News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Suicide bomber kills 10 in northern Iraq
30 Al Qaeda Fighters Killed in Iraq
Massive U.S. Raid in Iraq - PHOTOS - VIDEO
New think tank details U.S. withdrawal from Iraq

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Computer Hacking Plagues DHS (Just makes your head hurt, doesn't it?)
Egypt to Host Summit on Palestinians
Abbas, Olmert to meet in Egypt next week: aide - Video
White House delays border passport rules

Supporting Our Heroes
Feds Won't Deport Missing GI's Wife (Big of 'em, eh? Millions of illegals in this country, and THIS one is at risk of deportation???)

Other Military News
No Plans Made to Extend Army Deployments
House halts funds for new nuclear warhead
Russia rejects new Western plan for Kosovo
Naval Academy Combats Sexual Harassment
Exhibit Examines History of Gay Vets

Religion of Peace??
Fatwa Slams Mag, Threatens Editor's Life

Worldwide Wackos
Top U.S. Nuke Envoy Visits North Korea

Homegrown Moonbats
Rosie O'Donnell: Price May Not Be Right

Politics / Government
Cracks appear in Pakistan's pro-Musharraf coalition
Ousted Thai PM formally charged for land deal
South Korea, U.S. review sweeping trade deal
McNulty says he didn't seek to mislead U.S. Congress
Bush eyes Blair for Mideast peace role
Giuliani: Joining Iraq group a mistake
2,300 schools face 'No Child' overhaul

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Bush camp balks at immigration change

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Lover's Home Searched inMissing Ohio Mom Case
VIDEO: Missing Pregnant Mom's Boyfriend Speaks
Police, Family Search for Missing Priest, Friend Who Vanished in Portland
Police Say Wisconsin Baby Died After Mom Taped Pacifier in Infant's Mouth
Pa. Crossing Guard Faces 1,000 Sex Charges in Assaults Against 7 Children Since 1998
New York Parents May Face Jail Over Their Kids' Backyard Noise
4 Charged in Wisconsin Horror House Case
Texas Crowd Kills Passenger in Vehicle That Hit Child
Texas Executes Houston Carjacking Killer
'Pacman' to Face Felony Charges in Shooting
Hilton's prosecutor under fire for double standard - Video

Science / Medicine / Technology
Storms May Cloud Atlantis Landing
Name that feeling: You'll feel better
Survey sees support for embryos in stem cell work
More measures on stem cells expected
Mammals burst on the scene after dinosaurs' exit
Space shuttle due to return as NASA watches weather
Estrogen may offer some heart benefits

Mother Nature
Pollution Rises in the East
China leaves larger carbon footprint than U.S. (No kidding...)
Sand: Nature's Death Trap?
Fast-Moving Fire Threatens Southern Alaska - PHOTO ESSAY
London switches off to shape up on climate change
Missing: Large lake in southern Chile
Long-lived two-headed snake dies
Third crack found on Hawaii's Kilauea

Oddities
Naked Couple Falls 50 Feet to Their Deaths
Shiftless crooks clutch over stick..
84-year-old man drove 67 years without license

Other News of Note
Fear of revenge keeps many Serbs in refugee limbo
Computer failure grounds United flights
2 girls kicked off Ore. bus for kissing

Fox News
Sammy Sosa Belts 600th Home Run
Pop Tarts: Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes Expecting Another TomKitten?
Israeli Bikini Beauty Gal Gadot: Campaign Not 'Pornographic'

Reuters: Top News
More workers say pay linked to performance: survey
Sony sees 380 new PS3 software titles in 2007/08
Digital innovations to boost film spending: PWC
We're all celebrities in post-privacy age
"Citizen Kane" leads "Godfather" in movie poll
Oil on mend after 2pct fall on U.S. crude stock build
Low yield pins yen near 4-1/2-yr trough vs dollar - Video
Gold bounces, Tokyo futures off two-week highs
Dow Jones shares slip after late-session surge
Stocks drop on oil, investment banks - Video
A feast for private equity funds
Credit market risks not rattling buyers...yet
Student loans revisited
Fed seen on hold amid inflation debate: report
Dow Jones board takes lead on News Corp. talks
Lawmakers scrutinize Blackstone tax bill, IPO
Yahoo acquires U.S. sports media site Rivals.com
Morgan Stanley raises $8 bln global real estate fund
Man Group sets price range for U.S. unit IPO

AP World News
Officials investigate S.C. fire tragedy
Summer solstice celebrated at Stonehenge
Broadbent co-stars in 'Indiana Jones'
Dow Jones takes over News Corp. talks
Birkhead says Dannielynn pouts like Anna

Military.com
Slideshow: The U.S. Navy SEALs
Blog: Even the Wind is Hot in Iraq
Op-ed: Judging the Generals
Check Out the Latest Video News
Got the Gear? Kit Up!
DT: Army's Greatest Inventions
Custom Rides

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI AND COALITION FORCES BATTLE ROGUE ELEMENTS
MNC-I CONDUCTS OPERATION PHANTOM THUNDER
3-1 CAV. SEIZES MULTIPLE CACHES NEAR JISR DIYALA
1-15 INFANTRY SOLDIERS MEET WITH LOCAL IRAQI COUNCIL
MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURE SUSPECTED BOMB-MAKER, 13 OTHERS
24 IRAQI BOYS RESCUED FROM ORPHANAGE
PLEAS DEFERRED IN STEELE ARRAIGNMENT
OPERATION ‘ARROWHEAD RIPPER’ CONTINUES IN BAQOUBA

USJFCOM
Wood addresses joint warfare transformation at Transformation Warfare conference - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Rear Adm. Stewart O’Bryan
USJFCOM Standing Joint Force Headquarters deploys for 2007 hurricane season exercise
Global force management efforts helps improve command's joint provision process - podcast
USJFCOM Transformation Advisory Group helps command shape future
More about the Transformation Advisory Group - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Iraqi, Coalition forces move forward despite attacks
U.S., Iraqi troops rescue 24 abused boys from orphanage
Marne Torch continues clearing insurgent safe havens
Commando Eagle starts off strong
Rockets found: U.S., Iraqis team up to foil strike
Marne Torch continues clearing insurgent safe havens
Roadside bombers stopped, explosives seized
Insurgents attack Iraqi civilians
TF Marne Soldiers attacked
Iraqi Forces break up sniper cell, detain five

DefenseLink
Flexibility Key in Promoting Reserve, Guard Duty
U.S. Admiral Sees Continued Progress in Iraq
Video: Iraq Briefing on June 20
Video: Briefing from Afghanistan
Nominee Affirms Commitment to Troops, Families
Army to Expedite Armored Vehicles to Theater

More Headline News
Bush Calls Iraq Success Vital to Region, World
‘Arrowhead Ripper’ Strike Highlights Iraq Ops
Iraqi Government Cited After Mosque Attack

Military News
State, Local Responders Handle Texas Flood Relief
Video: Navy Reservist Visits Pen Pals

America Supports You
Freedom Walk Set for Sept. 9
Teens Keep Troops Connected
Gift Surprises Paratroopers
Students Can Still Apply for Trip
Group Shows Support to Troops

War on Terror
Combined Forces Nab Terrorists
Two Soldiers Killed in Iraq
Troops in Iraq Kill 21, Detain 31

Transformation
Gait Lab Helps Amputees
Air Guard Retires Last F-16A
Transformation Warfare 2007 Begins
Ordnance Disposal Unit Debuts

Face of Defense
Marine Leaves Music for Corps
Soldier Loves Tae Kwon Do
Marine Enjoys Korean Tour
Air Corps Mentor Ends Tour

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Volunteers Donate Supplies to Iraqi Children - Story
Aviation Battalion Reaches 20,000 Flight Hours - Story
Iraqis Join Ranks of Lutifiyah's Police Force - Story

IN IRAQ
Sheiks Meet in Baghdad, Discuss Progress
Marines, Iraqi Police form Security Dynamic Duo
Mission Success Relies on Maintenance Troops
Medics Receive Invaluable Training in Baghdad
Abu Nuwas Street Revitalization Center Opens

IN DJIBOUTI
Well Drillers Increase African Water Supply
Task Force Invites Coalition Partners to Forum
Marines Train Servicemembers in Martial Arts

IN AFGHANISTAN
Army Battle Company Makes Presence Known
Panjshir Opens Teachers’ Training College

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
War on Terror Reconstruction Report
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
1498 - Emperor Maximillian expells Jews Nurenberg, Bavaria.
1633 - Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican views.
1684 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony's charter is revoked.
1788 - The U.S. Constitution goes into effect as NH becomes the 9th to ratify it.
1805 - Great Stoneface Mt is found in NH.
1893 - The first Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition.
1919 - Germans scuttle their own fleet.
1943 - Federal troops put down a racial riot in Detroit that leaves 30 dead.
1962 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 75,190 m.
1968 - Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns.
1975 - Soyuz 19 returns to Earth.
1985 - American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil are those of Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele.
1989 - The Supreme Court rules it legal to burn the U.S. flag as a political expression.
1990 - The U.S. House of Reps fails to pass a bill to stop U.S. flag burning.

Birthdays
1732 - Martha Washington, first U.S. First Lady
1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th U.S. Vice President
1851 - Daniel Carter Beard, organized the first Boy Scout troop
1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher/writer, declined Nobel Prize
1931 - Lawrence K. Grossman, NBC News president
1942 - William Bradford Reynolds, U.S. Assistant Attorney General
1953 - Benazir Bhutto, first female leader of a Muslim nation (Pakistan)
1982 - Prince William of Wales

Passings
1876 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (Alamo)
1973 - Frank Leahy, Notre Dame football coach

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Johnson, Edward R., US Army (PA); Released in Cambodia November, 1976 - deceased

1966
Black, Cole, USN (MN); F8E shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Eastman, Leonard C., USN (MA); RF8A shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Sullivan, John B., USAF (PA); F105D shot down, remains returned September, 1990

1967
Spinler, Darrell J., USAF (MN); A1E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Wadleigh, Carl D., US Army; AWOL

1971
Metzler, Charles D., USN (CA); F8J shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1972
Callaghan, Peter A., USAF (NY); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

Rose, George A., USAF (MO); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

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