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	Top 20 of 2006 ThePhoenix.com's 20 most popular stories of the year December 29,
 2006 4:04:16 PM 
 
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The 100 unsexiest men in the world: Who would Scarlett least like to be with
? By Bill Jensen and Ryan Stewart.
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32 worst lyrics of all time: The votes are in, Ms. Lavigne
. By Bill Jensen and Ryan Stewart.
 
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Sex (circa 2006): Oral is the new second base, the "mostly" girls keep on kissing girls, and the Bro Job has arrived (but is still not ready for its close-up)
. By Camille Dodero.
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Ten classic season finales: Cliffhangers, attempted murders, and obscene amounts of money
. By Ryan Stewart.
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The 20 greatest bosses in video game history: In honor of National Boss Day, thePhoenix.com presents the ultimate kingpins
. By Ryan Stewart and Mitch Krpata.
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Sweet Information! John Hodgman holds forth on eels, mole men, and Macs
. By Mike Miliard.
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Quiet warfare: Few have been paying attention to that other ongoing terrorist threat
. By Jenniger L. Pozner.
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Does your life suck? In the MySpace-meets-Matrix online world of Second Life, everyone is sexy, real money flows, and pixels are the only limitation
. By Camille Dodero.
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Code yellow: Peeps star in porn, snuff films
. By Mike Miliard.
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Life, love, and sneakers: The culture of high-end kicks is about to blow up in Boston. How many pairs do you have
? By Camille Dodero.
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Attack of the 50-foot Oprah. Why America's most powerful celebrity should be more feared than loved
. By Mark Jurkowitz.
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The naked sorority: Never mind its tough-girl alt-porn feminism: SuicideGirls has already moved on to a new generation
. By Camille Dodero.
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They have MySpace in heaven, right? Inevitably, the social netowrking site has become a virtual graveyard
. By Camille Dodero.
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Where is the hate? The slow death of Kennedy loathing
. By Adam Reilly.
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Apocalypse now and then: Doom, damnation, and other summer fun
. By Peter Keough.
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The rise of Reggaeton: From Daddy Yankee to Tego Calderón, and beyond
. By Wayne Marshall.
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More than words: Gary Cherone's Extreme viewpoint
. By Kay Hanley.
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The 100 worst lyrics of all time: It's in your hands, America
. By Bill Jensen and Ryan Stewart.
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World of pain: The space between free speech and respect in the ultimate culture war
. Editorial.
 
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The new Web geniuses: How slackers with one dopey idea are getting rich
. By Mike Miliard.
 
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							-  Steve Albini speaks
 
						
							-  Comic timing
 
						
							-  Our critics pick the 14 producers with the fattest, meanest beats
 
						
							-  Never mind its tough-girl alt-porn feminism: SuicideGirls has already moved on to a new generation
 
						
							-  In his bid for re-election, city councilor Stephen Murphy has collected a combustible group of allies, from Dapper to Deval
 
						
							-  Covering all the bases with first-class Albanian and more
 
						
					       
				 
			 
			
				
					
					
							-  Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles — and fighting God’s war on pop culture
 
						
							-  Kick him when he's down
 
						
							-  Lessons from the build-them-up, tear-them-down Boston firefighter backlash
 
						
							-  Peruko Ccopacatty’s fresh perspective
 
						
							-  Bach at Emmanuel, Boston Baroque’s Cosí fan tutte, Kiri Te Kanawa’s farewell to Boston 
 
						
							-  PBRC’s Two Can Play finds a moving balance
 
						
					       
				 
			 
			
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												An apology
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												A list of the beasts -- real and imagined -- that feast on human flesh
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												Phoenix founder Mindich honored
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												Complete Police coverage for the show at Fenway Park
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												Daydream Nation tops our list of 10 landmark albums that made indie rock
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												Our bad: Boston Phoenix prints wrong pages
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												We salute you all in honor of Best Friends Day, June 8, 2007
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												Results from the Boston Phoenix/WFNX readers' poll
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												It takes a village (person)
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												Cigarettes on the silver screen
 
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