News of Note
Hurricane Sesason
Category 3 Storm Comes Onshore Near Sabine Pass, Texas
Two N.O. Levees Breached
Rescuers Describe Search
Texas Bus Blast Kills 24
U.S. Oil Refineries Paralyzed
Feds Declare Health Emergency
Storm may mean new gas price spike

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq arrest warrant for UK troops
Hostage says he was blindfolded for 10 months

Operation Enduring Freedom
Two US troops hurt in Afghan roadside blast

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Panel: Airport Screening Program Not Working
5 al-Qaida Suspects Detained in Somalia
At Least 15 Killed in Hamas Truck Blast
IRA Ready to Dispose Its Stockpiled Arms
London Bombing Suspect Appears in Court

Able Danger
2nd Hearing for 'Able Danger'

Troops on Trial
Doc: Pfc. England 'Depressed'

U.N. News
U.N. Must Now Turn Words Into Action
EU Submits Iran Motion to U.N. Agency

Fox News
U.S. Soldier Killed in Baghdad
Puerto Rico Shootout in Conn. Robbery Case
Israel Launches Gaza Attacks
Woman Gets 30 Years in Bizarre Kidnapping
ABC Sued by Ex-Reporter
Papal Conclave Secrets Out
Feds Probe Frist Stock Sale

Reuters: Top News
Hurricane Rita slams into U.S. Gulf Coast
Large fire hits Galveston ahead of hurricane
Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket attacks
Bush skips Texas to avoid hampering Rita response
Snow says global economy on solid growth path

AP World News
Polish Vote Heralds Swing to the Right
Slain Nun's Brother Seeks Brazil Trial
Vienna-Born Jews Return Decades After WWII
Militants May Join Thailand Insurgency
Germany Party Rejects Talks With Merkel

The Seattle Times
Mount St. Helens' dome still growing a year after its birth
A joyful homecoming at Fort Lewis

Chicago Sun-Times
Help may be near for disabled vets
Iran makes threats over nuke program
'Conscience of Western world' laid to rest
Flight was 'out-of-body experience'
Girl expelled for having gay parents

Boston Globe: World
Baghdad suicide blast kills 7
Armor forged from sweat and steel
Iraqi minister says Syria trying to thwart efforts
UN, N. Korea negotiating aid plan
Nigerian Army on alert amid oil unrest
Russian oil tycoon's lawyers vow to appeal

Department of Defense
Iraqis Taking Steps to Ensure Freedom — Story Transcript Video
Rumsfeld Extends Three Units' Tours in Iraq — Story

ON THE GROUND
New Rocket More Effective, Less Damage — Story Photos
Army, Marines Perform Mission Together — Story
Marines' Aggressive Safety Program Pays Off — Story

IN AFGHANISTAN
Soldiers Help Launch Afghan Radio Station
Women's Center Opens in Paktika Province

FACE OF DEFENSE
Airman Helps Katrina Survivors — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS
Marines Honored in Montebello — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Killed, Detainee Shot
2 Soldiers Killed; Weapons Seized
Suspects Detained; IED Cleared
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
10 Terrorists, Afghan Soldier Killed
Photos: Afghan Election Day
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush Remarks at the Pentagon
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties — Story

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1493 - Columbus starts his second expedition to the New World.
1625 - The Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1683 - Jews are expelled from all French possessions in America.
1742 - Faneuil Hall (Boston) opens to the public.
1789 - Congress' first Judiciary Act creates the office of Attorney General, and the Supreme Court.
1852 - The dirigible is first demonstrated.
1853 - Cornelius Vanderbilt makes the first round-the-world trip by yacht.
1862 - The Confederate Congress adopts the confederacy's seal.
1869 - Black Friday - there is panic on Wall Street as Gould & Fisk attempt to corner the gold market.
1929 - Lt. James H. Doolittle, in a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane, makes the first all-instrument flight.
1941 - Allied govts pledge adherence to the Atlantic Charter.
1948 - Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington, DC.
1950 - Jews in Yemen are moved to Israel in "Operation Magic Carpet."
1954 - The "Tonight Show" premiers on NBC.
1955 - President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
1957 - President Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate schools in Little Rock, AK.
1960 - The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1963 - The Senate ratifies a treaty with Britain and the U.S.S.R., limit nuclear testing.
1964 - "The Munsters" premiers on TV.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiers on TV.
1969 - The trial of the "Chicago 8" (protesters at Democratic National Convention) begins.
1970 - Luna-16 makes the first Automated return of a lunar sample.
1972 - An antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at an air show, killing 22.
1973 - Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence.
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery (She is set free by President Carter after 22 months).
1982 - U.S., Italian, and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon.
1990 - South African president F.W. de Klerk meets with President George H.W. Bush in Washington, DC; the Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to a free market.

Birthdays
1755 - John Marshall, 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35)
1870 - Georges Claude, inventor (neon light)
1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, author (Great Gatsby)
1898 - Baron Florey, pathologist (purified penicillin), Nobel Prize winner (1945)
1921 - Jim McKay, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1924 - Walter Fufido, Iwo Jima casualty (WW II)
1930 - John W. Young, astronaut (Gem 3 10, Apol 10 16, STS 1 9)
1936 - Jim Henson, muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
1939 - Manfred Wörner, Secretary General of NATO
1962 - Joseph Kennedy II (Rep-Mass)
1969 - Lisa Matthews, Playboy playmate (Apr, 1990)

Passings
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80)
1815 - John Sevier, indian fighter
1991 - Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Flynn, George Edward III, USAF (LA); A1E shot down (pilot), remains recovered June, 1974

Osborn, Geoffrey H., USN (FL); F8E shot down, Killed, body not recovered

1966
Whittle, Junior L., US Army (IN); drowned while swimming in the South China Sea, Killed, body not recovered

1968
Breiner, Stephen E., USMC (IN); drowned crossing river, Killed, body not recovered

Drabic, Peter E., US Army (MD); released by PRG March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

McConnell, Jerry, US Army (NY); drowned in Cua Viet River

1972
Borah, Daniel V., Jr., US Navy (IL); A7B shot down, remains ID'd April, 1997 - account disputed