News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq parliament renews govt emergency powers
Iraq government facing sectarian rift

Operation Enduring Freedom
Bomber Targets NATO Convoy in Kabul
Inmates Detail U.S. Prison Near Kabul

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Rice: No Memory of CIA Warning Before Sept. 11
British Paper Posts New Pre-Sept. 11 Video
New Video Shows 9/11 Hijackers Laughing
Men targeted by FBI return to U.S.
FBI worries about al-Qaida ties to mob
Sept. 11 Panel Wasn't Told of Meeting, Members Say
Letter Gives Glimpse of Al-Qaeda's Leadership

Other Military News
Pentagon supports resumed military aid to Latam
Rumsfeld says he has Bush's confidence
Decorated Army Deserter Returns to US

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Israeli Forces Complete Pullout From Lebanon
Hamas Withdraws, Fatah Strikes, Gaza Still Tense
Riots Between Hamas and Fatah Factions in Gaza Strip, West Bank Kill 8

Worldwide Wackos
Iran Determined to Expand Uranium Enrichment
Iran gives no sign of nuclear suspension yet: Rice
Chavez says he has White House informant

Homegrown Moonbats
NYC trans fat ban could spark food fight

Politics / Government
Hastert Requests Criminal Probe of Rep. Foley Scandal
House speaker writes letter to Justice Department asking for investigation of lawmaker's behavior
FBI looking into congressman Foley
How Military Credentials Play in November Elections

In the Courts
Abortion Tops Supreme Court Docket

Media in the Media
Slumping Fox News celebrating 1st decade

Bloggers in the News
Blogger sought for posts on Ga. teen sex
Web journals threaten peer-review system

Mother Nature
Tropical storm watch in Newfoundland

Oddities
Celebrities Shoot for the Stars ... Literally
Neighbor Catches Baby Who Fell From Third-Floor Balcony
Does drinking help your career? Maybe
Election law keeps son who killed mom free
Police, magistrates condemn on-the-spot fines plan

Other News of Note
Two Americans Share Nobel Prize
Allegations trip up voting rights group
Boater rescued after day in Atlantic

Fox News
Baseball's Biggest Stars Deny Drug Allegations
Brazilian President Faces Tough Runoff Race
Florida Police Shot Suspected Cop Killer 68 Times
Florida Police Shot Suspected Cop Killer 68 Times
Man Charged With Murdering His Wife, 4 Kids in S.C. Mobile Home
Stocks to Watch, Oct. 2: Delta Air Lines, Nelnet

Reuters: Top News
In shadow of scandals, Brazil's Lula faces run-off Video
Hungary PM calls confidence vote, outflanks opponents - Video
Silajdzic wins race for Bosnia presidency - Video
New Thai PM looks for harmony amid post-coup rifts
Bishops reject Vatican abuse cover-up allegations
Lusaka shuttered as Zambia poll results delayed again
Scientists find more efficient cloning method
Latest MP3 players come equipped with songs
Screeching mobiles will give thieves ear bashing
Premature births blamed for more deaths
Weekday TV watching hurts schoolwork
Police caution George Michael on drugs
"'Betty"' a beauty for ABC
U.K. online gaming stocks halve value on U.S. ban
Oil rises over $63 after some OPEC output cuts
U.K. stocks rise, online gaming stocks tumble
Stocks set to begin quarter higher
Gold rises on firmer oil but lacks drive
Housing bashes lumber price despite U.S.-Canada deal
On the radar: Talisman Energy
Morgan Stanley buys bank to gain China access
AWG agrees $4.1 bln bid, gets other approaches
Wal-Mart to use more part-timers, wage caps: NYT
Mitsubishi Heavy to sell smaller reactors in U.S
Online gaming in crisis over U.S. ban
SK-II lotions contain metals but safe to use: S.Korea

AP World News
Teen with medical microchip dies in Fla.
Kutcher sends 2 to top of box office
Playoff matchups set; Cards get Padres
Grossman, Bears demolish Seahawks 34-6
Playboy resurrects nightclub in Vegas
Man charged in deaths of wife, 4 kids
Google buys garage where it all started
Padres win NL West for 2nd straight year
Twins take AL Central title with victory
Obituaries in the news
Egyptian students learn immigration law
Vocational education poised for comeback

Military.com
General is no Armchair Warrior

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQ’S ARMY ASSUMES CONTROL OF FORCES NEAR FALLUJAH

IA CONDUCTS RAID TO CAPTURE CRIMINAL TIED TO KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF IRAQI CIVILIANS

ISF RAID CAPTURES TERRORIST TIED TO ATTACKS ON ISF/CF

IRAQI SECURITY FORCES ATTACKED FROM KHODER MOSQUE

COALITION FORCES CUNDUCT RAID ON COMPOUND

IA SOLDIERS DETAIN 2 TERRORISTS, SEIZE WEAPONS, MND-B SOLDIERS FIND, DISARM 3 IEDS

USJFCOM
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
Bill Includes Funds for War
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ON THE GROUND
Voices of Freedom Make Way onto Airwaves - Story
Army Engineers Help to Rebuild Infrastructure - Story
Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam - Story
Corpsmen Test Combat Skills, Prepare for Iraq - Story

IN IRAQ
Combat Cooks Provide Hot Meals in Field
U.S. Marines Aid in Police Station Makeover
U.S., Iraqi Soldiers Team Up to Find Terrorists
Ceremony Notes Re-opening of Al Bawasil School
Marines Work to Restore Safety on the Roads
British Forces Kill Escaped al-Qaida Terrorist

IN AFGHANISTAN
Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan
Coalition Routs Taliban, Extremists in Ghazni
10th Mountain Division Soldiers Thwart Extremists

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Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
1608 - Hans Lippershey offers the Dutch government a new invention - the telescope.
1836 - Charles Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle.
1853 - Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land.
1870 - Italy annexes Rome and the Papal States; Rome becomes the Italian capital.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke.
1935 - Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia); in New York, the Hayden Planetarium, the 4th in the U.S., opens.
1940 - The British liner Empress, loaded with refugees bound for Canada, is sunk by a German bomber.
1941 - Six Parisian synagogues are bombed.
1942 - The Queen Mary slices the cruiser Curacao in half, killing 338; in Chicago, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is demonstrated.
1950 - The comic strip "Peanuts" debuts in nine newspapers.
1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers on TV.
1956 - In NYC, the first atomic power clock is exhibited.
1958 - Guinea gains independence from France.
1959 - Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV.
1961 - "Ben Casey" premieres on TV.
1967 - Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia; Thurgood Marshall is sworn as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
1971 - A Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (a record) in an 1100-km Australian race.
1972 - An Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, killing 105.
1980 - Michael Myers (D-PA), is the first Representative expelled in over 100 years (over ABSCAM).
1984 - Three Cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit; Richard Miller becomes the first (former) FBI agent to be charged with espionage.
1986 - Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
1990 - The U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter's appointment to the Supreme Court; Radio Berlin International's sends its final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany)- its final song is "The End" by the Doors.

Birthdays
1851 - Ferdinand Foch, credited for the Allied victory in WWI
1869 - Mohandas K. Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), pacifist
1871 - Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs, Nobel Prize winner (1945)
1890 - Julius "Groucho" Marx, comedian (Marx Bros)
1891 - H.V. Porter, basketball pioneer, creater of the fan-shaped backboard
1895 - Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello)
1921 - Robert Runcie, archbishop of Canterbury
1928 - Clay Felker, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire)
1939 - Yuri N. Glazkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz-24)
1951 - Sting, AKA Gordon Sumner, rock musician (Police) / actor (Dune)
1964 - Sherry Arnett, Playboy playmate (Jan. 1986)

Passings
322 BC - Aristotle dies of indigestion
1264 - Pope Urban IV (1261-64)
1678 - Gen Wu San-kuei, invited Manchus in China - died trying to expell them
1780 - John Andre, British Major, hanged by Americans (spied with Benedict Arnold)
1985 - Rock Hudson, actor, of AIDS

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Walker, Kenneth E., USAF (MI); A1E shot down over water, KIA, body not recovered

1967
Ott, Patrick L., USMC (CA); F8J crashed when returning from mission, Killed, body not recovered

1968
Erwin, Donald E., USN (IN); A4E shot down over water, remains ID'd February, 1990

1969
The following all lost in the water crash of a C2A aircraft enroute from Cubi Point NAS to various aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin. All reported Killed, body not recovered:

Beck, Terry L, USN (PA)

Bell, Richard W., USN (PA)

Bowman, Michael L., USN (OH)

Bytheway, Frank L., Civilian

Dayao, Rolando C., USN (Phillipines)

Dean, Donald C., USN (MO)

Dilger, Herbert H., USN (NY); pilot

Ellerd, Carl J., USN (TX)

Fowler, James J., USN (MO)

Fowler, Roy G., USNR (VA)

Gan, Leonardo, USN, (Phillipines)

Gore, Paul Edwin, USN (NC); not on official DIA list

Gorsuch, William D., USN (WI)

Hill, Rayford J., USN (TX); loadmaster-trainee

Kohler, Delvin L., USN (CO)

Koslosky, Howard M., USN (AK)

Leonard, Robert B., USN (IA)

Livingston, Richard A., USN (WA)

Montgomery, Ronald W., USN (IN)

Moore, William R., USN (KS)

Moser, Paul K., USN (CT); air crewman

Prentice, Kenneth M., USN (WA)

Salazar, Fidel, USN (Phillipines)

Terrell, Keavin L., USN (LA)

Tye, Michael J., USN (MO)

Viado, Reynaldo R., USN (Phillipines)