News of Note
Operation Enduring Freedom
No word on U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan - Video

Homeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah Happenings
Missile Strike Kills 12 Suspected Pakistani Militants
Israel won't block Abbas control at Egypt crossing- Video
Algeria car bomb on police post kills two: report
Briton admits plot to behead Muslim soldier
Myanmar junta charges leading protesters

Supporting Our Heroes
New Fund Offers Financial Aid for N.C. Troops

Other Military News
Vet Hospital Faulted in 19 Deaths

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. envoy wants North Korea to release nuclear list

Politics / Government
Mayor Uses Magazine As ID at Airport Security
Congress unlikely to buy Bush proposals
House, Senate diverge on economic aid
Bush's summit plan hailed in New Orleans
McCain, Romney set for Florida showdown
Giuliani in trouble as Florida Republicans vote: poll 4- Video
Kansas governor calls for cooperation
Helicopters swoop to save Kenya refugees - Video
Putin's candidate Medvedev says "No" to TV debates - Video

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Second Illegal Immigrant Takes Refuge in Chicago Church

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
New Orleans Cop Killed With Own Gun During Arrest
Jurors Questioned in Case of Baby Killed by Microwave
Bank robbers seize hostages in Venezuela standoff

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Digital mammogram best for younger women: study
Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes: study

Mother Nature
Wild China weather kills 25

News from My Neck of the Woods
New airport in NY could ease congestion

Other News of Note
Vegas Car Dealer Fights Order to Lower American Flag

Fox News
FOXBusiness: New Home Sales Show Record Drop

Reuters
France says SocGen in crisis- Video
Oscar-winning film "Crash" heads for TV
Toshiba profit drops, wary on chip outlook
Rate cut, stimulus plan could restart housing - Video
Top bankers must judge risk: Citigroup chairman
Countrywide deal spurred by crackdown worries: report
American Express profit down 10 percent
Lenovo's Q3 to soar, outperform in 2008
McDonald's says to open 150 outlets in China in '09
Liberty seeks to remove Diller from IAC board
Fed cut hopes send global stocks, gold higher
Cost cutting boosts DoCoMo profit amid price war
Oil holds near $91 on hopes for Fed cut
VMware revenue falls short, shares tumble 26 percent
OPEC set to resist pressure for more oil
Dollar index steadies as markets brace for Fed
Foreclosure rate almost doubled in 2007: report
World must act together on markets: UK's Darling
Gold, platinum hit record on supply, rate cut hopes

AP World News
Fed weighs another rate reduction
Kenya rivals to start 'dialogue process'
Browns, Romeo Crennel agree on extension
25 die in China bus crash
Stocks rise on rate cut hopes
Vegas-style slots arrive in Fla.

CENTCOM: News Releases

USJFCOM
USJFCOM readies for Noble Resolve 08 - podcast
More about Noble Resolve
Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise prepares forces to help “Africans solve African problems” - podcast
Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Mission Rehearsal Exercise commences - podcast
2007 -- The Year in Review - photos

Multi-National Force-Iraq
Petraeus: Upcoming Troop Reduction Plans ‘On Track’
MND Soldiers, Iraqi Police Conduct Combined Operation with CLCs
Future Role in Iraq, Afghanistan Will Drive Rebalancing Military, Mullen Says
Iraqi Civilians Lead Troops to Explosives Cache
Soldiers find two caches in Doura
Busy roadway reopens in Baqubah
Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in central Iraq; 18 suspects detained
Anti-Coalition forces operative captured; criminal networks disrupted (Baghdad)
Sixteen IEDs, cache turned in by CLCs
CLCs contribute to finding enemy weapons

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
Troops Invited to State of Union Speech
Military Alone Can’t Fix Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Center Blazes Trail in Services
Wrestling Tour Rolls into Bagram
Afghan Police Training Progresses

IRAQ NEWS
Security Promotes Reconciliation
Alleged Terrorist Scout Captured
General Lauds Joint-Service Effort

MILITARY NEWS
Military Health Care Rivals Industry, Official Says
Center Gears Up for Mental Health, Brain Injuries
Cooperation Key to Military Health Success
Wounded Troop Care Must Be ‘Cutting Edge’
DoD Celebrates Record-Breaking Contributions

FACE OF DEFENSE
Officer Prevails Over IED

WHY WE SERVE
Soldier is Proud Mentor

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

Philippines
Baler Radar Site Catanduanes Radar Site Manila

South Korea
Cheju Upper/Radar Chonju Chunchon Inch'on Kunsan Masan Mokp'o
Osan Pusan Seoul Suwon Taegu Taejon Tonghae Radar Site Ulsan Yosu

Today in History
1574 - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
1587 - Deventer & Zutphen surrender to Spain
1613 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1676 - Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
1802 - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
1834 - President Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 - Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 1st published (New York City NY)
1848 - Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
1850 - Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to US Senate
1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery
1860 - American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state
1863 - Battle at Bear River WA - US Army vs Indians
1864 - Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid)
1879 - Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established
1886 - 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
1895 - King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
1896 - Emile Grubbe is 1st doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
1900 - Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed
1912 - Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA
1916 - 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1917 - English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch
1919 - Secretary of state proclaims the 18th amendment (prohibition)
1920 - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1922 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1923 - 1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain)
1927 - 4th German government of Marx forms
1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms
1942 - German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi
1943 - New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Japanese sub I-1 at Guadalcanal
1944 - 285 German bombers attack London
1949 - Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand & Switzerland recognize Israel
1953 - 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
1958 - Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming
1964 - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
1966 - Snow storm in north east US kills 165
1968 - Nauru adopts constitution
1969 - Jimi Hendrix & Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars
1976 - Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire
1979 - President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years; Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC
1980 - 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of the Canadians
1984 - President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term; Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
1986 - Yoweri Museveni sworn in as President of Uganda
1987 - William J. Casey ends term as 13th director of CIA
1988 - Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras; United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36 hours 54 minutes 15 seconds
1989 - Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
1989 - USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1990 - Exxon Valdez captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
1991 - Battle for Khafji in Saudi Arabia begins; Nelson Mandela & Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years
1998 - Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR; Woman's Clinic in Birmingham AL bombed, 1 killed

Birthdays
1584 - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/field marshal
1737 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
1756 - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Governor-VA)/General/cavalryman
1761 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
1803 - James Outram Bulterley Hall, General
1821 - Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Union Brigadier General
1823 - Franklin Gardner, Confederate Major-General (Civil War-fought at Shiloh & Port Hudson)
1836 - Benjamin Franklin Potts, Union Brevet Major General; James Meech Warner, Union Brigadier General
1843 - William McKinley, 25th US President (1897-1901)
1850 - Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
1880 - W.C. Fields [William Claude Dukenfield], actor (My Little Chickadee, Bank Dick)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell (Representative-NY, 1945-70)
1911 - George Burns, British Major-General
1915 - Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
1939 - O.P. Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
1942 - Arnaldo Mendez, 1st Cuban in space (Soyuz 38); Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38); Richard Needham, British MP
1945 - James Nicholson, British MP
1951 - Earl Howe England, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence

Passings
0969 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
1559 - Sir Thomas Pope English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
1663 - Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
1696 - Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
1820 - George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
1906 - Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies
1928 - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WWI), dies at 66
1934 - Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65
1941 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek General/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1946 - Harry L. Hopkins, US minister of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
1955 - Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947-55), dies at 51
1980 - Jimmy Durante, singer/comedian (Ink-a-dink-a-doo, Palooka, The Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86
1988 - James R. Killian, Jr., MIT president (1948-59), dies at 83

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Badolati, Frank N., US Army SF (NH); likely KIA

Hodgson, Cecil J., US Army SF (TX); patrol leader, likely KIA

Terry, Ronald T., US Army SF (NY); likely KIA

1967
Silva, Claude Arnold, USAF (CO); F105F shot down

1968
Mills, James Dale, USMC (TX); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Mulleavey, Quinten Emile, US Army (NH)

White, Charles E., US Army SF (AL); fell from helicopter during extraction

1969
Campbell, William E., USAF (TX); F4D shot down (w/Holton)

Holton, Robert E., USAF (MT); F4D shot down (w/Campbell)

1971
Lineberger, Harold B., USAF (TX); OV10A shot down

Mixter, David I., US Army SF (CT); KIA, body not recovered

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