News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
GAO Report Finds Slow Progress in Iraq Surge
U.S. Denies Al Qaeda Claim of Executed Embassy Worker
Pentagon Won't Deploy Non-Lethal Ray Gun to Iraq
Video: Truce brings hope after tragedy
Iraq touts progress
Iraqi cleric: militia in `freeze'
Military.com Army to Examine Iraq Contracts

Operation Enduring Freedom
Taliban to Free Final 7 South Koreans - VIDEO - PHOTOS
Wanted Taliban leader said killed in raid

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Artist Defends Bin Laden-Into-Jesus Artwork
London bomb survivors begin legal fight for inquiry
UN Envoy: Revived Mideast talks possible

Troops on Trial
Split verdict at end of Abu Ghraib trials
Hearing set for accused Haditha leader

Other Military News
USCGC Boutwell on Patrol
Military.com Def Tech: Return of the Elephant Gun

Politics / Government
Clinton Donates Fugitive's Money
Senate GOP Ducks Fallout in Craig Scandal
Hillary Clinton Campaign Donates Fugitive Contributor's Money to Charity

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Hunt for Bomb-Threat Blackmailer
Virginia Tech Report Blasts Response - KEY FINDINGS (pdf)
Champion Bulldog at Center of Pennsylvania Neuter Case
Witness: Hulk Hogan's Son Nick Was Racing Another Car Before Crash
Report: 6 Face Firing in Michigan Police Sex Scandal
Oklahoma Cops Try to ID Boy Abandoned at Wal-Mart by Fleeing Shoplifter
Spree killing suspect charge in Pa.
Duke lacrosse prosecutor pleads innocent
Mother kills self, daughter found dead

Adventures in Political Correctness
Colorado Springs School Bans 'Tag' on Playground

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Using MySpace Account to Drug, Rape Teen Girl
Florida Man Gets 1 Month in Jail for Posting Nude Photo of Underage Ex-Girlfriend on MySpace
U.K. Unions: Let Workers Use MySpace on the Job
Watchdog: Dems Get More Time on Morning News Shows

Science / Medicine & Health / Technology
Salmonella Scare Prompts Spinach Recall
Rabies Survivor Viewed as 'Medical Marvel'
Coloring cases recall - Key dates in recalls
Video: Maggot-filled box of chocolates (Another of China's fine products)
China says toy recall scare shows protectionist agenda
Orchids likely decorated dinosaur stomping grounds
Water-soaked planet-forming region near star seen
Technology
New games tantalize ahead of holidays
IPhone hackers could face legal battle
Astronauts Found to be Sober

Mother Nature
Nearly a Month of 110-Degree Temps Broils Phoenix
Greeks besiege banks for wildfire compensation - Video
Greece fires contained, focus on relief

News from My Neck of the Woods
Two Firefighters Killed in Boston Restaurant Blaze

Oddities
Shrimp Boat Cook Gives Birth 30 Miles Off Shore; Captain Delivers Baby
Woman Gives Birth in McDonald's Restroom, Tries to Flush Baby Down Toilet
Cops: Austrian Teen Killed, Ate Roommate in Homeless Shelter
Teenage driver held over 140 mph YouTube video
Woman steals baby to keep boyfriend

Other News of Note
Richard Jewell, Wrongly Accused in Atlanta Olympics Bombing, Dead at 44

Fox News
Musharraf Denies 'Pressure' to Quit From Army Post
Mathematicians Sum Up Jessica Alba's Sexiness: It's in Her Walk
Pop Tarts: Charlie Sheen Refuses to Shut Up Until Denise Richards Grows Up

Reuters: Top News
Kosovo asks Serbs to accept separate, cordial future
"Family Guy" ties into Xbox Live
Singapore to open world's largest Ferris wheel
Snoop Dogg to host MTV Europe awards
"Yuma" focuses on the characters
Filmmaker confronts mortality with "Diving Bell"
Blue chips drop on rate worry
Oil dips but holds above $73
Yen climbs on uneasiness about risk
Nikkei gains as energy stocks climb - Video
Ciena stock up after beats expectations
Turmoil puts Bernanke under spotlight
LBO fund not worried about credit crunch
Blue chips drop on rate worry, Wal-Mart
FTSE up as credit concerns offset US rate hopes
H&R Block's date subprime business exit is fluid
Growth recovers but jobless claims up
GM to cut Ontario jobs amid slow truck sales: report
Fed rate hopes calm turmoil
Liquidators assess bankrupt Australian Basis fund
Sony sees new Walkman with 10 percent or more of market

AP World News
China replaces 5 Cabinet ministers
Economy grows at fastest pace in a year
Concertgoer sues Lil' Wayne for injuries
Hingis, Roddick highlight Open schedule
Stocks mixed on credit, economy worries
Bitterness lingers 2 years after Katrina
Chineses finance minister resigns
Amy Winehouse cancels more appearances

Military.com
WF: Doonesbury's Sandbox Blog
Daily Shock: Mini Minigun
Video: Scandal Snares Pro-Vet Craig
Advisors: Find Legit Home-based Work
Community: Seek Your Service Peeps

CENTCOM: News Releases
IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN SUSPECTED ROGUE JAM BATTALION COMMANDER, 1 SUSPECTED INSURGENT
33 INSURGENTS KILLED, KHALIS WATERWAY OPEN
IRAQI AND COALITION FORCES CAPTURE A SUSPECTED DISTRIBUTOR OF IRANIAN WEAPONS
8 TERRORISTS KILLED, 11 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN COALITION OPERATIONS

USJFCOM
Command announces information technology contract
U.S. Joint Forces Command, Boeing sign cooperative research and development agreement - podcast
Noble Resolve 07-2 comes to a close
More about Noble Resolve - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Coalition generals announce progress in Iraq
Soldiers remember Iraqi man’s sacrifice that saved their lives
Road leads to success, confidence restored in Tal ‘Afar
Aid station’s doors open to Iraqi children
MND-B Soldiers attacked during combat operations
Task Force Lightning Soldier attacked
Dragons found house rigged to explode, caches
Concerned citizen leads Coalition Forces to large cache of nitric acid
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain 16 al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorists
Two terrorists killed, 29 suspects detained; Coalition disrupts al-Qaeda ops

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Bush: Threat-Reduction Program Critical Tool
IG Team to Look at Weapons Accountability - Video

IRAQ
Forces Make Progress Against Insurgents - Video
Kirkuk Province Invests Dinars for Better Life
Iraqi Forces Demonstrate New Capabilities

AFGHANISTAN
Coalition Forces Kill More Than 100 Insurgents

MILITARY NEWS
Fort Lewis Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldiers
Travels with Pace Special

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Airmen Swing into Action
Residents Join Guard Force
American Cops Teach Iraqis How To ‘Serve And Protect’
Citizens Root Out Terrorists
Team Sees Success in Iraq
Soldiers Build Relationships

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Team Brings Medical Supplies
Afghans Kick Off Project
Afghans, U.S. Soldiers Celebrate
Freedom Watch Afghanistan

EMPLOYER SUPPORT AWARDS
Reservist Lauds Healthcare Firm

FACE OF DEFENSE
Seabee Gives Wheelchair Gift
JAG Preps for Rescue Challenge
Airman Recalls Convoy Attack
Father, Son Are 'Soldiers First'

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Motorcyclists' Annual Ride Honors Families of Fallen
Wounded Warriors Share Experiences Over Dinner
Group Helps Tennessee Troops

DefendAmerica
BLOGGERS' ROUNDTABLE with Howard Keegan
Kirkuk Province OfficialsInvest Dinars for Better Life - Story

NEWS UPDATES
Forces Make Progress in Iraq - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi 'Neighborhood Watch' Roots Out Terrorists - Story
Transition Team Sees Success in Habbaniyah - Story
Team Brings Medical Supplies to Afghan Village - Story
Soldiers Build Relationships with Residents - Story
Engineers Finish Student Center Renovations - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Doctors, Medics Care for Fellow Iraqis
U.S. Marines, Sailors Return from Iraq Duty
Sheiks Strive to Unite Community, Country
Engineers Work on Four Health Care Centers
'Volunteers' Take Oath to Protect Community

IN AFGHANISTAN
Reconstruction Team, Afghans Kick Off Project
International Military Engineers Work Together
Soldiers, Afghans Celebrate Independence

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Airmen Cool Down Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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
1850 - Honolulu, HI becomes a city.
1862 - CSA General Robert E. Lee defeats Union General John Pope at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
1862 - In Tennessee, Confederates defeat Union forces at the Battle of Altamont.
1885 - 13,000 meteors are seen in one hour near Andromeda.
1905 - Ty Cobb's has his first major league at bat.
1916 - In Germany Paul Von Hindenburg becomes Chief-of-General-Staff.
1941 - Nazi forces begin their Siege of Leningrad.
1944 - Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania.
1945 - Hong Kong is liberated from Japan.
1963 - The Hot Line communications link between Washigton, DC & Moscow begins.
1967 - The U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American Justice.
1976 - Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.
1979 - While on a canoe trip in Plains, GA, President Carter is attacked by a rabbit.
1983 - The 8th Space Shuttle Mission (Challenger-3) is launched.
1984 - The 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D, Discovery-1) is launched.
1986 - Soviet authorities arrest Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News & World Report)

Birthdays
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author ("Frankenstein")
1837 - Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, wife of President Chester A. Arthur.
1852 - Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff Neth, physical chemist, Nobel Prize winner (1901)
1871 - Ernest Lord Rutherford, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus
1884 - Theodor Svedberg, chemist (worked with colloids), Nobel Prize winner (1926)
1893 - Huey P. Long, (Gov/Sen- LA)
1901 - Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP)
1931 - John L. Swigert, Jr., astronaut (Apollo 13)

Passings
30 BC - Cleopatra, seventh and most famous Queen of Egypt, suicide
1483 - King Louis XI of France (1461-83)
1879 - CSA General John B. Hood (lost Atlanta)
1930 - William H. Taft, 27th US President
1981 - Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, and Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, both assassinated by a bomb

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Hoff, Sammie D., USAF (TX); F4C shot down (B/N, w/Robinson), remains returned December, 1988

Robinson, Kenneth D., USAF (IN); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Hoff), remains returned December, 1988

1967
Allard, Michael John, USN (WI); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1970
Peralta, Benjamin R., US Army; AWOL

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