Liberty cannot be caged into a charter
or handed on ready-made to the next generation.
Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.
Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
-- Florence Ellinwood Allen
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Civilians killed in Falluja clashes
Jaafari seen losing bid to lead next Iraq cabinet
In Iraq, Sunnis, Kurds maintain opposition to Jaafari
Officials grapple with ethnic split in Iraqi forces
Operation Enduring Freedom
Six School Children Killed in Afghan Rocket Blast
Afghan market goods include U.S. secrets, data on troops
Taliban 'hard to combat' in Afghanistan, US military says
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Harrowing Testimony at Moussaoui Sentencing- Video: Moussaoui Trial
29 Indicted Over Madrid Terror Bombings
Military: Slay plot foiled in Lebanon
Immigration
'We Want to Send a Message'
Clinton, Schumer and Kennedy speak - Video
Immigration marches put charge in Hispanic power
Immigration rallies sweep US
Marches, public opinion increase pressure for immigration overhaul
Immigration rally floods Seattle's streets
Politicians, 500 people attend event here (Chicago)
Even some with green cards feel anxious
Hamas Rising
Bank crisis pushes Hamas gov't to financial brink
Israel suspends security ties to Palestinian government
Worldwide Wackos
Bush: U.S. Won't Strike Iran- Video: 'Wild Speculation'
Iran rejects reports of military plan by US
US threatens to restrict movement of Venezuelan envoy
Politics
Video: Bush Explains Why He Wanted Intel Declassified
Bush struggles to turn it around
Opinions on Bush cast a shadow over GOP
Phone records show people in election phone jamming called White House
U.N. News
U.N. Can Prove Itself With Handling of Iran, Bolton Says
Oddities
Best, worst places to live?
Big Brother inmates released to vote
Lawsuit Filed in Detroit 911 Call Response (FYI, make sure if you call 911, you sound desperate enough...)
$218 trillion phone bill uncalled for, man says
Owner of Gein's land receives 1 low bid (This is the 'Psycho' farm)
Turkey barges into Indiana library
Other News of Note
Turning the Corner - Israeli gov't ends PM's tenure
Reasonable Doubt? (Duke rape case)
Berlusconi Contests Rival's Victory Claim in Italian Vote
State of Emergency Declared in Seven California Counties
Fox News
RU-486 Didn't Cause Woman's Death, FDA Says
Schwarzenegger Gets Max Money From Bloomberg
Nepalese King Orders Massive House Searches
Ex-Enron CEO: I'm Innocent
Stocks to Watch: Genentech
Bank of America to Cut Jobs
FULL SPORTS COVERAGE
Reuters: Top News
Specter of paralysis hangs over Italy after vote
Sandstorm hits north China - Play Video
France faces more protests, asks if reform possible
US, China discuss reviving N.Korea nuclear talks
Nepal police open fire to break anti-king protests
Louisiana officials say Katrina recovery wasteful
Bush urged to secure Chinese dissident's release
Europe's Venus space probe enters orbit
Global warming threatens extinctions: report
Fujitsu to launch PCs with advanced disk drives
Innovation, rights key in Microsoft's EU case
GM to shed stake in Isuzu to Japan trade firms, bank
China blames surplus on US high-tech export curbs
Mercedes-Benz focuses on safety for new E-Class car
Marks & Spencer's Q4 sales smash forecasts
LG.Philips LCD swings to Q1 profit, glut a worry
Canal Plus to sell PSG soccer club to investors
European stocks mixed ahead of ZEW, Italy droops
Nikkei down as chip stocks fall
Bausch & Lomb halts US shipments of lens solution
Boeing rallies on China order optimism
Embarcadero falls; Alcoa gains
Why hedge the weather
Weather derivatives Part I
Metals seen strong to end of decade
Study uses nanoparticles to kill cancer cells
Group says diet drug linked to pre-cancer
AP World News
Prodi Declares Victory in Italian Election
Skilling Vows to Fight Enron Charges
Lott Lawyer: State Farm Destroying Papers
Mars Rover Spirit Heads to Alternate Home
Kiefer Sutherland Signs on for More '24'
NASA to Crash Space Probe Into Moon
Man in L.A. Ferrari Crash Is Arrested
France Puts End to Controversial Jobs Law
Canadian Cops Nab 5 in Deaths of 8 Bikers
The Seattle Times
Katrina evacuees head home to vote for mayor
Doctors try balloon for chronic sinusitis
Spacecraft may shed light on Venus
Gossip columnist says he was set up
Seashells hold key to building a better battery
Disarray thrives in political vacuum in Iraq
Saudi king opens doors, lifts taboos
Kenya officials among 14 killed in crash
Chicago Sun-Times
Feds: Files destroyed in hiring probe
Union wants license-plate screening
Boy, 3 others killed when car slams into crowd
Emergency chief to collect $281,280 a year
Could Navy Pier be used for Olympics?
Man admits trespassing near Midway runways
Gemini 12 capsule docks at Adler
Priest's release from prison blocked
Latest leak sparks call to close down nuclear plant
Cheney was hunting victim in 1990s
Prosecutors seek at least 30 years for freed Death Row inmate Patterson
Boston Globe: World
African leaders launch school push
Kremlin takes steps to polish Russia's image abroad
EU places visa ban on leader of Belarus
Report ties 38 deaths in China to swine
CENTCOM: News Releases
NO SLACK FOR INSURGENT CELL LEADERS
SIX KILLED, 19 WOUNDED IN VBIED ATTACK
AFGHAN POLICE SECURE TOWR KHAM BORDER
ZARQAWI, AL QAEDA IN IRAQ REAL THREATS TO IRAQ'S SECURITY AND STABILITY
SUSPECTS DETAINED, ONE KILLED NEAR BALAD
ANA MILITARY COURTS IN SESSION
Department of Defense
Iraqis 'Determined to Live in Freedom' - Story - Remarks - Iraqi Freedom Day Special
Zarqawi, al Qaeda Threaten Iraqi Security - Story
New Government Will Validate Iraqi Courage - Commentary - Iraqi Freedom Day Special
Strategy Preserved Iraqi Infrastructure, Lives - Story
Afghan Police Secure Towr Kham Border - Story
ON THE GROUND
Coalition Trains Iraqi Police to Protect Leaders - Story
3 Electrical Substations Completed in Najaf - Story
U.S. Troops Train Iraqis on GPS, Lifesaving - Story
Riggers Prepare Supplies for Afghans in Need - Story
IN IRAQ
Bayji Council Coordinates Security Efforts
Cleaner Water Available for Basra Residents
IN AFGHANISTAN
Governor, Khost Residents Celebrate Project
Forward Deployed B-52 Pilot Surpasses 5,000 Hours
FACE OF DEFENSE
Enlisted Soldier Fulfills Dream of Becoming a Pilot - Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Group Raises Funds for Hospitals - Story
TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Joint Effort Targets Insurgents
Khalilzad Emphasizes Progress
3 U.S. Soldiers Die in Anbar Action
Rumsfeld Urges Caution
Troops Note Progress
Day More than Falling Statue
Forces Kill, Capture Terrorists
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
Leaders Urge Close Cooperation
Forces Kill Taliban Commander
PRT Commanders' Topic: Security
Forces Destroy Rocket in Ghazni
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
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
Nassau Group Transits Suez Canal
OEF, OIF Vets Get Job Preference
England Named Deputy Secretary
Enlisted Advisor Talks to Grads
IED Survivors Apply Experiences
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty - 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
0672 - Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0678 - Donus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1471 - King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1512 - Battle at Ravenna - France under Gaston de Foix beats Spanish Army
1551 - English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland
1564 - England & France sign Peace of Troyes; Liege Prince-Bishop Robert van Bergen resigns
1567 - Dutch Prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda
1579 - Venlo joins Union of Utrecht
1580 - Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
1677 - Battle at Montcassel - French troops beat Prince William III
1689 - William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1713 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1814 - 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1848 - Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under King Ferdinand of Austria
1856 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1862 - Rebels surrender Fort Pulaski, GA
1863 - Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)
1865 - Battle of Mobile AL - evacuated by Confederates; Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1876 - Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks is organized; Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1881 - River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ontario, 180 die
1890 - Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1891 - 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1898 - President William McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1899 - Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
1900 - US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1902 - Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
1906 - Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 - Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax; Turkestan ASSR is established in Russian SFSR
1924 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
1925 - Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1927 - Chilean General Carlos Ibáñez names himself president
1929 - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
1933 - Hermann Göring becomes premier of Prussia
1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations
1941 - Germany blitzes Conventry, England; Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis; Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1942 - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1943 - Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft
1944 - RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1945 - Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Germany; SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen; US captures Tsugen Shima; US troops conquer Mülheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1950 - Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco; US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 - President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare
1956 - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites; French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1957 - Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically; Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1959 - Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1960 - 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1961 - Israel begins the Adolf Eichman WWII crimes trial; Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns
1965 - 40 tornadoes strike US midwest, killing 272 & injuring 5,000
1968 - President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act; Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president; West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1970 - Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1972 - Benjamin L. Hooks named to the FCC
1974 - WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
1981 - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him; Race riot in London area of Brixton
1983 - NASA launches RCA-F
1984 - Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair; Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth; Chinese troops invade Vietnam; General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
1986 - Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days; Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km; A Canadain 1921 50¢ piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands; UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris, France; Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1993 - Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie
Birthdays
1370 - Frederick I, the Warlike elector of Saxony
1770 - George Canning, British PM (1827)
1794 - Edward Everett, (Governor-MA), statesman/orator
1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder (Allgemeiner)
1837 - Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Union Army Colonel
1862 - Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
1862 - William W. Campbell, US astronomer/director Lick Observatory
1867 - John P. Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
1893 - Dean G. Acheson, statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
1902 - Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI)
1910 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola General/President of Portugal
1918 - Richard Wainwright, MP
1919 - Hugh Carey (Governor-NY)
1929 - Lawrence Coughlin (Representative-PA)
1930 - Nicholas F. Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
1930 - W. G. [Bill] Hefner (Representative-NC)
1932 - F. Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot
1938 - Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal)
1941 - Frederick "Rick" Hauck, astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26); David Lyle Boren (Senator-OK)
1942 - Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi Enem Adygeya, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
1947 - Michael Hindley, British Member of European Parliament
1955 - Piers J. Sellers, PhD/astronaut
Passings
0678 - Donus, Italian Pope (676-78)
1034 - Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife
1240 - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240)
1512 - Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle
1783 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
1875 - Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle
1902 - Hendrik Potgieter, South African Boer General, dies in battle
1903 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25
1906 - James A. Bailey, circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
1916 - Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52
1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II
1945 - Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
1970 - John H. O'Hara, US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65
1985 - Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
1989 - Henk van Galen, Last Dutch journalist, dies at 68
1993 - Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered; Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at 63
1994 - Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64
1996 - Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80; Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across US, crashed at 7
Reported Missing in Action
1965
Swanson, William E., USNR (MN); A1H hit by flak and crashed, Killed, BNR
1968
Whittemore, Frederick H., USN (NV); A4F shot down, KIA/BNR
1970
Nelson, Jan Houston, USMC (FL); A4E shot down, KIA/BNR
1971
Buerk, William Carl, USAF (CA); F100D shot down, KIA/BNR
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