News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Explosions Kill 5, Wound 57 in Iraqi Pet Market
Iraqi PM to fill key posts; blast kills 5

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Cops Find Ricin, Pipe Bombs in Tenn. Home Search
Chertoff Defends Allocation of Anti-Terrorism Funds
Survey seeks to solve Sept 11 health mysteries
Syrian forces kill four militants in Damascus
89 Gitmo detainees on hunger strike

Troops on Trial
Haditha Officer: I'm Scapegoat
Iraq to ask US to hand over Haditha file - Video
Iraqis announce own probe of killings
Military to Charge Eight GIs With Murder of Iraqi Civilian
Abu Ghraib Dog Handler Convicted of Prisoner Abuse
US sailor gets life for Japan murder

Immigration / Border Control
Texas to Install Security Cameras Along Border
Bush seeking compromise in immigration debate
Schwarzenegger to order troops to border

Worldwide Wackos
Final Offer for Iran
Deal ties U.N. Security Council sanctions to nuke concessions

Politics / Government
Rumsfeld to tell Asian nations: don't leave US out

U.N. News
Video: U.N. Probe Criticized

Hurricane Season
Corps takes blame for New Orleans flooding

Oddities
Nobody likes a chatty hangman...
Would-be robber asks bank how to do it

Other News of Note
Diplomats checking reports of abductions in Nigeria

Fox News
7 Found Slain From Execution-Style Shooting in Indianapolis
NYSE to Merge With Euronext
Cops to Release Photos of Bikini Strangulation Suspect
Stocks to Watch: NYSE Group
'U-R-S-P-R-A-C-H-E' Spells Winner
Winner of 2006 National Spelling Bee
No Time for Space Golf
Space Center
Video Gaming Center

Reuters: Top News
China to rival US as world power by 2020: survey
Get off rears and rebuild, says Nagin
Spacewalkers complete station repairs in six hours
Chinese scientist calls for crackdown on fraud
Microsoft expects Adobe to file antitrust suit: WSJ
Virginity pledgers often dishonest about past
Ludacris, Kanye West win copyright case
Couric hopes to end "pretentious era" in news
Glaxo to raise bid for Pfizer unit: sources
Microsoft expects Adobe to file antitrust suit: WSJ
Goldman board set to meet on succession: source
NYSE to buy Euronext for $10 bln
Microsoft expects Adobe to file antitrust suit-WSJ
Spain's Sogecable shares score on World Cup rights
Quiet trade ahead of US jobs data
Euronext shares rise on NYSE merger agreement
Rambus says rivals' emails bolster its claims
K. Wah climbs after saying Harrah's eyeing Galaxy
Kellwood shares up as lower profit beats forecasts
Buyout shops race for public offers
Focus on Rule 144A amid rush to market
No sticker shock here

AP World News
NYSE Euronext would offer 12 trading hours
Kanye West, Ludacris win copyright trial
Nowitzki huge as Mavs topple Suns in 4th
'Canes rally past Sabres, advance to final
Course rakes frustrate Memorial players
Hilton, Richie reunite for 'Simple Life'
Pirates top Brewers in bizarre 9th inning
New technology probes ancient manuscript
New Orleans mayor sworn in for 2nd term

Military.com
U.S. Troops to Get Ethics Training
VA Hit for Oversight
Pentagon Plans Massive Training Overhaul

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE 10 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

MNC-I COMMANDER DIRECTS TRAINING

MND-B SOLDIERS DISCOVER WEAPONS CACHES

AFGHANS TAKING CHARGE OF THEIR OWN SAFETY

INSURGENTS BOMB BAZAAR, INJURE THREE

COALITION FORCES DISCOVER WEAPONS CACHE IN KANDAHAR PROVINCE

BOMB MAKERS CAPTURED IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE

Department of Defense
Iran Must Suspend Nuclear Program - Story
Unity Government Fosters Encouragement - Story - Video
Commander Orders Core Values Training - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Soldiers Deliver Donated School Supplies - Story
‘Lava Dogs’ Hand Off Ops to ‘Chosin Few’ - Story
Marine Mechanics Keep Vehicles in the Fight - Story

IN IRAQ
Sailors Save Iraqi's Life in Oil Platform Fire
Platoon Takes on EOD Escort, Guard Duties
Joint Operation Targets Insurgents in Ramadi

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Army, Coalition Celebrate New Bridge
Engineers Improve Bagram Pedestrian Route

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Becomes One-Millionth 'Moto' Mail Customer - Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Texans to Swim for Wounded Vets - Story

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Soldiers Discover Weapons Caches
Ramadi Solution Up to Iraq
Terrorist Leaders Nabbed in Ops
2 Troops Killed; Bodies Recovered
Report Cites Successes, Challenges
Haditha Investigation Continues
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
Insurgents Bomb Yaqubi Bazaar
Symposium Topic: IEDs
Convoy Accident Incites Unrest
Unit in Afghanistan Honors Troops
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
NORTHCOM 'Truly Impressive'
Grads Ready to Defend Freedom
Cooperation Vital to Security
Reagan Concludes Arabian Gulf Ops
U.S., U.K. to Increase Intel
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

CASUALTIES
Defense Officials Identify 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
0455 - Gaiseric & the Vandals sack Rome
0575 - Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0657 - St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1797 - 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)
1834 - 5th National Black Convention meets (NYC)
1835 - P.T. Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
1851 - 1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
1857 - James Gibbs, Va., patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
1858 - Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
1862 - General Robert E. Lee takes command of the Confederate armies of E VA & NC
1864 - Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
1865 - At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders the Trans-Mississippi Dept
1866 - Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
1883 - Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
1886 - Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
1899 - Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
1910 - Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
1913 - 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks
1914 - Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
1924 - US citizenship granted to all American Indians
1930 - 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
1936 - General Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1943 - 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
1946 - Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
1949 - Transjordan renamed Jordan
1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
1965 - 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
1966 - US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
1967 - Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
1969 - Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices US destroyer Frank E. Evans in half, killing 74. (South Vietnam)
1977 - NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-198
1983 - Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinatti
1984 - B.A. Skiff discovers asteroid #3617
1986 - Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
1989 - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Birthdays
1491 - Henry VIII King of England (1509-47)
1740 - Marquis de Sade 1st known sadist, writer (Justine)
1821 - Ion Bratianu (Lib), Premier of Romania (1876-88)
1835 - St Pius X, 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
1930 - Charles Pete Conrad, Jr., USN/astronaut (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
1940 - Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (-1967)

Passings
1882 - Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
1941 - Lou Gehrig, Yankee great, dies at 37 of ALS
1943 - Leslie Howard, actor, killed when Nazis shot down his plane
1990 - Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel

Reported Missing in Action
1965
The following USN personnel lost when their EA1F was shot down:
Amspacher, William H., USNR (CA); remains returned July, 1988

McMican, M.D., USNR (WA); remains returned April, 1988

Plants, Thomas L. (OH); remains ID'd April, 1991

Romano, Gerald M., USNR (NY); remains returned July, 1988 - ID'd November, 1988

Also reported MIA this day in 1965:
Christian, David M., USN (KS); A4E shot down (subject of the EA1F search) - remains returned April, 1986 (ID questionsed)

McKamey, John B., USN (IN); A4E shot down (in the same area as the others above), released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

1966
Rosato, Joseph Frank, USAF (OH); F4C shot down, KIA / BNR

1967
Carrier, Daniel L., USAF (CA); F4C shot down (w/Rockett), remains returned, ID'd November, 1989

Rockett, Alton C., Jr., USAF (AL); F4C shot down (w/Carrier)

Smith, Dewey Lee, USAF (KY); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Wood, Rex S., USN (IA); F8C crashed, Killed / BNR