News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suicide bomber, clashes kill 20 Iraq's Mosul
Iraqi Police Impose Curfew in Mosul After Blast
Deadly Month for U.S. Troops - Video

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO troops among dead in Afghan suicide raid

Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. Gov't Skeptical of Threat Against NFL Stadiums
Rumsfeld: Terror threat not exaggerated

Troops on Trial
Eight GIs Face Court-Martial Over Rape, Murders

Other Military News
Eastwood examines nature of heroism in new movie ("Flags of our Fathers" - can't wait to see this one. The book is fantastic)
Troops Still Have Time to Vote Absentee
Marines to Recall Battalions

Immigration / Border Control
Calif. city bars illegal immigrants from renting

Worldwide Wackos
Rice Seeks Firm South Korean Action on N. Korea - VIDEO
Bush: North Korea Would Face Penalties For Selling Nukes
Photo Essay: A Day in the Life in North Korea
China Dispatches Envoys to N. Korea Amid 2nd Test Rumors
China envoy meets N.Korea's Kim on nuclear issue
U.S. says path open to N.Korea for negotiation
Bush: U.S. will stop N. Korea nuke moves

Homegrown Moonbats
Calif. school site of meditation flap

Politics / Government
FBI Plans to Expand Foley Page Probe
Approval of Republicans at record low: poll (Approval of all of Congress is pretty low)
Hopi chairman ousted from office
Bush goes on base-building trip to N.C.

Mother Nature
10 million people at risk from pollution
Scientists say Hawaii hit by two quakes

Oddities
7 Funeral Home Directors Plead Guilty to Selling Body Parts
Suicide Note Leads to Dismembered Body Above Voodoo Shop
New Orleans Man Dismembers, Cooks Woman
Make no mistake: don't "bank" on Kazakh money
U.S. casino magnate gives Picasso's dream the elbow
AP: Colo. water wars include spy campaign

Other News of Note
Search on for Missing Oregon Boy

Fox News
Child Porn Sweep Nets 125 Suspects
Mets Beat Cardinals 4-2, Force NLCS Game 7
Nissan Recalls 130,000 Cars With Faulty Ignition Key
Search Continues for Oregon Boy Four Nights After Disappearance at Crater Lake
Gas Station Video, Credit Card Linked to Kentucky Murder, Kidnap Suspects
Stocks to Watch: Apple and EBay

Reuters: Top News
Complete Darwin works put online
Darfur rebels demand new talks, self-determination
Sri Lanka on edge over fear of more rebel violence - Video
French police cordon off fast food outlet near Paris
Five Ukrainian ministers tender resignation
Nigeria's Obasanjo declares emergency in Ekiti state
New images may give clues on universe's origins
Bees, other pollinators may be declining
Microsoft releases long-awaited Explorer 7
Sony CFO: 9.6 mln PC batteries could be recalled
Is God dead? Atheism finds a market in U.S
U.S. consumer prices drop, home building rebounds
Obesity may be linked to shorter sleeping times
U.S. to get 115 million flu vaccines this year: CDC
McCartney vows to fight wife's abuse claims
Investors eye Philly Fed, stocks fall - Video
Oil nears $58 as OPEC set to cut output
Dollar steadies vs yen ahead of Philly Fed data - Video
Nikkei falls as chip equipment makers, Hoya slip
Yahoo sees social network sites competing for ads
A new hand of credit cards
Dollar seen benefiting from equity flows
Sony slashes 2006/07 outlook on battery recalls
NBC Universal to announce big restructuring: report
OPEC readies knife for oil cut
Sportingbet to take $391 mln charges after US sale
EBay CEO sees no pullback from business in China
Capital One third-quarter profit up 20 pct

AP World News
Cuts in Medicare hurt wheelchair users
Yoko Ono sues EMI, subsidiary for $10M
Mets beat Cardinals' ace to force Game 7
Wal-Mart to expand generic drug program
Social Security benefits to rise in 2007
California presents Salton Sea proposals
Apple profit up 27 pct., beating views
Study: Anti-aging supplements don't work
Osbourne plans to remove gastric band
Bears safety Mike Brown out indefinitely
Obituaries in the news
NBC Universal to make $750M in cuts

Military.com
Army Expects Smaller Budget Boost
British Forces Take to The Water

CENTCOM: News Releases
THREE SCHOOLS RE-OPEN IN GELAN DISTRICT

JUDICIAL TRAINING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED IN GARDEZ

CONSTRUCTION OF THE TESHA GIRLS SCHOOL

U.S., COALITION, NATO AEROMEDICAL CREWS TRAIN TO SAVE LIVES

USJFCOM
USJFCOM exhibits Joint Force Projection ACTD - podcast
Top DoD readiness officials tour command
Joint Systems Baseline Assessment 2006 comes to successful close - podcast
More about the Joint Systems Integration Command
USJFCOM commander discusses reserve force issues - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
U.S. General: Afghan Road, Electricity Projects Move Ahead - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Marine Combat Engineers Repair Roadways - Story
Firefighters: Duty First in Tough Neighborhoods - Story

IN IRAQ
Fires Brigade Soldiers Work 'Outside the Gate'
New Medical Wing Brings Hope to Residents
Farmers’ Crops Thrive Thanks to U.S. Guidance
Personal Security: Not Your Everyday Job
Female Search Teams Aid Battalion's Mission

IN AFGHANISTAN
Army Interpreter Pays for Mosque Supplies
Task Force Grizzly Soldiers Eliminate Insurgents
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course

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

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 Qandahar

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1298 - In Heilbron, Germany, 140 Jews are murdered during the Rindfleish Persecutions.
1765 - The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, writes its Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
1781 - At 2:00 p.m., Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War.
1812 -Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1818 - The U.S. and the Chicasaw Indians sign a treaty.
1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American woman to receive a medical degree.
1853 - The first flour mill in Hawaii begins operations.
1859 - Wilhelm Tempel discovers a diffuse nebula around the Pleid star Merope.
1864 - Approximately 25 Confederates make a surprise attack on St. Albans, VT; Union troops beat back Confederate attackers at the Battle of Cedar Creek, in VA.
1870 - The first four Blacks are elected to the House of Representatives.
1872 - The world's largest gold nugget (215 kg) is found in New South Wales.
1888 - Moshav Gederah is attacked by the Arabs.
1901 - Santos-Dumont proves the maneuverability of the airship by circling the Eiffel Tower.
1912 - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control.
1919 - For the first time, the Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to a woman.
1933 - The Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball in 1936.
1944 - U.S. forces land in the Philipines.
1950 - U.N. forces enter Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman formally ends the state of war with Germany.
1953 - The first transcontinental nonstop scheduled jet service takes place.
1960 - France grants independence to Mauritania; Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested at an Atlanta sit-in; the U.S. imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba.
1967 - Mariner-5 makes a fly-by of Venus.
1970 - John Linley Frazier, the "Killer Prophet," murders the Ohta family, and declares that WWIII has begun.
1977 - The Supersonic Concorde jet makes its first landing in NYC.
1983 - The Space Shuttle Columbia moves to the Orbiter Processing Facility.
1986 - The U.S.S.R. expels five U.S. diplomats.
1987 - On "Black Monday," the Dow Jones is down 508.32 - four times the previous record; U.S. warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1988 - Three Americans win the Nobel Prize in physics; Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members; a car bomb kills 7 Israelis and wounds 11 near the Lebanon border; the U.S. Senate passes a bill curbing ads during children's TV shows.

Birthdays
1862 - Auguste Lumiére, co-maker of the first movie (Workers Leaving Lumiére Factory)
1863 - John Huston, NY Times editor (1937-38))
1868 - Bertha Landes, first female mayor of a major U.S. city (Seattle)
1876 - Mordecai (3 finger) Brown hall of fame pitcher
1899 - Miguel Asturias, poet/novelist/diplomat, Nobel Prize winner (1967)
1901 - Arleigh A. Burke, U.S. Admiral (WW II)
1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian physicist (Nobel 1983)
1922 - Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist (Washington Post)
1945 - John Lithgow, actor (Harry & the Hendersons, Third Rock from the Sun)
1966 - Anna Clark, Playboy playmate (April 1987)
1967 - Amy Carter, daughter of President Carter / peace activist

Passings
1983 - Maurice Bishop, prime minister of Grenada, and others, murdered in coup

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Worchester, John B., USN (MI); A4C disappeared while on bombing mission

1966
Burke, Michael J., USMC (IL)

Lewandowski, Leonard J., Jr., USMC (IL)

Mishuk, Richard E., USMC (MN)

1970
Wilson, Peter J., US Army SF (NY); disappeared while on reconnaissance patrol