News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Former Iraq deputy PM Aziz takes stand for Saddam
Bush signals military role change in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Forces Kill 60 Rebels
U.S. defends airstrike on Afghan village

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bin Laden: Moussaoui not linked to 9/11 (and make sure to go here for the word on what the AP left OUT of this story)
Bin Laden may be trying to reassert power
British Terror Sweep Nets 9
US embassy in Japan warns of possible threat
Manila, Washington expand security cooperation
Building near WTC entombs toxins, remains

NSA / CIA
Senate panel backs Hayden CIA confirmation

Immigration
Senate Seeks to Increase Illegal Worker Fines

Hamas Rising
Israel to pursue West Bank talks until year-end - Video
U.S. praises Israeli West Bank plan

Worldwide Wackos
World powers to discuss Iran - Video
Iran wants direct talks with US: report
Mixed US, Russian views on Iran nuclear talks

Politics
Bush Hosts New Israeli PM
House Speaker Challenges FBI Search
Video: Congressional Outrage
Trial begins for ex-Bush official tied to lobbyist

Oddities
Zoo apes have taste for red wine
Well, just as long as they're not going overboard
Boo Boo the Chicken dies

Other News of Note
Muhammad questions D.C. sniper partner

Fox News
Doctors Still Wary on Barbaro
Couple Sought in Videotaped Rape, Murder
Stocks to Watch: TiVo
Lawyer: Natalee Suspect Gay- Video: Not Enough Evidence?
Damaging Water (Thailand)
Human to Human? - Bird Flu Center
'American Idol' Center

Reuters: Top News
No sign of bird flu mutation in Indonesia case: WHO - Video
US probes Alaska pipeline repair-WSJ
Video games can help cut surgical errors: study
China scientists hope US exchange can halt scandals
Microsoft adds traffic reports to online maps
Nike and Apple tell runners: "It's worth it"
Britain's surf capital draws die-hard wave riders
Gambia retrains "bumsters" to shake sex tourism tag
Not enough sleep associated with weight gain
No sign of bird flu mutation in Indonesia case: WHO
Cool French reaction to Sofia Coppola's "Antoinette"
"Code" is sign for spinoff producers
April durable goods orders tumble 4.8 percent
D.Boerse says no Euronext deal at any price
Judge to ok Wyeth diet drug settlement: WSJ
Australian regulator approves ASX, SFE deal; shares up
Study bodes well for Tracleer use in IPF - Actelion
Clear Channel Outdoor buys Van Wagner's UK arm
GM shares up after brokerage upgrade
Gilead, Novavax, BioCryst shares rise
Stock futures flat, GM rises on upgrade - Video
Indevus shares rise
GUS aims for October split as profits fall 9 pct
Kodak shows pricing power
DeMartino: Dell's new retail foray
Ripe for profit-taking

AP World News
Lay awaiting outcome of 2 criminal cases
American Idol winner to be named tonight
Heat take game 1 against Pistons
Driver runs over 5 at Ga. McDonald's
It's McPhee versus Hicks' on 'Idol'
Feds reject petition to list spotted owl

Military.com
ID Theft may be Largest Ever
Vets Struggle With Life After War
Bush Signals Military Role Change in Iraq
Experts Offer Advice to Prevent ID Theft
Senate Panel Backs Hayden Confirmation
DoD: Spend More on Non-Lethal Weapons
Corps Eyes Hybrid Humvee
New Small Bomb Unveiled
McKinley Confirmed as Air Guard Chief
Air Raid's Civilian Toll Infuriates Afghans
BAH Rules Change for Accompanied Overseas Marines
Japanese Consensus: Relocation too Expensive
DoD Official to Visit Guam

CENTCOM: News Releases
CCCI CONVICTS 12 INSURGENTS; ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, FOUR SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON

THREE IEDs DISCOVERED, ONE KILLS FOUR INNOCENT CIVILIANS

MND-B AND IRAQI LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF IRAQI SECURITY

COALITION PROVIDES UPDATE ON AZIZI OPERATIONS

SHEILE SCHOOL-BACK TO SCHOOL IN STYLE

MORE TALIBAN FIGHTERS KILLED DURING COMBINED OPERATION

Department of Defense
Vice President Thanks Sailors, Marines - Story - Remarks
Iraqi Security Forces Lead Ops in More Areas - Story - Video
Coalition, Iraqi Leaders Discuss Security - Story
Afghan Troops' Progress Frustrates Taliban - Story - Video

ON THE GROUND
Abizaid Visits 'Mountain Lion' Battlefields - Story
Desert Operation Nets Suspects, Weapons - Story
Taji Center Stresses Counterinsurgency Ops - Story - On Assignment
Gunners Safer, See Better With New Turrets - Story

IN IRAQ
Security Mission Unit Keeps Sheikh Informed
Combat Support Hospital Still Saving Lives
Bulletproof Jacket Keeps Troops Afloat

IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Airmen Help Rebuild a Nation
Coalition Vendor Day Aids Afghan Businesses
Afghan Soldiers Get In-Depth Airdrop Training

FACE OF DEFENSE
Teacher Offers Fleet Advice - Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Soccer Team Shows Appreciation - Story

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Unity Government a Turning Point
Too Soon to Announce Withdrawal
Next 100 Days Crucial, Casey Says
Bush, Rice Weigh In on Government
Unity Office to Aid New Government
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
Up to 80 Taliban Believed Killed
Forces Kill 20 Enemy in Firefight
U.S. Soldier Killed, Six Wounded
Weapons Found, Taliban Targeted
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Rice Comments on Gitmo Closing
Conference Focus: Maritime Ops
Detainees Skirmish With Guards
Conference Topic: Security Efforts
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
VA Urges Caution After Data Theft
NATO Secretary General Visits Ship
Sailors Train with USCG for VBSS
Nation, Families Remember Fallen
USS Reagan Crew Visits UAE
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualties - 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

Today in History
1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan for trinkets worth approximately $24.
1689 - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants.
1818 - General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, FL.
1830 - "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is written; The first passenger rail service in begins in the U.S.
1846 - General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Mexican War.
1854 - Anthony Burns, slave, is arrested in Boston by U.S. Deputy Marshals; the first Black college (Lincoln University, PA) forms.
1856 - In Kansas, the Pottawatomie Massacre occurs.
1861 - Federal troops occupy Alexandria, VA; Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be "contraband of war."
1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge opens.
1900 - Britain annexes the Orange Free State.
1916 - U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker.
1921 - Northern Ireland's first parliament is elected.
1922 - Russia and Italy sign a trade agreement.
1931 - Ironically, B&O Railroad installs the first air-conditioned train.
1936 - Dutch bishops forbid membership of the Nazi party.
1940 - The Dutch army demobilizes; German tanks reach Atrecht, France; Hitler affirms General von Rundsted's "Stopbevel."
1941 - The Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 are killed; 3 survive.
1943 - Admiral Dönitz stops a U-boat in in the Atlantic Ocean; U-441 shoots a Sunderland seaplane down over the Gulf of Biskaje.
1951 - Racial segregation in Washington, DC restaurants is ruled to be illegal.
1954 - The first rocket attains an altitude of 150 miles.
1957 - Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan.
1958 - UP and International News Service merge, becoming United Press International.
1959 - The first house with a built-in bomb shelter is exhibited in PA.
1961 - 27 Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, MS; Explorer-12 failes to reach Earth orbit.
1965 - The Supreme Court declares that a federal law allowing the post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
1975 - Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
1976 - The Concorde flies to Washington; the first commercial SST flight to North America.
1980 - Iran rejects a call by the World Court to release U.S. hostages.
1981 - Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona, Spain.
1983 - Supreme Court rules the government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students.
1989 - French war criminal Paul Touvier is arrested in a monastery in Nice.
1993 - Eritrea achieves independence from Ethiopia after 30 years of civil war.
1993 - A Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey.

Birthdays
0015 - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant
1650 - John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough / English general strategist
1738 - King George III of Great-Britain
1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionist
1753 - Oliver Cromwell, African-American Revolutionary war hero, served with Washington
1811 - Confederate Brigadier General Charles Clark
1816 - Emanuel Leutze, painter - Washington Crossing the Delaware; Union Brevet Major General Robert Seaman Granger
1819 - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain
1854 - Louis Mountbatten, WWI Admiral
1904 - Kenneth Buckley, British Rear-Admiral
1909 - Wilbur Mills (Representative-AR)
1918 - Coleman A. Young, civil rights leader, Mayor of Detroit
1933 - Tony Mullett, Director-General, National Criminal Intelligence Service
1943 - Gary Burghoff, actor (Radar-MASH)
1951 - Ronald A. Parise, Ph.D. /astronaut (STS 35, STS 67)

Passings
1153 - David I, King of Scotland
1543 - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer
1861 - Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot
1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist
1941 - Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral, in battle
1959 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State
1981 - Jaime Roldós Aguilera President of Ecuador, in a plane crash
1986 - Stephen D. Thorne Lieutenant, Commander USN/astronaut, in a plane crash
1993 - Milton O. Thompson astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15)

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Rucker, Emmett, Jr., USAF (TX) ; UC123B shot down (w/Shanks), KIA/BNR

Shanks, James Lee, USAF (NY); UC123B shot down (w/Rucker), KIA/BNR

1969
Manske, Charles J., USAF (TX); F100D shot down, KIA/BNR

Montez, Anastacio, US Army SF (TX); KIA/BNR

1972
Beeler, Carroll R., USN (TX) F8J shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well in 1998

Henn, John R., Jr., US Army (MA); AH1G crashed