News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Just Another Brick in the Wall?
Gates: U.S. Patience Wearing Thin in Iraq
Use of death penalty surges in Iraq: Amnesty
Clashes erupt near west Baghdad mosque

Operation Enduring Freedom
Pakistan, Afghan forces clash on border

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Israeli PM invites Jordanian king to Jerusalem
Somali deaths mount, president downplays clashes
Al-Qaida chief appointed minister of war
Voicemail rant reheats Alec-Kim feud (Unbelievable. Horrible message he left for his 11-year-old daughter...)

Troops on Trial
Army Medic Released From Prison

Supporting Our Heroes
Military expanding Calif. amputee center
Gridiron Greats Visit Iraq

Other Military News
The All Americans in WWII
Policy Cuts Disability Retirements

Worldwide Wackos
Iran, EU to meet on nuclear stand-off
Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites
North Korea links IAEA visit to frozen funds
NKorea restates nuclear position

Homegrown (and Far-Flung) Moonbats
Reid: 'This War Is Lost' - Senate majority leader declares defeat (Treasonous jackass)
Embrace the Darkness, Kids!
FDNY Hierarchy Furious With Tom Cruise Over Scientology Detox for 9/11 Workers
Australia's hippy capital fears freedom at risk
Oliver Stone rolling with new ad against war

Politics / Government
McCain Revives Song Parody to Make Point on Iran (Heh - I remember that...and I like this version of the song better than the original...)
Coburn: Gonzales Should Resign Over Firings
Key Aides Keep Distance From Wolfowitz
Russian Police Raid U.S.-Funded NGO
Gore Shuns Uribe Over Death Squad Scandal
Gonzales defends firings, faces new calls to resign - Video
Liberals hesitant to oppose Iraq funding (But why, if they truly believe it's a lost cause?)
Clinton prods black leaders on health

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Virginia Tech Shootings:
Classmates Offer Clues About Killer
NETWORKS PULL BACK
VICTIMS' PROFILES, PHOTOS
KIN: VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTER WAS AUTISTIC (I have my doubts)
Did the Devil Make Him Do It?
Virginia Tech Massacre: The Victims
Former Classmates Say Virginia Tech Killer Was Picked on in High School (Oh, boo hoo. So was I. So were a lot of people. He didn't kill 32 innocent people because he was picked on in highschool)
Many campus threats after VTech shooting
Va. Tech band serenades victims
Govr declares day of mourning honoring Virginia Tech victims
Grieving parent: Remember our children
Rules should have barred weapon purchase
Colorado to remember Columbine, Va. Tech

Other:
N.C. Teenager Kills Himself After Threatening Fellow High School Students at Gunpoint
Preacher's Wife Mary Winkler Found Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter
South Dakota Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison For Dismembering Ex-Lover's Friend
Police Hunt Man in 19-Hour Torture of Columbia University Graduate Student
Calif. man who threatened killing spree turns self in
Nacchio convicted of 19 of 42 charges

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Media dilemma deepens over gunman video - Video

Science / Medicine / Technology
Shooting shows gaps in mental health safety net
Fruity cocktails count as health food, study finds
Gene plays key role in embryonic, adult stem cells
Sudden sea level surges threaten 1 billion
Software upgrade behind BlackBerry outage: report
Nintendo's Wii again No. 1 new game console
China preparing to share bird flu samples

Mother Nature
Strong Quake Strikes Japan; No Tsunamis Detected
Wildfire Destroys Southeast Georgia Homes
Agency wants whales listed as endangered

Oddities
'Sex Theme Park' Introduces the Spankometer
Boy, 7, Finds Nearly $9,000 Worth of Crack in Pocket
Russian Teen Brain Dead After Filmed Surgery
Man Sets Himself on Fire in City Hall
Love at first bite?
Berlin's polar bear cub Knut receives death threat - Video (What the...?)
Australian "ghost ship" mystery puzzles rescuers

Other News of Note
Helen Robson Walton, Widow of Wal-Mart Founder Sam Walton, Dies at 87
Crews Find Vehicle of Trapped Maryland Miner
Pet-food recall continues to widen

Fox News
Pop Tarts: Angelina Jolie Was a Kissy Kindergartener

Reuters: Top News
Soldiers intercept rigged ballots in Nigeria
Africa, Middle East top global road deaths list: WHO
Loser Sanjaya could turn "Idol" fame into big win - Video
Daryl Hannah campaigns for biodiesel standard
Stocks Googled
Caterpillar gains on earnings, outlook
Euro eyes fresh highs, politicians not worried
Schlumberger shares up after earnings
London oil rises above $66
Gold rebounds, platinum hits new 5-mo high
Ethanol boom to lift natural gas prices?
Economy to turn in weak performance
Nor'easter may distort economic data
Pfizer earnings fall, hurt by charges, generics
Caterpillar profit tops estimates; raises outlook
McDonald's 1st-quarter earnings rise
H&R Block to sell subprime lender unit Option One
Xerox quarterly profit higher, beats forecast
GM says Delphi bankruptcy deal still possible

AP World News
Stocks point to higher open
Senators, Ducks advance to second round
Wild extinct as Ducks win in 5 games
Crosby's stay in playoffs a short one
Greg Oden will enter NBA draft
Report: Top NFL prospects admit drug use
Obituaries in the news

Military.com
Poll: Show the Killer's Tape?
Op-ed: Media Massacre Madness
Warfighters Read Warfighter's Forum
Blog: Al Qaeda on the Offensive
Get Military News Via RSS Feed
Def Tech: Vasectomies in Space?

CENTCOM: News Releases
CAR BOMB STRIKES BAGHDAD
MND-B SOLDIERS ATTACKED FROM MOSQUE; TWO INSURGENTS KILLED
CHLORINE TANKS DESTROYED, TERRORISTS KILLED IN RAIDS
ANA AND US SPECIAL FORCES PUMMEL TALIBAN FIGHTERS IN SANGIN
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18

USJFCOM
Command seeking market research from industry and academia on integrated, Web-based capability - podcast
Download the requirements for submission
Joint Individual Augmentee Training Program goes online - podcast
USJFCOM to co-host 2007 industry symposium - podcast

DefenseLink
Iraq Must Not Become Terrorists’ Safe Haven - Story
Iraqis Need to Speed Up Reconciliation Process - Story
Marines in Anbar Express Optimism to Gates - Story
Gates: U.S. Committed to Relationship With Israel - Story
General Details Iraq, Afghanistan Operations - Story
Defense Department to Partner With Schools - Story
Opium Funds Taliban Operations, Hurts Economy - Story

More Headline News
Officials Work to Keep Environment Healthy
Gates Visits Israel During ‘Days of Remembrance’
Egypt Vital to Peace in Middle East, Gates Says
Gates: Iraq Resolution Important to Region, World
Program Offers Compensation for Deployments

Military News
‘The War Tapes’ Offers Look at Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military Runners Conquer Boston Marathon
DoD Policy Change Boosts G.I. Bill Eligibility

America Supports You
Communities Prepare for Walks
Groups’ Monkeys Offer Support
Association Honors Actor, Others
Group Helps Families Reconnect

War on Terror
Forces Thwart Terrorist - Story
Four Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Coalition Helps Iraq Secure Law
Multiple Car Bombs Kill 131 Iraqis

Transformation
Service Integration Vital to Change
Joint Force Ops Industry Symposium
Sailors Will Need CAC to Log In

Face of Defense
Airman Awarded Bronze Star - Story
Iraqis Appreciate U.S. Military
New NCO in Charge Still a Scout
Brothers Reunite in Iraq

DefendAmerica
Corruption Ebbs as Iraqi Police Leadership Strengthens - Story - Audio - Bio

ON THE GROUND
Anaconda's First-ever Chef Competition Sizzles - Story
New Iraqi Military Intelligence Academy Opens - Story
Community Improves, Al Kumait School Reopens - Story
Turkey Partners with U.S. in War on Terrorism - Story
Cargo Teams Move to Improve Customer Service - Story

IN IRAQ
'Bandido Charlie' Secures Western Iraq
Soldiers Support Iraqis with Help From Home
Seabees Build Modular Protected Billeting
Troops Embrace Pocket-Size Memories
Medics Bring Hope to Injured Iraqi Boy
Army Completes Reconstruction Projects

IN AFGHANISTAN
Security Team Trains Humanitarian De-miners
First Permanent Customs Building Opens
Joint Effort Continues at Jalalabad Airfield
Kabul Hosts Engineering Contractor Open House
Marines Prepare for Afghanistan Deployment

IN DJIBOUTI
Air National Guard Crew Flies First C-5 to Djibouti
U.S. Military Conducts Human Rights Training

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

Today in History
0295 - 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1505 - Jews are expelled from Orange Burgundy by Philibert of Luxembourg
1551 - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
1653 - Cromwell routes English parliament to house
1657 - Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
1702 - Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
1770 - Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales
1775 - British begin siege of Boston
1777 - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 - France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia
1799 - Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1809 - Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1836 - Territory of Wisconsin created
1841 - 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue") published
1853 - Harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad
1861 - Battle of Norfolk, VA; Colonel Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1871 - 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
1879 - 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
1902 - Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium
1910 - Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
1916 - German-British sea battle off Belgian coast
1917 - Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world")
1919 - Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army
1920 - Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi; Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
1926 - 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic
1931 - British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
1934 - Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector for the Prussian secret state police
1936 - Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah, Palestine
1939 - New York World's Fair opens
1940 - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia PA
1941 - 100 German bombers attack Athens
1942 - German occupiers forbid Dutch access to their beach; Heavy German assault on Malta
1944 - Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death
1945 - Soviet troops enter Berlin; US 7th Army & allies forces capture Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany; German occupiers flood Beemster & Fencer; US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1947 - Frederik IX becomes King of Denmark
1948 - UAW president Walter P. Reuther shot & wounded at his home in Detroit
1951 - Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1958 - Morocco demands departure of Spanish troops
1962 - NASA pilot Neil A. Armstrong takes X-15 to an altitude of 63,250 meters
1962 - OAS-leader ex-General Salan arrested in Algiers
1965 - People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1967 - US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during the Vietnam War; US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
1968 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau sworn-in as Canada's PM; South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1970 - Bruno Kreisky becomes 1st socialist chancellor of Austria
1971 - US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
1972 - Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
1973 - Canadian ANIK A2 becomes 1st commercial satellite in orbit
1977 - Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses
1981 - Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
1983 - Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock; President Ronald Reagan signs a $165 billion bail-out for Social Security
1984 - Russian offensive in Panshirvallei, Afghánistán
1987 - Sri Lanka Tamils shoot 122 Singalezen dead; US deports Karl Linnas, charged with Nazi war crimes, to USSR
1988 - US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
1993 - Uranus passes Neptune (occurs once every 171 years)
1994 - Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze, Bosnia - 47 killed
1994 - Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands
1999 - Deadly school shooting at Columbine High School, Littleton CO -- 13 killed, 23 wounded

Birthdays
0121 - Marcus Aurelius, 16th Roman emperor (161-80), philosopher
1442 - Edward IV, King of England (1461-83)
1494 - John Agricola [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
1592 - John Eliot St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1726 - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/General/cartographer
1745 - Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
1808 - Louis-Napoleon [Napoleon III], Emperor of France (1852-71)
1809 - John Smith Preston, Confederate Brigadier General
1824 - Alfred Holt Colquitt, Confederate Brigadier General
1827 - John Gibbon, Union Major General
1839 - Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
1860 - Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine); Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP)
1889 - Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
1890 - Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1957-65)
1912 - Ed Jones (Representative-TN)
1920 - John Paul Stevens, 103rd Supreme Court Justice
1926 - Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician (Wyoming House of Representatives)
1927 - Karl Müller Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1931 - Lee H. Hamilton, (Representative-IN)
1936 - Pat Roberts (Representative-KS)
1938 - Johnny Tillotson Jacksonville FL, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion)
1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- )
1950 - Itumeleng J. Mosala, South Africa President (Azanian People's Organization)
1955 - Donald R. Pettit, PhD/astronaut

Passings
1164 - Victor IV [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64)
1314 - Clement V [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14)
1317 - Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint
1534 - Elizabeth Barton [Nun of Kent], British prophet, executed
1632 - Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake
1812 - George Clinton, 4th US Vice President, dies at 73 - 1st Vice President to die in office
1821 - Franz K. Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
1836 - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
1906 Australian wombat, oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
1941 - Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
1947 - Christian X King of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
1962 - Jesse G Vincent engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1974 - Mohammed Ayub Khan premier/President (Pakistan)
1990 - Horst Sinderman RDA 1st minister (1973-76)
1991 - Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, PM of Mongolia (1952-74)
1995 - Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54)
1996 - Tran Van Tra, North Vietnamese general, dies at 77

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Butler, Phillip N., USN (OK); A4C shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive as of 1998

Shea, James Patrick, USN (CA); A1H shot down, KIA / BNR

1966
Abbott, John, USN (CA); A4C shot down, DIC, DRV returned remains March, 1974

1968
The following USMC personnel reported MIA when their UH1E was shot down (all KIA / BNR):
Cestare, Joseph Angelo (NY)

Walker, William J. (CA)

Zutterman, Joseph A., Jr. (KS)

1970
Mahan, Douglas F., USAF (MO); F105D shot down - remains recovered July, 1972

1972
Amos, Thomas H., USAF (MO); AC130 shot down (w/Burnham) - remains ID'd November, 1999

Burnham, Mason I., USAF (OR); AC130 shot down (w/Amos) - remains ID'd November, 1999

Elias, Edward K., USAF ; RF4C shot down - released in Hanoi September, 1972

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