News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military: GIs Booby-Trapped Bodies Found Tied Together
U.S.: Baghdad Security Crackdown Moving Slowly
Iraq Forces Not Ready
No amnesty for killers of US troops: Iraqi PM
Saddam death would worsen Iraq violence: lawyer

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban Kills Two British Troops in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Hamas struggles with hostage crisis
US urged to play role of honest broker
Israel faces militants' expanded arsenal
Israeli forces attack Gaza power station
Guantanamo inmates hid pills, nooses
Man shot at Las Vegas airport after grabbing child

Welcome Home!!
Israeli troops move into southern Gaza
Video: Israeli Airstrike, Troop Movement

Troops on Trial
Coast Guard Cadet Acquitted of Rape Charge (but convicted on other related charges)
Coast Guard Cadet to ask for leniency

Other Military News
Gay Spanish Soldiers to Wed

Worldwide Wackos
Iran Rejects Talks With U.S
EU-Iran nuclear meeting postponed until after G8

Politics / Government
Close Call (Flag burning amendment goes down by 1 vote)
Rice in Kabul
Senator Wants Pimps to Face Tax Collectors
Calif. lawmakers reject assisted-suicide bill

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather
D.C. Mayor Declares Emergency Over Flooding
Rescuers search for teens during flooding

Oddities
Woman Gets Severed Finger in Mail From Ex-Boyfriend
How is dingo urine gathered? Carefully, study says
'Superhero' tells fans not to imitate stunts
Milk law said goes against Amish beliefs
Tropical Stonehenge may have been found

Fox News
Texas Executes 'Railroad Killer' Angel Resendiz
Stocks to Watch: J. Crew
Record July 4 Travel Expected Despite Gas Prices
Trucker Convicted of Murdering Four Calif. Women
Yates Cries in Court After Seeing Video of Dead Kids
Baseball Writer Peter Gammons Suffers Aneurysm
Shuttle Crew Arrives in Florida for Weekend Launch
France, Brazil to Meet in World Cup Quarterfinals
Photos: World Cup Action
FULL CUP COVERAGE
Federer Advances
FULL WIMBLEDON COVERAGE

Reuters: Top News
Big bats show puzzling fondness for small places
Vonage to unveil computer phone this week: report
Nokia sues two Chinese rivals for product copying
New report attacks all passive smoking
UK recommends new drugs for high blood pressure
Michael Jackson moving to Europe to resume career
Star Jones Reynolds leaving "The View" in July
EMI, Warner Music locked in takeover feud
Big Three cars emit 230 mln tons of greenhouse gas
Wall Street investors seen on hold, awaiting Fed
Judge faults U.S. for pressuring KPMG over fees
Adidas says soccer sales to top 1.2 bln eur in 2006
European stocks flat but rate worries remain
Nikkei falls 1.9 pct as Bridgestone, Takeda slide
Stocks fall on uncertainty about interest rates
Cheesecake Factory shares fall
Nike shares fall after earnings
Big players favored in downturn: Beazer
More from the Real Estate Summit
Hungry for metal
Super contributions, by Paul DeMartino

AP World News
Allegedly abducted S. Korean, mom reunited
Foxx, Blige, Brown, T.I. among BET winners
Nike income slips on ad spending
Bosox continue to roll in interleague play
France extends Spain's World Cup agony
GM predicts lower sales, plans incentives
Ellison pulls plug on Harvard donation
Reynolds' announcement upsets Walters
'Junior' Gotti: Dad silent until death
Obituaries in the news
Transgender community finds acceptance
Judge who was shot makes public appearance
Colo. clinics to give away contraceptives
Accused Mo. grandmother commits suicide
Students rushing to refinance loans
Port security study urges economic focus

Military.com
Navy Super Hornets Get Revolutionary Radar
TV News Military's 'Best Intel Network'

CENTCOM: News Releases
GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ, MNF-I RELEASE 430 DETAINEES

AFGHAN, COLAITION FORCES CONDUCT RAID IN URUZGAN

ANP, COALITIOIN FORCES RECOVER IED

COALITION FORCES DEFEND PANJWAYI AGAINST EXTREMISTS

Department of Defense
Afghan Police Get New Equipment - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraq Progress Evident, General Casey Says - Commentary
Rescue Unit at Balad Serves as '911' for Iraq - Story
Soldiers Train to Exit Overturned Humvee - Story

IN IRAQ
84th Engineers Improve Camp Bucca Security
Soldiers Rescue Abandoned Baby
Firefighters Get $10,000 in Donated Equipment
Medics Always On Call, Ready to Provide Aid
Marines Nab Insurgents, Train Iraqi Troops

IN AFGHANISTAN
Air Force Turns to Old Standby for Army Re-supply
Medical Assistance Team Visits Afghan Villages
Afghan Soldiers Train as Medics
Agriculture Day in Afghan Province Brings Hope

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
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
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
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 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
1770 - Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia.
1776 - Charleston, SC repels a British sea attack.
1778 - Battle of Monmouth, NJ; Mary Ludwig Hayes earns the name "Molly Pitcher" by bringing water to wounded American troops there.
1862 - Day 4 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station
1894 - Labor Day is established as a federal employees' holiday.
1905 - Russian sailors aboard the battleship "Potemkin" mutiny.
1914 - In Sarajevo, a Serbian Nationalist assassinates Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophia. This event will trigger WWI.
1919 - Five years later, the Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending WW I.
1945 - Soviets establish the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity.
1946 - Enrico de Nicola becomes the first president of Italy.
1950 - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea.
1965 - President Johnson authorizes the first U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam.
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court overturns Muhammad Ali's draft dodging conviction.
1977 - The U.S. Supreme Court allows Federal control of Watergate evidence.

Birthdays
1491 - King Henry VIII of England
1906 - Maria Goeppert Mayer, American atomic physicist, Nobel Prize winner
1946 - John "Mike" Lounge, astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35)

Passings
1776 - Thomas Hickey, American sgt., hanged for treason 1836 - James Madison, 4th U.S. President
1914 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sofia, assassinated
1954 - Red deer dies in Milwaukee Zoo at 26; oldest known deer

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Cavalli, Anthony Frank, USAF (NY); A26A shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Dudley, Charles Glendon, USAF (MT); A26A shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Wolfe, Thomas Hubert, USAF (MO); A26A shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1967
Bailey, James W., USN (MS); F4B shot down, released by DRV Februrary, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Lawrence, William P., USN (TN); F4B shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

1968
Johns, Paul Frederck, USAF (IN); A1H shot down