News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Saddam Stands Trial
Former Iraqi despot appears before tribunal
Five Killed Ahead of Saddam's Trial
Saddam Lawyer Seeks Three-Month Adjournment
Iran: Charge Saddam in Iran-Iraq War
Saddam Lawyer to Seek 3-Month Adjournment
Rice set to defend US policy on Iraq to lawmakers
Insurgents Launch New Attacks in Iraq
Iraqi vote results could take days

Operation Enduring Freedom
Ex-Taliban official elected

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Chertoff Vows to End Border 'Catch and Release' Policy
Baltimore Tunnels Reopened After Terror Threat
September 11 panel says government failing to act: NYT
Report: IRA Observing Peace Commitments
Visitors to WTC site could hear sirens, last voice mails
French say citizens recruited for terror
Review Is Set for U.S. Forces in Terror Fight

Hurricane Season
Wilma Reaches Category 5
Wilma Takes Aim at Florida

Pakistan Earthquake
Agencies Race to Get Aid to South Asian Quake Survivors
Video: Bin Laden in Danger?
Strong aftershocks rock quake-shattered Pakistan
South Asia Quake Death Toll Over 79,000
Children Orphaned in Quake Face New Perils
Pakistan wants open border to help victims of quake

Supreme Court
Miers backed abortion ban in 1989: Senate papers

Politics
Libby Gave Miller Wrong Info
Rove Cancels Appearances
Inaccurate notes may point to source in CIA leak

U.N. News
Report says sex abuse by U.N. troops ongoing
Ambassador to UN pressing for overhaul

Military News
Iraq War Vets Scrutinized
Navy, Marines Block Commercial Email Sites
Returning U.S. Soldiers Face Financial, Medical Difficulties
Security Clearances Pulled in Email Leak

News from My Neck of the Woods
Mass. Orders Evacuations After Dam Is Compromised

News from the Sports World
A beating, a slaying and a lot of questions

News of the Weird
Driver crashes into Wausau Burger King, then enjoys breakfast

Other News of Note

Fox News
Horowitz Murder Probe 'Wide Open'; Wife Beaten to Death
Inflation at 15-Year High
Official: Fed Can Hold It Down
Lottery Jackpot Hits $340M
Yahoo Profit Tops Estimates
Exec Gets Eight Months in Pro Sports Steroid Scheme
Demand Buoys Intel Profits
EU: Bird Flu a Global Threat

Reuters: Top News
Rumsfeld to China: openness can ease security fears
Polar regions take center stage in climate crisis
Are asthmatic cats allergic to humans?
Robbers snatch woman's purse, then return it
And now, a finishing school for men

AP World News
Rumsfeld: China Sending 'Mixed Signals'
Group: Chad, Bangladesh Are Most Corrupt
Roche Promises New Plant for Bird Flu Drug
Indonesia's President Weathers Tough Year
Iran Detains More Than 20 Over Bombings
Palestinian Gunmen Abduct 2, Make Threats
Africans Tell of Moroccan Desert Torment
Lebanese, Palestinians Condemn Arms Flow

The Seattle Times
College success linked to money?
Biloxi residents "wait and pray"
Cloning pioneer to open stem-cell bank
Printers output secret barcode
Gorilla's tool use surprises experts
Americans may be last in line for a bird-flu vaccine
Tax-overhaul panel wants simpler code, fewer breaks

Chicago Sun-Times
Gov's wife made nearly $39K in deals
Environmental checks eased for oil, gas drilling
S. Korea to work with U.S. scientists on stem cells
Inmate loses his sex-slave lawsuit
Rescue goes awry: Cops sent to wrong state
1,700-year-old tombs found in China
Shanghai high-rise swaps hole for square after outcry

Boston Globe: World
Would-be candidate fights for chance to change Haiti
Vietnamese take new measures to contain threat of avian flu
European leaders call bird flu 'global threat'
Lebanese judge charges Syrian in Hariri assassination blast

Military.com
Bomb Kills one U.S. Soldier, Wounds 2
Military Recruiting Ads Zero in on Mom, Dad
In Small Towns, Military Values a Big Draw
Rumsfeld's Lesson for China Students: Democracy Growing
Iraqis Seek Aid Without Crosses
Pentagon Security Director Urges More Transparency

CENTCOM: News Release
PEARL HARBOR ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN TO ASSIST EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AIR FORCES SUPPORT PAKISTAN AID

Department of Defense
Bush, Muslims Share Ramadan Dinner — Story Remarks
Rumsfeld in China to Discuss Security Issues — Story
Civilian Professionals Sample Life As a Marine — Story
Conference Introduces Civilians to Military
Sears Receives Freedom Award for Support — Story

ON THE GROUND
Soldiers, Marines Team Up to Secure Camp — Story Photos
Iraqi Children, Teachers Get School Supplies — Story
Chief Medical Unit in Iraq Transfers Authority — Story
Days-Long Dig Yields Thousands of Munitions — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Baking Effort Supports Troops — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
U.S. Soldier Killed; Insurgents Held
2 Marines Killed in Combat Ops
Mosul Police Stations Rebuild
Bush Congratulates Iraqis on Voting
Millions of Iraqis Cast Ballots
Iraqis Win, No Matter Results
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive

AFGHANISTAN
Army Reservists Help Rebuild
Afghanistan Daily Update Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Mini-plane Aids Intel Collection
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Chairman Salutes Troops
Banquet Honors Employers
Defense Award Salutes Employers
National Guard, Reserve Update

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
1298 - In Heilbron, Germany, 140 Jews are murdered during the Rindfleish Persecutions.
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, writes its Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
1781 - At 2:00 p.m., Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War.
1812 -Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1818 - The U.S. and the Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty.
1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American woman to receive a medical degree.
1853 - The first flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
1859 - Wilhelm Tempel discovers a diffuse nebula around the Pleid star Merope.
1864 - Approximately 25 Confederates make a surprise attack on St. Albans, VT; Union troops beat back Confederate attackers at the Battle of Cedar Creek, in VA.
1870 - The first four Blacks are elected to the House of Representatives.
1872 - The world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) is found in New South Wales.
1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by the Arabs.
1901 - Santos-Dumont proves the maneuverability of the airship by circling the Eiffel Tower.
1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control.
1919 - For the first time, the Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to a woman.
1933 - The Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball in 1936.
1944 - U.S. forces land in the Philipines.
1950 - U.N. forces enter Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman formally ends the state of war with Germany.
1953 - The first transcontinental nonstop scheduled jet service takes place.
1960 - France grants independence to Mauritania; Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in; the U.S. imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba.
1967 - Mariner-5 makes a fly-by of Venus.
1970 - John Linley Frazier, the "Killer Prophet," murders the Ohta family, and declares that WWIII has begun.
1977 - The Supersonic Concorde jet makes its first landing in NYC.
1983 - The Space Shuttle Columbia moves to the Orbiter Processing Facility.
1986 - The U.S.S.R. expels five U.S. diplomats.
1987 - On "Black Monday," the Dow Jones is down 508.32 - four times the previous record; U.S. warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1988 - Three Americans win the Nobel Prize in physics; Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members; a car bomb kills 7 Israelis and wounds 11 near the Lebanon border; the U.S. Senate passes a bill curbing ads during children's TV shows.

Birthdays
1862 - Auguste Lumiére, co-maker of the first movie (Workers Leaving Lumiére Factory)
1863 - John Huston, NY Times editor (1937-38))
1868 - Bertha Landes, first female mayor of a major U.S. city (Seattle)
1876 - Mordecai (3 finger) Brown hall of fame pitcher
1899 - Miguel Asturias, poet/novelist/diplomat, Nobel Prize winner (1967)
1901 - Arleigh A. Burke, U.S. Admiral (WW II)
1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian physicist (Nobel 1983)
1922 - Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist (Washington Post)
1945 - John Lithgow, actor (Harry & the Hendersons, Third Rock from the Sun)
1966 - Anna Clark, Playboy playmate (April 1987)
1967 - Amy Carter, daughter of President Carter / peace activist

Passings
1983 - Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada, and others, murdered in coup

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Worchester, John B., USN (MI); A4C disappeared while on bombing mission

1966
Burke, Michael J., USMC (IL)

Lewandowski, Leonard J., Jr., USMC (IL)

Mishuk, Richard E., USMC (MN)

1970
Wilson, Peter J., US Army SF (NY); disappeared while on reconnaissance patrol