Quote of the Day
"We are at war,
and our security as a nation
depends on winning that war."
-- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
News of NoteOperation Iraqi FreedomU.S. Army Sets Iraq Troop Plans Through 2010Rebels Kill 8 in Assault on Baghdad TV StationBush dismisses Iraq death toll studyOperation Enduring FreedomTwo suicide blasts wound 16 in AfghanistanHomeland Security / War on Terror
American Al Qaeda Member to Be Indicted for TreasonIndonesia, Australia remember 2002 Bali bombingsMid-East Ceasefire / Hamas Rising / Israel at WarKidnapped American Student Freed in West BankIsrael kills 5 Palestinians during Gaza clashesIsrael's Olmert faces defeat in any election: pollImmigration / Border ControlBorder fence to complicate US-Mexico ties: CalderonWorldwide WackosUnited States Drafts North Korea Resolution to Appeal to China, RussiaN.Korea warns Japan against sanctions -
VideoChina envoy heads to U.S. for talks on North KoreaUS pushes for Friday UN vote on N. Korea sanctions -
VideoBush says U.S. won't attack North KoreaTravel ban added to N. Korea resolutionHomegrown MoonbatsGrrr! Barbra Streisand ... Shut the [bleep] Up!Politics / GovernmentSchwarzenegger tells Leno link to Bush is "ridiculous"Abortion opponents energized in key U.S. stateDemocrat courts conservatives in Tennessee Senate racePoll: N.J. senate race still tightEthics panel questions page supervisorsAP Exclusive: Reid got $1M in land saleU.N. NewsGeneral Assembly to appoint new U.N. leader Friday -
VideoViolence against children widely accepted: UN studyNews from My Neck of the WoodsSmall Plane Crashes Into New York City High-Rise, Killing Yankees Pitcher Cory LidleInvestigators Find Pilot's Log From NYC Plane Crash -
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Teammates, Coaches Remember Cory Lidle as ColorfulBallplayers stunned by Cory Lidle's death in crashPlane in NYC crash had safety parachuteLidle had 2 passions, pitching, flyingOdditiesProsecutor Charged With Indecency for Workplace NudityMadonna adopts African boy, village chief saysChina agonizes over leg-stretching-by-rack surgeryCockroach-eating contest bugs animal groupBirds and bees may be gay: museum exhibitionOther News of NoteJupiter tiny spot goes from white to redAmish raze school, site of shootingFox NewsInd. Nun to Become First American Saint Since 2000Budget Deficit Falls to Four-Year LowTexas Cops Hunt Suspect in Mom's MurderProsecutor Rejects Plea Deal in Groene SlayingParents of Missing University of Vermont Student Plead for Help Finding Daughter in Web VideoStocks to Watch, Oct. 12: PepsiCo, HealthwaysReuters: Top NewsFrench lower house approves Armenia genocide billFresh violence flares in Mexican tourist townChina says may take tourists into spaceSony says developing video WalkmanMicrosoft rolls out online safety initiativeDaily weighing key to keeping lost pounds offAggression drugs little help in Alzheimer's: studyOil falls to lowest level this year -
VideoWall Street seen nudging up; earnings, data eyedDollar reverses post-Fed gains, awaits data -
VideoSABMiller beer rise beats forecast, but shares dip -
VideoGold advances on bargain hunting, eyes oilInflation a concernPlanning for longevityCostco says profit up, options committee formedSchering-Plough says has looked at Bristol-MyersBarclays and RBS warn gaming clients on U.S.: sourceEADS crisis overshadows French-German summitICBC's IPO attracts $100 billion worth of orders: sourceSuncorp bids $5.8 bln for ProminaAP World NewsNew type of mouse discovered in CyprusCar loans help the poor get to workSyrian poet favored to win Nobel PrizeTigers go up 2-0 with 8-5 win in Game 2Study: Credit card late fees much higherActors see red on 'Grey's Anatomy' setEx-ATF chief had staff give homework aidStudy: Decaf coffee has some caffeine .
FCC puts off AT&T-BellSouth merger voteAnna Nicole Smith's lead attorney quitsDow ends down 15 on Alcoa profit reportPacers' Jackson charged in club fightMilitary.comU.S. Air Power in East Asia has GrownNo Data Confirming 2nd N. Korea TestCENTCOM: News ReleasesFIRE AT AMMUNITION HOLDING AREAUPDATE 1: FIRE AT AMMUNITION HOLDING AREAIA, US SOLDIERS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH IRAQI CITIZENS TO ELIMINATE TERRORISTSTWO INSURGENTS CAPTURED OUTSIDE SAMARRAUSJFCOMTop DoD readiness officials tour commandJoint Systems Baseline Assessment 2006 comes to successful close-
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StoryFor Top News Visit DefenseLinkON THE GROUNDSoldiers Patrol the Liquid Highways of Iraq -
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StoryIN IRAQIraqi Soldiers Visit Schools, Hand Out SuppliesCoalition Conference Looks at the New IraqSenior NCO Visits 10th Mountain Division SoldiersIraqi Engineer Juggles Family's Safety with Job'America's Battalion' Returns to Families in HawaiiIN AFGHANISTANTask Force Grizzly Soldiers Eliminate InsurgentsAfghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam BACKGROUNDIRAQRenewal In IraqIraq: Security, StabilityFact Sheet: Progress and Work AheadReport: Strategy for Victory in Iraq Iraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq Multinational Force IraqState Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveWeekly Reconstruction Report (PDF) Iraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTANAfghanistan UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMFact Sheet: Budget RequestFact Sheet: War on TerrorFact Sheet: Terror Plots DisruptedWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseWeatherIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmoNational Hurricane CenterToday in History
1285 - In Munich, 180 Jews are set on fire after refusing baptism.
1492 - Columbus arrives in the Bahamas.
1776 - The British begin guarding Throgg's Neck Road (Bronx, NY).
1822 - The second eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys the mountain's summit.
1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs).
1860 - British and French troops capture Peking.
1861 - On the Mississippi, the Confederate ironclad
Manassas attacks the Union's sloop
Richmond, causing severe damage below the waterline.
1862 - JEB Stuart completes his second ride around McClellan; Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conferate troops in Missisippi.
1886 - A hurricane and its resulting storm surge kill 250 in Indianola, TX.
1915 - In Belgium, English nurse Edith Cavell is executed by the Germans; Theodore Roosevelt criticizes dual citizenship.
1918 - At Boston's Childrens' Hospital, the Iron Lung is first used; Cloquet, MN, and 25 other communities are destroyed by a forest fire that kills 559.
1933 - Alcatraz unofficially becomes a Federal prison; John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, OH, jail.
1941 - The Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as the Nazis close in.
1942 - The U.S. Navy defeats the Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance.
1949 - Eugenie Anderson becomes the first woman ambassador nominated in the U.S.
1957 - The first commercial flight between CA and Antartica takes place.
1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on the desk during a U.N. General Assembly session.
1962 - The U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign a joint telecommunications/meteorology space effort.
1963 - Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel.
1964 - The Voskhod-1 is launched with a three man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov).
1968 - Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain; at the Olympic opening ceremonies in Mexico City, Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is first woman to light the Olympic flame.
1969 - Soyuz-7 is launched.
1972 - 46 sailors are injured in a race riot on the aircraft carrier
U.S.S. Kitty Hawk;
Mariner-9 takes pictures of the Martian north pole.
1973 - Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP.
1975 - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett becomes the first Irish-born saint in seven centuries; NASA launches the space vehicle S-195.
1976 - Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of China's Communist Party.
1977 - Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, fails, and smashes into a police van
(Guess he didn't see that one coming); the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to the University of California Medical School.
1978 - Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington.
1984 - The IRA bombs a hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying.
1985 - The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War receive the Nobel Prize.
1988 - Israel and China sign a trade deal, plan diplomatic relations.
Birthdays
1537 - King Edward VI of England (1547-53)
1798 - Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil (1822-31), King of Portugal
1860 - Elmer A. Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass)
1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, British PM (1924, 1929-35)
1923 - Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers
1932 - Dick Gregory, comedian/political activist/dietician (Bahamian Diet); Jake Garn (Sen-UT) / astronaut (STS 51D)
1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor
1947 - Chris Wallace, newscaster (NBC Weekend News)
1950 - Susan Anton, actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever)
1969 - Kimberly Ann Grimm, Miss Maryland-America (1991)
1970 - Kimberly Hoskins, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
Passings
1694 - Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet
1860 - Sir Henry G. W. Smith, leader of British-Indian forces
1864 - Roger Taney, Supreme Court Chief Justice
1870 - Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army
1945 - Jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County, Florida
1985 - Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right)
1987 - Alfred M. Landon, former Kansas Governor; Philleo Nash, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67)
Reported Missing in Action1966
Elkins, Frank C.,
USN (NC); A4E shot down, remains ID'd February, 1990
Woods, Robert D.,
USN (MO); A1H shot down, released March, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive as of 1998
1967Derrickson, Thomas G.,
USAF (CA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Hardy)
Hardy, John K.,
USAF (CA); F4C shot down (w/Derrickson)
1972
Brunson, Cecil H.,
USAF (TN); F4E shot down (w/Young), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998
Price, William M.,
USMC (IL); A6A disappeared during combat mission (co-pilot, w/Peacock)
Peacock, John R. II,
USMC (HI); A6A disappeared during combat mission (pilot, w/Price)
Young, Myron A.,
USAF (CA); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Brunson), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - R.I.P. July, 1999
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