News of Note
Israel at War
Israel, Hezbollah Trade Deadly Air, Rocket Fire
Americans Stranded in Lebanon
Video: Elie Wiesel on Defeating Hezbollah
Rice on Mission of Urgency
"Russian roulette" with rockets in northern Israel - Video
Rice says need to keep focus on Palestinian state - Video
Long wait for thousands still stranded in Lebanon - Video
Rice meets Olmert - Video
Israel to allow aid airlifts to Lebanon
Saudi Arabia calls for Lebanon ceasefire
Aid door to Lebanon closed: UN agencies - Video
Lebanon says will call for ceasefire in Rome talks - Video
Israelis seal off Hezbollah stronghold
Israel Targets Border Town
Rice Offers Aid, Little Else to Lebanon
Evacuation Against the Odds
Seven Killed by Israeli Missile

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi PM, Bush to Meet
Bush, Al-Maliki Seek New Plan for Security
Japan Brings Troops Home
U.S. Troops Combat Baghdad Violence
Saddam's Old Army Heads Insurgency
50 Percent of US Says Iraq had WMDs
Contractors in Combat

Operation Enduring Freedom
U.S.-Led Afghan Offensive Kills 600 Taliban Suspects
Taliban turn up heat for NATO mission in Afghan south - Video
US-led soldier killed in Afghan violence

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Mideast violence may raise odds of US attack: experts
Somali Islamists refuse peace talks - Video

Troops on Trial
Coast Guard Drops Court Martial

Other Military News
Crews Rescue 23 Sailors From Sinking Ship in Alaska

Immigration / Border Control
Hastert Lends Border Patrol his Helicopter

Worldwide Wackos
Mideast fighting threatens Iran diplomacy

Politics / Government
US, EU swap blame for trade talks failure - Video
Congressman jokes about cocaine on TV
Sen. Specter readies bill to sue Bush
Chicago passes new restrictive ordinances

U.N. News
U.N.: Child Soldiers Suffering

Hurricane Season / Mother Nature
29 Deaths Eyed in Calif. Heat; Rolling Blackouts Feared
July hottest month in Netherlands in 300 years

Media in the Media
Fox News calls Olbermann 'over the line'

Oddities
Are you a woman going solo? Try a blow-up man
Cross-dressing lawyer skirts dress code
Jockey apologizes for head-butting horse

Other News of Note
Scientist says tried to clone mammoth
Bush to meet Darfur rebel leader in Washington

Fox News
Study: TV, Other Distractions Make It Harder to Learn
Jury Prepares for More Deliberations in Yates Trial
540K NYers at Risk for ID Theft
FBI, Indiana Cops Seek Sniper
Stocks to Watch: CNet
Gov't: Gas at $3 Per Gallon

Reuters: Top News
Religious left gears up to face right counterpart
Google offers live traffic maps on cell phones
Motorola debuts latest skinny phones
"Rejuveniles" reinvent meaning of adulthood
Fat stem cells turn into muscle in experiment
Fish in diet may help maintain heart rhythm
"Pirates" rides buoyant foreign box office
Could Scarlett Johansson be Woody's next muse?
UPS profit, outlook miss view, shares tumble - Video
Encysive shares dive after new delay on lung drug
JetBlue, Fedex fall on Inet
Altria rises on Inet
Ryan's soars on Inet after deal news
More Investing News...
Global heating oil glut pressures prices
China wire makers drive copper demand
AT&T posts higher second-quarter profit
McDonald's profit up; sets plans for Chipotle stake
US trying to tilt subsidy talks Boeing's way: EU
Altria second-quarter up, US unit gains share
Vodafone CEO reappointed despite investor gripes
GM reaches amended credit facility deal with banks

AP World News
AT&T profit jumps 81 percent
Brinkley's husband says he was stupid (Well, we all knew THAT)
Nissan quarterly profit rises 4.2 percent
New York 'Mafia cops' seek bail
Tigers make history with big 1st inning
U.S. farm programs overhaul may be delayed
Boston's Beckett first to 13 wins
Texas Instruments profit, sales rise
Mauer leads surging Twins past White Sox
Texas tops in wind energy production
Evidence of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
Bonds' attorney demands leak probe
`Survivor' Hatch sent to Oklahoma prison
Netflix profit nearly triples, stock off

Military.com
Army Fights to Keep Comanche Money

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES CONDUCT RAID NORTH OF BALAD

SEVEN ENEMY EXTREMISTS KILLED IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE

US ENGINEER SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

COALITION HELPS INJURED AFGHAN CHILD

IRAQI FORCES CONDUCT RAIDS IN BAGHDAD, TARGET 'DEATH SQUADS'

MND-B SOLDIERS KILL 15 TERRORISTS DURING FIREFIGHT; HILLA SWAT, IA SEARCH HUSANIYAH FOR SUSPECTS

COALITION CONVOY ATTACKED BY CAR BOMB, TWO INJURED

SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK COALITION SOLDIERS, CIVILIAN BYSTANDERS IN KANDAHAR CITY

1-22 INF. REGT. SOLDIERS FIND TWO WEAPONS CACHES

MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN FOUR TERRORISTS SUSPECTS AT ILLEGAL CHECKPOINT

IRAQI SOLDIERS FIND, DISARM IMPROVISED-EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION PLAYS KEY ROLE IN PUTTING IRAQ IN LEAD

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORISTS NEAR ABU GURAYB

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Bombs Continue in Afghanistan - Story
Afghan Development Progresses
Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Tactical Operations Center Tracks Troops - Story
Iraqi Nurses, Corpsmen Fight Disease - Story
Army Officers Learn How to Plan Missions - Story
Iraqi Airmen Learn to Battle Blazes - Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Marines Keep Vigilant Watch in Ramadi
Chinooks Save Lives by Transporting Troops
Iraqi Government Assumes Control in Mosul
Iraqi Security Forces Accept Control of Bases
Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Rally Troops
Airborne Soldiers Add Armor to Humvees
Airmen Teach Iraqi Volunteers to Battle Blazes
Soldiers Expand Forward Operating Base

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
Soldiers Die in Iraq - 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
1360 - Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia.
1670 - Jews are expelled from Vienna, Austria.
1759 - The British capture Fort Niagara (from French - Seven Years' War)
1775 - Maryland issues currency that depicts King George III trampling the Magna Carta.
1814 - Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane.

1866 - Ulysses S. Grant is named the first General of the Army.
1868 - The Territory of Wyoming is created.
1898 - The first U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay.
1943 - Benito Mussolini is dismissed as premier of Italy.
1944 - The Messerschmitt 262 becomes the first jet fighter used in combat
1946 - At a Paris fashion show, the first bikini makes its debut.
1947 - The USAF, USN and the War Department form the U.S. Department of Defense; the U.S. Department of the Army is created;
1952 - The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is formed (Constitution Day).
1957 - In Tunisia, the monarchy is abolished in favor of a republic.
1963 - The U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear test ban treaty.
1973 - The U.S.S.R. launches Mars 5.
1981 - Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.
1983 - In San Antonio, TX, a baboon is the first nonhuman primate conceived in a lab dish.
1987 - The U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1870, a 15-ton Earth-study satellite.

Birthdays
1575 - Christoph Scheiner, astronomer
1775 - Anna Symmes Harrison, First Lady
1840 - Flora Adams Darling, founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution
1848 - Arthur Earl Balfour, British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)
1884 - Davidson Black, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man)
1924 - Frank Church (Sen-ID)
1954 - Walter Payton, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
1978 - Louise Brown Oldham, world's first "test tube baby" (England).

Passings
1616 - Andreas Libavius, German alchemist
1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor, assassinated by Nazis
1959 - Dr. Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59)
1987 - Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Davis, Donald V., USN (NC); A4E shot down, died in captivity, remains returned 1997, ID'd April, 1998

Jarvis, Jeremy M., USAF (MI); F4C shot down (backseater to Lunsford)

Lunsford, Herbert L., USAF (MS); F4C shot down (pilot)

1968
Brown, Paul G., USMCR (MA); A6A shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 1998

Fant, Robert, USN (SC); F4J shot down (RO), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998

Parish, Charles C., USN (VA); F4J shot down (pilot), believed KIA, body not recovered

1970
Gregory, Paul Anthony, USN (VA); F4J shot down, KIA, body not recovered