News of Note
Israel at War
Israeli Offensive Pounds Beirut Day After Nasrallah's Threatens Tel Aviv
Strikes kill 5, wound 10
Rice: 'We Are Certainly Getting Close'
Iraqi Shiites Rally for Hezbollah
Malaysia to Send 1,000 Troops
Rumsfeld, Rice OK Lebanon Aid Plan
Video: Mideast Crisis
Photo Essay: Crisis in the Mideast
Strikes intensify Video
Bridge bombing paralyses Lebanon aid
Hizbollah kills 5 Israeli soldiers-
Israel kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza: medics - Video
Israeli forces pound Hezbollah positions
Israel Hits Back

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suicide bomb kills 10 south of Mosul: Iraq police
Pentagon generals warn of Iraq civil war
In Iraqi Town, US Feels Push Toward an Exit
Insurgents Set Sights on Fallujah

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO patrol bombed in Afghanistan - Video
Afghan violence worsens: car bomb kills 21
U.S.-led Afghan forces kill 25 Taliban

Homeland Security / War on Terror
NY can be venue for 9/11 perjury trial, judge says

Troops on Trial
Six Marines Charged with Assaulting Iraqi Civilians
Petty Officer Held in Secret for 4 Months

Other Military News
S. Korea to Get War Control Over U.S. Troops
U.S. Coast Guard Turns 216
Senate Postpones Military Spending Bill

Immigration / Border Control
Bush makes immigration overhaul argument on border

Worldwide Wackos
Bush Urges Cubans to Work for Democratic Reforms
Castro's sister says he is still family
Cuba to defend against U.S. interference
Iran says oil may hit $100/barrel
Iran cleric: Shut down Security Council
North Korea may have removed missile: media - Video

Politics / Government
Senate Approves Pension Reform Legislation
Senate Rejects Tax Cut, Minimum Wage Hike Bill
Sen. Clinton calls for Rumsfeld's resignation

Mother Nature
Eastern Heat Wave Kills 14; Electricity Demand Hits High (We're fine here, and it's cooled off some with the storms yesterday)
Study: Fewer Hurricanes in 2006 Than Predicted
Photo Essay: Heat Wave
Tropical Storm pushes across Caribbean
Evacuation ordered in Texas over dam

Oddities
Football Coach Charged With Pimping Teen Girl
Ah, this should certainly put him in the mood...
What if you're too jittery to read the leaflet?
Spider invasion creeping out Austrians

Fox News
Women's Shooting Death Linked to Phoenix Serial Killer
Stocks to Watch: Apple

Reuters: Top News
Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting
Ukraine's parliament to vote on Yanukovich as PM - Video
Closer study of H5N1 strains needed: expert
Space station crew members complete spacewalk
Apple to connect iPod in cars
AP, Google confirm online news deal
North Korean girls flee propaganda for pop
In Sudan, pale is beautiful but price is high
AIDS drugs still effective after 10 years
Blood pressure rises in stressed-out workers
Influential rocker Arthur Lee dies in Memphis
Rome Church condemns Madonna's crucifixion stunt
Stock futures flat before July payrolls - Video
Leap Wireless shares rise
CV Therapeutics falls, PDL rises on Inet
Dynamic Materials shares rise
Apparel stocks soar on relief after sluggish July
On the radar: Barr Pharma
End seen for big runup in landlord shares
Toyota Q1 profits jump as sales gallop
Anglo to return $5 bln after profit jumps
Securitas says signs $800 mln deal with GM
Philips shares at 2-month highs after chip unit sale
Motorola involved in SEC probe

AP World News
Maddux throws 6 no-hit innings for Dodgers
Utley extends hit streak to 35 games
Blood clot fiber study may aid treatment
Gibson tirade tapes may not be released
Co. wants ultrasound to ID juicy pork
School fire races through Eskimo village
Penelope Cruz says she's met Suri Cruise
USOC bans track coach Trevor Graham
Ariz. police report break in major case
Group sues EPA over beach pollution
Obituaries in the news
Firefighters survive house blast in N.Y.

Military.com
New Trident Missiles: Wait 'Til Next Year?
No Pakistan Nukes Buildup, Envoy Says

CENTCOM: News Releases
ANA OFFICERS GRADUTE NEW COURSE, TAKE NEW SKILLS TO THE FIELD

AIRMEN PROVIDE KEY SUPPORT TO MND-B SOLDIERS DURING FIREFIGHT IN MUSSAYIB

MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE 4 SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS

IA SOLDIERS CAPTURE 4 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, FIND WEAPONS

4TH BN, 320TH FA REGT SOLDIERS, MEET IRAQI SECURITY LEADERS IN ZAFARANIYA

MND-B SOLDIERS FIND WEAPONS CACHE

3RD BN, 67TH AR CAPTURES KIDNAPPERS

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE HIGH-VALUE TERRORIST IN EAST BAGHDAD

AFGHAN OFFICIALS ASSIST VILLAGERS AFFECTED BY FLOODS

IA, MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN THREE SUSPECTED TERROISTS

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Coalition Forces Detain Terrorists - Story
Medevac Helo Attacked - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Iraqis, Marines Work to Improve Security - Story
New Hospital to Treat Detainees, Soldiers - Story
Exercise Focuses on Crisis Response - Story

IN IRAQ
Marines, Iraqi Soldiers Work for Security
Iraqi, Cavalry Troops Patrol Jihad 'Hood'
Iraqi Cadre to Begin Training Enlisted

IN AFGHANISTAN
Munitions, Weapons Airmen Secure Bombs
Air Force Specialists Keep Planes in Flight
Airmen Work to Ensure Planes Meet Mission

IN DJIBOUTI
U.S., French Marines Train in Desert
Task Force Helps Locals Help Themselves

IN KENYA
Volunteers Help Task Force with Health Visit

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

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
1693 - Dom Perignon invents champagne
1735 - A jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) of seditious libel (charged by the royal governor of NY - a victory for Freedom of the press.
1753 - George Washington becomes a master mason.
1777 - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes the first circus.
1790 - The U.S. Coast Guard is founded as the Revenue Cutter Service.
1830 - Plans for the city of Chicago are laid out.
1892 - Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden is arrested in Fall River, MA, for the murder of her parents.
1914 - Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany.
1916 - The U.S. agrees to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1925 - After 13 years of occupation, U.S. marines leave Nicaragua.
1927 - The Peace Bridge between the U.S. and Canada opens.
1944 - Anne Frank is arrested by Nazis at age 15.
1956 - For the first time, a motorcycle is ridden at over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph).
1960 - A rocket-propelled USAF research aircraft sets a speed record at 2,150 mph.
1971 - For the first time, the U.S. launches a satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft.
1974 - The Crawford-Butler Act permits Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor.
1977 - President Carter establishes the Department of Energy.
1981 - Oliver North is assigned to White House duty.
1988 - Congress votes to award reparations of $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned during WWII.
1990 - The European community proposes a boycott of Iraq.

Birthdays
1755 - Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor of the modern pencil
1823 - Oliver Perry Morton (Gov-IN)
1859 - Knut Hamsun Norway, writer / Nazi (Hunger - Nobel 1920)
1901 - Louis Armstrong, Jazz great ("Hello Dolly," "Wonderful World" - oldest musician in Billboard history to score a Number One song
1900 - Arturo Umberto Illia, president of Argentina (1963-66)
1943 - Michael J. McCulley, Cmdr. USN / astronaut (STS-34)
1955 - Andrew M. Allen, Cpt. USMC/ astronaut (sk: STS-46)
1955 - Charles D. "Sam" Gemar, US Army / astronaut (STS 38, 48)

Passings
1265 - Simon de Montfort, English baron, in battle
1526 - Juan Sebastian Cano, Spanish explorer
1981 - Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80
1984 - Mary Miles Minter, silent screen star

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Burns, John R., USAF (TN); A1E crashed, KIA, remains ID'd Feb, 1993

1967
Bisz, Ralph C., USN (FL); A4E shot down, believed KIA, body not recovered

1971
Waldhaus, Richard, Civilian (CA); Released by PRG February, 1973