News of Note
Israel at War
Four U.N. Observers Feared Dead
Israeli airstrike goes awry
U.S. Gives Israel Timeline for Assault
Hezbollah: We Didn't Expect This
Rice Wants Urgent, Enduring Peace
Video: Hezbollah Threatens Deeper Attacks
Video: Meet Jews United Against Zionism
Video: Are Arab Media Fanning the Flames?
Video: Funeral for Girl Killed in Rocket Attack
UN deaths put pressure on Rome talks - Video
Israeli forces close in on key Hizbollah stronghold - Video
Israel kills militant in Gaza
Israel widens control of southern Lebanon
Hezbollah: Israeli onslaught a surprise ("Wait a minute - they weren't supposed to fight back.....waaaah...")
Rice's Mideast visit draws mixed reviews

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Hastert Rejects Calls to Disinvite Iraqi PM to Speak
Bush, Iraqi PM Outline Security
Bush, Maliki agree on more US troops for Baghdad- Video
U.S. soldier among 34 killed in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban turn up heat for NATO mission in Afghan south - Video
Washington state high court to rule on gay marriage

Other Military News
Missile defense plan seen ready by fall

Immigration / Border Control
Lawmakers offer immigration alternative

NSA / CIA
Judge dismisses phone records lawsuit

Worldwide Wackos
Senate backs North Korea nonproliferation act
China says nuclear talks no good without N.Korea - Video
UN negotiators close to deal on Iran nuclear draft - Video

Politics / Government
Senate Approves Parental Notification Abortion Bill
Bush presses rebel leader to help on Darfur peace - Video

In the Courts
Colo. judge: Inmate shackling unreasonable

U.N. News
UN struggles to put Somali peace talks on track - Video

Mother Nature
53 Deaths Eyed in Calif. Heat; Rolling Blackouts Feared
Power Woes Hit MySpace.com
Blackouts Hurt Small Businesses
Calif. blackout threat eases slightly - Video
Calif. deaths rise after another scorcher
Wildfire burns near Beverly Hills neighborhood
Storm may reach Hawaii by Friday

Oddities
Web site reveals your inner celebrity twin

Other News of Note
Police: Teen Confesses to Indiana Sniper Shootings
Cruise ship tilt blamed on human error

Fox News
Stocks Climb on AT&T, Oil
Stocks to Watch: Redback
Jury Mulls Andrea Yates' Fate
Three Men Convicted of Murder in Xbox Slayings

Reuters: Top News
Sun worries? Let your bikini do the talking
Google offers live traffic maps on cell phones
Religious left gears up to face right counterpart
"Rejuveniles" reinvent meaning of adulthood
Radiation may offer better way to make vaccines
More Americans too fat for X-rays, scans
Movie "Miss Sunshine" aims to avoid Sundance curse
"Fletch" lives as "Scrubs" duo eye comedy revival
US stocks gain with techs, but Amazon sinks late - Video
Corning shares fall 4.2 pct on Inet
Wrigley profit down, but stock up on candy outlook
Momenta shares leap on Sandoz generic biotech deal
Atmel postpones Q2 earnings release, shares fall
Bearish on online rentals
The guidance scapegoat
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5 bln
Michelin, union reach tentative US tire agreement
Consumer confidence, home sales beat forecasts
Amazon shares fall as profit disappoints
Honda moves into aviation market with small jet
UPS profit and outlook disappoint

AP World News
New rubber sidewalks easier on the joints
Ireland worker finds ancient psalms in bog
'Prison Break' star endures faux tattoo
Amazon.com 2Q earnings fall nearly 58 pct.
Twins pull within game of ChiSox with win
Patrick sticks with IRL, joins Andretti
'Jeopardy' champ Ken Jennings blasts show
Model to attend anger management program
Stocks end higher on late-day bounce
Consumer confidence posts modest rise
Schilling, Halladay look for 13th wins
Brinkley's husband: 'I'm sorry, I'm stupid'
Airline fires pilot removed from flight

Military.com
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Beirut - Video
Rescuers Save 23 From Cargo Ship - Video
US Troops to Bolster Baghdad Security - Video
Bush Presides Over Soldiers' Citizenship
Program Allows Benefits Transfers to Spouse

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES CONDUCT RAID NORTH OF BALAD

SEVEN ENEMY EXTREMISTS KILLED IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE

US ENGINEER SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

IRAQI FORCE RAID TAKES DOWN 'DEATH SQUAD' CELL IN BAGHDAD

ISF, MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 8 SUSPECTS, SEIZE WEAPONS

IRAQI FORCES CAPTURE TWO INSURGENTS IN RAID NEAR FALLUJAH

SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS GIRL, INJURES THREE

COALITION ENGAGES INSURGENTS, ONE SOLDIER KILLED

MND-B SOLDIERS FIND LARGE CACHE

MND-B PATROL DETAINS 10 SUSPECTED TERRORIST, SEIZE WEAPONS, MUNITIONS

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BUSH

COALITION FORCES CONDUCT RAID NEAR BAYJI

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Iraqi Forces Nab Insurgents - Story
Bombs Continue in Afghanistan
Afghan Development Progresses
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
British Regiment Gets Hometown Treat - Story
Medics Visit Remote Afghan District - Story
Local Tribes Work Together to Rebuild Iraq - Story
Market Sign of Prosperity for Iraqi Town - Story

IN IRAQ
Tactical Operations Center Tracks Troops
Iraqi Nurses, Corpsmen Fight Disease
Army Officers Learn How to Plan Missions
Iraqi Airmen Learn to Battle Blazes
U.S. Marines Keep Vigilant Watch in Ramadi
Chinooks Save Lives by Transporting Troops
Iraqi Government Assumes Control in Mosul

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
Two Soldiers Killed 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
1775 - Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster General.
1788 - New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the Constitution.
1908 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is established.
1947 - The National Security Act establishes the CIA.
1948 - President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981, directing "equality of
treatment and opportunity" in the U.S. armed forces.
1953 - Fidel Castro leads an attack on Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1956 - Egypt seizes the Suez Canal.
1957 - The U.S.S.R. launches the first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile.
1958 - The Army launches the 4th successful U.S. satellite, Explorer IV.
1963 - US Syncom 2, the 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, is launched.
1965 - The Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day).
1971 - Apollo 15 is launched to the Moon.
1974 - The U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with the Salyut 3 space station.
1975 - Soyuz 18B returns to Earth.
1991 - Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater.

This Day in Terrorism
1986 - Lebanese kidnappers release Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco.

Birthdays
1739 - George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President
1799 - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1829 - Auguste Beernaert Belgium (Nobel Peace Prize-1909)
1875 - Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, founder of analytic psychology
1908 - Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
1928 - Stanley Kubrick, director (2001, )
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, killed when Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge in Chappaquiddick
1949 - William M. Shepherd, Captain, USN / astronaut (STS-27, 41)
1951 - William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr., Lt. Colonel / astronaut

Passings
1863 - Sam Houston, president of Texas
1941 - Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
1952 - Eva "Evita" Peron, Argentina's First Lady

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Brazik, Richard, USAF (OH); F4C shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered

Claflin, Richard Ames, USAF (KS); F4C shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered

1969
Brenning, Richard D., USNR (NE); A4C crashed in water soon after take-off, Killed, body not recovered