News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S.: 70 Insurgents Killed in Airstrikes
Iraq Charter Likely to Pass Referendum
Approval of Constitution Likely
Fast Facts: Initial Vote Results
Bush Pleased With Iraq Vote
Video: Iraq Referendum Mostly Peaceful
Photo Essay: Iraq's Constitutional Referendum
Iraq voters seen approving constitution
6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq
Sunnis vote on constitution to no avail

Hurricane Season
Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Cayman Islands
Fats Domino returns home to New Orleans
New Orleans' Bourbon St. still beckons
Wilma becomes season's 21st named storm

Pakistan Earthquake
Kashmir Quake Death Toll Hits 54,000; Aid Chopper Crashes
Weather turning in Pakistan quake rescuers' favor
Pakistan Predicts Sharp Jump in Quake Toll
Pakistan's Quake Relief Flights Resume

News from My Neck of the Woods
U.S. Northeast dries out, hit by new power outages

Sports News
NFL Scores
College Football Scores
MLB Playoffs
NBA News
NHL Scores
Auto Racing

Fox News
Wife of TV Legal Analyst Daniel Horowitz Murdered
School Bus Crash Kills Five
Chinese Astronauts Return
Miller Reveals CIA Leak Notes
Neo-Nazi March Causes Riots
DeLay Raises Record Sums
Bird Flu Outbreak in Romania
Principal Cancels Prom, Says He Won't Sponsor 'an Orgy'
Three Israelis Killed in Attack

Reuters: Top News
US, Britain, Iran trade charges over attacks
Quake of 4.9 magnitude strikes Southern California
Cheney aide a key focus in CIA leak probe-lawyers
Rice says not interested in a 2008 White House run
China hails success of second manned space mission

AP World News
Gunmen Kill Three Israelis in West Bank
Israel Suspends Contacts With Palestinians
Japanese PM Visits Tokyo War Shrine
Malawi Drought Highlights Food Shortage
Suspected Insurgents Kill 11 in Thailand
Russians Seek Release of Relatives' Bodies
Egypt Orders Release of 5 Group Members
Report: Japan, U.S. OK Base Relocations

The Seattle Times
House GOP to push for $50 billion in cuts
New research findings could be step in defusing stem-cell controversy
Rice defends, praises Supreme Court nominee
Libby testimony may conflict, lawyer says
Mining companies still paying 19th century prices for public lands
What meat's a treat? In Korea, it's Spam

Military.com
Rumsfeld Heads to China
Internet Helps Air Force Fight Weight
Navy Wins Another Thriller
Retired Pay COLA Increases

CENTCOM: News Releases
SOUTH BAGHDAD RESIDENTS EXERCISE RIGHT TO VOTE
10TH MOUNTAIN SOLDIERS ASSIST IRAQI FORCES AT POLLS
ASSISTANT TO SENIOR AL QAEDA LEADER IN IRAQ APPREHENDED

Department of Defense
Iraqis Win, No Matter Referendum Results — Story Special
Rice Explains How Iraq Fits in Terror War
U.S. Still on Offensive after Referendum – Story Special
Millions of Iraqis Cast Constitution Ballots — Story Special
Bush: Iraqi Voting Strikes Blow for Freedom — Story Radio Address

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Ramadi Raids Kill 12 Terrorists
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
DoD Identifies 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
1492 - Columbus sights the isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas).
1691 - A new royal charter for Massachusetts includes Maine and Plymouth.
1777 - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, NY.
1781 - Cornwallis is defeated at Yorktown.
1829 - The Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay Canal are formally opened.
1855 - The Bessemer steelmaking process is patented.
1871 - President Grant suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1894 - The Ohio National Guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a Black man.
1918 - Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic.
1919 - The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is created.
1931 - Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion, and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in the U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1941 - The USS Kearney, a destroyer, is torpedoed and damaged off Iceland.
1945 - Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina.
1956 - England's first large scale nuclear power station opens.
1957 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit the White House.
1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes the X-15 to 33,100 m.
1967 - Pilot Pete Knight reaches 85 km in the X-15.
1969 - Soyuz-7 returns to Earth.
1973 - Arab states begin a 5-mo oil embargo against the U.S. and the Netherlands.
1975 - The first Space Shuttle main engine test takes place at National Space Tech Labs, MS.
1977 - West German commandos storm a hijacked Lufthansa jet in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of the 4 hijackers.
1978 - President Carter signs a bill restoring citizenship to Jefferson Davis.
1979 - Mother Teresa of India is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1986 - U.S. Senate approved an immigration bill prohibiting the hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered the country prior to 1982.
1988 - Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud and conspiracy.
1989 - An earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) forces cancellation of the third game of the 86th World Series, and kills 67.

Birthdays
1817 - Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister/abolitionist/author
1835 - Alexandrine-Pieternella-Françoise Tinn‚ explorer of the White Nile
1848 - William "Candy" Cummings, creater of the curve ball
1859 - William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds)
1912 - John Paul I, 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)
1915 - Arthur Miller, playwright (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible)
1926 - Karl G. Henize, astronaut (STS 51F)
1930 - Jimmy Breslin, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)
1933 - William A. Anders, Major General, USAF/astronaut (Apollo 8)
1956 - Mae C. Jemison, M.D./astronaut (Sked:STS 47)

Passings
1806 - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti
1887 - Gustav Kirchoff, discoverer of the laws of spectroscopy
1910 - Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of the Republic
1990 - Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Gaither, Ralph E., USN (FL); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Knutson), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998

Halyburton, Porter A., USN (NC); F4B shot down (w/Olmstead), released by DRV February 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998

Knutson, Rodney A., USN (MT); F4B shot down (w/Gaither); released by DRV February, 1973 alive and well as of 1998

Mayer, Roderick L., USN (ID); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Wheat); likely KIA in ejection

Olmstead, Stanley E., USN (OK); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Halyburton); likely KIA in crash

Wheat, David R., USN (MN); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Mayer); released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Andrews, Anthony C., USAF (CA); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - left service after return to work for major U.S. airline - alive as of 1998

Cadwell, Anthony B., US Army (MT); drowned, body not recovered

Fitzgerald, Paul L., Jr., US Army (GA); disappeared after fighting while on search and destroy mission

Fortner, Frederick J., USNR (CA); A4E crashed during mission (pilot), remains returned March, 1989

Hargrove, Olin, Jr., US Army (AL); disappeared after fighting while on search and destroy mission

Odell, Donald E., USAF (MI); F105D shot down (w/Sullivan); released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Sullivan, Dwight E., USAF (IA); F105D shot down (w/Odell); released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1968
Mason, James P., US Army (IL); passenger in OH6A that crashed, Killed, body not recovered

1972
Wangchom, Nophadon, (Thailand?); released September, 1974

Graham, Alan U., USAF (AL); F111A shot down (w/Hockridge); remains returned by SRV September, 1977

Hockridge, James A., USAF (NY); F111A shot down (w/Graham); remains returned by SRV September, 1977