News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Pushing 'Forward' - Iraqi PM begins crackdown
Clashes, car bomb as Iraq launches Baghdad sweep - Video
Bush tells Iraq leader U.S. will back him
Bush says troops to stay until not needed
Marines Probe Internet Music Video About Killing of Iraqis

Operation Enduring Freedom
Two foreign soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in Afghanistan - Video
Coalition troops prepare Afghan offensive

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Out of Indonesian Prison - Militant Islamic cleric released
Out of jail, Indonesian radical urges Islamic unity - Video
Australian Survivors of Bali Blast Balk at Release
Unpaid Palestinian Workers Storm Hamas-led Parliament (What? A terrorist organization isn't working out as a form of government? Say it ain't so...)
UN experts urge Guantanamo closure after suicides (Yeah, and the U.N. knows how to deal with terrorists...right?)
Pentagon to disclose interrogation tactics

Immigration / Border Control
Official: 1,000 Troops at U.S.-Mexico Border by Thursday

NSA / CIA
EU-US "partners in crime" on CIA flights: Amnesty
Rove avoids being charged in CIA leak case (Note the headline - 'avoids being charged,' not 'not enough evidence to charge' or 'Rove didn't commit a crime')

Politics / Government
House Passes $94.5 Billion Bill for Iraq, Hurricane Aid
House OKs Pay Raise
Ex-Atlanta Mayor Gets Jail
Bush education policy to miss goals: Harvard study - Video
Webb wins Democratic Senate primary in Virginia

Homegrown Moonbats
Panel Recommends Firing Controversial Professor (Ward Churchill)

Cops Arrest Daryl Hannah For Tree-Climbing Protest

Hurricane Season
$1.4 Billion in Bogus Katrina Aid (watch the reaction to this from the same people who said that an actual application procedure would only slow aid to helpless victims)
AFL-CIO:$700M to New Orleans
Alberto Whips Florida Coast
Alberto weakens after drenching Florida

Oddities
But who's going to do this sober?
The president, the prime minister and the king
Tibetan herders join rush for prize fungus

Other News of Note
Microsoft warns of 8 "critical" security flaws

Fox News
Manhunt for Reno Suspect- Video: Suspect Sought
Stocks to Watch: Meade
Brazil Wins Eighth Straight
FULL WORLD CUP COVERAGE

Reuters: Top News
Shuttle crew arrives in Florida for launch test
EBay to unveil further Skype tie-ins
Who helped make John Wayne great? Director John Ford
E-newspapers just around the corner. Really
Heavy wrinkles could be sign of lung disease
Study shows taste for meat and fish inherited
Jerry Lewis suffers minor heart attack
Former "Friends" star Kudrow clinches NBC deal
Goldman group agrees to buy AB Ports for $4.6 bln
Global equity meltdown costs investors $2 trillion
Arcelor says met with Mittal, more talks to come
Bayer prepares higher offer for Schering
Roll-out of upgraded 3G may curb Web-based calling
Aegis revenues up ahead of key shareholder meeting
Wall Street seen higher but CPI key for sentiment - Video
Casey's General Stores shares rise
Michaels shares dip amid option probe worries
Herley shares fall after suspensions
Applied Digital says unaware of reason for fall in share price
Reuters Summit: Investment Outlook
Strategist picks defensive stocks
Growth risk as banks rush to lift rates
Food for thought

AP World News
Wade can't be stopped as Heat shock Mavs
Usher helps clean up New Orleans school
Brazil opens defense of title with win
AMA wants warning labels on high-salt food
Korn lead singer has a blood disorder

Military.com
Conway Chosen to Lead Marines
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Cut Eyed

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT

GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, MNF-I RELEASE MORE THAN 220 DETAINEES

KOREAN CLINIC TO CELEBRATE 200,000 PATIENT MILESTONE

TERRORIST ATTACKS LEAVE 3 CIVILIANS DEAD, 6 WOUNDED

AFGHAN, COALITION COMMANDERS MEET

NURISTAN GOVERNOR, CONTRACTOR AND AFGHANISTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Department of Defense
Troops Spread 'Universality of Freedom' - Story
Bush Impressed With Iraqi Government - Story
Bush Arrives in Iraq on Surprise Visit
Bush Summit Focuses on Iraq Strategy
Defeating Ideology at Heart of Strategy - Story
Detainees Released in Iraq; Terrorists Killed - Story
Terrorists Kill Three Afghan Civilians, Wound Six

ON THE GROUND
Marines Working With Local Police in Qaim - Story
Soldiers Have 'Luck' on Their Side - Story
Iraqi Police Station is One of the Best- Story

IN IRAQ
NATO Donates Trucks, Equipment to Iraq
Operation ‘Cool Carpet’ Bridges Relationships
Montana Reservists Man Ammo Supply Point
Iraqi Army Runs Successful Firing Range

IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. General Speaks to Afghan Cadets
French Military Starts Second Phase of Ops
Zabul Province Children Return to Classroom
Afghans Receive Medical, Humanitarian Care

FACE OF DEFENSE
U.S. Air Force Pilot Surpasses 4,000 Hours - Story

AMERICA SUPORTS YOU
Shopping Malls Promote Patriotism - Story

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Injuries Killed Zarqawi
Officials Identify Detainee Suicides
Coalition Works to Disrupt Terror
Bush: Zarqawi’s Death a Triumph
Zarqawi Died After Air Strike
Forces Destroy Terrorists’ Truck
Victory Depends on Government
Forces Kill Top Terrorist
Police Reopen Station in Mosul
Work to Restore Marshes Continues
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
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
Citizens Report Weapons, Bombs
Taliban Burns Afghan School
Afghan Police Foil Attack
Afghans Graduate From U.S. School
NATO Pledges Support to Mission
Tripartite Commission Meets
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainees Die of Apparent Suicide
Two Soldiers Killed, One Wounded
Memorial Construction to Start
VBSS Teams Train on USS Simpson
USS Cole, Bulkeley Deploy
Missiles Will Aid in Terror War
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 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
1775 - The U.S. Army is founded.
1777 - Continental Congress adopts the Stars-and-Stripes, replacing the Grand Union flag. 1850 - Fire destroys part of San Francisco.
1863 - Battle of Second Winchester, VA.
1864 - Confederate General Leonidas Polk is killed in action at the Battle of Pine Mountain.
1900 - The Hawaiian Republic becomes the U.S. Territory of Hawaii.
1917 - General Pershing arrives in Paris.
1923 - President Harding is the first U.S. President to use radio, dedicating Baltimore's Francis Scott Key memorial.
1940 - German forces occupy Paris.
1941 - Ground is broken for the Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) in Wichita, KS.
1942 - In Bridgeport, CT, the first bazooka rocket gun is produced.
1944 - The first B-29 raid against mainland Japan occurs.
1949 - The State of Vietnam is formed.
1951 - UNIVAC 1, the first commercial computer, enters service at the Census Bureau.
1952 - The keel laid for the Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine.
1954 - President Eisenhower signs the order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1963 - Valery Bykovsky, in Vostok 5, orbits the Earth 81 times in 5 days.
1967 - The Mariner V is launched for a Venus fly-by; the U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 166 for the observation of the Sun from an Earth orbit.
1975 - The U.S.S.R. launches Venera 10 for a Venus landing.
1985 - Lebanese Shiite Muslim gunmen hijack TWA Flight 847 after takeoff from Athens.
1991 - The Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands.

Birthdays
1736 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
1855 - Robert Marion La Follette, Progressive Presidental Candidate
1864 - Alois Alzheimer Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
1868 - Karl Landsteiner, immunologist/pathologist, Nobel Prize winner
1925 - Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy)
1928 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Latin American revolutionary
1946 - Donald Trump; Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, newspaper publisher

Passings
1801 - Benedict Arnold Revolutionary War general
1965 - H.V. Kaltenborn newscaster (Who Said That?)
1986 - Marlin Perkins "Wild Kingdom" host, dies near St. Louis.

Reported Missing in Action
1954
** The first American POW's in Vietnam**
Appice, Giacomo, US Army; part of a US Maintenance crew assisting French supply units, released August, 1954

Morgan, Doyle, USAF; part of a US Maintenance crew assisting French supply units, released August, 1954

Salas, Ciro, USAF; part of US Maintenance crew assisting French supply units, released August, 1954

Schuller, Jerry, USAF; part of a US Maintenance crew assisting French supply units, released August, 1954

Sroveck, Leonard, US Army; part of a US Maintenance crew assisting French supply units, released August, 1954

1965
Guarino, Lawrence N., USAF (NJ); F105 shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1967
McManus, Kevin J., USAF (NY); F4C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998

Mechenbier, Edward J., USAF (OH); F4C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1969
Grace, James W., USAF (LA); F4D shot down

Kahler, Harold, USAF (NE); F105D shot down

1971
Wilson, Richard, Jr., US Army (AR); vehicle accident, Killed, body not recovered

1972
Davis, Francis J., USN (IA); presumed Killed

1973
McLeod, David V., Jr., USAF (FL); HH53C shot down