News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Senior U.S., Iranian officials meet at Iraq talks - Video
Patience emerges as critical weapon in Iraq war - Video
Suspicions remain after Iraq conference
U.S. targets Iranian-made weapons

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Coalition partners keep pressure on Olmert - Video
TSA loses hard drive with personal info

Troops on Trial
U.S. Marines unlikely to report civilian abuse: study

Religion of Peace??
Video Shows Kurdish Girl Stoned to Death

Worldwide Wackos
Iran mulls S.African idea to save atom treaty talks
Chavez's nationalization threats more than bluster

Homegrown Moonbats
Activists want chimp declared a 'person'

Politics / Government
Bush Warns Dems on Abortion
NRA: Terrorist Gun Ban is 'Suspect'
911 Calls Show Confusion Over Corzine Crash
Student Accused of Threat to Kill Hillary Clinton
LA mayor cuts short Mexico trip over police clash
GOP lawmakers: Loyalty to Bush may hurt
White House, Democrats differ on Sen. Clinton's war move
Giuliani says Saddam paying for offenses
McCain takes issue with Google employee
Former, current Alaska lawmakers charged

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
20 Haitian Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes
LA mayor condemns rally violence

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Cops: Cards' Hancock Was DUI in Fatal Crash
Illinois Police Search for Missing Mom
Phone Records of D.C. 'Madam' to Be Aired
N.H. Student Shoots Roommate on Finals Day
Mo. paroles killer of abusive husband
Ex neo-Nazi aide sentenced in Wash.

U.N. News
U.N. says needs more funds for displaced Somalis

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Web alarms, mobile alerts aim to make you safer
Yahoo to shut down Yahoo Photos service, push Flickr

Science / Medicine / Technology
Fowl Play - Toxic feed keeps 20 million chickens off U.S. market
Petfood recall widens on cross-contamination
U.S. dark chocolate sales soar on health benefits
Wind farms urged to go easy on birds and bats
Ariane rocket puts two satellites into orbit

Mother Nature
Climate plan arms world for key talks

Oddities
Missing Corpse Found in Wrong Grave
Frog Smoothies for Sexual Potency
Venice wants St Mark's tourists dressed and tidy - Video
Mourning man lies in own grave, and waits to die - Video
Des'ree boasts worst pop lyric of all time

Other News of Note
Teacher Makes Boy, 7, Hit Himself in Head

Fox News
Queen Elizabeth II Tours Jamestown - VIDEO
Verizon Severs Ties With Hip-Hop Star Akon
Baldwin, Basinger Resume Custody Dispute

Reuters: Top News
Microsoft eyes laptops for poor children
Scottish defeat leaves problem for Blair successor
France's Royal warns of violence if Sarkozy wins - Video
Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days in jail
Chad-Sudan pact will not halt war: Chadian rebels
Extreme fundraisers take charity to the limit
Critics underwhelmed by "Spider-Man 3"
Eyes on FOMC as stocks seen trending higher
Yahoo falls after WSJ says Microsoft talks off
Wall St ends up; Dow at record on deals, data - Video
Dollar falls on soft payrolls report
Gold hits 2-week high after weak U.S. jobs data
Mutual funds turn shareholder activists
Dollar may complicate Fed's task
Berkshire Hathaway profit rises 12 pct
Yahoo shares rise on reports of Microsoft interest
Murdoch fails to win support from WSJ reporters
Reuters soars on approach, Thomson touted as bidder - Video
U.S. April jobs growth softens, unemployment rises
Gasoline prices hit $3 as refiners strain

AP World News
Sabres stun Rangers for 3-2 series lead
Woods and Singh in Wachovia showdown
Kids breathing pollutants on aging buses
Analysts cynical of Microsoft-Yahoo deal
Jessica Biel wants respect as an actress
Jobless rate hits 4.5 percent

Military.com
Many Troops Say Torture OK (if it would save the life of a comrade)
New Law Would Stop VA Pay Bonuses
Roadside Bombs Claim More U.S. Lives
Slideshow: Pacific Air Aces
Podcast: The Crew of TV's 'The Unit'
Blog: Military Bloggers Under Threat?
Op-ed: Blasting Buffoonery
Def Tech: JSF Engine Pork Continues
Play Trivia and Win an iPod
Send your love home!

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION IDENTIFIES TWO AL-QAEDA ADVISORS KILLED
COMMANDOS DISCOVER IRANIAN WEAPONS
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE A FORMER REGIME OFFICER SUSPECTED OF CORRUPTION IN TIKRIT

USJFCOM
Joint Futures Lab flexes cross-domain translation capability during Trident Warrior 2007 - podcast
Learn more about CDCIE
USJFCOM to assist as DoD and DEA partner up to support personnel recovery - podcast
Learn more about JPRA

DefenseLink
Secretary Visits Joint Readiness Training Center - Story
Gates Thanks Wounded Warriors for Sacrifice - Story
Division Targets Flow of 'Accelerants of Violence' - Story
Officials Note Mental Health Assessment Findings - Story
Defense Officials Honor Top Military Installations - Story
Officials Laud Florida Employers for Support - Story
Armed Forces Recruits Take Oath of Enlistment - Story

More Headline News
Secretary Urges Vigilance in War On Terror
Gates Visits ‘Amazing’ Army Rehabilitation Center
Gates Joins Revelers to Welcome Troops Home
Agencies Must Act Now to Move Iraq Forward

Military News
Officials ID Five Missing World War II Airmen
Webcasts Bring Graduations to Deployed Parents
Edwards Airmen Star in 'Ironman' Superhero Movie
U.S. Soldiers, Community Remember Wereth 11

America Supports You
Pentagon Concert Kicks Off Military Appreciation Month - Story
RE/MAX Receives Award for Supporting Troops, Families - Story
Grassroots Groups Join Celebration
Singer Shows Military Appreciation
Vet Notes Cell Phone's Value

War on Terror
Two Al Qaeda Leaders Killed
Seven Soldiers Killed in Iraq
‘Rat Trap’ Targets al Qaeda
Coalition, Iraqi Forces Detain 39

Transformation
Navy to Commission Attack Sub
Unmanned Aircraft Wing Debuts
New Concept Ensures Latest Technologies Reach Warfighters
Technology Leaves No Place to Hide

Face of Defense
Airman Dedicates Work to Fallen - Story
Deployed Airman Helps Others
Army Scientist Studies Soldiers
Soldier Helps African Youngsters
Soldier Beats Injury, Runs Marathon

DefendAmerica
NEWS UPDATES
New Military Division Targets Flow Of 'Accelerants of Violence' - Story

ON THE GROUND
Aerial Porters Save Lives by Moving Air Cargo - Story
Dragon Soldiers Vie for Prestigious Invitation - Story
Kirkuk Police Academy Boosts Training Level - Story
Combat Medics Proven Under Pressure - Story

IN IRAQ
Yusufiyah Joint Security Station Opens
Communications Airmen Make the Connection
Army Engineers, Iraqis Build New Water Plant

IN DJIBOUTI
Marines Donate Fitness Equipment to Villagers
Marines Collect Sandals for Residents in Africa
Country Desk Officers Play Vital Role in Africa

IN AFGHANISTAN
Troop Commander Delivers Aid, Mentorship
Unmanned Aircraft Boosts Surveillance Efforts

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
0553 - 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens
1382 - Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
1430 - Jews are expelled from Speyer, Germany
1494 - Christopher Columbus 1st sights Jamaica on his 2nd voyage to the New World
1640 - English Short Parliament unites
1646 - King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
1762 - Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty
1797 - Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
1809 - Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland; Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
1814 - British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, NY
1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
1847 - American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
1855 - NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration
1861 - Alexandria, VA - CS troops abandon city
1862 - French army intervenes in Puebla México: Cinco de Mayo; Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA
1863 - Battle of Tupelo, MS
1864 - Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge; Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke; Battle of Wilderness, VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
1865 - 1st US train robbery (North Bend, OH)
1867 - Battle of Pueblo; Mexicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo)
1874 - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
1881 - Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
1893 - Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
1908 - Great White Fleet arrives in San Fransisco
1912 - 5th modern Olympic games opens in Stockholm, Sweden; Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing
1915 - German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
1916 - US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1920 - German-Latvian peace treaty signed; Polish troops occupy Kiev; US President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1925 - John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1926 - Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1930 - 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1932 - Japan & China sign a peace treaty
1936 - Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip; Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa
1939 - Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
1940 - Norwegian Government in exile forms in London
1941 - 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England; Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)
1942 - British assault on Diego Suarez, Madagascar; US begins rationing sugar during WWII
1943 - Postmaster General Frank C. Walker invents Postal Zone System
1944 - Gandhi freed from prison; Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim
1945 - Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated; Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated; Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
1947 - Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage
1948 - 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier; Belgian Government of Spaak resigns
1949 - Council of Europe established
1950 - Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
1952 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
1954 - Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1955 - West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1957 - Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria
1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
1964 - Separatists riot in Québec
1965 - 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1969 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1971 - Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
1972 - Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1975 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1980 - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
1987 - Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1994 - Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections; North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1997 - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
2000 - conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon

Birthdays
1352 - Ruprecht, Roman Catholic German king
1557 - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, Baron of Montigny/Marquis of Renty
1818 - Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1823 - James Allen Hardie, Union Army Brevet Major General
1826 - Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1835 - Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1884 - Wang Tjing-Wei, Premier of China (1932-35)
1887 - Lord Geoffrey Fisher of , Archbishop of Canterbury
1900 - Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope)
1905 - Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front; Robert Houben Belgian, CVP-Minister of Public health (1958)
1908 - Jacques Massu, French general (Algeria)
1910 - William I. Martin, US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII)
1930 - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15)
1939 - James R. Jones (Representative-D-OK)
1943 - Michael Palin, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)

Passings
0311 - Gaius VM Galerius, Emperor of Rome, at about 50
1028 - Alfonso V, King of León/Galicia (999-1028), in battle
1194 - Kazimierz II the Justified, Grand Duke of Poland (1177-94)
1309 - Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309)
1504 - Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, at about 82
1525 - Frederik III the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), at 62
1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon Princess of Orange
1705 - Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, at 64
1786 - Pedro III King of Portugal
1821 - Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1799-1815), in St. Helena
1827 - Frederik Augustus I, the Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), at 76
1864 - Alexander Hays, Union general-major, in battle at 44; John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, in battle at 43; Leroy A. Stafford, Confederate Brigadier-General, in battle at 42
1875 - Jan A.C.A. van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), at 71
1921 - Alfred H. Fried Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911)
1971 - Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
1977 - Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), at 80
1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA activist, dies on 66th day of hunger strike

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Dawes, John J., US Army (CA); CH47 crashed (passenger); presumed Killed/BNR

Heilig, John, USN (FL); RF8A shot down - released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998

Thomas, Kenneth Deane, Jr., USAF (IL); F105D shot down, remains recovered August, 1985

1967
Hughes, James L., USAF (IA); F105D shot down (w/Larson) - released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Larson, Gordon A., USAF (MN); F105D shot down (w/Hughes) - released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Shively, James R., USAF (WA); F105D shot down - released by DRV February, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1968
Mitchell, Harry E., USN (IN); possibly seen in U.S.A. September, 1979

Norrington, Giles R., USN (OH); RA5C shot down (pilot, w/Tangeman) - retired as a Captain - released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

Tangeman, Richard G., USN (NY); RA5C shot down (navigator, w/Norrington) - released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

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