Quote of the Day
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We, even we here, hold the power and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth."
-- Abraham Lincoln
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
White House Takes Issue With Reports on WMD Claims
Iraq Mosque Blast Kills 22
Iraq Violence, Political Deadlock Continue
Shi'ites in Iraq may drive wedge between Kurds, Sunnis
Operation Enduring Freedom
Massive U.S. Air Assault Launched in Afghanistan- Video: Air Assault
Afghan Shops Searched for Stolen Files
US, Afghan troops kill six insurgents
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Moussaoui's Turn
Zawahiri Urges Support for Iraqi Insurgency in Video
Wanted Al Qaeda man may be among 7 killed in Pakistan
U.S. jury hears 911 cockpit tape
What court heard on Flight 93
Defense to Begin Case in Moussaoui Trial
Autopsy Spurs Calls for 9/11 Health Care
Terrorist watch list delays reservist's homecoming
Italy drops bid to extradite CIA agents
Troops on Trial
Coast Guard Cadet Faces Court-Martial on Rape Charge
British soldier who refused to go to Iraq found guilty
Supporting our Heroes
Frequent flier miles help families of injured
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Other Military News
Another retired general amplifies calls for Rumsfeld's resignation
Immigration
Migrants flock across U.S. border
Hamas Rising
Gunmen Storm Palestinian Cabinet to Protest Hamas
Hamas Cabinet strives for independent image
Leading the Palestinians
Worldwide Wackos
Ahmadinejad: Iran"Has Joined The Club"
Rice Warns Iran on Nukes
Video: Iran's Defiant Vow
Iran to ignore calls to halt atomic work
El Baradei holds talks in Iran
Few Iranians reacting to nukes
US urges a strong response to Iran.
Nuclear enrichment
In Tehran, pride and a few qualms
North Korea Threatens to Bolster Nuclear Program
Oddities
You can come back when you just have a cat...
Employer's joke dashes maid's Playboy hopes
Man suing Harley-Davidson over 'wobble' (Oh, brother)
NYC kitten rescue effort proves hairy
Worshippers' cookies too much for elephant
Other News of Note
Poland pushes for Auschwitz to be renamed
Mudslides envelope northern California
Video: Rising Waters Threaten California
Black Activist Shot in Ohio
Fox News
FEMA: Katrina Homes Should Be Raised Three Feet
5 Dead in Pennsylvania Home
Pakistani Troops Attempt to Quell Youth Riots
Duke Charges May Still Come
Find Connects Evolution Dots
Stocks to Watch: GE, AMD
Skilling: Lay and I Were a 'Good Team' at Enron
Holloway Show Digs Up Leads- Video: Missing in Paradise- Video: Heated Battle
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FULL SPORTS COVERAGE
Reuters: Top News
Changes at FEMA as storm season nears
China's Hu heads to US on energy efficiency wave
China's Hu offers US reassurance, not breakthroughs
Capturing big animals is big business in S. Africa
Shuttle holds lessons for next spacecraft plan
Zillow offers bird's eye view of home real estate
Sony PlayStation 2 price cut seen soon
US biologist battles killer pythons in Florida park
Czech Communists shrug off Marx, look to future
Girl's heart restarted after donor organ removed
Fat contained in fast food varies by country: study
Amid storm clouds, China offers bright spot for GM
Sony Ericsson upbeat on market as Q1 beats forecast
Bausch & Lomb sees restatements delaying 10-K
Taiwan's BenQ to swing to Q1 loss on mobile pains
Bayer says Schering bid now worth 16.5 bln eur
Tribune Q1 profit falls, hurt by weak ad revenue
Dow stock futures edge higher as GE profit climbs
Stock futures tick higher, GE earnings due
Nikkei snaps 3-day losing streak
Sony up on report it will top profit target
POSCO shares jump on possible steps to fight M&A
The tax side of eBay
Circuit City's big-screen profit
Dellith: Genentech's genes for growth
AP World News
Russian Students Win Programming Contest
James Injured in Cavs' Loss to Pistons
No Beanballs Necessary: Mets Beat Nats
Top Shiite Cleric Raps Mubarak for Remarks .
Ghosn: Hybrids Could See Sales Slowdown
Maddux Wins Two Days Shy of Turning 40
The Seattle Times
Tighter border, tougher to leave
Health experts scramble to contain mumps cases
Landmark health bill signed
Space rocks bring in big money at auction
Missouri couple apologizes for tale of sextuplets
Discarded ballots add fuel to imbroglio in Italy
Executed prisoners feed China's transplant industry
Violence cancels Hastert's visit to Nepal
Chicago Sun-Times
Mumps surge 'likely to continue'
More woe for Ryan jury as talks drag on?
Plan for Midway could be boon for city coffers
Durbin hears Englewood frustrations
Gov signs bill on religious symbols
Election system reform likely to cost taxpayers
Computers chip in on global-warming project
Off-duty officer kills armed man
Ex-boyfriend who drowned Illinois kids gets life
Man who killed Capitol cop is mentally ill, judge rules
Ex-Clinton lawyer hired by Duke boosters to back lacrosse team
Cops: Rapper fired first shot in fight that killed him
Mass. to require health insurance
Idaho debates whether to cover mural of Indian being lynched
Boston Globe: World
Charging fraud, Italy prime minister denounces vote
Reputed mob boss's notes seized
Military.com
Coast Guard Cadet to be Court-Martialed
Watch List Delays Reservist's Homecoming
New Questions Raised on Bush, WMDs
Afghan Shops Search for Stolen Files
Pentagon Eyeing Google, Blogs
CENTCOM: News Releases
TERRORIST ROCKET KILL 7 ASADABAD CHILDREN, WOUND 34
ANA GRADUATES FIRST RADIO OPERATOR, MAINTENANCE CLASS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACK POSTED
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES KILL SIX INSURGENTS, LAUNCH OPERATION MOUNTAIN LION
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES DISCOVER WEAPONS CACHES
LEADERS DISCUSS SECURITY AT FIRST-EVER NORTHERN GOVERNORS CONFERENCE
LOCAL NATIONAL LEADS PATROL TO CACHE SITE
Department of Defense
Rice Urges U.N. to Act Against Iran - Story
Pace Speaks on Fighting the Tough Fight - Story - Iraqi Freedom Day Special
Coalition Forces Launch 'Mountain Lion' - Story
Afghan, Coalition Troops Find Weapons
Officials Revise Toll in Afghan School Attack
No-Fly Zone Duty Prepared Pilots for OIF - Story
IRAQIS TAKE THE LEAD
Iraqi Soldiers Gather Intel on Insurgents - Story
Iraqi Police Bolster Strength in Ramadi - Story
REBUILDING IRAQ
U.S. Marines, Iraqis Keep Streets Safe - Story
ON THE GROUND
Afghan Army Graduates Radio Operator Class - Story
Company C Aid Station Soldiers On Call 24/7 - Story
IN IRAQ
Iraqis Take Lead in Tactical Ops With Vehicles
Iraqi Soldiers Learn Humvee Maintenance
Forts Part of Iraqi Path to Self-Governance
3 Electrical Substations Completed in Najaf
Coalition Trains Iraqi Police to Protect Leaders
IN AFGHANISTAN
Riggers Prepare Supplies for Afghans in Need
Afghan, Coalition Forces Train Together
Governor, Khost Residents Celebrate Project
FACE OF DEFENSE
Refueling Mission Over Afghanistan Reunites Siblings - Story
AMERICA SUPPPORTS YOU
PGA Honored for Troop Support - Story
Army Children Launch Web Site - Story
NFL Players Visit Reagan Sailors
TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Rice Welcomes Ambassador to U.S.
Synthetic Clothes Off Limits
IEDs Kill Three U.S. Soldiers
Iraq on 'Cusp of Greatness'
Troops Find Weapons Caches
Bush: Iraqis Determined to Be Free
Zarqawi, al Qaeda Threaten Security
Casey Commentary: Government
Strategy Preserved Infrastructure
Joint Effort Targets Insurgents
Khalilzad Emphasizes Progress
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
Forces Respond to School Attack
Police Secure Border Crossing
Leaders Urge Close Cooperation
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Rumsfeld, Bush Support Diplomacy
Rumsfeld Topic: Recruiting
Defense Backs Down in Teen's Case
Commission Argues Representation
Proceedings Begin Despite Boycott
Supplemental Funds Security
Defense Chiefs: Time to Stand Firm
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
DoD to Set Up Joint Intel Centers
Dental Specialists Train to Deploy
Nassau Group Transits Suez Canal
OEF, OIF Vets Get Job Preference
England Named Deputy Secretary
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualties - Story
Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Gitmo
Today in History
0837 - Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
0989 - Battle at Abydos - Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas
1055 - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstätt named Pope Victor II
1111 - Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholic-German King Hendrik II
1204 - Crusaders occupy Constantinople
1241 - Battle at Theiss - Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV
1346 - Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
1367 - Battle at Nájera Spain Castilië & England beat Aragón & France
1517 - Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
1556 - Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
1598 - Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1640 - English Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
1741 - Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich
1759 - French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1796 - 1st elephant arrives in US from Bengal, India; Battle at Millesimo, Italy - Napoleon beats Austrians
1808 - William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects the tap dance
1829 - English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics
1834 - HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1849 - Hungarian Republic proclaimed
1860 - 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, CA
1861 - After 34 hours of bombardment, Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1863 - Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Fort Bisland); Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in New York is 1st orthopedic hospital
1865 - Battle of Raleigh, NC
1873 - Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish, LA (60 blacks killed)
1882 - Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1883 - Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism
1902 - J.C. Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, WY
1904 - Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin; Battle at Oviumbo, Africa - Hereros chase away German army
1906 - Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama
1912 - Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
1918 - Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
1919 - Amritsar Massacre - British Army fires on hundreds of Indian Nationalist rioters in India
1920 - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton, appointed
1923 - Army wins the 1st college three-weapon fencing championship
1926 - Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
1928 - 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hünefeld-Köhl)
1933 - 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1934 - 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments; US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act
1936 - Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
1940 - 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
1941 - Heavy German assault on Tobruk; Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1943 - FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial; Nazis discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
1944 - South Carolina rejects black suffrage; Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany
1945 - Allies occupy Wien (Vienna); Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Netherlands from Nazis; US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
1946 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham, AL
1948 - 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus
1954 - Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
1957 - Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in the US is temporarily halted
1959 - Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed); Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics from voting for communists; USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
1960 - France becomes the 4th nuclear nation, exploding an A-Bomb in the Sahara; Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1961 - UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid
1964 - Ian D. Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
1966 - Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
1970 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
1975 - Chad military coup by General Odingar; Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
1976 - Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
1979 - Christian Turks occupy St. Jansbasiliek; Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda
1980 - "TASS" denounces US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics
1981 - Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize)
1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
1985 - Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
1987 - Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1988 - Italy government of De Mita forms
1992 - Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood; 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
1994 - President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death; Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur
Birthdays
1519 - Catherine de Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II
1545 - Elisabeth van Valois, French Queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
1593 - Thomas Wentworth London, Earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland
1732 - Frederick Lord North, British PM (1770-82)
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (1801-09)
1749 - Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count/Vice-Admiral
1756 - Louis H. J. Condé, French prince
1771 - Adam F.J.A. van der Duyn, Dutch Governor (South Holland); Richard Trevithick Illogan, inventor (steam locomotive)
1791 - Félix Earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance
1822 - Leroy Augustus Stafford Confederate Brigadier General; William Stephen Walker, Confederate Brigadier General
1832 - James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)
1847 - Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Governor-General (Netherlands East-Indies)
1892 - Arthur Harris Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF; Robert A. Watson-Watt, English physicist (radar)
1901 - René-Jean Pleven, French premier (1950-52)
1907 - Harold Stassen, (Governor-MN), perennial presidential candidate
1913 - Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal
1921 - James Wilson, British Lieutenant-General
1922 - John George Vanderbile Henry Spencer-Churchill [11th Duke of Marlborough], English large landowner
1933 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Senator-CO)
1935 - Kenneth Hayr, air marshal; Peter Heap, diplomat
1939 - Barbara-Rose Collins (Representative-MI); Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1949 - Jean-Jacques Favier Kehl, astronaut (STS 78)
1951 - Jack Quinn (Representative-NY)
1953 - Stephen Byers, MP
1954 - Barbara Roche, MP
Passings
1517 - Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
1638 - Henri II, Duke of Rohan-Gié, French Hugenot leader, dies at 58
1868 - Theodorus [Kasa], Emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
1932 - Johannes T. de Visser, 1st Dutch minister of Education, dies at 75 [or 14th]
1967 - Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44
1975 - N'garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad
1984 - Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man", accidentally kills self
1993 - Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72
1994 - P. J. Engels, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 70; Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
1997 - George Wald, scientist (Nobel), dies at 80
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Mape, John Clement, USN (CA); A1H shot down - remains ID'd March, 1999
1968
Stischer, Walter Morris, USAF (TX); RF4C shot down - released by PL (Laos) March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
1969
Pierson, William C., US Army (WI); AH1G crashed
1972
Christensen, John Michael, USMC (UT); A6A shot down (w/Leet)
Leet, David Laverett, USMC (WI); A6A shot down (w/Christensen)
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