News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Smoke Clears Over Najaf
300 militants believed killed in raid, officials say
Iran Reveals Plan to Expand Economic, Military Ties With Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Karzai offers talks with Taliban to end bloodshed

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Bomber Murders 3 in Israeli Town
Al Qaeda inroads in sleepy S.African town?
Turkish police detain 46 al Qaeda suspects: agency
In a 1st, Sinn Fein votes to back police
Parts of Gaza City Plunged Into Darkness as Hamas, Fatah Gunbattle Rages in Streets
Homicide Bomber Kills Two in Pakistan
Palestinian infighting flares despite Saudi plea

Fallen Heroes
Navy IDs sailors killed in copter crash

Supporting Our Heroes
High-Tech Army Rehab Center Opening

Other Military News
Military aims to cut back on 'stop loss'
Military Growth May Resurrect Old Units

Religion of Peace??
Kuwaiti Paper Ordered to Close Over 'Indecent' Pics of Saddam Granddaughter

Homegrown Moonbats
Anti-War Protesters Spray Paint Capitol
Rally held for S.F. police slay suspects

Politics / Government
Cheney Blasts Hagel for 'Pingpong' Comment
First Catholic Priest in Congress Dies at 86
Cheney Nearly Breaks Reagan's 11th Commandment
White House condemns bombing in Israel's Eilat
Clinton attacks Bush's "irresponsibility" on Iraq
Top GOP senator doubts Iraq resolution
Lieberman may back Republican in 2008
Japan public TV loses court case involving PM Abe
No lock on black voters for Obama
Israeli Cabinet approves Muslim minister

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment
Las Vegas Cops Hunt Priest in Sex Case
Dad of Boy Found in Septic Tank 'Devastated'
Masked Men Drive Car Through Copenhagen Department Store, Keep Going
Cops Search for Missing Former Miss Brazil
Shaquille O'Neal Chases Down Alleged Hit-and-Run Driver
Global court to rule on charges for first trial
U.S. drug industry takes aim at prescription law
Press strategy still focus in Libby case
National parks case may affect access

U.N. News
Sudan under fire over Darfur at AU summit

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
NY Post Bureau Chief Orin-Eilbeck Dies

Science / Nature
Massive Pileup on Michigan Freeway
Scientist Brings Caffeine Buzz to Donuts
Researchers Find Possible Insomnia Fix
Huge mudflow "inevitable" from NZ volcano's lake
New climate report too rosy, experts say

News from My Neck of the Woods
Boat found submerged in Mass.; 4 missing

Oddities
Body Found in Wheel Well of Jet at LAX
Refrigerator-Sized Chunk of Ice Crushes Car in Florida
Duck That Survived Shooting, Refrigeration Has Third Brush With Death

Other News of Note
Barbaro Suffers Another Setback
Muslim Sexologist Spices Up Arab Television
Egypt derides 7 wonders of world contest

Fox News
Sweden Plans Virtual Embassy in 'Second Life'
Australia Shows Steve Irwin's Last Film
Tiger Woods Extends PGA Tour Streak to 7
Marcheline Bertrand, Mother of Angelina Jolie, Dies in Los Angeles
Auditioning for 'American Idol': A First-Hand Account

Reuters: Top News
Sundance closes with nods to war and family
Moore's Law seen extended in chip breakthrough
Breakthrough not seen altering microchip arms race
Internet to revolutionize TV in 5 years: Gates
Cocaine is king on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast
Japan confirms third bird flu outbreak
FDA approves Yaz for acne treatment
"Little Miss Sunshine" wins top SAG award
Cruz, "Volver" take top Spanish film awards
Hispanics in U.S. feel pull of the suburbs
Dollar scales 4-year peak against yen
Futures flat as Fed, earnings in focus - Video
European telcos battered after D.Telekom warning
Oil slips after initial rally
Gold drifts lower
Spinning profits from spinoffs
Buying into battered energy
Schering-Plough profit rises on cholesterol drugs
Sanofi, Bristol-Myers sign pre-merger deal: report
Japan carmakers to ride sales rise
US Airways willing to raise Delta bid: WSJ
Thailand allows copycat AIDS, heart disease drugs
Accenture to raise India staff to 35,000 by August

AP World News
Stock futures edge lower
'Epic Movie' wins weekend with $19M
Bears arrive in Miami
Canon quarterly profit rises 16 percent
Oil prices retreat
Indian wins 'Big Brother' after race row

Military.com
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Six Tips for Better Money Management
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CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES DESTROY SUSPECTED INSURGENT TRAINING SITE
15 IRAQIS KILLED IN NEW BAGHDAD
INSURGENTS ATTACK SUNNI MOSQUE
DETAINEE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS
AL-QAIDA COURIER, IED FACILITATOR, 19 OTHERS CAPTURED
FIVE ARRESTED NEAR KHOST
MND-B SOLDIERS EVACUATE YOUNG GIRL FOLLOWING ATTACK IN AL-DOURA

USJFCOM
USJFCOM begins Integrated Battle Command Experiment Series - podcast
USJFCOM, others evaluate individual augmentee process - podcast
Training comes to a close in exercise for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa - podcast
Liveblogging: Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise 07-1
USJFCOM hosts first-responder focused modeling and simulation demonstration event

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
14 Enemy Fighters Killed in Iraq - Story
Stability & Security in Iraq Report (pdf)
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Progress Quietly Proceeds in Afghanistan - Story
Marine Helicopter Squadron Gets Ready to Deploy
OKINAWA, Japan, Jan. 26, 2007 -- Story
Medics Administer Aid to Nearby Villages - Story
Iraqi-Led Team Finds Torture House, Weapons - Story
Transition Team Braves Attacks to Train Police - Story

IN IRAQ
Combined Effort Provides Aid to Baghdad
Insurgents and Weapons Found, Captives Freed
Army Engineers Help Develop Port Capacity
Iraqi Soldiers Lead Cordon and Search
Marines Clear Insurgents From River Valley
Army Engineers Help Develop Port Capacity
Marines Provide Combat Roadside Service
U.S. Soldiers Help Open Schools in Mushahidah
Iraqi Soldiers Receive Leadership Training
Dark Horse Keeps Watchful Eye Over Base
Stryker Force Ready to Respond to Threat
Mobile Surgical Unit Exercises Muscles
School Supplies Bring Smiles to Children

IN DJIBOUTI
Camp Lemonier Expansion Creates New Jobs
Marine Trains U.S. Embassy Troops in Djibouti

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Philippines
Baler Radar Site Catanduanes Radar Site Manila

South Korea
Cheju Upper/Radar Chonju Chunchon Inch'on Kunsan Masan Mokp'o
Osan Pusan Seoul Suwon Taegu Taejon Tonghae Radar Site Ulsan Yosu

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Today in History
1574 - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1587 - Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain
1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1676 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
1802 - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
1834 - President Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 - Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (New York City NY)
1848 - Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
1850 - Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
1860 - American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state
1863 - Battle at Bear River WA - US Army vs Indians
1864 - Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
1879 - Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
1886 - 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
1895 - King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
1896 - Emile Grubbe is 1st doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
1900 - Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1912 - Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA
1916 - 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1917 - English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
1919 - Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
1920 - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1922 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1923 - 1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
1927 - 4th German government of Marx forms
1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
1942 - German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi
1943 - New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
1944 - 285 German bombers attack London
1949 - Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand & Switzerland recognize Israel
1953 - 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
1958 - Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1964 - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1966 - Snow storm in north east US kills 165
1968 - Nauru adopts constitution
1969 - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1976 - Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
1979 - President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years; Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC
1980 - 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
1984 - President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term; Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
1986 - Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
1987 - William J. Casey ends term as 13th director of CIA
1988 - Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras; United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36 hours 54 minutes 15 seconds
1989 - Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
1989 - USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1990 - Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
1991 - Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia begins; Nelson Mandela & Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years
1998 - Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR; Woman's Clinic in Birmingham AL bombed, 1 killed

Birthdays
1584 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/field marshal
1737 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
1756 - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Governor-VA)/General/cavalryman
1761 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
1803 - James Outram Bulterley Hall, General
1821 - Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Union Brigadier General
1823 - Franklin Gardner, Confederate Major-General (Civil War-fought at Shiloh & Port Hudson)
1836 - Benjamin Franklin Potts, Union Brevet Major General; James Meech Warner, Union Brigadier General
1843 - William McKinley, 25th US President (1897-1901)
1850 - Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
1880 - W.C. Fields [William Claude Dukenfield], actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell (Representative-NY, 1945-70)
1911 - George Burns, British Major-General
1915 - Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
1939 - O.P. Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
1942 - Arnaldo Mendez, 1st Cuban in space (Soyuz 38); Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38); Richard Needham, British MP
1945 - James Nicholson, British MP
1951 - Earl Howe England, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence

Passings
0969 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
1559 - Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
1663 - Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
1696 - Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
1820 - George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
1906 - Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
1928 - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WWI), dies at 66
1934 - Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
1941 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek General/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1946 - Harry L. Hopkins, US minister of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1955 - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947-55), dies at 51
1980 - Jimmy Durante, singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1988 - James R. Killian, Jr., MIT president (1948-59), dies at 83

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Badolati, Frank N., US Army SF (NH); likely KIA

Hodgson, Cecil J., US Army SF (TX); patrol leader, likely KIA

Terry, Ronald T., US Army SF (NY); likely KIA

1967
Silva, Claude Arnold, USAF (CO); F105F shot down

1968
Mills, James Dale, USMC (TX); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Mulleavey, Quinten Emile, US Army (NH)

White, Charles E., US Army SF (AL); fell from helicopter during extraction

1969
Campbell, William E., USAF (TX); F4D shot down (w/Holton)

Holton, Robert E., USAF (MT); F4D shot down (w/Campbell)

1971
Lineberger, Harold B., USAF (TX); OV10A shot down

Mixter, David I., US Army SF (CT); KIA, body not recovered