News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi Officials Doubt Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Killed in Attack
Clark: Hanging Saddam would cause chaos
Iraq leaders urged to settle differences
Rice Urges Cooperation in Iraq
Baghdad Battle Bloodier for U.S. Troops

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO chief says more needed for Afghan force
NATO takes command across all of Afghanistan - Video

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Bush, Republicans agree on terrorism trial deal
Pentagon dismisses September 11 intelligence claims
U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/1: Musharraf
U.S. softens warning to North Korea on nuclear test
Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in S.Arabia
Extremists planned mass Prague murders: paper
WTC steel cross moves to nearby church

Troops on Trial
Navy medic makes plea deal in Iraq killing

Other Military News
After 5 years of war, military shows fatigue - Video
Military Develops New Strategy

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Hamas welcomes Quartet move - Video
Tehran says gives spiritual support to Hizbollah

Immigration / Border Control
Border security contract goes to Boeing
House acts on border security measures
Border Fence Plan Upsets Mexicans

NSA / CIA
Cuba berates U.S. over CIA-linked bomber

Worldwide Wackos
Powers to Meet Over Iran Nukes
World powers gather in London for talks on Iran - Video
U.S. Aircraft Monitors for N. Korean Nuke Test
U.N. reaches broad agreement on N. Korea statement
S. Korea, Russia try to stop N. Korea
N. Korea Leader Rallies Army Commanders

Politics / Government
'I Did Nothing Wrong'
Defiant Hastert vows he'll get to bottom of Foley affair, run again for House speaker - VIDEO
Poll: Hastert Could Devastate GOP
AUDIO: Hastert on FOX News Radio
Ethics panel investigates scandal - Video
Many conspirators seen behind Foley scandal
Panel approves subpoenas in page scandal
'The Buck Stops Here'
House speaker considers independent investigator for Capitol Hill page scandal
Bush, Clinton receive Liberty Medal

In the Courts
Court backs California ban on same-sex marriages

U.N. News
UN seeks Ramadan "month of tranquility" for Darfur - Video

Media in the Media
New York Times drop after profit warning

Mother Nature
New air pollution rules rankle health groups
Locale hit by Katrina oil spill empty a year later
New air pollution rules rankle health groups

Oddities
Half Americans admit to re-gifting
Drivers think of sex rather than signals
Stinky feet, annoying noise top IgNobel prize list

Other News of Note
Amish Community Buries Shooting Victims; Girl to Be Taken Off Life Support
For the Amish, a Day to Mourn - VIDEO - PHOTOS
Thousands Evacuate N.C. Town After Chemical Fire

Fox News
Officials: Idaho Toddler Died From Spinach E. Coli
Cards Beat Padres; Tigers Top Yanks
Guard Accused of Giving Phone, Tools to Escapees
Child Porn Charges Against John Mark Karr Tossed
Dow Pushes Up 16 Points to New Record
Wisconsin Lawmaker Wants to Arm Teachers
Workers Strike at 16 Goodyear Plants Over Contract
Starbucks Set to Double North American Stores
Parents Charged With Kidnapping Own Daughter
Marijuana's Key Ingredient May Fight Alzheimer's
Study: Women Abused, Raped More Than Men in Prison
Hostage Standoff in Texas Suburb Ends After 14 Hours
Mets, Cards, Tigers Score Game 2 Playoff Wins

Reuters: Top News
Former HP CEO Fiorina pulls no punches in memoir
Dismal Philly Fed survey darkens economic view
Wal-Mart Stores offer $4 generic drugs in Florida
Hungary opposition calls off weekend rally - Video
Polish coalition collapses
Wal-Mart Stores offer $4 generic drugs in Florida
Fed's Plosser says rates may not be high enough
Charged ex-HP chair surrenders
Clothing retailers pace strong September sales
OPEC to make first oil output cut since 2004
Wal-Mart speeds up spread of generics program
Company settles FTC pretexting case for $2,700
Reuters Wealth Management Summit
An extra mile
Private banks see opportunity in aging society
Brazil controllers confirm jets clipped before crash
Space debris hit shuttle during last mission: NASA
Sony won't cut PSP price in '06
Best Buy to launch music service with Real, Sandisk
Cafes, celebs recast knitting for younger crowd
U.S. kickballers: not exactly cut-throat competition
Partners pose highest risk to women of violence: WHO
Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer's: study
George Lucas boosts film study with gift to school
Madonna's Malawi trip in confusion over adoption
Human stem cells help blinded rats
Nokia to put Microsoft search on cellphones
Mobile phone industry aims to reduce pollution
Bumps on the road for U.S. ethanol vehicles
Israel opens ancient site near Jerusalem shrine
Health body urges routine AIDS testing for all
Stocks drop; Philly Fed data stirs slowdown fear - Video
Boston Scientific shares fall
Nike rises in after-hours trade
Palm jumps after results, buyback
Paper trail -- what to keep, what to toss
If there's no rate hike in October, history says Fed is done
California AG says HP had stonewalled state probe
Dismal Philly Fed survey darkens economic view
Wal-Mart Stores offer $4 generic drugs in Florida
Boston Scientific sees Q3 results below Street
Starbucks raising most beverage prices next month

AP World News
Mad deer disease may spread with saliva
Longoria hurts ribs on 'Housewives' set
Dunn appears in court in HP spy probe
Cards beat Padres for 2-0 series lead
Researchers in Mexico discover sculpture
Dow hits 3rd straight record close
Tigers even series with win in Game 2
Travis Barker breaks arm making video
Haynesworth: 'I need to apologize'
Feds OK additional seasonal flu vaccine
Tigers, Yankees to try again today
Steelworkers strike 16 Goodyear plants
Blackberry CEO agrees to buy Penguins
Bride-to-be's parents 'puzzled' by case
Feds find Sago Mine air packs deficient

Military.com
Star-Rank Retired Pay Jumps

CENTCOM: News Releases
TERRORIST LINKED TO AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ LEADER DETAINED

IRAQIS GRADUATE FROM MACEDONIAN SF BOOT CAMP

MND-B SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS, FOIL KIDNAPPING

COMBINED OPERATIONS IN DIYALA CONTINUE TO OBSTRUCT INSURGENT ACTIVITY

CFC-A COMMANDER GIVES REMARKS AT AUTHORITY TRANSFER CEREMONY

COALITION HEADQUARTERS ASSUMES NEW ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN

IRAQI MEDICS TRAIN TO SAVE LIVES ON CAMP TAJI

USJFCOM
USJFCOM commander discusses reserve force issues - podcast
Get the latest USJFCOM News delivered to your email box
USJFCOM sends support teams to CENTCOM - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. Eugene V. "Gene" Bonventre - podcast
Command working to meet the warfighter's needs with focused efforts - podcast
Command seeking information from industry on access management

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
NATO Takes Lead in Afghanistan - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Soldiers Teach Iraqis About Fiber Optics - Story
Local Doctors Treat Ghazaliyah Residents - Story
Iraqi Army Medics Train to Save Lives - Story
Teams Teach Contracting, Budgeting, Planning - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Army Gives Civilians Lease Payments
Iraqi Soldiers Graduate from Combat Training
Water Facility Will Deliver Millions of Gallons
Iraqi Security Forces Assume Control of Base
Soldiers Conduct Medical Ops in Mushada
Iraqi Air Force Moving Towards Control of Ops
Iraqi Forces Train to Combat IED, Explosives Threat

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course
Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam
Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan

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
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 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1683 - 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia.
1781 - The Americans and French begin the siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown (last battle of the Revolutionary War).
1866 - The U.S. sees its first train robbery.
1876 - In Philadelphia, the American Library Association is organized.
1884 - In Newport, RI, the Naval War College is established.
1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1890 - The Mormon Church outlaws polygamy.
1923 - The U.S.S.R. adopts an experimental calendar.
1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China.
1939 - Hitler announces he has no intention of war with Britain and France
(shortly thereafter, he announces he has a bridge he'd like to sell)
1949 - President Truman signs the Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO).
1959 - The U.S.S.R.'s Luna-3, (first successful photographic spacecraft) impacts on the Moon.
1967 - Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies (oh, brother).
1973 - Syria and Egypt attack Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1976 - President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" (you may slap hand to forehead now).
1979 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit the White House.
1990 - The U.S.' 67th manned space mission (STS 41 -- Discovery 11) launches.

Birthdays
1824 - Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer (developed the first rule book)
1846 - George Westinghouse, U.S. alternating current pioneer
1849 - Sir Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer ("merchant of death")
1888 - Li Ta-chao, cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party (with Mao Tse-tung)
1914 - Thor Heyerdahl Norway, anthropologist/explorer (Kon Tiki, Aku-Aku)
1930 - Hafez al Assad, president (Syria)

Passings
1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish party
1951 - Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1981 - Anwar Sadat, Egyptian president, assassinated (Hosnai Mubarak succeeds him)
1989 - Bette Davis, actress

Reported Missing in Action
1962
Anderson, Thomas Edward, USMC (AK); UH34D shot down (aircrew), KIA, body not recovered

1966
Johnson, William Edward, USMC (FL); CH46A shot down (pilot); remains recovered January, 1969

Makowski, Louis Frank, USAF (FL); B57 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive as of 1998

Moser, David Lloyd George, USMC (PA); CH46A shot down (aircrew), remains recovered January, 1969

Pfeifer, Ronald Edwin, USMC (NY); aircrew, remains recovered January, 1969

1967
Armstrong, Frank A. III, USAF (LA); A1E shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered

1969
Bower, Irvin Lester, Jr., USMC (PA); drowned during extraction from a tower post on the Song Thu Bon River

1972
Anderson, Robert D., USAF (MI); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Latella), remains ID'd October, 1998

Baker, Veto H., US Army; initially reported AWOL; status changed - released November, 1975 by SVN - deceased as of 1998

Boltze, Bruce E., USMC (MI); OV10A exploded (cause unknown) and broke up over water(spotter, w/McCormick), KIA, body not recovered

Latella, George F., USAF (NY); F4E shot down (WSO, w/Anderson), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Major - alive and well as of 1998

McCormick, Carl O., USMC (IL); OV10A exploded (cause unknown) and broke up over water (pilot, w/Boltze), KIA, body not recovered

1973
Elm, Homer L.; released December, 1973