News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraqi PM: Congress' Legislation Unnecessary
15,000 troops could stay longer in Iraq
Woman bomber kills 17 Iraqi police recruits - Video
Washington files WTO piracy cases against China
Poll: Iraq Better or Worse in Four Years?
Military.com Op-ed: "The Iraq Show"
Baghdad Security Plan Seeing Many Successes

Operation Enduring Freedom
At least 311 Afghan-area U.S. deaths

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Israel: Hamas Planned Tel Aviv Car Bombing
Palestinian finance minister seeks funds abroad

Troops on Trial
Midshipman Could Get 10 Years for Sex Abuse

Supporting Our Heroes
Military.com Exclusive: Drowning Pool's USO Tour
Emeril Cooks Combat Cuisine
Ohio Group Supports Marines

Other Military News
USS Intrepid ready for body makeover
USS Nimitz Deploys to Persian Gulf
Navy announces summer exercises off Guam
Army Chief Bids Farewell
Bush Thanks National Guard for Securing Border
Officials ID Remains of 10 World War II Servicemen
‘Sixteen-Star Letter’ to Congress Calls for Supplemental Passage

Worldwide Wackos
Iran expands uranium enrichment effort
Analysts Not Buying Ahmadinejad's Nuclear Success Tale
Russia Skeptical of Iran's Nuclear Tale
U.N. inspectors in Iran after nuclear announcement - Video
U.S. Warns North Korea:Your Time Is Running Out
N.Korea funds may be freed as nuclear deadline nears
U.S. negotiator optimistic on NKorea

Homegrown Moonbats
Guns at home equal higher suicide risk: study (These studies are so incredibly flawed...one in three American homes has a gun, yet 95% of suicide attempts don't include one...every time they look at this, they ignore every factor other than the presence of a gun in the home...RRRRRG)
Singer Sheryl Crow starts global warming tour
Gore's climate concert finds home in New Jersey

Politics / Government
Pelosi's Office Calls GOP Demand for Action on Iraq Bill 'Political Stunt'
Some Presidential Hopefuls Getting Secret Service Detail on Campaign Trail
China Criticizes U.S. for WTO Filings
Obama not in 2008 race for second place
U.S. should deepen China's global integration: study
Kentucky's gubernatorial rivals debate
AP Poll: Congress approval up

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Bush Calls for Passage of Immigration Bill
Bush returns to work on immigration plan

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Judge Places Gag Order on Fired Wal-Mart Security Operative
3 University of Minnesota Football Players Accused of Rape Released From Custody
Ex-Olympian Tim Montgomery Pleads Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
Minister Found Beaten to Death in Virginia Parsonage
Colorado Inmate Dies When Baggies Filled With Drugs Rupture Inside of Him
Landmark Dinosaur Statue in Massachusetts Felled by Vandals
Report: DNA Results to Be Revealed Tuesday in Anna Nicole Smith Case
Gambling Wife Charged After Leaving Disabled Husband in Casino Parking Garage
Police Nab Man Who Allegedly Shot 3 in Office
Gag Placed on Ex-Wal-Mart Security Operative
12 jurors selected in Tenn. pol's trial
Pastor's wife's case may hinge on abuse

U.N. News
China, U.S. urge diplomatic solution in Darfur
Up to 400 feared dead in recent attacks in Chad: U.N.
New U.N. chief marking 100 days in post

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
CBS, NBC Suspend Talk Show Host Don Imus for Two Weeks Over Racist Remarks
Two Sides to Imus Story?
Rutgers Women to Address Imus' Remarks

Science / Medicine / Technology
Study: Dieting Useless, May Damage Health
Statin drugs lower respiratory death risk: study
Diabetics found more prone to mild memory problems
Space capsule carrying U.S. mogul docks
U.S. space tourist Simonyi "out of this world" - Video
South Korean wolf cloning team under investigation

Mother Nature
Play ball? Weather wipes out games
Deforestation effects depend on location
Millions Face Floods from climate change

Oddities
Runaway mouse delays flight
Want a promotion? Treat Mom well

Other News of Note
Latest Tally: 39,000 Pets Affected
Complete List of Pet Foods Subject to Recall
Parents: No More Homework!

Fox News
Georgia High School to Try Integrated Prom (Kudos to these kids for kicking this school into the 21st century...)
NEWS IN PICTURES
Report: Angelina Jolie Still Jealous of Jennifer Aniston

Reuters: Top News
Greece says human error behind cruise ship wreck
Severely obese fastest-growing U.S. overweight group
Australia special forces going back to Afghanistan
Two suspected bombers killed in Casablanca: police
Early East Timor vote counting points to run-off Video
New Salesforce tools aim to manage workers' content
Matsushita to sell 42-inch full high def plasma TV
Aid flap is new threat to New Orleans rebuilding
Malaysia lures the second-home set
Cool kids Tarantino, Rodriguez iced at box office
Oil climbs back towards $62 after steep fall
Futures up, Alcoa to launch earnings season
World stocks recover their February/March losses
Dollar under broad pressure
Gold gains after oil rebound, weaker dollar
Forestalling a wave of foreclosures
Citigroup CEO promises "nimbler" bank
Citigroup may cut or reassign over 26,000 jobs: report
Economists cut U.S. GDP forecast for 2007
PPR pounces on Puma with takeover bid
Sainsbury family sinks $20 bln bid hopes
Automakers challenge Vermont emissions law
Bertelsmann buys rest of Bookspan from Time Inc

AP World News
Pavano gets 1st win in almost 2 years
Mavs clinch best record in the NBA
'Blades' earns $22.5M, ices competition
Stocks flat as market awaits 1Q earnings
NYC admits flaws in restaurant checks
Obituaries in the news

Military.com
Sgt. Shaft: Reservist's Discharge Form
It's VA Home Loan Season
Def Tech: PEO Soldier on ACUs

CENTCOM: News Releases
JOINT OPERATIONS ROOT OUT TERRORISTS IN AD DAWR
PEACEFUL PROTEST CONDUCTED IN NAJAF
COALITION AIRCRAFT ENGAGES INSURGENTS FIRING ON CONVOY
AL ANBAR SECURITY CONFERENCE
TERRORISTS DETONATE CAR BOMB NEAR MAHMUDIYAH

USJFCOM
USJFCOM supports intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance conference - podcast
USJFCOM seeks to pass Joint Force Projection ACTD's final exam - podcast
More about the Joint Force Projection ACTD
More about ACTDs
USJFCOM signs cooperative research and development agreement with Northrop Grumman - podcast

DefenseLink
Iraqis Mark Anniversary of Saddam’s Removal - Story
Four Guard Brigades Alerted for Iraq Duty - Story
Military Leaders Call for Supplemental Passage - Story
Iraq PRTs to Double in Number by Year’s End - Story

More Headline News
Bush: Troops Need Resources to do Their Jobs
Web Links Guard, Reserve to Employer Support

Military News
Officials Stress Zero Tolerance of Sexual Assault

War on Terror
Six Soldiers Killed in Iraq - Story
Six Taliban Fighters Killed
Troops Detain 14 Suspects in Iraq
Four U.S. Soldiers Killed, Senior al-Qaeda Leader Captured

America Supports You
Foundation to Lend a Hand - Story
Military Families Enjoy Circus

Transformation
Program Connects Troops to Public
Walter Reed Using 3-D
Soldiers Test New Vehicles

Face of Defense
Hard Work, Dedication Pays off - Story
Captain Relates Experience
Engineer's Idea Saves Money

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Troops Capture 14 Suspected Terrorists - Story
Tankers Talk Shop, Try Out Weapon Systems - Story

IN IRAQ
Troops Help Repair, Secure Baghdad Roadways
Barriers Expected to Strengthen Checkpoints
Transition Team Celebrates Iraqi Graduation

IN AFGHANISTAN
Air Force Captain Teaches Classes, Experiences
Female Medics Take Forward Mission to Heart
Afghan Government, Coalition Aid Flood Victims

IN DJIBOUTI
Airmen Help Djiboutians Learn English
Soldiers Keep Promise, Check on Injured Girl
Postal Specialists Deal With Limited Space

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
'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: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

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
0837 - Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
0847 - St. Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0879 - Louis III, crowned King of France
1500 - France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1516 - 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
1552 - Henri II of France occupies Metz
1589 - Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
1656 - Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo, Ceylon
1694 - Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale
1741 - Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz
1790 - US Patent system is established; Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1815 - Austria declares war on realm of Naples
1825 - 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
1835 - Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
1841 - New York "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
1845 - More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh, PA
1849 - Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York NY); sold rights for $100
1863 - Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, TN
1864 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of México
1865 - At Appomattox, General Lee issues General Order #9, his last
1866 - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms
1868 - British defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
1869 - Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1872 - Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to April 22
1877 - Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, SC; 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1884 - US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1887 - President Abraham Lincoln is re-buried with his wife in Springfield, IL
1912 - RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
1917 - Munition factory explosion at Eddystone, PA kills 133 workers
1923 - Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin
1924 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1925 - F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"
1930 - Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1932 - Paul von Hindenburg re-elected President of Germany
1938 - Austria becomes a state of Germany; 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France; New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
1939 - Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews; Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
1940 - Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
1941 - German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1942 - Cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland
1943 - 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape Nazis; General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
1944 - Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazi's
1945 - Canadian troops conquer Deventer; General Blaskowitz becomes Nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
1945 - German troops attack Ijsselbrug; US troops land on Tsugen Shima, Okinawa
1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st Black in modern major league baseball (Dodgers); King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
1948 - Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
1955 - Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1957 - Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns; Suez canal reopens for all traffic
1958 - Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
1960 - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1961 - Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
1961 - Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to President John F. Kennedy about New Guinea
1963 - Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1964 - Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
1972 - 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
1973 - BEA Vanguard Turboprop flight to Basel Switzerland, crashes into wooded hillside during landing, killing 107 of 143
1973 - Pakistan suspends constitution
1974 - Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir; Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1979 - Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1981 - Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded; Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
1983 - Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1984 - Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle; US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1986 - Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1989 - Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip
1991 - Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1992 - 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1995 - NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more

Birthdays
0401 - Theodosius II the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1512 - James I, King of Scotland (1513-42)
1583 - Hugo Grotius, jurist, father of international law
1783 - Hortense E. de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 - Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, opened Japan
1806 - Leonidas Polk, Confederate Lieutenant General
1823 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brigadier General
1827 - Lewis Wallace Major General (Union volunteers)/lawyer/diplomat/author (Ben Hur)
1829 - William Booth, founder (Salvation Army)
1833 - David McMurtrie Gregg, Union Brevet Major General; James Edward Rains, Confederate Brigadier General
1887 - Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)
1900 - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1903 - Clare Boothe Luce former US ambassador to Vatican
1905 - Jan H van Roijen, diplomat/Netherlands foreign minister
1910 - David Gilroy Bevan, politician
1911 - Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu)
1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)
1930 - Lord Morton of Shauna, Senator (College of Justice, Scotland)
1934 - David Halberstam, New York Times international correspondent (New York Times/Pulitzer 1964)
1948 - Thomas Spencer, Member of European Parliament (Conservative)
196? - Your friendly neighborhood blogger - me!
1975 - Floris, Prince of Netherlands

Passings
0879 - Louis II the stutterer, King of France (877-79)
0947 - Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy
1362 - Machteld, countess of Holland
1533 - Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1585 - Gregory XIII [Ugo Buoncampagni] Italian Pope (1572-85)
1640 - Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau daughter of Willem I, dies at 60
1760 - Gerard George Clifford head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75
1807 - Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbüttel duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies
1848 - Godert A.G.P. baron van Capellen, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1862 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40
1919 - Emiliano Zapata Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1929 - Edmond Thieffry Belgium, WWI pilot, dies at 36
1954 - Auguste Lumière, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1966 - Christian J. Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
1983 - Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
1993 - Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50
1994 - Victor Afanasiev Russia, editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
1995 - Chen Yun Vice-Premier of China (1949-75, 79-80); Gunter Guillaume, German politican; Morarji Desai, PM of India (1977-79)

Reported Missing in Action
1967
O'Grady, John F., USAF (NY); F105D shot down

1968
Carver, Harry F., US Army (IN); Killed / BNR

Padgett, Samuel J., US Army SF (OK); CH34 crashed, Killed / BNR

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