News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iran Suspends Talks With U.S. on Security in Iraq
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Suspected in Iraq Bombing (But they're all innocents who deserve to be handled with kid gloves, right?)
Report: Saddam Feared STDs From U.S. Guards
Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack
Iraqi Army stops SVBIED attack against post (Mosul)

Other Military News
Top US commando says strain of war limits forces elsewhere
Experts Say Red Square Parade Masks Weakened Russia Military

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. says Iran will get incentives "very quickly"

Politics / Government
Sprint to the Finish
Obama Addresses Indiana Rally: WATCH LIVE
BRIEFING BOOK: North Carolina and Indiana (pdf)
Obama Denies Pledge to Teamsters
Obama and Clinton clash on gas tax before big votes - Video
McCain woos Hispanics and launches Spanish web site
Obama, Clinton hunt votes before key races - Video
Obama damaged by Wright flap: poll
Blog: "Move on" from Wright: Clinton
Bush to discuss prices on Saudi trip
Republican evangelical support has peaked: analyst
Tom Hanks announces support for Obama's presidential bid
McCain criticizes Obama on national security
On eve of Indiana, N.C., Clinton, Obama duel on gas prices
More than 3.5 million new voters, AP survey finds

Illegal Immigration / Border Control
Texas, Feds Agree to Border Fence, Levee Project

In the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and Order
Man Shoots, Kills Fetus by Mistake While Showing Handgun to Pregnant Teenager
Police Chief Shoots Self at Gun Training Session
Teen Arrested After Chemical Bomb Explodes in Class
Man, Teen Wanted in Senior Citizen's Murder Arrested
Three Babies Found Dead in Freezer in Germany, Mother Arrested
Suicide Notes of Deborah Jean Palfrey Reveal 'D.C. Madam' Hanged Herself to Avoid Jail
Body Floats in N.J. Canal, Gnawed by Turtles, for Nearly 24 Hours After Police Got Call
Priest Gets Prison Time for Having Sex With Inmates
Police: 'Horror Dad' Made Secret Dungeon Plans in 1978
Racial disparities persist in drug arrests
Los Angeles man wins right to use wife's last name
Police: Motorcyclist flipped bird, popped wheelie, crashed (Sometimes, Karma just kicks you in the butt)
Ga. board denied killer's clemency bid

U.N. News
Ban discussing U.N. help for Zimbabwe re-run - Video

Media in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the Web
FOXBusiness Exclusive: Buffett, Gates on Yahoo Fallout
Yahoo CEO open to more Microsoft talks
Yahoo shares fall 15 pct after Microsoft withdraws bid

Science / Medicine and Health / Technology
Government Report Answers Who Lives, Who Dies in Flu Pandemic
Wal-Mart Begins Offering 90-Day Prescriptions for $10
Breast-fed children found smarter
Obese moms have long pregnancies
Hospital ERs overwhelmed, one-day study finds
Needle-free device delivers pain-free analgesia
"Grand Theft Auto" publisher sues over pulled ads
Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format
T-Mobile eyes 25 U.S. high-speed markets in '08
Nokia to offer "a lot" of new phones in the U.S.

Mother Nature
Volcanic Smog Blankets Hawaii in Toxic Gas - PHOTOS
Official: More Than 10,000 May Have Died in Myanmar Cyclone
Laura Bush Urges Junta to Accept Aid
Cyclone kills 10,000 in one Myanmar town - Video
Myanmar believes 13,000 dead, missing - Slideshow
Video: Deaths "run into thousands"
Blackouts, shortages plague Yangon
Timeline: Major Asian cyclones
Climate change could hit tropical wildlife hardest
Ethanol waiver seen spiking gasoline $1/gallon
Shimon Peres sees eco-fuel fighting "terror"
Exxon to test new technology to remove CO2 from gas
Alberta puts C$55 million into pine beetle fight
Crackdown on plastic bags in China
Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle

News from My Neck of the Woods
Conn. boy finally takes off Packers jersey after 1,581 days

Oddities
Illinois Man Orders Custom Beer-Can Coffin
Mystery deepens over German poet Schiller's skull
China drivers fined for slow-drive on scenic bridge

Other News of Note
Dalai Lama envoy upbeat on China talks
Oil hits record over $120
Why oil prices are at a record high
Full Coverage: Oil in Spotlight
Gasoline price hits new high
AP Interview: Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey's conduct

Fox News
Fed Frets Over Foreclosures
Good Deed Gets Rewarded
Pop Tarts: Wedding Bells on the Way for Jessica Simpson?
Latvia Coast Guard Rescues Nearly 700 Stranded Cruise Passengers; 322 Remain

Reuters
Parents, unite! Ban birthday party blowouts
Jack in the Green
Full Coverage: Images from celebrations around the world
Stocks fall on Countrywide fears, record oil - Video
Dwindling population
Singapore banks on derivatives
Small Business:"Mompreneurs" tap into babies, parenting
Bernanke: High foreclosure rates hurt broad economy
Sprint in M&A play, shares surge
Chrysler tries fuel-price guarantee to boost sales
More big losses expected from Fannie, Freddie
Dark pool volume figures may be overhyped
Gearing up for EU, Croatia's shipyards face reform
BofA may lower Countrywide deal price: analysts
Buffett's Berkshire to look at RBS insurance unit
Jury deliberations begin in Thurman stalker trial
Tom Cruise tells Oprah he wants more challenges
Lindsay Lohan rebounds with "Ugly Betty" guest role
Kylie Minogue gets French cultural honor
Talk of the Town: Iron Man sequel
Simply Red becomes a "prison" for Hucknall
Canadian students break out in song for Music Monday
Air races get ready, get set and go
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant poised to be named MVP
Tigers cut outfielder Jacque Jones
Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder
Roger Federer to face bogeyman Canas in Rome
Maturing Henin sets sights on leisurely retirement

AP World News
Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking
'Sex and the City' director addresses death rumor
Billups scores 28 as Pistons edge Magic 100-93 for 2-0 lead
Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds engaged
Roger Clemens apologizes for 'mistakes in personal life'

News Blaze
MND-B Soldiers Detain 15 Suspects, Seize Bomb-Making Materials
Soldiers' Angels and Patriot Guard
Iraq News
Read about Operations in Iraq
FOB Warhorse Memorial Photos
Videos

CENTCOM
Security in Abu Shemsi offers new opportunities
Iraqi Police regional training center opens in Diyala
Soldiers patch roads after bomb blasts
Maliki unifies Iraqi government in stand against insurgents
EPRT facilitates Mada’in ag expo
Refurbished school opens in Salman Pak

USJFCOM
Druid's Dance exercise yields major training milestone
USJFCOM signs agreement with Old Dominion University Research Foundation
Learn more about CRADAs - podcast
Joint Knowledge Online earns prestigious award for distance learning
Learn more about Joint Knowledge Online
Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution
Interoperability assessment begins - podcast
Learn more about JSIC

Multi-National Force - Iraq
Iraqi Police Station Opens in Yusifiyah
Government Officials Meet with Qarghuli Sheikhs
Wholesale Farmers’ Market Reopens in Yusifiyah
PRT Facilitates Mada’in Agricultural, Technology Expo
Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces, U.S. Special Forces kill seven Special Groups criminals in Baghdad
Weapons cache found in Wardia
MND-B soldiers kill criminals emplacing IED, seize weapons caches (Baghdad)
‘Surge’ Brigade redeploys (Baghdad)

DefenseLink
TOP NEWS
President's Proclamation Honors Troops' Spouses
Congress Urged to Act Quickly on Supplemental
Iraq to Document Iranian Support of Insurgency

IRAQ NEWS
Coalition Brings Medical Aid to Outlying Villages
Tank Crew Kills Attackers in Baghdad Fighting

AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Troops Fight Enemy in Helmand, Khowst Provinces

MILITARY NEWS
Civilian Agencies Must Help Overseas, Mullen Says
Mullen Urges Academy Cadets to Become Leaders

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Chrysler Strengthens Ties To Guard, Reserves

FACE OF DEFENSE
Military Led to Civilian Success for Miss Utah
Mom Stays ‘Army Strong’

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
1527 - Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance
1529 - Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals
1536 - King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
1598 - Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
1626 - Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets
1642 - Ville Marie (Montréal) forms
1644 - Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil
1648 - Battle at Zólty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir
1672 - Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1753 - French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1757 - Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
1794 - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1804 - Suriname sold to English (until February 1816)
1840 - 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"; Linus Yale patents Yale-lock; New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1853 - 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk, CT)
1856 - U.S. Army troops from Forts Tejon and Miller prepare to ride out to protect Keyesville, California, from the Yokut Indians
1860 - San Fransisco Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club, founded
1861 - Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US; Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1864 - Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA; Battle of Wilderness-General Longstreet seriously injured; General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta, GA
1877 - Chief Crazy Horse, who defeated Custer, surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska
1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration; Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
1889 - Universal Exposition opens in Paris France; Eiffel Tower completed
1890 - Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1891 - Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
1902 - British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon - 739 die; Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
1910 - King George V ascends to British throne
1913 - King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 - British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1915 - Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
1915 - German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
1916 - Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
1919 - Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa
1933 - Italy & USSR sign trade agreement
1935 - British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1937 - Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die)
1938 - Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)
1941 - Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia; Bob Hope gives his first USO show at March Field, in CA
1942 - Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
1943 - British 1st Army opens assault on Tunis
1945 - General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands; Axis Sally makes her final broadcast to Allied troops.
1955 - West Germany joins NATO
1957 - Italian Government of Segni resigns; Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1959 - Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
1960 - President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960; Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta; Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México
1961 - Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1962 - 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen); Antonio Segni elected President of Italy; Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquers Nam Tha Laos
1966 - Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1967 - 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College; Zakir Hussain elected 1st Muslim President of India
1968 - Battle between students & troops in Paris, France, 1000 injured; Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
1970 - Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest
1972 - South Vietnam's 5th Division at An Loc, under daily artillery battering, continue to hold their ground as reinforcements fight their way north up Highway 13
1974 - West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns
1975 - Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, NE
1978 - South Africa military goes into Angola
1981 - US expels Libyan diplomats
1984 - José Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1985 - 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base
1987 - Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice; PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1988 - Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1990 - Former President PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
1993 - STS-55 (Columbia) lands
1994 - Chunnel linking England & France officially opens; House passes the assault weapons ban; Nelson Mandela & his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
1996 - Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war; Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President
1997 - Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
2012 - Transit of Venus

Birthdays
0973 - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)
1501 - Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini], humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)
1758 - Maximilien Robespierre Arras, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1769 - Ferdinand III archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane
1801 - George Sears Greene, Union Brevet Major General
1812 - Martin Robinson Delaney Charlestown VA, 1st Black Major in US Medical Corps
1813 - Joseph Tarr Copeland, Union Brigadier General
1825 - Joseph Bailey, Union Brevet Major General
1829 - Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England
1856 - Robert Edwin Peary, arctic explorer (North Pole-April 6 1909); Sigmund Freud, cigar smoker, father of psycho-analysis
1875 - William Daniel Leahy, 5-star Admiral/Chief of Staff (1949)
1888 - Emmanuel Celler (Representative-NY, 1923-73)
1902 - Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
1912 - Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral
1915 - John Arnold, British high court judge
1922 - Carlos J. Moorhead (Representative-CA)
1926 - John Hamilton-Jones CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Major-General
1931 - Marvin Leath (Representative-TX)
1934 - Richard C. Shelby (Representative-AL /Senator-AL)
1939 - Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut
1941 - Fred J. Eckert (Representative-NY, 1985-87)
1946 - Jim Ramstad (Representative-MN)
1949 - David Cornell Leestma, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45)
1952 - Chiaki Naito-Mukai, astronaut (STS 65, 95)
1953 - Tony Blair, British PM (Labour, 1997- )
1954 - Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, cosmonaut
1955 - Donald A. Thomas, PhD/Astronaut (STS 65, 70, 83, 94); John Hutton, MP
1959 - Charles Hendry, MP; Eric D. Fingerhut (Representative-OH)

Passings
0523 - Thrasamunde, King of Vandalen
0988 - Dirk II West Frisian, Count of Holland
1085 - King Alfonso VI of León, conquerer of Toledo
1124 - Balak Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1527 - Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1727 - Catharina I Latvia, Tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1862 - Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1864 - Henry Livermore Abbott, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle; Micah Jenkins, Confederate Brigadier-General (friendly fire), dies at 28
1882 - Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1910 - Edward VII King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1916 - Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1919 - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1987 - William J. Casey, Director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1995 - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1996 - Geoffrey Hodges bomb disposal expert, dies at 87

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Stubberfield, Robert A., USAF (NC); RF101C shot down - remains returned June, 1989

1966
Dodson, James, USAF; RF101C shot down - escaped June, 1966 - deceased

Lamar, James L., USAF (AR); F105D shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Colonel - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Wideman, Robert Earl, USN (OH); A4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive in 1998

1968
Aldrich, Lawrence L., US Army (TX); KIA / BNR

Baird, William A., US Army (OH); released by PRG (injured) March, 1973 - alive in 1998

Branch, Michael P., US Army (KY); released by PRG March, 1973 - accused of collaboration

1969
Billipp, Norman K., USMC (WI); O1G shot down (w/Hagan) - remains ID'd November, 1996

Hagan, John Robert, USMC (GA); O1G shot down (w/Billipp) - remains returned, ID'd November, 1996

1970
Hernandez, Frank S., US Army (CA); Killed when UH1H collided with another helicopter and crashed (w/Worthington)

Kier, Larry Gene, US Army (NE); disappeared after ground action (w/Teran)

Teran, Refugio T., US Army (MI); disappeared after ground action (w/Kier)

Worthington, Richard C., US Army (WA); Killed when UH1H collided with another helicopter and crashed (w/Hernandez)

1972
Wiles, Marvin B., USN (CA); A7E shot down

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