News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gunmen abduct 50 people - Video
Eleven Wounded by Mortar Strike

Operation Enduring Freedom
Coalition Takes Measures to Protect Afghan Villagers

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Israel pounds Lebanon - Video
Israeli Navy seeks four missing sailors from warship struck by Hezbollah (reportedly, they have found two of the four, KIA, in the damaged ship)
Photo Essay: Lebanon Offensive Rages
Photo Essay: Violence Consumes Middle East
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Bush Scalds Hezbollah; Putin Urges Even Israeli Force
Israeli Military Says Missile Not Drone Struck Warship
Iran: Israel Can't Hurt Us
Video: Beirut Strike
Video: Cutting Off Lebanon
Hole Punched in Gaza Gate
Video: Gaza Border Tumult
Video: Gaza Airstrikes
Israel, Lebanon Trade Blame At U.N. Security Council
Video: Security Council Meets
Dow Down 400 in 3 Days
Oil Closes at Record $77.03
Bush Rejects Cease-Fire Call
Chavez: U.S. Support of Israel is Leading to World Holocaust
Israel targets Hezbollah in south Beirut
Bush blames Hezbollah for Mideast violence
Video: Henry Kissinger
Video: Benjamin Netanyahu
Video: Israeli Consul General
Airline shares off on Mideast conflict
Suspicious object delays Japan flight in Chicago

Immigration / Border Control
Calif. gov. chides Congress on border woes

Worldwide Wackos
UN may be close to deal on N.Korea resolution - Video

Politics / Government
Dems Pull Casket Ad (HOOAH, seriously, to the Dems for doing the right thing)
Bush, Putin lift G8 summit with nuclear deal
Bush, Putin announce global nuclear terror plan
No final deal on Russia WTO entry bid -- U.S
Frist sees stem cell Senate win, politics uncertain
G-8 leaders discuss crisis in Middle East
Hillary has more than $22M in war chest

In the Courts
Missouri, judge at odds over executions

Media in the Media
Mag Runs Pic of Diana Dying
NY Times letter had powder, own editorial - Video
Chicago Tribune to cut 4 percent of workforce

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather / Mother Nature
Firefighters Make Progress in California Wildfire- Video: State of Emergency
Heat, winds challenge Calif. firefighters
Pitt shocked by post-Katrina devastation

News from My Neck of the Woods
Inspectors find more flaws in Boston's "Big Dig" - Video
Gov. takes control of Big Dig inspections

Oddities
Woman Who Asked 911 for 'Cutie' Cop Faces Charges
Video: Dating Emergency
Jury Gives Jacko, Adviser Money in Split Decision
Cannabis plants removed from Berlin foster home
Prosecutor: 'Juggalos' behind park attacks
Fla. authorities begin gator-feeding sting

Other News of Note
Carbon Monoxide Leak in Dorm Kills 1, Injures Dozens
Exiles concerned over U.S. plans in Cuba

Fox News
Shuttle Crew Monitoring Hydraulic Power-Supply Leak
Mount St. Helens Being Reopened to Hikers
Panamanians to Vote on Widening Canal
Ex-Teacher Gets 7 Years in Student Sex Case

Reuters: Top News
Discovery leaves space station - Video
US drivers avoid premium gasoline to cut costs
Samsung's NV3 lets users point, click, rock out
Blood test may find early lung cancer: study
Pre-term births are up but fewer newborns die
GM, Renault-Nissan start 90-day study of alliance
Ex-Merrill banker pleads guilty to insider trading
British bankers plead not guilty in Enron case
Lexapro patent win sends Forest shares surging
Netia cuts sales forecast for 2006
Defense stocks attract as global conflicts heat up
Home-builder shares fall after Horton warns
Lexapro patent win sends Forest shares surging
Lula: 'No reason to change' policies
FactBox: What's at stake in Brazil election
On the Radar: Choice Hotels
Gerstein: No comfort on radio valuations

AP World News
FDA panel recommends against 'bionic eye'
Tour de France still anybody's race
Bonds may be indicted within week
Date with Jessica Biel to be auctioned
Phoenix killings spark serial killer scare
Mourners pack funeral for 4 Mo. siblings
Obituaries in the news
Ill. police sergeant charged with 4 rapes
Murder-suicide ruled out in hiking deaths
Man charged with kidnapping, molestation

Military.com
Guard Will Meet Deadline
Ex-Rumsfeld Aide Tapped for NATO Command

CENTCOM: News Releases
MND-B SOLDIERS KILL 2, CAPTURE 4 TERRORIST IN FIREFIGHT

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS

1ST BN, 22ND INF. REGT, FINDS AMMO CACHE

IRAQI FORCES CONDUCT RAID IN BAGHDAD

MARINES DISCOVER WEAPONS CACHE NEAR FALLUJAH

1-61 CAV SOLDIERS REACT AFTER ROLLOVER

Department of Defense
Coalition, Iraqis Capture, Kill Terrorists - Story
For More Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Forces Assume Security Responsibility - Story
Tactical Operations Center Runs 24/7 - Story

IN IRAQ
New Yorkers Take Over Helicopter Squadron
Air Force Security Forces Complete Tour
Jazz Club Offers Solace for Combat Marines

IN AFGHANISTAN
'Ammo' Airmen Arm Bagram's Warfighters
Troops Coordinate Delivery of Supplies
Reconstruction Team Molds Afghan Police

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

Gitmo

Today in History
1410 - Poland and Lithuania defeat the Teutonic Knights at Tannenberg.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte is captured.
1864 - A train carrying Confederate prisoners collides with a coal train; of the over 950 people aboard, 65 are killed and 109.
1869 - In Paris, margarine is patented for use by the French Navy.
1870 - Georgia becomes the last confederate state readmitted to the U.S.
1888 - In Japan, the Bandai volcano erupts for the first time in a thousand years.
1904 - In Los Angeles, the first Buddhist temple in the U.S. is established.
1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne begins.
1922 - The first publicly exhibited duck-billed platypus in the U.S. makes its debut at the publicly exhibited in US, at NY Zoo.
1937 - The Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invading China.
1944 - The Greenwich Observatory is damaged by a bomb.
1952 - The first transatlantic helicopter flight begins.
1954 - The first U.S.-built commercial jet transport plane (a Boeing 707) is tested.
1958 - President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon, where they stay for three months.
1965 - American scientists display close-up photos of Mars, taken by Mariner IV.
1971 - President Nixon announces his plan to visit the People's Repubic of China.
1975 - Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 are launched; they rendezvous two days later.
1983 - Armenian extremists bomb Orly Airport in France, killing 8 and wounding 54.
1987 - John Poindexter testifies at the Iran-Contra hearings.
1991 - U.S. troops leave northern Iraq.

Birthdays
1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn Leiden, painter (Night Watch)
1902 - Jean Rey Belgium, president of the European Commission
1945 - Gene Upshaw, offensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1960 - Kim Alexis, model (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover)

Passings
1869 - A. J. Hayne, African-American Captain of the Arkansas Militia, assassinated
1881 - William Bonney / Henry McCarty ("Billy the Kid"), killed by Pat Garrett
1948 - John J. Persing, U.S. General

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Connell, James Joseph, USN (DE); A4E shot down, died in captivity, likely due to maltreatment - remains returned March, 1974

Dennis, Mark V., USN (OH); CH46A shot down; not on official DIA list.

1967
Cassell, Robin B., USN (AZ); A1H shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Bird, Leonard Adrian, USMC (DE); F4B shot down, KIA, body not recovered

James, Gobel D., USAF (OK); F105F shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Martin, Larry E., USAF (KS); F105F shot down, remains returned July, 1989 / ID'd November, 1989

1969
Polster, Harmon, USAF (OH); F4D shot down over Laos

Walker, Michael S., USAF (LA); F4D shot down over Laos

1971
Taylor, Ted J., US Army (SC); AH1B crashed, drowned during rescue attempt