News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
GAO: Iraq Fails to Meet 11 of 18 Benchmarks
Bush Juggles Iraq, Asia at Australian Summit - VIDEO
Bush defends troop buildup in Iraq
U.S. troop buildup felt in Iraq hotspots
Surge Having an Effect in Iraq Hotspots

Operation Enduring Freedom
Over Dozen Insurgents Killed in Kandahar Fighting

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Pentagon Confirms Chinese Hack Attack - VIDEO

Other Military News
PTSD Symptoms may be Delayed for Years
Military.com DT: NASA's $19 Million Toilet

Religion of Peace??
Arabic school opens in New York amid controversy

Worldwide Wackos
Russian women stranded in Cuba since USSR fall
Non-aligned group backs rights centre in Iran
Rafsanjani to head Iranian clerical body

Homegrown Moonbats
Whoopi Goldberg debuts on "The View"

Politics / Government
AP: Craig reconsiders decision to resign
What Would You Ask the GOP Presidential Candidates?
Bush and Howard talk defense as protesters fight court ban - Video
Federal Reserve Urges Lenders to Help Borrowers
Senator Craig's Children Believe Their Father's Not Gay
Thompson to air first 2008 ad while skipping debate
World Bank commitment to poor nations rose in '07
Students to McCain: Too old to be prez?
Iraq tops agenda as Congress returns
Clinton promises to save Social Security
Giuliani calls for more disaster prep

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Debit Card Clue?
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Keyboard Player Shot to Death by Girlfriend's Neighbor After Domestic Spat
Man Charged With Assault for Throwing Cheetos at Dad
Worker Accused of Poisoning 'Mean' Boss' Coffee - VIDEO
Convicted Peeper Sues Cops for Return of Porn Stash
VIDEO: Beach Party Nearly Turns Into Riot in California
Athlete Leaves Baby In Hot Car Outside Brothel Party
Church of Scientology Faces Criminal Charges in Belgium
Mexican drug lord Arellano Felix given 22 years
Whoopi Goldberg defends Vick's dog-fighting role

Adventures in Political Correctness
Lewis drops an anti-gay slur on telethon

U.N. News
Scenes from Sudan

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Toy Recall Trifecta - Mattel flags Fisher-Price, Barbie figures
List of Chinese-Made Recalled Toys
Earth-Shattering Study: Men Like Good-Looking Women
Starbucks milk going Posilac-free
One in four gamers play at work
Obese U.S. youngsters suffer iron deficiency: study
More vitamin D could mean fewer cancers: study
New iPods to help Apple counter rivals
"Skinny" gene keeps mice lean, study finds
One man's genes show DNA is still a mystery
Microsoft loses vote on "open" document format
Britain to decide on human-animal embryo research
AT&T sells parental cell phone controls
Archaeologists discover ancient beehives
Citrus sodas' caffeine content tops cola

Mother Nature
Felix Leaves Path of Destruction
Hurricane Henriette Roars Into Baja California
NYC Lifeguard Rescues Shark From Abusive Beachgoers
Wildfires Rage in Oregon, California, Idaho - PHOTOS

Oddities
Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god
Three bears, now lion, try to leave zoo
Dying Sherwood Forest needs money

Other News of Note
Finding Fossett - PHOTOS
Argentina to open notorious dirty war prison

Fox News
Rower Saves Boy After Lake Erie Plane Crash; 2 Missing
Britney Spears Uses F-Word on New Track
Reports: Owen Wilson Back Home After Apparent Suicide Attempt
Nicole Kidman Has No Regrets About Marrying Tom Cruise
Tallest Sand Castle Record-Holder Cries Foul on Attempt to Dethrone Him

Reuters: Top News
Valentino wanted women to be beautiful
HBO buys film made in Second Life
Chinese get new fashion guru: Victoria Beckham
Halle Berry pregnant with first child
Dollar steadies as investors await more U.S. data
Japan stocks up as techs rise but gains limited
Sony shares jump on plan to list financial unit
Tech and energy sectors lift Wall Street - Video
Oil hits $75 as hurricane fears brew - Video
Industry Summits: The China Century
Boeing sees China as No.2 market
Video: Exclusive summit interviews
US STOCKS-Tech, energy sectors lift Wall Street
FTSE ends up 1 pct on oils, U.S. factory data
Auto sales slip but GM bucks trend
New iPods to help Apple counter rivals
U.S. airline delays top 1 million so far in 2007
Factory sector growth slows in August
Yahoo buys behavioral ad firm for $300 mln
Pump price highest in month: government

AP World News
Thud! Michigan drops out of AP Top 25
GM's Aug. sales rise; Ford, Toyota drop
Djokovic reaches 1st U.S. Open quarters
Kelly Clarkson revives her tour

Military.com
WF: Military News Behind the News
Legislative Center Gets You Involved
Op-ed: Empire of Relationships
Advisors: Legit Home-based Work
Back to School With the GI Bill

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION HELICOPTER MAKES PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN NANGARHAR
IRAQI ARMY, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN AQI LEADERS NEAR KIRKUK
MILITIA ATTACKS CONTINUE IN BAGHDAD
IRAQI ARMY STOPS CAR BOMBER FROM ATTACKING BRIDGE NORTH OF BAGHDAD
ANSF detain provincial Taliban leader in Nangarhar province
SULAYMANIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK NOT EPIDEMIC
SOLDIERS RESPOND TO TRUCK-BOMB ATTACK
IRAQI FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN 36, DESTROY THREE LARGE WEAPONS CACHES
COALITION FORCES LIBERATE NINE IRAQIS, KILL EIGHT TERRORISTS
COALITION FORCES DETAIN EIGHT SUSPECTED SPECIAL GROUPS TERRORISTS IN TWO SEPARATE OPERATIONS
STATEMENT FROM MNF-I WELCOMING THE STATEMENT BY MUQTADA AL-SADR

USJFCOM
Empire Challenge 07 shows success of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance integration - podcast
Command announces information technology contract
U.S. Joint Forces Command, Boeing sign cooperative research and development agreement - podcast

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Military surge working, Bush tells troops in Iraq
Iraqi, U.S. Forces provide locals with medical, dental care
Engineers make roads safer for Coalition, Iraqi forces
Black Hawk crews transport VIPs in style
VBIED emplacer caught in the act, previous attack video found
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain extremist death-squad member
Airpower Summary for September 2
Airpower Summary for September 3
Kadamiyah car bomb kills 5 civilians, injures 15
Four suspects captured in eastern Baghdad

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Task Force Works to Bolster Iraq's Industry

AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Chopper Makes Unscheduled Landing

IRAQ
Coalition Forces Detain Weapons Smugglers
Gates Wraps Up Visit with Iraqi Leaders

MILITARY NEWS
Defense Department Responds to Cyber Threats
Travels with Pace Special
Pace Thanks U.S. Troops - Story

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ
Iraqis Dispense Medical Aid
Iraqis Keep Judges Safe
Airmen Swing into Action
Residents Join Guard Force
Citizens Root Out Terrorists

INSIDE AFGHANISTAN
Team Works to Fix Roadways
Cadets Intern with Engineers
Volleyball Unites Afghans, Americans
Police Need Martial Skills

EMPLOYER SUPPORT AWARDS
VA Center Greets Reservists

FACE OF DEFENSE
Troop Teaches IED Awareness
Sailor Returns to Djibouti
Couple Deploys Together
Seabee Gives Wheelchair Gift

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Wounded Warrior Project Gets Troops Back in the Game
Freedom Walk Nears 200 Mark
Motorcyclists' Annual Ride Honors Families of Fallen

WHY WE SERVE
NCO Shares His View on Service - Story - Special

DefendAmerica
ON THE GROUND
Iraqis Take Lead with Medical Outreach Event - Story
Team Works to Improve Road in Titin Valley - Story
Cadets Intern with Army Corps of Engineers - Story

IN IRAQ
Baghdad School Opens After Renovations
Airmen Swing into Action with Donations
Iraqis Trained How to 'Serve and Protect'
Residents Join Guard Force to Boost Security
Iraqi 'Neighborhood Watch' Roots Out Terrorists
Transition Team Sees Success in Habbaniyah
Soldiers Build Relationships with Residents

IN AFGHANISTAN
Team Brings Medical Supplies to Afghan Village
Reconstruction Team, Afghans Kick Off Project

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
0476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in the west, is deposed.
1609 - Navigator Henry Hudson discovers the island of Manhattan.
1618 - The "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, killing 1,500.
1781 - 44 settlers found Los Angeles, in the Bahia de las Fumas (Valley of Smokes).
1833 - Barney Flaherty becomes the first newsboy hired (NY Sun).
1882 - NY's Pearl Street Station becomes the first district lit by electricty.
1885 - In NYC, the first cafeteria opens.
1886 - With the capture of Geronimo, the last major U.S.-Indian war ends.
1888 - George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera, registering the name "Kodak."
1911 - Garros sets a world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft).
1918 - U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia - they will stay 10 months.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour.
1939 - The Polish ghetto of Mir is wiped out.
1945 - The U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan.
1948 - In the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina abdicates.
1950 - For the first time, a helicopter rescues an American pilot behind enemy lines; D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna.
1951 - President Truman makes the first transcontinental TV broadcast.
1954 - The Northwest passage, first passage of McClure Strait, is completed.
1957 - Ford Motor Commpany introduces the Edsel.
1961 - The U.S. authorizes the Agency for International Development.
1964 - NASA launches its first Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1).
1971 - An Alaskan 727 crashes into the Chilkoot Mountain (AK), killing 109.
1972 - U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals.
1981 - NBC releases newscaster David Brinkley.
1983 - Greg LeMond becomes the only American to win cycling's Road Championship.

Birthdays
1802 - Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to the U.S. securing Oregon
1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady to President James K. Polk
1810 - Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built the fastest clipper ships
1846 - Daniel Burnham, U.S. architect, built skyscrapers
1917 - Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford)
1918 - Paul Harvey, news commentator (The Rest of the Story)
1926 - Robert J. Lagomarsino (Rep-CA)
1929 - Thomas Eagleton (Sen-MO, Dem VP candidate, 1972)
1965 - Terri Lynn Doss, Playboy playmate (Jul, 1988)
1966 - Debra Lewin, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
1970 - Jennifer Nakken, Miss Utah-America (1991)
2179 - Nyota Uhura, communications officer (Star Trek)

Passings
1553 - Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk who converted to Judaism, burned at the stake
1965 - Albert Schweitzer, theologian, musician, medical missionary
1975 - Walter Tetley (voice of Sherman on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show)

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Branch, James A., USAF (IL); F4C shot down (w/Jewell), remains returned March, 1992 - ID'd June, 1993

Jewell, Eugene M., USAF (KS);

1966
Bliss, Ronald G., USAF (CA); F105D shot down (pilot), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

McNish, Thomas M., USAF (TN); F105D shot down (pilot), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired from USAFMC as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

Nasmyth, John H., USAF (CA); F4C shot down (pilot, w/Salzarulo), released by DRV February, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Salzarulo, Raymond P., USAF (WV); F4C shot down (B/N, w/Nasmyth), remains returned September, 1990

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