News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Seven GIs Killed in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S. Forces Stop Potential Attacks

Troops on Trial
GI Set for Court Martial in Alleged Fragging Deaths

Politics
Cheney Fills Libby Posts
Wilson: Leak Put U.S. at Risk
White House says no to shakeup, apology

Supreme Court
Bring It On
Both sides gird for battle

Pakistan Earthquake
U.S. to Keep Flying Quake Relief Missions
Tents are only protection against winter

Media Covering Media
Producer of report on Bush: CBS only wanted to protect itself

Oddities
City tackles titillating mannequins
Firefighters capture python in shop

Moonbat Watch
Student walkout to protest war

Other News of Note
Unit Wins Prestigious Award
German Gov't May Collapse

Fox News
Big Easy Rings in Halloween
Wash. State Witch Robs Bank
Philly Transit Strike Goes On
Cops: Boy, 15, Killed Teacher
Fed Set to Raise Rates
Fifth Night of French Riots
Syria Wants Arab Summit
Tough U.N. Resolution Passed
Video: Message to Damascus
Today's Stocks to Watch
Pluto Gets Two New Moons
Putin Won't Seek Third Term
$22M Church-Sex Settlement
Detroit Says Farewell to Rosa Parks
Preventing a Pandemic

Reuters: Top News
P&G profit tops estimate
Syria: UN resolution "very negative"
U.S. frees 500 prisoners from Abu Ghraib
Israeli air strike kills 2 in Gaza: witnesses
No easy way out for Assad
Israeli ministers approve Gaza border crossing
House Republican Oxley may retire - sources
AOL founder resigns from Time Warner
Top US cable co's land Sprint Nextel deal-source
Companies to develop AIDS defense for women
Bush to announce bird flu plan
N.Korea revives state handouts but hunger still looms
China's farmer army defends forgotten frontier
Maersk to buy into Shanghai port
Business faces pressure on climate change stance
One offer dismissed, but could anyone buy Exxon?

AP World News
Group Denies Involvement in India Attacks
Palestinian Militant Group Figure Killed
Two Koreas Want to Field One Olympic Team
Zanzibar Police Clash With Protesters
Four Inmates Killed at Two Kyrgyz Prisons
Italian Teens Shot While Trick-Or-Treating
Asia-Pacific Region to Stage Mock Outbreak
Three Kidnapped Children Rescued in Haiti
Experts Want Access to Guantanamo Inmates
India Sees Foreign Tie to Deadly Bombings
France to Step Up Security After Riots
Israeli Security Cabinet OKs Border Deal
Third Colombia Police Official Resigns
Prince Charles to Visit U.S. With New Wife

The Seattle Times
"View tax" triggers revolt in rural New Hampshire
Evangelicals protest new Air Force religion policy
Canada expanding immigration plans

Chicago Sun-Times
No mercy for jammer of cops' radios
U.N. Security Council warns Syria to cooperate
Disease discovered in Canada -- but probably not deadly kind
Nebraska retires official state seal after 138 years
Lisbon recalls quake that nearly wiped it off map
Pro-American government takes over in Poland

Boston Globe: World
In Russia's courts, double jeopardy can be the rule
Foreign connection to blasts seen by India
UN eyes annual day to mark Holocaust
Sharon assails Syria and Iran for roles in terrorism
Zanzibar opposition leader alleges vote was rigged

Military.com
U.S. Issues Report on Iraqi Roadside Bombs
Soldier Killed in Iraq Promoted
Seabees Work Their Miracles at MASH Camp
Stress Constant Companion for Combat Medics
Planes Attack Suspected 'Safe Houses'
Nimitz Visits Pearl
N. Korea: U.S. Flew 180 Spy Missions in October
U.S. Shrugs Off Anti-War Advice

CENTCOM: News Release
TERRORISTS CAUGHT AFTER FIRING AT U.S. SOLDIERS
500 SECURITY DETAINEES RELEASED FROM ABU GHRAIB
USS PEARL HARBOR MAKES THIRD PAKISTANI RELIEF DELIVERY
SECURITY FORCES TAKE MORE WEAPONS AND TERRORISTS OFF THE STREETS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PATROLS STOP BOMB ATTACKS
10TH MOUNTAIN BRINGS PVC PIPE, IRAQI CITIZENS DO THE REST
U.S. SOLDIERS CLEAR JUNKYARD OF BOMB-MAKING AMMO
IRAQI CONTRACTORS GO FROM DOLLARS TO DINAR

Department of Defense
Bush Praises Italy as 'Partner for Peace' — Story
Roadside Bombs Kill 8 U.S. Troops in Iraq — Story
Terrorists Fail to Stop Progress in Iraq — Story
ON THE GROUND
U.S. Army Medic Saves Iraqi Police Officer — Story
Deployed Troops Run Marine Corps Marathon — Story
Marine MP Battalion Gets Back in Fight — Story
Engineers Train, Bring Skills Home to Iraq — Story

IN IRAQ
Airmen Perform Non-traditional Security Duties
Stryker Soldiers Patrol Streets of Mosul Photos

IN AFGHANISTAN
Former Al Qaeda Site Resembles Ghost Town

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
New Tanker Ramp Improves Safety, Efficiency

IN KYRGYZSTAN
Air Force Combat Communcations Answers the Call

FACE OF DEFENSE
Naval Officer to Receive Music Award — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Steakhouse Recognized for Support — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Sewer Work Begins in Mosul Suburb
Tal Afar Citizens Get Compensation
Forces Disrupt Terrorist Ambush
North-Central Iraq Makes Progress
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Soldier Dies in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Bush: Iraq Part of War on Terror
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
4ID Begins Second Iraq Deployment
Unit Tests Chem Weapons Gear
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — 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
0079 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts, buring Pompeii.
1210 - King John of England begins imprisoning Jews.
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of Sistine Chapel are exhibited for the first time.
1623 - A fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings.
1755 - An earthquake in Lisbon kills more than 50,000.
1765 - The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies.
1776 - The Mission San Juan Capistrano is founded in California.
1784 - Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants.
1800 - John Adams becomes the first President to live in the White House.
1861 - General George B. McClellan becomes general in chief of the Union armies.
1863 - U.S. troops build fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay).
1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations in 24 locations.
1894 - Dr. Roux of Paris announces the development of a vaccine for diphtheria.
1913 - Notre Dame becomes the first to use the forward pass effectively, upsetting Army 35-13.
1918 - 97 die in the NYC subway's worst accident.
1922 - The Ottoman Empire is abolished.
1924 - The first U.S. NHL franchise, the Boston Bruins, is founded.
1928 - The Graf Zeppelin sets an airship distance record of 6384 km.
1932 - Wernher von Braun is named head of the German liquid-fuel rocket program.
1936 - Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis."
1939 - The first animal conceived by artificial insemination (a rabbit) is displayed; the Heinkel HE-178, the first jet plane, is demonstrated for the German Air Ministry.
1940 - Fleetwood, PA, becomes the site of the first U.S. air raid shelter.
1946 - The West German state of Niedersachsen is formed.
1951 - U.S. troops witness the first atomic explosion in NM.
1952 - The first hydrogen device is exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific; Fusion occurs for the first time on Earth.
1955 - A time bomb aboard a United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont, Colorado.
1956 - The Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.
1959 - Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask.
1960 - The Benelux treaty goes into effect.
1962 - Greece enters the European Common Market; the U.S.S.R. launches Mars-1, losing radio contact lost before its arrival at Mars.
1963 - Revolt begins against the Diem regime in South Vietnam.
1966 - The NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise; William Dana reaches 93km in the X-15.
1970 - A Discotheque in Grenoble, France burns, killing 142 (all exits padlocked).
1971 - The Eisenhower dollar is put into circulation.
1974 - In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes.
1976 - Britain grants Gilbert Island (Kiribati) internal self-government.
1979 - The tanker Burmah Agate spills 10.7 million gallons of oil in the U.S.'s worst oil spill disaster.
1981 - The cost of Class Mail goes from 18 to 20 cents; Antigua gains independence from Britain.
1988 - The Staten Island ferry gets its first pay phones.
1990 - Deputy PM Sir Geoffrey Howe, the last of Margaret Thatcher's original cabinet, resigns.
1993 - The European Union is born.

Birthdays
1762 - Spencer Perceval, British PM (1809-12)
1782 - Viscount Goderich, British PM (1827-28)
1815 - Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer (use of ether)
1853 - Jose Santos Zelaya, ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
1859 - Charles Brantley Aycock (Gov-NC)
1871 - Stephen Crane, novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage)
1889 - Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman, disarmament advocate, Nobel Prize winner (1959)
1920 - James J. Kilpatrick, columnist (60 Minutes)
1953 - N. Jan Davis, Ph.D. / astronaut (sk:STS-47)

Passings
1947 - Man O' War, famous racehorse
1959 - Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a military coup
1985 - Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko)
1986 - Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
1987 - Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Gillson, Peter R., Australian Air Force (Australia); KIA, body not recovered

Knight, Billy, US Army (GA); PRG says DIC January, 1973; Gov't says remains recovered at time of loss, with a loss date of 10/22/68.

1966
Carpenter, Allan R., USN (ME); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998

Weaver, George R., Jr., USN (PA); MSB-54 exploded when it hit a mine - KIA, body not recovered

1968
Kenney, Harry J., USN (OH); LSD-1167 struck by floating mine and exploded, KIA, body not recovered

1969
Adventio, Rudolpho Andres, USN; AWOL

Bailey, Daniel T. , US Army; AWOL

Partington, Roger D., USMC (IL); CH53A crashed in water (crew),