News of Note
Hurricane Season
Photos: Aerial Views
Fires Break out in Texas
Bush: U.S. 'Well-Organized'
Refineries Escape Danger
N.O. Suffers More Floods
Video: Anatomy of a Levee
Rita in Pictures and Videos
Rescue workers search for Hurricane Rita survivors
Texas plans staggered return for Houston evacuees

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq Bombing Kills Elite Police

Operation Enduring Freedom
Deadly U.S. Chopper Crashin Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Adams: IRA Disarmament Will Help Talks
Suspect in Madrid Bombing Returns to Spain

Fox News
Iran: IAEA Resolution 'Illogical' (Thank you, Mr. Spock)
U.S. Urges Iran Review
AP: Navy Contracted Planesto Ship Terror Suspects
Israel Launches Gaza Attacks
D.C. Anti-War Rallies Draw Thousands
Pushing Back (Slain servicemember's dad counters Sheehan and the Moonbats)
Bank to Forgive $40B Debt
President Bush's Weekly Radio Address

Reuters: Top News
Abbas says no plan for October 2 summit with Sharon
Israel launches new Gaza strike, raids West Bank
Iran threatens to end spot checks of nuclear sites
VIDEO: U.S., Militants Clash In Sadr City
PICTURES: Central Baghdad Suicide Bomb
No date for UK troops to leave Iraq, says Blair
Cheney surgery for aneurysms successful

AP World News
Strong Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia
North Korea Seeks Less Dependence on Aid
Ouster Likely for Ex-Communists in Poland
American Fights to Run in Haiti Election
Protesters Denounce Conference in Turkey
Iran Rejects IAEA Resolution on Nukes
Rape Remarks Stain Musharraf's Reputation
Aruba Party Keeps Majority in Parliament

The Seattle Times
Who profits the most when gas prices rise
Foreign surgeons attract U.S. patients

Chicago Sun-Times
Shiite politician also backs constitution

Boston Globe: World
In Zimbabwe, hope survives destruction
Shanghai offers guide to avoid swindlers
Election leaves Germans uncertain of future
Poland leaning right in election
Shark attacks bring debate over protections in Australia
Turks debate whether genocide was committed
Operation shows Iraqi troops' skills

CENTCOM: News Release
3 ENEMY DETAINED, 2 U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED IN KANDAHAR PROVINCE
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD SOLDIERS FOIL ROADSIDE BOMBERS

Department of Defense
U.S. Soldiers Thwart Terrorist Acts in Iraq — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage

IN IRAQ
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
Photos: Afghan Election Day
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
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 sails on his second voyage to America.
1513 - Vasco Nuñez de Balboa becomes the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1639 - The first printing press in America becomes operational.
1690 - In Boston, Publick Occurrences, the first U.S. newspaper, publishes its first - and last - edition.
1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen is captured.
1789 - Congress proposes the Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify).
1804 - The 12th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, regulates judicial power.
1861 - The U.S. Secretary of the Navy authorizes the enlistment of slaves.
1890 - Congress establishes Yosemite National Park in CA.
1911 - Groundbreaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park.
1919 - President Wilson becomes seriously ill and collapses after a speech.
1926 - Henry Ford introduces the 8 hour, 5-day work week.
1926 - The International slavery convention is signed by 20 states.
1939 - Since the Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WWI.
1956 - The first transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation.
1957 - 300 U.S. Army troops guard nine African-American children returning to Central High School in AR; the Soviet 7-year plan (1959-1965) is announced.
1973 - The 3-man crew of Skylab II makes a safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first female Supreme Court Justice.
1986 - Antonin Scalia is appointed to the Supreme Court.
1990 - Saddam Hussein warns that the U.S. will repeat its experience in Vietnam; the U.N. Security Council votes 14-1 to impose an air embargo against Iraq.

Birthdays
1644 - Olaus Rímer, first to accurately measure the speed of light
1725 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designer/builder of the first automobile
1766 - Armand-Emmanuel duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21)
1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, biologist, Nobel Prize winner (1933)
1877 - Plutarco El¡as, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)
1897 - William Faulkner, author (The Sound and the Fury), Nobel Prize winner (1949)
1931 - Barbara Walters, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV)
1934 - John S. Bull, astronaut
1951 - Mark Hamill, actor (Star Wars)
1952 - Christopher Reeve, actor (Superman)
1967 - Lezlie Lund, Miss ND-America (1991)
1968 - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands
1970 - Kerri Kendall, Playboy playmate (Sep, 1990)

Passings
1959 - S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk
1960 - Emily Post, etiquette expert
1975 - Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark)
1988 - Billy Carter, President Carter's brother

Reported Missing in Action
1963
Cheney, Joseph C., Civilian; reportedly killed in Air America C46 shoot-down, not on official DIA list

1966
Burgess, Richard G., USMC (WA); released by PRG March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

Bossman, Peter R., USN (NY); UH34D shot down (Navy Corpsman), KIA, body not recovered

Cushman, Peter R., USAF (ND); F105D shot down (pilot)

Ducat, Phillip A., USMC (IN); UH34D shot down (pilot), KIA, body not recovered

Reiter, Dean W., USMC (MO); UH34D shot down (co-pilot), KIA, body not recovered

1972
Chan, Peter, USN (CA); fell overboard and drowned, KIA, body not recovered