News of Note
Israel at War
Israeli and Hezbollah Forces Clash in Lebanon
Three Israeli soldiers injured
Israelis Hit Disputed Rebel Base
Lebanese Gov't Seeks Vatican Help
Americans Arrives in Cyprus
Hezbollah Rocket Attack in Nazareth
Fast Facts: Timeline of Conflict
Video: Holy City Hit
Video: Feds Hunt Hezbollah Agents in U.S.
Israel hits Lebanon, Marines help Americans leave - Video
U.S. ramps up evacuations from Lebanon
Americans find haven in Cyprus
U.S. Navy ship anchors off Lebanon
Israel resumes airstrikes in Lebanon
Analysts Question Israeli Bombing

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Thousands flee as Iraq violence deepens
More hostages released on Baghdad street
FOB COURAGE TO BE TURNED OVER TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT

Operation Enduring Freedom
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES ENTER SOUTHERN VILLAGES
GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN, COALITION UNVEIL MOSQUE IN PAKTYA PROVINCE
AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES ENTER GARMSER, MEET LITTLE RESISTANCE
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Terror Suspects Plotted Attack on Atlanta Air Base

Immigration / Border Control
Chicago Crowds March in Support of Illegal Immigrants

Worldwide Wackos
Iran says determined to make atomic fuel at home
US to deploy missile interceptors at Japan base

Politics / Government
Bush Accepts Invitation to Speak to NAACP
House Sustains Bush's Veto of Stem Cell Funding Bill
Video: Bush Issues Veto
Bush's veto of stem cell research risky
Stem-cell divisions transcend abortion fight
Report Slams Interior Official for Going on Buffalo Hunt
House Shields 'God' in Pledge
Key senators unveil bill to bolster drug safety
Ark. gov. to pardon Keith Richards' ticket
House on track to voice support for Israel

Blogging in the News
Survey: Bloggers are young Internet users

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather / Mother Nature
Heat Still Sizzles Parts of U.S.
Fearful tsunami survivors try to regain normal life - Video
Rescue crews search for tsunami survivors
Storm warning on as Beryl moves north

Oddities
Ex-Village People policeman faces jail sentence
Runaway circus kangaroo on the loose in Ireland
Misyar offers marriage-lite in strict Saudi society
Python gulps queen-size electric blanket

Other News of Note
Investigators inspect ship that tilted
Video: Rough Cruise Ride

Fox News
Man Imprisoned for 23 Years Out After DNA Frees Him
Stocks Surge Over 200 Points
Stocks to Watch: Apple
Indonesia Tsunami Toll at 531
Hope for Alzheimer's Patch

Reuters: Top News
Google tests Web search for blind
Kenya sinks deeper in corruption
French Socialist wants Chirac's post, not palace
Gates makes donation to African AIDS war
Actor Daniel Baldwin in hospital after crash
Wachovia profit rises 14 percent
Toyota vows to step up quality amid rising recalls
Wal-Mart mulls franchise deal in India-paper
Nokia Q2 profits, sales rise as expected
Scholastic Corp. reports lower quarterly profit
Wall Street seen up on techs, easing rate fears - Video
Apple, Motorola seen surging at open
Nokia shares rise after Motorola results
Apple profit rises 48 pct, helped by iPod sales
Logitech shares rise after sales beat forecasts
No floor yet for Yahoo
The divorcee's dilemma
On the Radar: Nara Bancorp, by Erik Dellith

AP World News
Probe: Black Chicago suspects tortured
Apple's shares surge on 2Q profit report
Biel charity-auction date raises $30,000
Zidane faces possible sanctions from FIFA
Bonds' trainer to be released from prison
Famous geneticist guilty of molestation
Activists sound alarm over Denver smog
2nd woman claims Cook seduced her at 19
Dow closes up 212, Nasdaq finishes up 37
Landis loses lead at Tour de France
Ramirez homers as BoSox blank Royals 1-0
FDA: Mixing migraine, depression meds risky

Military.com
Free Credit Monitoring Withdrawn
Guard Leaders Say Policies Must Change
Army Defends Future Combat System Costs

CENTCOM: News Releases
EXTREMISTS USE HOLY SITES TO CONDUCT ATTACKS
COALITION SOLDIER KILLED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS

Department of Defense
Afghan, Coalition Forces Enter Villages - Story
For More Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Task Force Provides Best Medical Care - Story
Nontraditional Role Thwarts Terrorists - Story
Iraqi, Coalition Forces Kill Two Terrorists - Story

IN IRAQ
Airmen Teach Iraqi Volunteers to Battle Blazes
Soldiers Expand Forward Operating Base
New School and Textile Mill Boost Economy
Ammo Specialists Keep Brigade Safe

IN AFGHANISTAN
Extremists Destroy Afghan School

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
1773 - Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia.
1864 - Battle of Peachtree Creek.
1868 - Tax stamps first appear on cigarettes.
1872 - Mahlon Loomis receives a patent for the wireless (radio).
1881 - Sioux leader Sitting Bull surrenders to Federal troops.
1894 - Federal troops are recalled from Chicago after ending the Pullman strike.
1917 - #258 is the first number drawn in the WW I draft.
1922 - Togo becomes a mandate of the League of Nations.
1942 - Congress authorizes the Legion of Merit Medal; the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps begins basic training at Fort Des Moines.
1944 - FDR is nominated for an unprecedented 4th term; The U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam; Von Stauffenberg fails in his attempt to assassinate Hitler.
1949 - Israel's 19-month war of independence ends.
1956 - France recognizes Tunisia's independence.
1960 - The USS George Washington becomes the first submerged submarine to fire a Polaris missile; the U.S.S.R. recovers two dogs - the first living creatures to return from space.
1969 - Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, from Apollo 11, take "one giant leap for mankind," and become the first men on the 1970 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
1974 - Turkey invades Cyprus.
1976 - Viking 1 lands on Mars - the first Martian landing.
1982 - The IRA detonates two bombs in London parks.
1985 - Divers find the wreck of the Spanish galleon Atocha (I actually held a bar of gold from the Atocha...it was wild. A little unnerving, what with the two armed guards standing there, too, but wild nonetheless)
1988 - Michael Dukakis is selected the Democratic presidential nominee.
1990 - Justice William Brennan resigns from the Supreme Court after 36 years.

Birthdays
1785 - Mahmud II ,Ottoman sultan, reformer
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary one of the first two men to scale Mt. Everest
1920 - Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General / Secretary of Defense
1933 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher / NY Mets owner
1941 - Vladimir A. Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32, T-9)
1947 - Gerd Binnig Frankfurt, physicist, Nobel Prize winner

Passings
1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, King of Jordan, assassinated
1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Barbay, Lawrence, USAF (LA); EB66C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Dillon, David A., US Army (CA); UH1B shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Hubbard, Edward L., USAF (KS); EB66C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Lewis, Merrill R., USAF (IA); F105D shot down, remains returned August, 1989

McDaniel, Norman A., USAF (NC); EB66C shot down, releasd by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Means, William H., USAF (KS); EB66C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - deceased

Nelson, William Humphrey, USAF (MI); F105D shot down, remains returned by SRV September, 1997

Norbert, Craig R., USAF (CT); EB66C shot down, possibly Died in Captivity

Perkins, Glendon W., USAF (FL); EB66C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well in 1998

1969
Smiley, Stanley K., USN (NE); A4F shot down, KIA, body not recovered