating Busan I'Park in final on 26 October 2006.


2006 RCA Championships
The 2006 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 17 through July 24, 2006. It was the first event of the 2004 US Open series.


2006 RCA Championships
The singles draw featured Americans James Blake (seeded #3), Andy Roddick (2003 U.S. Open champion - #2) and Robby Ginepri (#4) as three of the top four seeds. It also featured Delray Beach and Los Angeles winner Tommy Haas, Fernando González, Dmitry Tursunov and former grand slam finalist Marat Safin.


2006 RCA Championships, Finals, Doubles
Bobby Reynolds /  Andy Roddick defeated  Paul Goldstein /  Jim Thomas, 6–4, 6–4


2006 RCA Championships – Doubles
Paul Hanley and Graydon Oliver were the defending champions, but Oliver did not participate this year. Hanley partnered Kevin Ullyett, losing in the semifinals.


2006 RCA Championships – Doubles
Bobby Reynolds and Andy Roddick won the title, defeating Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2006 RCA Championships – Singles
Robby Ginepri was the defending champion, but lost to Andy Roddick in the semifinals.


2006 RCA Championships – Singles
James Blake won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), against Andy Roddick.


2006 RCSL season
The 2006 Rugby Canada Super League season was the ninth season for the RCSL.


2006 RCSL season, Standings
¹ The Toronto Xtreme failed to fulfill their fixture against the Ottawa Harlequins. The Harlequins were credited with a 10–0 victory.


2006 RCSL season, Championship Final
The Newfoundland Rock (Eastern Division champions) defeated the Saskatchewan Prairie Fire (Western Division Champions) 28–14 in the Championship Final, played in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on 5 August 2006. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams presented the Rock with the MacTier Cup, indicative of national rugby supremacy.


2006 RH120
2006 RH120 is a tiny near-Earth asteroid and fast rotator with a diameter of approximately 2–3 meters that ordinarily orbits the Sun but makes close approaches to the Earth–Moon system around every twenty years, when it can temporarily enter Earth orbit through temporary satellite capture (TSC). Most recently, it was in Earth orbit from September 2006 to June 2007. As a consequence of its temporary orbit around the Earth, it is currently the smallest asteroid in the Solar System with a well-known orbit.


2006 RH120
Until given a minor planet designation on 18 February 2008, the object was known as 6R10DB9, an internal identification number assigned by the Catalina Sky Survey.


2006 RH120, Discovery
2006 RH120 was discovered on 14 September 2006 by Eric Christensen with the 27-inch (690 mm) Schmidt camera of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. "6R10DB9" was the Catalina Sky Survey's own discovery designation for this object, which usually would only be used on the MPC's NEO Confirmation Page (NEOCP) until an IAU designation was applied, if the object was classified as a minor object. It was added on 14 September to the NEOCP and subsequently removed with the explanation that it "was not a minor planet".


2006 RH120, Discovery
Preliminary orbital calculations indicated it was captured by Earth's gravity from solar orbit of a period of about 11 months, which is similar to that of many spent rocket boosters dating to the Apollo program of the 1960s and early 1970s. 6R10DB was assigned the designation 2006 RH120 on 18 February 2008.


2006 RH120, Origin
Some controversy existed regarding the origin of the object. Upon discovery, it was not given a formal name because its spectrum was consistent with the white titanium-oxide paint used on Saturn V rockets, which meant it could be an artificial object. Precedents for this exist: J002E3 is currently thought to be the third-stage Saturn S-IVB booster from Apollo 12 and was in an almost identical orbit, and 6Q0B44E, discovered a month earlier, was also thought to be artificial.


2006 RH120, Origin
Its status as a satellite was also debated, with A. W. Harris of the Space Science Institute commenting, "Claiming some bit of fluff in a temporary looping orbit to be a 'satellite', with all the baggage that term carries, is mere hype". Radar observations strongly suggest that the object is a natural body.


2006 RH120, Orbit
Analysis has shown that solar-radiation pressure is perturbing its motion perceptibly. However, Paul Chodas in JPL's Solar System Dynamics Group suspects that the perturbations are consistent with expectations for a rocky object but not with old flight hardware. One hypothesis is that the object is a piece of lunar rock ejected by an impact. On 18 February 2008, the object was given a minor planet designation.


2006 RH120, Orbit
The object made four Earth orbits of about three months each before being ejected after the June 2007 perigee. At that perigee, it dipped inside the Moon's orbit to a distance of 276,845 kilometres (172,024 mi). 2006 RH120 became an Apollo-class asteroid in June 2007.


2006 RH120, 14 June 2007 perigee
On 14 June 2007, 2006 RH120 made its fourth and last perigee of the most recent Earth encounter. It was 0.7 lunar distances at closest, with an apparent magnitude of 18.5–19.0. Astronomers at JPL Goldstone in California made radar astrometry measurements on 12, 14 and 17 June 2007.


2006 RH120, Future events
2006 RH120 is now in solar orbit as an Amor-class asteroid with an orbit completely outside of Earth's orbit. As of 2017, this object was 2 AU from Earth on the other side of the Sun. Systematic residuals in the positions of the object probably indicate that the model used to determine solar radiation pressure may be too simple to adequately describe its motion over a long period of time. The next near-Earth encounter is in August 2028 when the object will pass Earth at a relatively low speed of 136 metres per second (304 miles per hour). For comparison, on 13 April 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass Earth at a relative speed of 7.4 kilometres per second (17,000 miles per hour). 2006 RH120 is listed as part of the Near-Earth Object Human Space Flight Accessible Targets Study (NHATS).


2006 RJ103
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2006 RJ103
2006 RJ103 is a Neptune trojan, first observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration at Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico, on 12 September 2006. It was the fifth and largest such body discovered, approximately 180 kilometers in diameter. As of 2016, it is 30.3 AU from Neptune.


2006 RJ103, Orbit and classification
Neptune trojans are resonant trans-Neptunian objects in a 1:1 mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune. These trojans have a semi-major axis and an orbital period very similar to Neptune's (30.10 AU; 164.8 years).


2006 RJ103, Orbit and classification
2006 RJ103 belongs to the leading L4 group, which follow 60° ahead Neptune's orbit. It orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis 29.925 AU of at a distance of 29.0–30.9 AU once every 163 years and 8 months (59,793 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.03 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.


2006 RJ103, Physical characteristics
The discoverers estimate that 2006 RJ103 has a mean-diameter of 180 kilometers based on a magnitude of 22.0. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures approximately 130 kilometers in diameter using an absolute magnitude of 7.5 with an assumed albedo of 0.10.


2006 RJ103, Numbering and naming
Due to its orbital uncertainty, this minor planet has not been numbered and its official discoverers have not been determined. If named, it will follow the naming scheme already established with 385571 Otrera, which is to name these objects after figures related to the Amazons, an all-female warrior tribe that fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Trojans against the Greek.


2006 RJ2
2006 RJ2 is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 14 September 2006 by the Catalina Sky Survey at the Catalina Station near Tucson, Arizona, United States. It has not been observed since 2006. This unusual object measures approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter.


2006 RLIF Awards
The 2006 RLIF Awards were presented on Monday 20 November 2006. The separate Rugby League World Golden Boot Award were incorporated into the proceedings.


2006 RS:X World Championships
The 2006 RS:X World Championships were held at the Lake Garda in Trentino, Italy between September 23 and September 30, 2006.


2006 RS:X World Championships, Men's results
^ Bouman finished in a higher position during the medal race


2006 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
The 29th RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 第二十九屆十大中文金曲得獎) was held in 2007 for the 2006 music season.


2006 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大中文金曲) of 2007 are as follows.


2006 Race of Champions
The 2006 Race of Champions took place on 16 December at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.


2006 Race of Champions
The Nations' Cup was competed first and the event was won by Finland, with Heikki Kovalainen winning over United States' Travis Pastrana on the final round. Kovalainen's teammate was the two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm, whereas Pastrana drove all the rounds for the US team, after both Jimmie Johnson and his replacement, Scott Speed, had to withdraw from competing due to injuries.


2006 Race of Champions
The individual event and the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy was won by Mattias Ekström of Sweden. He beat Kovalainen by 0.0002 seconds in the semi-finals, and defending champion, Sébastien Loeb of France, in the finals.


2006 Race of Champions
The cars used were the Citroën Xsara WRC, the Renault Mégane Trophy, the Porsche 996 GT3 RSR, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT and the ubiquitous ROC Buggy.


2006 Racquetball World Championships
The 13th Racquetball World Championships were held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) from August 3 to 13, with 22 men's national teams and 18 women's national teams in the national teams competition; and several players in the Singles and Doubles competition.


2006 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2006 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on December 11, 2006, at the Radio Disney, Burbank, California.


2006 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production
At that time, the Radio Disney Music Awards weren't a ceremony, it was a special edition on the Radio Disney broadcast. On November 16, 2006 the nominations were announced. The awards would be held on December 11, 2006. The Radio Disney Music Awards contained 21 categories, with 3 to 4 nominees for votes in 4 weeks.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season started in February as Nadal missed the Australian Open because of a foot injury. Nadal won five singles titles in 2006.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Hard court
In February, Nadal lost in the semifinals of the first tournament he played, the Open 13 tournament in Marseille, France. Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open (in 2006, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were the only two men who defeated Federer). To complete the spring hard-court season, Nadal was upset in the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, by James Blake, and was upset in the second round of the 2006 Miami Masters.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Clay season
On European clay, Nadal won all four tournaments he entered and 24 consecutive matches. He defeated Federer in the final of the Masters Series Monte Carlo in four sets. The following week, he defeated Tommy Robredo in the final of the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona. After a one-week break, Nadal won the Masters Series Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, defeating Federer in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the final, after saving two match points and equaling Björn Borg's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Clay season
Nadal broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match victories by winning his first round match at the French Open. Vilas presented Nadal with a trophy, but commented later that Nadal's feat was less impressive than his own because Nadal's winning streak covered two years and was accomplished by adding easy tournaments to his schedule.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Clay season
Nadal went on to play Federer in the final of the French Open. The first two sets of the match were hardly competitive, as the rivals traded 6–1 sets. Nadal won the third set easily and served for the match in the fourth set before Federer broke him and forced a tiebreaker. Nadal won the tiebreaker and became the first player to defeat Federer in a Grand Slam tournament final.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Clay season
Nadal injured his shoulder while playing a quarterfinal match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Artois Championships, played on grass at the Queen's Club in London. Nadal was unable to complete the match, which ended his 26-match winning streak.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Wimbledon
Nadal was seeded second at Wimbledon, but was two points from defeat against American qualifier Robert Kendrick in the second round before coming back to win in five sets. In the third round, Nadal defeated world No. 20 Andre Agassi in straight sets in Agassi's last career match at Wimbledon. Nadal also won his next three matches in straight sets, which set up his first Wimbledon final, which was against Federer, who had won this tournament the three previous years. Nadal was the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966, to reach the Wimbledon final, but Federer won the match in four sets to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, US Open Series
During the lead up to the US Open, Nadal played the two Masters Series tournaments in North America. He was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. Nadal was seeded second at the US Open, but lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in four sets.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, US Open Series
Nadal played only three tournaments the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson, ranked world No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open. The following week, Nadal lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of the year's last Masters Series tournament, the Mutua Madrileña Masters in Madrid. During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nadal lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Because of those two victories, Nadal qualified for the semifinals, where he lost to Federer. This was Nadal's third loss in nine career matches with Federer.


2006 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year end ranking
Nadal went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994–95 to finish the year as the world No. 2 in consecutive years.


2006 Rally Argentina
The 26° Rally Argentina, the sixth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place between April 27 and April 30, 2006.


2006 Rally Australia
The 2006 Telstra Rally Australia was the fourteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 26 and 29 October 2006. Marcus Grönholm's fifth place ensured that the injured Sébastien Loeb became the 2006 World Rally Champion; Grönholm had needed to finish third or higher to remain in title contention.


2006 Rally Catalunya
The 42º Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada, the fourth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season, took place from March 24 to 26, 2006.


2006 Rally Catalunya, Event
The rally was the first all-tarmac event of the season. The event was marred by an accident in the JWRC category which resulted in the death of the co-driver Jörg Bastuck. Eventually the rally saw the second win of the season for the reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb, although the early pacesetter was Ford's Marcus Grönholm. After winning the first three stages, he suffered turbo problems on stage five but fought back from tenth place to eventually take third place.


2006 Rally Catalunya, Event
Ahead of Grönholm  was the first podium for Spain's Dani Sordo with a fast run that was publicly acknowledged by Loeb. Further down the field, the twice previous Rally Catalunya winner Gilles Panizzi disappointed with a tenth-place finish. Panizzi promptly left the Red Bull Škoda team  and has not competed in a WRC round since.


2006 Rally Catalunya, Special stages
All dates and times are CET (UTC+1) from 24 to 25 March 2006 and CEST (UTC+2) in 26 March 2006.


2006 Rally Finland
The 2006 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the tenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 17–20, 2006.


2006 Rally Japan
The 2006 Rally Japan was the eleventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 1–3, 2006.


2006 Rally México
The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006.


2006 Rally México, Event
The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb. After a spirited battle with Petter Solberg over the first two days - that saw both drivers suffering problems(Loeb losing power steering on stage 13 and Solberg's Subaru colliding with a dog) - Loeb eventually pulled clear to give the Belgian Kronos team their first WRC victory. Marcus Grönholm had a less successful event, suffering a crash on day one and having to rejoin the rally on day two under Superally rules. Despite a twenty-minute penalty, he managed to pick up a point for eighth place. Manfred Stohl collected the final podium place with his Peugeot 307.


2006 Rally New Zealand
The 2006 Propecia Rally New Zealand was the penultimate round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 17 and 19 November 2006.


2006 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
The 3° Rally d'Italia Sardegna, the seventh round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season, took place between May 19 and May 21, 2006.


2006 Rally of Turkey
The 2006 Rally of Turkey was the thirteenth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between October 15–17, 2006. It was the last WRC event that the late Colin McRae competed in. He retired on the final stage with a mechanical problem.


2006 Rallye Deutschland
The 2006 OMV ADAC Rallye Deutschland was the ninth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between August 11-13, 2006.


2006 Real Salt Lake season
The 2006 Real Salt Lake season was the second season of the team's existence. The team has some improvement over the previous season. However, despite mixed results on the field, RSL scored a huge victory off the field in 2006. After much controversy and debate, the franchise finally secured a guarantee for a state-of-the-art, soccer-specific stadium to be built in Sandy – a suburb of Salt Lake City. The team broke ground for the structure on the morning of August 12, with representatives from soccer giant Real Madrid present. That evening, RSL faced its namesake in front of a sellout crowd of 45,511 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Salt Lake made a good showing, but Real Madrid won the exhibition match, 2-0.


2006 Real Salt Lake season, Squad, 2006 roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, Results summary
Last updated: November 8, 2012Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2006 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2006 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2006 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions. This edition was played under a two-legged series after several editions played in neutral venues.


2006 Recopa Sudamericana
The match was contested by São Paulo, winners of the 2005 Copa Libertadores, and defending champions Boca Juniors, winners of the 2005 Copa Sudamericana and appearing in their third consecutive final. As both teams have won the competition twice before, this edition determined who will become the first tricampeón of the Recopa Sudamericana.


2006 Recopa Sudamericana
Boca Juniors successfully defend the title as they beat São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate to win their third Recopa trophy. The second leg was also the last match coached by Alfio Basile, who left the club. This victory also positioned Boca Juniors, momentarily, as the most lauded international club of the world.


2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
The 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the fourth Red Bull Air Race  season and second as a World Championship. It began on March 18, 2006 and ended on November 19.


2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
In the 2006 season Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Zeltweg in Austria, and Rock of Cashel in Ireland were removed from the calendar. The number of races increased from seven to nine. The new places were Barcelona in Spain, Berlin in Germany, Saint Petersburg in Russia, Istanbul in Turkey and Perth in Australia. Only eight of the races were held after the cancellation of the 4th leg in Saint Petersburg. The race in Longleat, United Kingdom was also cancelled due to high winds, however, Friday’s Qualifying results were used as the official race results.


2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
Michael Goulian from the USA, who had paused in 2005, returned in 2006 to compete again as the 11th pilot. The American pilot Kirby Chambliss, took four wins and became World Champion with a total of 38 points followed by Hungarian Péter Besenyei (35 points). 2005 World Champion Mike Mangold from the United States, finished third with 30 points.


2006 Redbridge London Borough Council election
Elections for London Borough of Redbridge Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Redbridge is divided into 21 wards, each electing 3 councilors, so a total of 63 seats were up for election.


2006 Redditch Borough Council election
2006 elections to Redditch Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup
The 2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 31st edition of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, the 21st edition of the Cellular South Cup, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2006 ATP Tour, and of the Tier III Series of the 2006 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 20 through February 26, 2006.


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Chris Haggard /  Ivo Karlović defeated  James Blake /  Mardy Fish, 0–6, 7–5, [10–5]


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur defeated  Victoria Azarenka /  Caroline Wozniacki 7–6(7–2), 6–3


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Doubles
Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Doubles
Chris Haggard and Ivo Karlović won in the final 0–6, 7–5, [10–5], against James Blake and Mardy Fish.


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Singles
Kenneth Carlsen but lost in the second round to Robin Söderling.


2006 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Singles
Tommy Haas is the champion defeating Robin Söderling in the finals 6–3, 6–2.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
The 2006 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 8 April and finished after 20 races over 10 events at Silverstone on 15 October. The Championship was won by Tom Onslow-Cole driving for Total Control Racing.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Calendar & Winners
The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at eight of the ten rounds. The series skipped the rounds at Mondello Park and Knockhill and instead raced at a BARC meeting at Knockhill on 17–18 June; and the World Series by Renault meeting at Donington Park on 9–10 September.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Standings
Points were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Standings, Entrants' Championship
Points were awarded on the same scale as the drivers' championship but without the fastest lap bonus. An entrant's two highest placed cars in each race scored points and all scores counted towards the championship.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup
The Winter Cup was contested over two rounds at Brands Hatch on 4–5 November and Croft on 11 November. It was won by Niki Lanik driving for Drive 4 Life with SVE.


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup
Due to low grid numbers, the Clios raced simultaneously with other series at both events (Classic Touring Cars at Brands Hatch and Northern Sports Saloons at Croft).


2006 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Winter Cup, Drivers' Championship
Points were awarded on the same scale as the main championship. All scores counted.


2006 Republican Party scandals
The 2006 Republican party scandals resulted in four resignations and three election losses for Republican politicians during the first two years of George W. Bush's second term as President and leading up to the 2006 midterm elections.


2006 Republican Party scandals
The U.S. Democratic Party unified several local and national campaigns around the slogan or meme "culture of corruption". The phrase was used to describe any political scandal, beginning with a national attempt by Gov. Howard Dean (D-Vermont) to link allegations of insider trading by Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn) to the then-emerging Abramoff Scandal. Dean asserted that "Republicans have made their culture of corruption the norm." The phrase was thereafter repeated by other Democratic Party leaders, including Nancy Pelosi (responding to the indictment of Tom DeLay), "The criminal indictment of Majority Leader Tom DeLay is the latest example that Republicans in Congress are plagued by a culture of corruption at the expense of the American people."


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Resigned
U.S. Congressman Duke Cunningham — In November 2005 he resigned after pleading guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion. He was sentenced to over eight years in prison and an order to pay $1.8 million in restitution.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Resigned
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — In September 2005, he resigned from the House because a Texas court charged him of violating campaign finance laws and money laundering. DeLay pleaded not guilty, claiming political motivation for the charges. Was found guilty in 2010. His conviction was overturned in 2013 due to insufficient evidence.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Resigned
U.S. Congressman Mark Foley — In September 2006, he resigned from the House because of allegations of sending teenage boys explicit sexually solicit e-mails and instant messages. In 2008, the case was thrown out and the charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Resigned
U.S. Congressman Bob Ney — In November 2006, he resigned after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal. He served thirty months in prison.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Lost re-election
U.S. Congresswoman Sue W. Kelly — Lost to John Hall mostly because of allegations of connections to the Mark Foley scandal.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Lost re-election
U.S. Congressman Don Sherwood — Lost to Chris Carney because of an extramarital affair with accusations of abuse.


2006 Republican Party scandals, List of politicians, Lost re-election
U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon — Lost to Joe Sestak because of a series of scandals


2006 Republican Party scandals, 2006 elections, Democratic party victory
Political corruption was a key issue cited by voters at exit polls during the 2006 Midterm Elections. The Democratic Party regained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Democrats also regained a majority of state governorships and control over a plurality of state legislatures.


2006 Republican Party scandals, Republican response, Background
Responding to the use of the phrase "culture of corruption" by the Democratic Party, authors Lynn Vincent and Robert Stacy McCain published "Donkey Cons" in April, 2006. A review on right-wing web site WorldNet Daily said: "Vincent and McCain do not claim that the Republican Party boasts only the good, the pure and the beautiful, as Aristotle said..."  Democrat William Jefferson was re-elected in his district despite the ongoing investigation, which some political commentators such as Rush Limbaugh have decried as a hypocrisy of the "culture of corruption" label with which the DNC had been branding the Republicans.


2006 Republican Party scandals, Republican response, Background
Republicans have also accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of hypocrisy, who had promised to "drain the swamp" and have "the most open, most honest, most ethical Congress in history,"  while defending the unethical former House Ways and Means Chair Charlie Rangel.


2006 Republican Party scandals, Republican response, 2006 Democratic party scandals
While usually avoiding using the phrase, Republicans responded to Democratic charges by pointing out that Democrats had also been involved in similar scandals. These Democrats included:


2006 Republika Srpska general election
General elections were held in Republika Srpska on 1 October 2006, as part of the general elections across Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2006 Reunion Mini-Tour
Extreme's 2006 Reunion Mini-Tour was a series of three reunion concerts by hard rock band Extreme, taking place in the summer of 2006 in the New England area, in Boston, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire and Ledyard, Connecticut. Unlike in the 2004 and 2005 reunion tours, this time all original members reunited, including bassist Pat Badger.


2006 Reunion Tour Live
2006 Reunion Tour Live (or Th' 2006 Reunion Tour) is a 2006 live album by Th' Dudes during their October 2006 New Zealand reunion tour. The album reached number 39 on the New Zealand music charts.


2006 Reunion Tour Live, Track listing
All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn and Ian Morris unless otherwise stated.


2006 Rhein Fire season
The 2006 Rhein Fire season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Tomsula in his first year, and played its home games at LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.


2006 Rhein Fire season, Honors
After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Rhein had four players selected. The selections were:


2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The 2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Kurt Beck retained its majority. However, as the SPD won an outright majority, the FDP chose not to continue the coalition. Beck was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.


2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Campaign and issues
The election was one of the first held under the grand coalition federal government. Thus, the SPD and CDU did not attack each other as harshly as previously. The SPD was expected to benefit from the personality of Kurt Beck, while the CDU ran again with their leader Christoph Böhr, who had already lost the 2001 election.


2006 Rhineland-Palatinate state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.


2006 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 2006 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their seventh season under head coach Tim Stowers, the Rams compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against conference opponents) and finished fifth in the North Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Donald Carcieri very narrowly defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Charles J. Fogarty in one of the closest gubernatorial elections in Rhode Island history. With a margin of 2%, this election was also the second-closest race of the 2006 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in Minnesota.


2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Rhode Island or to a statewide office.


2006 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
23rd Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from 18 September to 24 September 2006.


2006 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, Medal winners
* only competed in 3 hoops + 2 clubs final**  only competed in 5 ribbons final


2006 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, Junior Results, Rope
*In the Qualification, Elena Titova, Aleksandra Zapekina and Alina Maksymenko were placed 7th, so they all advanced into the final.


2006 Rice Owls football team
The 2006 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Owls were led by head coach Todd Graham, who left the school in January to coach Tulsa. They played their home games at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International
The 2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Domain Tennis Centre in Canberra, Australia, from 9 to 15 January 2006.


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International, Champions, Doubles
Marta Domachowska /  Roberta Vinci defeated  Claire Curran /  Līga Dekmeijere, 7–6(7–5), 6–3


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Doubles
Tathiana Garbin and Tina Križan were the defending champions, but Križan decided to play at the 2006 Medibank International instead, which was held during the same week. Garbin played with Emmanuelle Gagliardi, but the team lost in the semifinals.


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Doubles
Marta Domachowska and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Claire Curran and Līga Dekmeijere in the final in straight sets.


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Singles
Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but decided to compete at the 2006 Medibank International instead, which was held in the same week.


2006 Richard Luton Properties Canberra International – Singles
Spanish player Anabel Medina Garrigues won the title, defeating South Korea's Cho Yoon-jeong in the final in three sets, in the last edition of the tournament.


2006 Richmond Hill municipal election
The Town of Richmond Hill 2006 Municipal Elections were held on November 13, 2006. One mayor, two Regional & Local Councillors and six local Councillors were elected to represent residents of the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Additionally, school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.


2006 Richmond Hill municipal election
These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario (see 2006 Ontario municipal elections).


2006 Richmond Hill municipal election, Changes to ward boundaries
The boundaries for all six Richmond Hill wards changed on December 1, 2006. Although the boundary changes did not officially take place until shortly after the election, voters cast their ballots for Local Councillor based upon the following new boundaries:


2006 Richmond Hill municipal election, Candidates, School Boards, York Region District School Board - Wards 2, 3 and 5
Note: On July 3, 2007 Trustee Carrie Sheppard submitted her resignation, on July 10, 2007 the position was awarded to the runner-up candidate Peter Luchowski


2006 Richmond Kickers season
The 2006 Richmond Kickers season was the club's fourteenth season in existence. The club played in the USL Second Division, which represented the third-tier of American soccer.


2006 Richmond Kickers season
This was the first season since 1996 that the Kickers played in the third division of American soccer. The season was noted for the Kickers winning a regular season and postseason championship. It was the Kickers' second ever league championship, and their first since 1995. It was also their second regular season championship, their first since 2001.


2006 Richmond Spiders football team
The 2006 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), and played their home games at the University of Richmond Stadium.


2006 Richmond Spiders football team
The Spiders were led by third-year head coach Dave Clawson. Richmond finished the regular season with a 6–5 overall record and a 3–5 record in conference play.


2006 Richmond spree murders
The 2006 Richmond spree murders took place during a seven-day period in January 2006 in and around Richmond, Virginia, United States; seven people, four members of the Harvey family and three members of the Baskerville-Tucker family, were killed. The perpetrators were Ricky Javon Gray (March 9, 1977 – January 18, 2017) and his nephew Ray Joseph Dandridge (born January 24, 1977). Dandridge's girlfriend Ashley Baskerville assisted the pair as an accomplice during their murder and robbery spree until she became one of their victims. After Gray and Dandridge were arrested, two prior murders, including that of Gray's wife, and a near-fatal assault in late 2005 were linked to the men.


2006 Richmond spree murders
Dandridge pleaded guilty to murdering the three Baskerville-Tucker victims in exchange for receiving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Gray was charged with capital murder in connection with the Harvey family killings, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murders of Stella and Ruby Harvey, who were aged 9 and 4, respectively. Gray's execution was carried out on January 18, 2017, at 9:42 p.m. by lethal injection. Gray was the second to last person to be executed in Virginia prior to the state abolishing capital punishment in 2021.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Crimes preceding the murder spree, Murder of Treva Gray
On November 5, 2005, the badly beaten body of 35-year-old Treva Terrell Gray was found in a shallow grave next to Brookside Avenue in Washington, Pennsylvania, by a passerby. She had married Gray, a 28-year-old former convict, approximately six months before, and lived with her husband in a house owned by her family; Dandridge, his nephew, had moved in with the couple following his release from prison on October 26, 2005, after serving more than 10 years for armed robbery.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Crimes preceding the murder spree, Murder of Treva Gray
According to Treva's parents, the Grays fought bitterly, and they saw claw marks on Ricky's forearm the day Treva's body was found. While both Gray and Dandridge were interviewed by the Washington police, they were not considered suspects. Treva's mother, Marna Squires, alleges that the police were lax in investigating the death and suggested that Treva had died of a drug overdose. While the police ruled her death suspicious at the time, no homicide investigation was launched until after Gray's confession.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Crimes preceding the murder spree, Murder of Treva Gray
Approximately a week after the discovery of their daughter's body, Treva's parents evicted Dandridge from their property; Dandridge then moved in with his father in West Philadelphia. On December 23, Gray moved out as well to stay with his maternal grandmother in Arlington, Virginia. Dandridge left Philadelphia on Christmas Day to join Gray.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Crimes preceding the murder spree, Attack on Ryan Carey
On December 31, 2005, 26-year-old Ryan Carey was attacked by two men he later identified as Gray and Dandridge in front of his parents' home in the 5100 block of North 25th Street in Arlington. Carey sustained extensive beating and stab wounds to the chest, neck and arms in a near-fatal assault, and spent the next two weeks in a coma. He also permanently lost the use of his right arm.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Harvey family
In the early afternoon of January 1, 2006, the bodies of Kathryn, Bryan, Stella, and Ruby Harvey were found dead in the basement of their burning house in the Woodland Heights district of Richmond, Virginia. The family of four had been beaten with a claw hammer, slashed, had their throats slit, and bound with electrical cord and tape.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Harvey family
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kathy" Harvey (née Grabinsky) (November 28, 1966 – January 1, 2006), 39, was the co-owner of a popular local toy shop called World of Mirth in Richmond's Carytown district, and was the half-sister of actor Steven Culp. Her husband Bryan Taber Harvey (April 27, 1956 – January 1, 2006), 49, was the lead singer/guitarist of House of Freaks, a two-man college rock band. Their daughters Stella Ann (November 3, 1996 – January 1, 2006) and Ruby May (July 4, 2001 – January 1, 2006) were 9 and 4, respectively.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Harvey family
Gray bound Kathryn, Bryan, and Ruby in their basement with packing tape, while Dandridge searched the house for items to steal. As this was occurring, Stella arrived home from a friend's house. Gray briefly unbound Kathryn so she could retrieve Stella from the upstairs. The mother of Stella's friend, Kiersten Perkinson, had a short exchange with Kathryn where Perkinson had described her as "pale and ashen". Kathryn did not indicate to Perkinson that there was anything amiss before she left. Kathryn and Stella were rebound by Gray in the basement shortly afterward.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Harvey family
Gray ended up cutting the throats of all four of the family members and then hitting each in the head multiple times with a claw hammer shortly thereafter. The official cause of death stated that Bryan and Kathryn died of blunt-force trauma to the head, Stella of smoke inhalation and blunt-force trauma to the head, and Ruby of stab wounds to her back, one of which punctured her lung.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Harvey family
Gray and Dandridge tipped over an art easel in the Harvey family's basement, poured wine over top of it, and lit the easel on fire in an attempt to destroy the crime scene. Johnny Hott, Bryan's friend who was the drummer in House of Freaks, called 9-1-1 after noticing that the Harvey house had been set on fire.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, Chesterfield home invasion
On January 3, 2006, a couple living on Hollywood Drive in Chesterfield County, Virginia, were robbed by two men and a woman who had gained entry to their house by pretending to ask for directions. The robbers stole several items, including a computer and a television, as well as $800 in cash. The husband was able to dissuade the gang from tying them up by drawing attention to the wife's disability and his need to assist her.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, The Baskerville-Tucker family
On January 6, 2006, the police received a call from a Chesterfield resident who was concerned about her daughter's friend, 21-year-old Ashley Baskerville. The caller suspected that Gray and Dandridge, her former houseguests and former and current boyfriends of Ashley, were involved in the Harvey murders. The police found items at the Chesterfield home linked to the Harvey case, and stormed the house on East Broad Rock Road where Ashley lived with her mother, 46-year-old Mary Baskerville-Tucker, and her stepfather, 55-year-old Percyell Tucker. Percyell worked as a forklift driver and Mary was employed at a dry cleaning establishment.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Murder spree, The Baskerville-Tucker family
All three members of the Baskerville-Tucker family were found dead, gagged and bound with tape in their ransacked house. Percyell and Mary had also been slashed across the throat. The three had suffocated due to the layers of duct tape wrapped around their heads. Ashley had a plastic bag wrapped around her head as well, secured with duct tape.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Arrest and confessions
On the morning of January 7, 2006, Gray and Dandridge were arrested in Philadelphia, where Dandridge's father Ronald Wilson lived. Approximately one hour after the arrest, Dandridge confessed to killing the Tuckers and Ashley Baskerville. Twelve hours after the arrest, Gray asked to speak with a detective, then proceeded to provide a detailed, three-page confession in which he described using a kitchen knife and claw hammer to kill the Harveys, stating "I don't believe sorry is strong enough. None of this was necessary." In subsequent confessions, he admitted to beating his wife Treva to death while Dandridge held her down, to being an accomplice in the Tucker-Baskerville murders, and to the attack on Ryan Carey.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Arrest and confessions
On January 8, 2006, the police formally identified Ashley Baskerville as a participant in the Harvey murders, the Chesterfield robbery, and the robbery at her own home; this came as a result of the above confessions as well as eyewitness testimony and other evidence. Baskerville had acted as the lookout in the parked car while Gray and Dandridge entered the Harvey home, and she was found wearing Bryan Harvey's wedding band.


2006 Richmond spree murders, Arrest and confessions
Gray and Dandridge testified that Baskerville had posed as a victim and allowed herself to be bound as a part of the plan to rob her mother and stepfather, but "things just went wrong" and Gray "got tired of the girl, so he decided to kill her and take her parents' car".