News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush vows help for Turkey against Kurdish rebels - Video
Maliki declares victory over violence during walkabout
Al-Qaida on the Run in Iraq, Coalition Spokesman Says

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Rice seeks Mideast peace deal while Bush in office
Abbas's security forces, gunmen clash in West Bank
Abbas: all sides want peace

Fallen Heroes
DoD Identifies Army Casualty (Al Sahra)

Other Military News
Car Crash Claims Wounded Iraq Vet's Third Child

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. food exports to Cuba dwindle under Bush

Politics / Government
Rice Calls Musharraf to Protest Emergency Rule - VIDEO - PHOTOS
Thousands arrested in Pakistan protests
Pakistan says to hold election by January - Video
Giuliani Defends Kerik's Record
Thompson Aide Resigns After Drug Past Exposed
CAMPAIGN CARL: Cameron's Blog From the Trail
Clinton: Money to Be Made From Climate Change Fight
Bush administration threatens Senate farm bill veto
Bush seeks Colombia trade vote as soon as possible
Bush, Turkish PM tout cooperation
House Democrats press Bush on subpoenas

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Craig Stebic Says He Can Relate to Cop of Missing Wife
Police: Toddler Girl Found in Box in Texas Could Be From Anywhere
Mother Arrested Who Claimed Carjacker Killed Son
Teacher Nabbed in Mexico With Student in Court - VIDEO
Top court to decide Idaho death penalty case
Woman to testify on pregnant mom's death
Top Mafia don arrested in Sicily raid

Adventures in Political Correctness
Patriotism Put to the Test

U.N. News
Activists call for emergency U.N. meeting on Darfur

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Oprah Wept Over School Sex Scandal - VIDEO: Pt. 1 - Pt. 2
Oprah "cleans house" in school abuse case - Video
Late-Night Reruns After Strike - PHOTOS
Picketing Outside 'Today' Show as Writers Strike Begins
Poll finds nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults go online
MySpace expands program for targeted ads
Nancy Grace gives birth to twins

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Alcohol, Caffeinated Energy Drinks Dangerous Mix, Study says
Newly Visible Exploding Comet Has Star-Watchers Abuzz
Google Announces 'Android' Mobile-Phone System
Headache, arthritis pills reduce Parkinson's risk
Swiss study has some surprises on marijuana use
Gene explains why breast-feeding makes kids smarter
Experts identify growth trigger for marine algae
Google enters mobile phone market
Microsoft and ESPN are teammates for Xbox Live
Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids
Bayer halts sales of anti-bleeding drug
Astronauts check wings ahead of descent
Panel urges recall authority for FDA
MDs balance pros, cons of 'Super X-ray'

Mother Nature
Hunter Shoots Rare Albino Deer as Season Kicks Off
Deadly Season Opener Leaves 4 Hunters Shot, 1 Dead
Mexican flood victims scramble for food

Oddities
Servant Forced to Eat 100 Peppers, Vomit at Mansion
From Communist Party to rich-only matchmaking party
Couple from Hell wins Halloween lottery
Texan sets record with 87 snakes in tub

Other News of Note
Student Shoots Himself Outside Gym at Private School
Five US Air crew fall ill on Boston flight
Airline on-time record: Worst in 13 years

Fox News
Get Paid to 'Marry Down'
FOXBusiness: Jeff Bewkes Steps In as Time Warner CEO
Gisele Bundchen Doesn't Want to Be Paid in Dollars
Pop Tarts: Buffy the Porn Princess? Sarah Michelle Gellar's Unlikely Role

Reuters: Top News
Citigroup shares drop on mounting woes - Video
"Mockingbird" author wins U.S. medal
Argentine prison fire kills 33, relatives protest
Gasoline prices near summer peaks on $95 crude
Hollywood's best golfer? Why it's...
Queen Elizabeth in fashion top 50
"Queen" & "King" reign over Europe film awards
Wall Street falls with Citi - Video
Gold near 28-year high on credit jitters
Oil down as subprime crisis raises economic worry - Video
WellCare shares soar as report downplays probe
Yen gains as investors grow wary of risk
Subprime cleanup a long haul
Video: Banking turmoil is back
Tip of billion-dollar iceberg
US STOCKS-Wall St falls with Citi, financials
FTSE hit as Citi feels punch of credit crunch
Firings are few and far between in executive suite
Analyst sees more Q4 subprime write-downs
Ford labor pact sparing some plants wins backing
Wall Street cringes as Citi revives fears
Fed must be ready to take back cuts: Fed's Mishkin

AP World News
Holmes in heels hours after NYC Marathon
Man nearly tosses 4.38-carat diamond
A-Rod, replay to dominate GM's meetings
Dodgers introduce Joe Torre as manager
Stocks fall on housing, credit worries
Employers study applicants' personalities

CENTCOM: News Releases
FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED, 30 SUSPECTS DETAINED DURING COALITION OPERATIONS

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Coalition Air Component ‘Remains Strong,’ General Says
British Medics Train Iraqis to Save Lives
Business Development Opportunities Expand at Baghdad Airport
Five terrorists killed, 30 suspects detained during Coalition operations
Iraqi Army detains 81, discovers large weapons cache (Suwayrah)
Iraqi Police, U.S. Special Operations Forces capture IED bomber in Ramadi
Iraqi Security Forces detain 22 suspected extremists in separate raids
Tip leads to Iraqi Army to two caches, 6 detained (Zafaraniya)

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Gates Discusses Deepening Military Relations With China
Gates Arrives in China for Meetings
Photos: Gates Meets with China's Leaders
Gates Encouraged by Tenor Of Meetings with Chinese
U.S. Postpones Pakistan Meetings

MILITARY NEWS
Cutting-Edge Combat Training Prepares Soldiers for Current, Future Fights
Pacific Command Hosts Joint Civilian Orientation Conference
JCOC Special
Celebration Marks Anniversary Of Military Women's Memorial
Stars & Stripes Women's Memorial Special
Photo Essay: Women's Memorial Ceremony

IRAQ NEWS
Anbar's Urban Centers Enjoy Stability, Renewal
Women's Empowerment Key to Iraq's Future
10th Mountain Division Headquarters to Deploy
New Offensive Launches Across Four Provinces
Coalition Air Component ‘Remains Strong’
Iraqi, Coalition Forces Detain 17 Suspects

AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Khost Province Considered 'Model of Success'
Afghan, Coalition Forces Disrupt Recruiting Network

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Troops Thank Americans

WHY WE SERVE
Major Shares Iraq Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Navy Nurse Speaks at Memorial Anniversary

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
1492 - Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Cuban natives.
1605 - In the Gunpowder Plot, Catholics try to blow up the English Parliament. The plot is uncovered, and its leader, Guy Fawkes, is hanged.
1781 - John Hanson is elected as the first "President of the U.S. in Congress assembled."
1811 - El Salvador wages its first battle against Spain for independence.
1838 - Honduras declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1872 - Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S. Grant.
1875 - Susan B. Anthony is arrested for attempting to vote.
1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
1911 - Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa, taking Tripoli and Cyrenaica; Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena, completing the first transcontinental airplane flight.
1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected President.
1913 - Ludwig III is crowned king of Bavaria.
1914 - Britain annexes Cyprus.
1917 - General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on the Western Front for the first time; the Buchanan v. Warley Supreme Court decision strikes down a Louisville, KY ordinance requiring Blacks and Whites to live in separate areas.
1935 - The Maryland Court of Appeals orders the University of Maryland to admit Donald Murray (an African-American); Parker Brothers launches its "Monopoly" game.
1940 - President FDR wins an unprecedented 3rd term.
1946 - John F. Kennedy (MA) is elected to the House of Representatives.
1956 - Britain and France land forces in Egypt.
1964 - The U.S. launches Mariner-3 towards Mars, but no data is returned.
1967 - ATS-3 is launched by to take the first pictures of the full Earth disk.
1968 - Richard Nixon is elected President.
1974 - Ella Grasso (CT) is elected as the first U.S. governor not related to a previous governor; Walter E. Washington becomes the first elected mayor of Washington, DC.
1978 - Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
1981 - Former Miami Dolphin Mercury Morris is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine.
1987 - An iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island is sighted in the Antarctic; Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admits having used marijuana.
1988 - Cornell confirms that one of its grad students is the source of the worst case of computer sabotage.

Birthdays
1818 - Benjamin F. Butler, Union General/presidential candidate
1855 - Eugene V. Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate
1911 - Roy Rogers, cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show)
1913 - Vivien Leigh, actress (Gone With Wind)
1915 - Moe Biller, labor union officer (AFL-CIO, Postal Workers)
1927 - Robert Abernethy, Newscaster (NBC News Encore)

Passings
1977 - Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne)
1979 - Al Capp, cartoonist (Lil' Abner)
1989 - Vladamir Horowitz, pianist
1991 - Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons); Robert Maxwell, billionaire publisher (NY Daily News)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Chapman, Harlan P., USMC (OH); F8E shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

McCleary, George C., USAF (LA); F105D shot down, remains returned, ID'd May, 1991

1967
Cobeil, Earl Glenn, USAF (MI); F105F shot down (w/Dutton), DIC, remains returned March, 1974 (Read his story)

Dutton, Richard A., USAF (IL); F105F shot down (w/Cobeil) released by DRV March, 1973 - deceased December, 1998

1968
Cornthwaite, Thomas G., Civilian (England); Decca Navigation Systems, Inc. employee, escaped, Killed in Binh Thuan

Simpson, James E., Civilian (US); Decca Navigation Systems, Inc. employee, escaped, Killed in Binh Thuan

1969
Echanis, Joseph, USAF (OR); F4D shot down (navigator, w/LeFever)

LeFever, Douglas P., USAF (OH); F4D shot down (pilot, w/Echanis)

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