News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bombs Strike Baghdad Pet Market, Police in Northern Iraq
Ten-Pound Hairball From Teen Girl's Stomach
Passenger Bus Found Under Landslide, 29 Believed Dead
Iraqis Taking Charge of Their Own Security
Soldiers Gather with “Second Family” for Holiday Meal
UPDATE: British Helicopter Crashes Near Salman Pak

Operation Enduring Freedom
Vice Chairman, USO Show Visit Troops in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Feds: Man discussed explosives in video (and discussed how to 'avoid martyrdom'...how dedicated)
Lebanon presidential vote delayed
Arab states, including Saudi, to attend peace meet - Video
Father to son, keys to Palestinian home cherished

Fallen Heroes
Australia soldier killed on eve of national poll - Video

Other Military News
Top Pacific Admiral 'Perplexed' by Chinese Port Refusal
China opens Hong Kong to U.S. carrier - Video
U.S. Navy vessel arrives in B'desh for relief efforts
Russia disappointed by U.S. shield proposal: report
Old Annapolis enters modern diplomacy
A timeline of Annapolis history

Worldwide Wackos
Iran is ready to defend itself: commander

Homegrown Moonbats
Democrats' bill on Iraq wouldn't end war (You mean they're misrepresenting things? Shocking...)

Politics / Government
Musharraf Facing Double Trouble
Official: Musharraf to Step Down as Army Chief Saturday
Sharif to return to Pakistan
Man Convicted of Killing Mom Threatened Romney
CAMPAIGN CARL: Cameron's Blog From the Trail
Aides choose royalties over loyalties

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Immigrant breaks law to become cop

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Unraveling the Mystery - Aruban court hearing set for Holloway suspects - PHOTOS
Holloway's Dad to Scour the Sea
5 Dead at Maryland Park in Thanksgiving Murder-Suicide
Alabama Man Questioned Over Wife's Diving Death (It's about time!)
Ill. cop charged with DUI in fatal crash

U.N. News
U.N. urges Indonesia to tackle police abuses

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
China online users more likely to be Web "addicts"
Web deals woo shoppers from Thanksgiving table - Video
Mo. city outlaws Internet harassment

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Vein clots up risk of heart attack
Glaxo rotavirus vaccine highly effective: study
Researchers find mirror fools phantom limb pain
Russia planning new space launch center: report
Benefon networking application on Nokia devices
Airline workers get sick after co. meal (Oops!)

Mother Nature
Antarctic ship hits iceberg - Slideshow
Rescuers Rush to Antarctic Expedition Ship
Philippines hunkers down as Typhoon Mitag nears
China dam area landslide kills 31
Bay Area spill takes toll on diving duck

News from My Neck of the Woods
NYC toddler survives 20-foot fall

Other News of Note
Hall of Famer Tom Johnson dies

Fox News
Holiday Shoppers Line Up Early for 'Black Friday' Sales

Reuters
Black Friday gets off to a frigid start
Favre fires Packers, Cowboys and Colts post crushing wins
Rare exhibit of early Christian art in Bible Belt
Travel Picks: Top 10 new golf courses of 2007
Dollar recovers slightly - Video
Oil falls below $97
Gold sneaks above $810
Valuations show China stocks to stabilize
HK shares gain ground but Sinotrans in flat debut
China takes on private equity
Yen bolstered by mutal fund slowdown
Futures point upwards; retail in spotlight
Miner M&A talk, bouncing banks lift FTSE 1 pct
Greenspan says flexibility curbs recession chances
Rio to flaunt own prospects in Monday presentation
Wal-Mart loses court papers bid in tax dispute: report
Investors struggle to value complex credit assets
H&R Block subprime unit gets $350 million funding

AP World News
Stores usher in holiday shopping season
No Vick, no problem for Peyton, Colts
Booty, No. 11 USC keep Rose bid alive
Firefighters' death benefits awarded

CENTCOM: News Releases
MND-B DINING FACILITIES SET TO SERVE IT UP IN BAGHDAD
COALITION FORCES TARGET AL-QAEDA PROPAGANDA, FOREIGN TERRORIST NETWORKS; ONE KILLED, 10 DETAINED

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Spartans Look to Lend a Hand to National Museum of Iraq
CF, Concerned Local Citizens remove caches, unexploded ordnance from Arab Jabour
Iraqi Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain two extremists, uncover large weapons cache (Balad)
Two al-Qaeda members killed in attack at Hawr Rajab
Coalition forces target al-Qaeda propaganda, foreign terrorist networks; one killed, 10 detained
Iraqi Security Forces detain 81 suspected extremists, confiscate weapons caches

DefenseLink
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Public Sends Thanks Via Text Message
Group ‘Adopts’ Troops to Show Gratitude
Group Builds Home for Wounded Warrior

AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Advisors Focusing on Sustaining Forces

IRAQ NEWS
'Awakening' Signals Local Rise Against al Qaeda
Coalition Troops Kill 4 Terrorists, Detain 4
Army Corps Road Projects Have Impact in Town

MILITARY NEWS
Turkey Meal to Replace Rations for Many Troops
Gates Revisits Past at Missouri Base - Photos

FACE OF DEFENSE
Iraq Shapes Supply Soldier

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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1765 - The people of Frederick County, MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax.
1832 - The French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium.
1835 - Henry Burden patents a horseshoe manufacturing machine in Troy, NY.
1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30'.
1863 - The Battle of Chattanooga begins.
1936 - The first issue of Life magazine is created by Henry R. Luce.
1942 - The Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) is authorized.
1943 - U.S. forces seize control of Tarawa and Makin from the Japanese.
1948 - F.G. Back patents a Lens to provide zoom effects.
1955 - The British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Island (in the Indian Ocean) to Australia.
1960 - The weather satellite Tiros-2 is launched.
1963 - JFK's body lays in repose in the East Room of the White House.
1971 - The People's Republic of China is seated in the U.N. Security Council.
1977 - The European weather satellite Meteosa-1 is launched from Cape Canaveral.
1980 - 4,800 die in a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm a hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta; retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin is arrested on charges of spying for China.

Birthdays
0912 - Otto I (the Great), German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73)
1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise) king of Castile and Leon (1252)
1749 - Edward Rutledge (Gov-SC), signer of the Declaration of Independence
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th U.S. President (1853-1857)
1859 - Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney), criminal
1860 - Karl Branting, Swedish statesman/diplomat, Nobel Prize winner (1921)
1930 - William E. Brock, Senator / U.S. Secretary of Labor (1985-87)
1935 - Vladislav N. Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz-7, 11)

Passings
1914 - Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame)
1991 - Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, of AIDS

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Cuthbert, Bradley G., USAF (IA); RF4C shot down (pilot, w/Ruhling), remains returned, ID'd December, 1991
Ruhling, Mark J., USAF (PA); RF4C shot down (backseater to Cuthbert), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 1998

1969
Jones, Grayland, US Army (IN); disappeared while swimming, Killed, body not recovered

1971
Altus, Robert W., USAF (OR); F4E crashed while on mission (pilot, w/Phelps)

Phelps, William, USAF (NY); F4E crashed while on mission (weapons/systems operator, w/Altus)

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