News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gunmen kill 11 Iraqi students - Video
Kidnappers challenge new Iraq government

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Pilot Detained for Violating Airspace Over Washington
More arrests possible in Canada terrorism sweep
Islamic militia seizes Somalia's capital

Welcome Home!!
USS Oak Hill Returns Home From Deployment

Immigration / Border Control
Utah Guard unit patrols U.S.-Mexico border

Worldwide Wackos
Iran incentives to include Boeing parts: report
Abbas eyes referendum date as Hamas showdown looms - Video

Politics / Goverment
Bush Pushes Gay Nups Ban
Senate takes up gay-rights ban amid criticism - Video
House race highlights busy day of voting

In the Courts
Court to decide race in school admissions - Video

Hurricane Season
New Orleans finally resumes criminal jury trials

U.N. News
Security Council arrives in wary Sudan

Oddities
It's "Mandy" vs the hotrods

Other News of Note
Missing Texas Newborn Found Alive and Well
Cops take suspect into custody

Fox News
Famed Former MLB Umpire Eric Gregg Dies After Stroke
Cops Chase Bikini Slay Leads
Stocks to Watch: DSW
One Student Killed in California School Shooting
Wie Fails to Make U.S. Open
Report: Indy Massacre Victim Pulled Gun on Burglars
Space Center
Video Gaming Center

Reuters: Top News
US warns OAS about the "pied pipers of populism" - Video
"Planemos" could spawn mini-planetary systems
Sony to launch digital SLR in Japan in July
Intel eyeing sale of part of comms chips unit: report
Avoid canned tuna, magazine tells pregnant women
Older sperm becomes more defective: study
Proceeds from Pitt-Jolie baby pix to go to charity
Sandler loves fatherhood
Fed must be vigilant even as economy slows: Bernanke
BAA and Ferrovial agree on revised offer: sources
Intel eyeing sale of part of comms chips unit: report
Goldman Sachs-led group raises BAA offer -source
Carphone year profit up 36 pct, sees good prospects
Warner Music invests in Japan mobile services firm
Vonage shares rise but analysts say outlook bleak - Video
FDA allows MS drug Tysabri back on market
Bob Evans posts profit as costs fall
Escala Group in SEC probe, shares fall
US stocks tumble as Bernanke warns on inflation
Reuters Summit: Mining & Steel
Ten new U.S. nuclear plants expected
Kinross CEO: Very bullish on gold prices
Kinross: Rise in 2007 exploration budget
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AP World News
S. Korea fails to get rail test with North
Judge promises life in prison for ex-cops
Dow finishes down almost 200 points
Brind'Amour's late goal lifts Hurricanes
Duke to bring back lacrosse team
Thai activists block elephant transport
Hingis reaches French Open quarterfinals

Military.com
DoD to Continue H-1 Program
New Army Manual Omits Part of Geneva Ban

CENTCOM: News Releases
6th IRAQI ARMY DETAINS 19 IN MORNING RAID

COALITION FORCES KILL WANTED TERRORIST, DETAIN ANOTHER

Department of Defense
Pace: World Recognizes Terrorist Threat - Story - Travels With Pace
Forces Kill, Capture Terrorists in Raids - Story
Decisions Reflect Values, Casey Tells Troops - Letter
Investigations Check 'Moral Compass'

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Troop Graduates With U.S. Soldiers - Story
New Clinic, Schools Open in Ethiopian Villages - Story - Photos
Eye Protection Saves Soldier From IED Blast - Story
Oil-Stained Mechanics Keep Infantry Moving - Story - On Assignment

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Training Proceeds in Anbar Province
Marine Adviser Builds Iraqi 'Super Company'
Soldiers See Army Success as 'Ticket Home'
Coalition Mission Delivers Meals to Sadr City

IN AFGHANISTAN
‘Lava Dogs’ Hand Off Ops to ‘Chosin Few’
Afghan Army, Coalition Celebrate New Bridge
Engineers Improve Bagram Pedestrian Route

FACE OF DEFENSE
Academy Javelin Star Breaks Records

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Virginia Reservist Helps Troops - Story

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Investigation Clears Forces
Allegations Don't Reflect Majority
U.S. Soldier Killed
Accident Kills Civilians
Iraqi Scouts Raid Car Bomb Cell
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
Suicide Bomber Strikes in Kandahar
Bomb Maker Captured
Insurgents Bomb Yaqubi Bazaar
Symposium Topic: IEDs
Convoy Accident Incites Unrest
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Nordic Ambassadors Visit EUCOM
Rumsfeld Thanks Sailors for Service
Rumsfeld: Cooperation 'Critical'
Midshipmen Affirm Commitment
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
Officials Identify Army Casualty - 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
1523 - Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1639 - Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1813 - US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1816 - 10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)
1844 - Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
1862 - Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
1882 - Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1889 - Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1911 - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1914 - 1st air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
1918 - Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I
1924 - S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
1925 - Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months old)
1931 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia
1932 - US Federal gas tax enacted
1933 - 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden, NJ); US Employment Service created
1934 - Securities & Exchange Commission established
1936 - Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
1941 - 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
1942 - 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford CT-Adeline Gray); Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway; Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich
1944 - D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France; Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor
1953 - J Churms discovers asteroid #2025
1966 - Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi
1967 - 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begins
1971 - Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die; Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
1972 - Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1975 - British voters decide to remain in Common Market; Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1977 - Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws
1978 - Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1982 - 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
1984 - 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
1985 - Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed; Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
1988 George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II
Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)
1991 - Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store
2012 - Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs

Birthdays
1436 - Regiomontanus (Johannes Mller) prepared astronomical tables
1755 - Nathan Hale hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
1756 - John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)
1850 - Karl F. Braun codeveloped wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
1868 - Robert Falcon Scott, leader of ill-fated south polar expedition
1872 - Alexandra, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
1875 - Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp (1925)
1901 - Sukarno Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
1928 - George Deukmejian (Gov-Cal)
1932 - David R. Scott, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15)
1935 - Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists

Passings
1862 - Gen Turner Ashby, killed near Harrisonburg, VA
1967 - Edward G. Givens, Jr., astronaut, dies in an auto accident at 37
1968 - Robert F. Kennedy (Sen-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan
1976 - J. Paul Getty, oil magnate, dies at 83 in London

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Klusmann, Charles F., USN (CA); RF8A shot down, escaped August, 1964 - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Son, Ha Van, Vietnam Commando; released February, 1989 - alive and well as of 1998

1968
The following USMC personnel reported MIA when their CH46A was shot down, all KIA:
Burgard, Paul E. (OR); remains recovered June, 1968

Harper, Ralph Lewis (IN); BNR

LaPlant, Kurt Elton (KS); BNR

Palacios, Luis Fernando (CA); BNR

Sanchez, Jose R. (NY); BNR

1972
Fowler, James A., USAF (ND); F4D shot down (w/Seuell), believed KIA

Seuell, John W., USAF (MO); F4D shot down (w/Fowler), believed KIA