MOORING LINES - Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper take in the mooring lines as the ship departs for deployment. Hopper and the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal deployed with the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group for a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Office David Rush

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News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Military: Photographer in Bed With the Enemy
Iraq warns foreign security firms
Iraqi Stryker Training: U.S. Troops Prepare Iraqi Military to Take the Lead
Iraqi Government Officials Meet, Discuss Essential Services, Resettlement
Coalition Forces Kill Top Mosul al-Qaida Leader, Find Weapons, Detain Five

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan boys suffer mental scars after suicide bomb

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Lebanon delays president vote, tightens security
Israel, Palestinians work on joint paper

Wounded Warriors
Group Builds Home for Wounded Warrior

Fallen Heroes
DoD Identifies Army Casualty (Baghdad)

Supporting Our Heroes
Thousands of Americans Thank Troops

Other Military News
50 ships backed up at Houston Channel: Coast Guard

Worldwide Wackos
Iran to hold talks with U.S.

Politics / Government
Obama Leading the Pack In Latest Iowa Poll - VIDEO
Poll: Obama, Giuliani Seen As Most Likable Candidates
Hillary: Ailing Economy Needs My Experience
CAMPAIGN CARL: Cameron's Blog From the Trail
Pakistani Military Releases 3,400 Opposition Supporters
Kosovo leader sees early independence move
Clinton and Obama spar over experience
McCain hopes for repeat of New Hampshire comeback
AP-Yahoo Poll: Obama, Giuliani likable
Pakistan relaxes emergency as Musharraf goes to Saudi
Southeast Asian leaders adopt charter

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Alleged 'Torture Master' Appears at Genocide Tribunal
U.S. class-action firm moves on, minus famed founder
3 Grandchildren of SoCal Congressman Reported Missing
Vick surrenders to U.S. marshals

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
CBS News Writers Authorize National Strike

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Women Beware of Killer Heart
AIDS Cases Worldwide Overestimated by 6 Million
Stem cells without embryos: skin cells transformed
Spacewalkers leave station to power up module
Romulus and Remus cave may have been found: experts
Senators urge tougher rating for "Manhunt" game

Mother Nature
San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Blamed on Ship Operator
Cyclone Toll Surpasses 3,100, Help Sought - PHOTOS
Bangladesh says reaches all cyclone-hit areas - Video
Workers labor to help Bangladesh victims

Oddities
Sex Scandal Rocks Atlanta Church
Granny in Nude Calendar Shocker
Stowaway piglet survives toilet paper ordeal

Fox News
New Paris Hilton Sex Tape?

Reuters
Mortgage shocks
H&R Block CEO Ernst calls it quits
October housing starts up 3 percent
Full Coverage: Crisis in credit
USDA reverses on Tyson antibiotic label
Ukraine mine blast relatives bury dead
GameStop disappointing outlook sinks shares
Julia Roberts designs a first in Armani bracelet
Jolie's adopted girl conceived during rape: mother
Sotheby's puts new Rowling book on display
Wall Street rebounds as HP lifts tech
Target profit falls
Saks shares up after posting higher quarterly profit
Restoration Hardware shares jump on Sears interest
Barnes & Noble tops view, boosts outlook
Business Blogs
Reuters DealZone
MediaFile: Keep an eye on cable
Commodity Corner: Finding Satan?
Shop Talk: Tracking the retail beat
H&R Block replaces CEO Ernst
Freddie Mac shares dive after posting loss
October housing starts up 3 percent
Builder D.R. Horton posts loss after charges
Goldman paints bleak picture for housing, financials
JC Flowers submits offer for N.Rock: source

AP World News
Stocks lift ahead of Fed minutes
Freddie Mac loses $2B, seeks new capital
Sony BMG, Yahoo ink online video deal
Caroline' was Caroline Kennedy
NL MVP award is being announced today
Big-play Broncos tie for AFC West lead
Major Asian markets recover from swoon

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES FIND EXECUTION SITE, LARGE CACHE; EIGHT KILLED, 13 DETAINED
ARMY ENGINEERS TURNS OVER AL-GARMA 132 KILOVOLT SUBSTATION TO IRAQI MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY
IRAQI FORCES, U.S. SPECIAL FORCES DETAIN TWO EXTREMISTS IN AS SA’DIYAH
FORMER EXTREMIST LEADS JOINT FORCES TO HUGE WEAPONS CACHE
COALITION FORCES KILL ONE TERRORIST, TARGET CRIMINAL ELEMENT NETWORKS
Multi-National Force-Iraq
Military Police Train Iraqi Security Volunteers
Iraqi officials meet in Sab Al Bor, discuss essential services, resettlement
Coalition forces find detention facility and weapons cache; 12 killed, five detained
Coalition forces target al-Qaeda; five killed, 11 detained
Coalition forces capture senior criminal element leader, disrupt terrorist network (Baghdad)
Soldier re-enlists hours after IED injury (Balad)

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Bush Counts Military Among Thanksgiving Day Blessings
Chief Cites Need for Funding Bill

MILITARY NEWS
Guard Breaks Ground for Expanded Readiness Center
Troops Honored with Bob Hope Award

IRAQ NEWS
Forces Now Have 'Momentum,' Official Says
Operation Targets Al Qaeda in Anbar Province
Air Force Sharpshooters Watch Over Troops
Forces Target Networks, Detain 27 Suspects

FACE OF DEFENSE
Three Iraq Deployments Mold 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
1272 - Edward I proclaimed King of England
1637 - Peter Minuit & 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1780 - Britain declares war on Holland
1789 - New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1829 - Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev & Sevastopol
1862 - The Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under General Braxton Bragg
1866 - The 1st national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization); Howard University is founded (Wash, DC); Pierre Lalemont patents the rotary crank bicycle
1888 - William Bundy patents the timecard clock
1894 - The US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 - The US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 - The Ukrainian Republic is declared
1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in the US opens in Tucson, AZ
1931 - Commercial teletype service begins
1938 - 1st documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)
1942 - The NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1943 - US forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Island
1945 - 24 Nazi leaders are put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947 - "Meet the Press" makes its network TV debut on NBC
1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten; UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1953 - Scott Crossfield in a Douglas Skyrocket becomes the 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
1959 - UN adopts the declaration of children's rights
1962 - The US lifts the blockade of Cuba
1977 - Egyptian President Sadat becomes the 1st Arab leader to address the Israeli Knesset
1980 - Steve Ptacek in the Solar Challenger makes the 1st solar-powered flight
1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "The Day After," about nuclear war
1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1990 - Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership; The US' 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space

Birthdays
1602 - Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)
1620 - Peregrine White, son of William & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower
1726 - Oliver Wolcott (Ct-Gov), signed Declaration of Independence
1761 - Pius VIII, 253rd Roman Catholic pope (1829-30)
1841 - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
1886 - Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
1889 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1909 - Alan Bible (Sen-NV)
1917 - Robert Byrd (Sen-WV)
1925 - Robert Francis Kennedy(Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
1929 - Dick Clark, TV host (American Bandstand)
1942 - Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (Sen-DE)
1946 - Judy Woodruff, newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report)

Passings
1910 - Leo Tolstoy Russia, author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82
1975 - General Francisco Franco Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at 82
1985 - Bill Scott cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Butler, William W., USAF (CA); F105D shot down; released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

Criner, Norbert B., USAF; F100F shot down; released by DRV March, 1973

Martin, John M., USAF (PA); F4C shot down

1969
Baldridge, John Robert, Jr., USAF (TN); O2A shot down (w/Renelt)

Renelt, Walter A., USAF (SD); O2A shot down (w/Baldridge)

1972
Breuer, Donald C., USMC (NY); F4J shot down

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