Quote of the Day
"The truth of the matter is
that you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it."
-- General Norman Schwarzkopf
News of Note
Operation Iraqi FreedomU.S. sees decline in Iran-linked bombs found in IraqGates: Iran assured Iraq on weaponsConcerned Local Citizens Patrol with Soldiers, National Police, in Al Ja'araCitizens' Tip saves American LivesHomeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah HappeningsMilitants gaining ground in PakistanOther Military NewsGates: Contracting needs will be metPilot of plane that dropped A-bomb diesReligion of Peace??2 Men Accused of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting French Teen in United Arab EmiratesWorldwide WackosVenezuelan forces clash with anti-Chavez protestersU.N. sanctions stay until N.Korea disarms: HillWorld powers discuss Iran sanctions in LondonObama to introduce measure on IranUS official warns Iran on nuke programHomegrown MoonbatsFired University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill Keeps Teaching on CampusPolitics / Government
Clinton Using Immigration FlakSen. Kit Bond to Endorse Rudy GiulianiThompson Questions Clinton's Diplomatic SkillsEye on the Issues -
Update '08Bush: No Mukasey, No Attorney GeneralStephen Colbert denied South Carolina primary runClinton rallies against "all-boy's club" politicsIran letter sparks new fight between Clinton, Obama -
VideoSenate approves children's health billThompson questions Clinton's diplomacyClinton rallies students at WellesleyBush tells Dems war denial is dangerousMinnesota Sen. Coleman endorses GiulianiIn the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Jury Awards Father Nearly $11 Million in Funeral Protesters CasePedophile Playground Discovered in 'Second Life' Virtual WorldElderly Man Beat to Death For Watering Lawn During RationingHooters Mom Charged With Homicide After Toddler Dies in Hot CarInvestigation Reopens Into Death of Cop's Third Wife After Fourth Wife DisappearsJudge Criticized for Considering Gang Rape on Prostitute 'Theft of Services'Documents: Woman Who Died at Phoenix Airport May Have Ordered Liquor on FlightIdaho Child Killer Who Lost Legs in Suicide Attempt Sues After Being Denied Artificial OnesAutopsy: Body With Slit Throat Found in Forest Preserve Believed to Be Missing Chicago MomNebraska Teacher, 13-Year-Old Student, on the Run in ColoradoSons of Eagles Coach Headed to Jail for DrugsMan Arrested at Ohio Statehouse in Teen Sex StingAdventures in Political CorrectnessSix Iraqi U.S. Citizens Sue Airline for DiscriminationU.N. NewsU.N.'s Ban urges accountability for security firmsMedia in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
Online Striptease Scam'60 Minutes' Identifies Source With Faulty Iraq InfoShock jock Don Imus to return to radioScience / Medicine and Health / TechnologyTricky Fix Set for Space Station -
PHOTOSTotino's, Jeno's Pizzas Recalled for Possible E. ColiDiet, growth are major cancer causes: reportDrug stents not good value for many patients: studyNASA delays spacewalk to fix solar wingAlien and robot on mission for Playstation 3U.N. launches poverty monitoring siteNewt protein may offer clues for human regenerationChina's war on SARS cited in push for product safetyCDC report on TB traveler urges more coordinationDoctors urged on signs of lead poisoningDevice created for 'red wine headache'Mother Nature
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podcastMulti-National Force-IraqSoldiers assist Iraqis with Legal ClaimsTribal Leaders seek to Increase Police ForceTask Force Iron Soldiers attacked in MosulCoalition Forces discover large cache near Turki villageConcerned Local Citizens turn in cache (Hawr Rajab)Cache found, destroyed (Arab Jabour)Iraqi Army detains three in combined operation (Maderiyah)Iskandariyah IPs turn over munitions cacheCoalition forces target foreign terrorist facilitators, 12 suspects detainedCoalition forces disrupt terrorist operations targeting senior leadershipTask Force Iron Soldier attacked (Salah ad Din)DefenseLinkBush Says U.S. Still a TargetVice President Urges Vigilance In Confronting TerrorismGates to Visit China, Korea, JapanDefense, VA Departments Partner To Coordinate Patient Health CareBush Proclaims Veterans Awareness Week to Recognize Valor and SacrificeArmy Withdraws Command Post Wildfires Photo GalleryGuard Ready for Fires’ AftermathNew Unmanned Aircraft Aids Ground TroopsCitizens' Confidence in Government Grows with Reconstruction ProjectsImproved Security Leads to Real Progress in IraqTranscript: Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno Odierno Says Number of Deadly Projectiles DropsMore Iraqis Identify with Government, CoalitionForces Target Those Who Aid Foreign TerroristsU.S. Soldiers Host Cookout Celebrating Success Against al Qaeda in AmeriyaSergeant Builds 'Monster' Computer Warriors’ Spouses Join Healing AdventureAdventure Trip Hits Mark With Wounded VeteransWeatherAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGermanyAnsbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld BremerhavenDarmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau GarmischGarmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen KitzingenHanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart TrierWiesbaden WurzburgGitmoGuamAgana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan BarrigadaIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfJapanKadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo YokohamaNational Hurricane CenterToday in History0079 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts, buring Pompeii.
1210 - King John of England begins imprisoning Jews.
1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of Sistine Chapel are exhibited for the first time.
1623 - A fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings.
1755 - An earthquake in Lisbon kills more than 50,000.
1765 - The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies.
1776 - The Mission San Juan Capistrano is founded in California.
1784 - Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendants.
1800 - John Adams becomes the first President to live in the White House.
1861 - General George B. McClellan becomes general in chief of the Union armies.
1863 - U.S. troops build fortifications built on Angel Island (San Francisco Bay).
1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations in 24 locations.
1894 - Dr. Roux of Paris announces the development of a vaccine for diphtheria.
1913 - Notre Dame becomes the first to use the forward pass effectively, upsetting Army 35-13.
1918 - 97 die in the NYC subway's worst accident.
1922 - The Ottoman Empire is abolished.
1924 - The first U.S. NHL franchise, the Boston Bruins, is founded.
1928 - The Graf Zeppelin sets an airship distance record of 6384 km.
1932 - Wernher von Braun is named head of the German liquid-fuel rocket program.
1936 - Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis."
1939 - The first animal conceived by artificial insemination (a rabbit) is displayed; the Heinkel HE-178, the first jet plane, is demonstrated for the German Air Ministry.
1940 - Fleetwood, PA, becomes the site of the first U.S. air raid shelter.
1946 - The West German state of Niedersachsen is formed.
1951 - U.S. troops witness the first atomic explosion in NM.
1952 - The first hydrogen device is exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific; Fusion occurs for the first time on Earth.
1955 - A time bomb aboard a United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont, Colorado.
1956 - The Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.
1959 - Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask.
1960 - The Benelux treaty goes into effect.
1962 - Greece enters the European Common Market; the U.S.S.R. launches Mars-1, losing radio contact lost before its arrival at Mars.
1963 - Revolt begins against the Diem regime in South Vietnam.
1966 - The NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise; William Dana reaches 93km in the X-15.
1970 - A Discotheque in Grenoble, France burns, killing 142 (all exits padlocked).
1971 - The Eisenhower dollar is put into circulation.
1974 - In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes.
1976 - Britain grants Gilbert Island (Kiribati) internal self-government.
1979 - The tanker
Burmah Agate spills 10.7 million gallons of oil in the U.S.'s worst oil spill disaster.
1981 - The cost of Class Mail goes from 18 to 20 cents; Antigua gains independence from Britain.
1988 - The Staten Island ferry gets its first pay phones.
1990 - Deputy PM Sir Geoffrey Howe, the last of Margaret Thatcher's original cabinet, resigns.
1993 - The European Union is born.
Birthdays1762 - Spencer Perceval, British PM (1809-12)
1782 - Viscount Goderich, British PM (1827-28)
1815 - Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer (use of ether)
1853 - Jose Santos Zelaya, ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
1859 - Charles Brantley Aycock (Gov-NC)
1871 - Stephen Crane, novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage)
1889 - Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman, disarmament advocate, Nobel Prize winner (1959)
1920 - James J. Kilpatrick, columnist (60 Minutes)
1953 - N. Jan Davis, Ph.D. / astronaut (sk:STS-47)
Passings1947 - Man O' War, famous racehorse
1959 - Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a military coup
1985 - Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko)
1986 - Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle)
1987 - Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85)
Reported Missing in Action1965
Gillson, Peter R.,
Australian Air Force (Australia); KIA, body not recovered
Knight, Billy,
US Army (GA); PRG says DIC January, 1973; Gov't says remains recovered at time of loss, with a loss date of 10/22/68.
1966Carpenter, Allan R.,
USN (ME); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Commander - alive and well as of 1998
Weaver, George R., Jr.,
USN (PA); MSB-54 exploded when it hit a mine - KIA, body not recovered
1968Kenney, Harry J.,
USN (OH); LSD-1167 struck by floating mine and exploded, KIA, body not recovered
1969Adventio, Rudolpho Andres,
USN; AWOL
Bailey, Daniel T. ,
US Army; AWOL
Partington, Roger D.,
USMC (IL); CH53A crashed in water (crew)
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