News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Tennis Coach, 2 Players Killed for Wearing Shorts

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bush: U.S. Will Never Back Down to Terrorists

Troops on Trial
Analysis: U.S. braces for Marine scandal

Other Military News
Bush urges cadets to 'extend freedom'

Immigration / Border Control
Minuteman Group Begins Building Border Fence

NSA / CIA
US asks for dismissal of NSA wiretapping suits

Politics / Government
President's Radio Address- Democrats' Radio Response
Threats Followed Search of Congressman's Office
Cheney addresses graduates of his old H.S.

Oddities
Father Throws Kids From Hotel Balcony to Their Deaths
Naked on Everest: a peek on the peak?
Fifty ways to rock the right way

Other News of Note
Search for survivors as Indonesia quake toll tops 3,000
Tragedy in Indonesia
Quake kills thousands; many more injured or missing
FOX Facts: Earthquakes in Indonesia
Video: Deadly Quake
Photo Essay: Indonesia Quake
First Tropical Storm of Season Forms in Pacific

Fox News
Brazil Bus Crash Kills 18
Teen Denies Berlin Knife Attacks That Injured 28
37 Million Expected to Travel for Holiday Weekend
Search Continues for Hoffa
GM Recalls 30,000 Corvettes
Pope Visits Poland Ahead of Auschwitz Visit
'Most Wanted' Couple Could Face More Charges
East Timor's Capital Under Attack by Rival Gangs
U.S.-led Strike Kills Taliban Leaders in Afghanistan
Space Center
Video Gaming Center

Reuters: Top News
US sends $2.5 mln aid for Indonesian quake victims
Ariane rocket orbits satellites for Mexico, Thailand
Pakistanis try confronting shame of honor killing
Children with Down's slowly gain voice in Africa
Memories of 1918 flu pandemic haunt 21st century
WHO delays decision on smallpox virus destruction
Pitt and Jolie have baby girl: People magazine
Dollar's impact on US import prices limited: Fed
Working around the new kiddie tax
AARP returns to the mutual fund business
HSBC's outlook encouraging, bids farewell to Bond
US FDA approves Merck vaccine to prevent shingles
EchoStar, Universal Music settle channel dispute
Stocks to be volatile; inflation, jobs eyed
Stocks end higher, buoyed by banks and data
US Air shares gain on strong summer outlook
Icahn group prepares KT&G bid: brokerage - Video
Arcelor/Severstal deal sends steel stocks soaring - Video
Renting to own -- the market
On the Radar: Volvo

AP World News
1 dead in Oklahoma City mall shooting
Internet jukeboxes offer countless tunes
Wade sends Heat to 2-1 lead over Pistons
Makeover could turn Coney Island tony
Lance Armstrong to drive Indy pace car
Schumacher stripped of pole position
East Timor violence raises civil war fear
Bad heroin sparks a series of overdoses
Town teed off by Trump golf course changes
Jackson in 1st appearance since acquittal

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI OIL TERMINAL FIRE BURNS ITSELF OUT

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE SIX TERRORISTS IN RAMADI

Department of Defense
Bush Says Troops Sacrifice for Freedom - Story
Bush: West Point Graduates Will Clinch Victory in War
Official Discusses Way Ahead in Baghdad - Story
U.S. Governors Visit Troops in Afghanistan - Story
Troops in Baghdad Remember Friends - Story - On Assignment
U.S., U.K. to Increase Interoperability - Story
International Community Must Unite, Blair Says

ON THE GROUND
'Fighting Deuce' MPs Patrol Afghan Mountains - Story
Iraqis Adapt British Military Academy as Model - Story - On Assignment
Center Helps Iraqis Shape Military Culture - Story - On Assignment
Troops Restore Base to Hand Back to Iraqis - Story
U.S. Army Mechanics Train Iraqi Counterparts - Story

IN IRAQ
Training Ensures Marines Ready for Combat
Injured by Bombs, Iraqi Gets Prosthetic Hand

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Border Police, Villagers Secure Border
Abizaid Visits 'Mountain Lion' Battlefields

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
U.S. Admiral, African Traditional Leader Meet

DefendAmerica Week in Review
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Troops Find Gratitude at Indy 500 - Story
Utah Group Donates Soccer Gear

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Taliban Leaders Hunted in Strike
Iraqi General Commits to Reform
Security Forces Taking Larger Role
Morale 'Absolutely Tremendous'
Forces Detain 21 Terror Suspects
Bush, Blair Reaffirm Commitment
Oil Terminal Fire Burns Itself Out
Renewal In Iraq
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
Taliban Leaders Hunted in Strike
Forces Detain Two Suspects
Forces Kill 24 Enemy Fighters
Afghan Progress Frustrates Taliban
Up to 80 Taliban Believed Killed
Forces Kill 20 Enemy in Firefight
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Cheney: Navy Grads to Know Enemy
Rumsfeld: War's Sacrifices Tragic
U.S. Ops, Basing in Europe Change
EUCOM Supports War on Terror
NATO Sheds Cold War Mentality
Nations Focus on Homeland Defense
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

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

This Day in History
1349 - In Breslau Silesia, sixty Jews are murdered.
1539 - Hernando de Soto lands in Florida.
1674 - German Parliament declares war on France.
1754 - George Washington defeats the French and Indians at Fort Duquesne (PA).
1774 - The first Continental Congress convenes in Virginia.
1830 - Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western prairie.
1851 - Sojourner Truth attends the Women's Rights Convention.
1863 - The 54th Massachusetts, the first black regiment leaves Boston to fight in the Civil War.
1919 - Armenia declares its independence
1923 - The Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany; King Leopold III gives himself up; British-French troops capture Narvik, Norway
1942 - 1,800 Czechoslovakians are murdered by the Nazis during their attack on Heydrich
1959 - Monkeys Able & Baker become the first animals retrieved from a space mission, after soaring 300 miles into space in a Jupiter missile.
1961 - After nearly eightly years, theOrient Express makes its last trip (Paris to Bucharest)
1964 - The Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem.
1971 - The first spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, the USSR's Mars 3, is launched.
1974 - Italians fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, killing 6.
1975 - Soyuz 18 launches.
1985 - David Jacobsen is taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon.
1987 - The Civil War Ironclad Monitor is discovered by a deep sea robot
1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
1997 - Linda Finch completes the around-the-world flight Amelia Earhart failed to finish.

Birthdays
1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
1660 - King George I of England
1738 - Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician/inventor (guillotine)
1759 - William Pitt the Younger, English PM
1818 - Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard St-Bernard known by Confederates as the Hero of Sumter
1819 - Union Brevet Major General William Birney
1828 - Confederate Brigadier General Alpheus Baker
1830 - Union Major General George Lucas Hartsuff
1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1838 - Confederate Bridadier General Basil Wilson Duke
1914 - W. G. G. Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
1940 - Thomas E Petri (Representative-WI)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani (Mayor-NYC)
1957 - Walter R Tucker (Representative-CA)

Passings
1259 - King Christoffel I of Denmark
1357 - King Afonso IV of Portugal
1863 - Union Brigadier General Edmund Kirby, Jr., of injuries
1864 - Union Brigadier Henry H. Giesy, in battle
1972 - Duke of Windsor, who abdicated British throne
1972 - King Edward VIII of Great Britain / Northern Ireland

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Hill, Joseph A., USMC (IL); Killed / BNR

Ingvalson, Roger D., USAF (MN); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well 1998
***After release, was awarded Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, of Merit, DFC with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, POW medal ***

1971
Chavira, Stephen, US Army (CA) ; OH6A shot down (w/Urquhart) - KIA / BNR

Urquhart, Paul D., US Army (PA) ; OH6A shot down (w/Chavira) - KIA/BNR