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Why Do So Many Assassins Have Three Names?

The suspected gunman in Arizona is Jared Lee Loughner, of course.

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Explainer thanks Shailagh Murray of the Washington Post and Charles Savage of the New York Times.

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Photograph of Jared Lee Loughner by AP/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat.