News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. says captors of three soldiers in Iraq isolated - Video
Search for missing soldiers intensifies
Clash Between Shiite Militia, Iraqi Police Kills 9

Operation Enduring Freedom
NATO Airstrikes Hit Taliban Hard

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
U.S., Europeans moving to create Lebanese tribunal
Suicide bomber kills 25 in Pakistan
CIA agent testifies at Padilla trial
Israel in the Crossfire

Troops on Trial
Airman Guilty of Assaulting Teen Girls

Other Military News
Bush Taps Pentagon General as 'War Czar'
VA bonus winners sat on review boards
Military.com Slideshow: To Be a U.S. Marine
Laser System Targets Friendly Fire

Homegrown Moonbats
Michael Moore to Fred Thompson: Debate Me

Politics / Government
GOP Showdown in Dixie
Candidates go for the jugular in feisty debate - PHOTOS
VIDEOS: Watch the Entire GOP Debate on FOXNews.com
Fox News - You Decide: Who Won the Republican Presidential Debate?
Jerry Falwell Dead
BIO - VIDEO - PHOTOS
Falwell's History of Heart Disease
Politicians Reflect on Falwell's Impact
Falwell legacy to live on in U.S. politics
Multimillionaire Bush's wealth eclipsed by Cheney
U.S., Russia to calm rhetoric but disputes remain - Video
U.S. legislators on $1 meal diet to boost food aid
White House pressed Ashcroft on wiretaps
Gonzales: Deputy was pointman on firings
Bush reels in gifts from U.S. admirers
Bill Clinton to Give 16 Cities Green Makeovers

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
U.S. House Puts Brakes on Mexican Trucks (Bravo! Good call, Reps!)
Lawmakers close in on immigration overhaul
AP IMPACT: Laser visas are rarely used

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Pa. Town on Alert After Family's Murder - VIDEO
Paris Hilton 'Traumatized' Over Jail Sentence (Oh, boo hoo...)
Police Seize Suspect's Computers, Cell Phones in Case of Missing U.K. Girl
Spanish Anesthesiologist Gets 1,933-Year Sentence for Infecting Patients With Hepatitis
Rising Crime Blamed on Youth, Gangs
Mom Jailed for Getting Paid by Kid's Abuser
Cops Now Fighting the Law
Search on in S.C. for missing officer
Suspect freed in girl's disappearance
Brazil man guilty in killing of U.S. nun
Toddler Abandoned in Baby Drop Box
Driver: Spector Said 'I Think I Killed Somebody'
New Zealand Bans Child Beating
Alleged Rape Cult Leader Arrested in China

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
XM Suspends Opie and Anthony for 30 Days
MySpace deletes convicted sex offender profiles

Science / Medicine / Technology
Too much of a good thing? Vitamin link with cancer
Defending free will: A fruit fly makes choices
Cosmic crash leaves ring of dark matter: NASA
AP: Children face exposure to pesticides

Mother Nature
Inferno Rages in New Jersey
Fla.-Ga. Wildfire Forces Hundreds to Evacuate
Progress made on Fla. wildfire
Loggerhead sea turtle returns to wild
Veterinarians seek new home for sea lion
Wayward Whales Push Up Calif. River

Oddities
Hitchhiker steals car, then dies in crash
Bank sells house complete with owner's corpse

Other News of Note
Yolanda King, Daughter of MLK, Dies at 51

Fox News
Anna Nicole Smith's Will Leaves Assets Estimated at $710,000 to Son Daniel
Pop Tarts: Christina Ricci, Keira Knightley OK With Nude Scenes
NEWS IN PICTURES: The Day in Photos
Kenny Chesney Wins Entertainer of Year at 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards

Reuters: Top News
United States fails to rally allies over Wolfowitz - Video
France's Sarkozy to be sworn in as president
L.A. sees turning point in homeless patient dumping
Harvard OKs biggest curriculum change in 30 years
Motorola shows new phones, media partnerships
Olympic Games construction will send poor packing
French top list of most whining workers: study (Y'know.....naaaaah, too easy)
'Shrek the Third' faces box office challenges
ABC turns to cavemen, modern women, for new lineup
Dow at record on stable inflation; Nasdaq down
Citigroup rises after Lampert stake news
Applied Materials sounds cautious note, shares fall
Dollar steadies after falling on CPI
TJX profit falls on weather, data breach
Consumer not quite dead yet
Golden call
Consumer prices ease inflation worries
Starbucks shares hit 18-month low -- time to buy?
Delphi may be nearing deal with unions, GM: analyst
Chrysler CEO says brands will not be broken up - Video
Fed cited patriotic duty as cut rates in Sept 2001
Pimco hires Greenspan as consultant: report

AP World News
Strait, Underwood win Country awards
NBA suspends Stoudemire, Diaw and Horry
Wal-Mart to focus on price after outlook
Mavs' Nowitzki first European named MVP
Stocks retreat after housing report
Yankees' Clemens may pitch by end of May
NYC photographer sues Lohan and her mom
IRS: More people e-filed tax returns

Military.com
Slideshow: To Be a U.S. Marine
Def Tech: Identifying Friendly Forces
Blog: Pakistan Unraveling
Play Trivia and Win an iPod
Find Your Old Military Buddies
World's Largest Veteran Job Board
Military.com Career Fair Coming to Jacksonville on May 16th

CENTCOM: News Releases
AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR MAY 13
SEARCH FOR MISSING SOLDIERS CONTINUES

USJFCOM
Unmanned vehicle management system capability under evaluation - podcast
USJFCOM and Microsoft announce cooperative research and development agreement - podcast
More about CRADAS
U.S. Joint Forces Command modeling and simulation division wins award - podcast
Liveblogging: Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation Conference 2007

DefenseLink
Sustained U.S. Presence Critical to Security - Story
Evidence Links ‘High-Value’ Detainee to Al Qaeda - Story
Search for Missing Soldiers Continues - Story
Planned Cuts Endanger Army's Future Capabilities - Story
Systems Test Military, Civilian Communications - Story
Conference Tackles Key Terrorism Issues - Story

More Headline News
'Massive Effort' Under Way to Find U.S. Soldiers
Anbar Province Still Dangerous But Getting Better
DoD Blocks Internet Sites to Protect Grid

Military News
National Guard Units Respond to U.S. Wildfires
USNS Shasta Rescues Five After Fire Strikes Cargo Ship
Army Must Be Prepared for ‘Persistent Conflict’
Military Displays Equipment, Technology to Public

War on Terror
Weapons Caches Seized - Story
Coalition Forces Detain 11
Five Servicemembers Killed
Soldiers Die in Iraq

America Supports You
Eagle Cane Project Honors Combat-Wounded Troops - Story
Chef Prepares Meal for Marines
Granting Troops’ Wishes
Nationals Honor Military Service

Transformation
Newest Fighters Arrive at Langley
Channel Focuses on Technology
Unmanned Aircraft Wing Debuts

Face of Defense
Engineer With ‘Can Do’ Spirit - Story
Marine Unites With Soldier Son
Sons Follow Mother’s Footsteps
Softball Champ Fixes Aircraft

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE
with Dr. Ali Mehdi Jawad Aldabbagh, Spokesman, Government of Iraq
Sustained U.S. Presence Critical to Security, Iraqi Spokesman Says - Story - Bio - Audio

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Airmen Mentor Afghan Depot Personnel - Story
Baghdad Residents Get Free Medical Care - Story
An Nasiriyah Prison Supports Iraqi Security - Story
Romanian Soldiers Unite with Americans in Iraq - Story
Air Traffic Controllers Manage Safe Operation - Story

IN IRAQ
Unit Works to Secure Baghdad’s Haifa Street
Blood-Supply Unit Demonstrates Critical Skills
Deployment Provides Direction for Soldier
Devil Dogs Take a Bite Out of Anbar Insurgency

IN DJIBOUTI
Liaison Officer Builds Cohesive Relationship
Djiboutian Institute of Arts Embraces Americans

IN AFGHANISTAN
Anthrax Vaccine Becomes Mandatory for Some
‘Fire Base Delta’ is Home Sweet Home for Troops
Former Infantryman Finds Calling in Civil Affairs

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
1770 - Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France.
1863 - At the Battle of Champion's Hill, Union General Grant repels the Confederates, driving them into Vicksburg.
1868 - President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during impeachment by one vote.
1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak (Russia / England) sets up the Afghan state.
1920 - Joan of Arc is canonized in Rome.
1943 - A Royal Air Force squadron destroys two river dams in Germany; Germans launch Operation Gypsy Baron.
1951 - Chinese Communist Forces launch a second step, fifth-phase offensive, gaining as much as 20 miles of territory.
1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapses in the wake of the USSR's downing of an American U-2 spy plane.
1963 - Gordon Cooper returns to Earth, after Project Mercury's last mission.
1968 - U.S. Navy Corpsman Donald E. Ballard earns the Medal of Honor for action in Quang Tri Province. When his unit was ambushed, an enemy soldier tossed a grenade into the midst of his unit and wounded men. He pulled the grenade under his body to sheild them. Fortunately, if failed to explode.

Birthdays
1801 - William Henry Seward, U.S. Secretary of State.
1824 - Edmund Kirby-Smith, CSA General.
1912 - Studs Terkel, author / historian.

Passings
1932 - Ki Imukai, premier of Japan, murdered.
1957 - Eliot Ness, of "The Untouchables" fame.
1989 - Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered.
1996 - Pierre Debizet, residtance fighter / special agent.
1996 - Mike Jeremy Boorda, NATO commandant, suicide.

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Crosson, Gerald J., USAF (NY); F4D shot down (w/Rickel)

Rickel, David J., USAF (FL); F4D shot down (w/Crosson)

Roark, Anund C., US Army (CA); KIA - threw self on grenade to protect comrades (w/Romine) - remains returned May, 1968

Romine, Albert W., US Army (KS); KIA in grenade explosion - remains returned May, 1968 - ID'd November, 1979

1970
Conner, Edwin Ray, USN (TX); EKA3B crashed at sea (w/Skeen), Killed / BNR

Skeen, Richard Robert, USN (CA); EKA3B crashed at sea (w/Conner), Killed / BNR

1971
The following US Army personnel reported MIA when their UH1H crashed, all Killed / BNR:
Crook, Elliott (AZ); crewchief

Farlow, Craig L. (OH); aircraft commander

Jacobson, Timothy J. (CA); door gunner

Nolan, Joseph P., Jr. (IL); pilot

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