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SHAMOKIN, Pa.... The city
police station was buzzing Thursday - with the sound of rattlesnakes...
Army Staff Sgt.
Patrick O. Barlow, 42, of Greensboro, N.C., died on Oct. 18 in San
Antonio, Texas, from a non-combat-related medical condition. Barlow was
assigned to the 50th Engineer Company, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. defenselink.mil/ ... 16:00:01Army Sgt. 1st Class
Tony L. Knier, 31, of Sabinsville, Pa., died Oct. 21 in Bayji, Iraq,
from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Knier was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Wild pigs
may have spread deadly bacteria onto a California spinach field, sparking an
outbreak that killed three people and sickened more than 200 others nationwide,
investigators said Thursday. They also said the outbreak appears to be over...
Air
Force Maj. Charles L. Bifolchi of Quincy, Mass. will be buried on Oct.
27 at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Jan. 8, 1968,
Bifolchi and a fellow crewmember were flying an armed reconnaissance mission
against enemy targets in Kon Tum Province, South Vietnam, when their RF-4C
aircraft disappeared. A U.S. Army helicopter crew found their aircraft wreckage
soon after first light the next day. Search efforts continued for four days;
however, enemy activity in the area, combined with the steep terrain and high
winds at the crash site, precluded the recovery of the crewmen.... defenselink.mil/ ... 20:29:25Army 1st Lt. Amos C.
R. Bock, 24, of New Madrid, Mo., died on Oct. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Bock was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:23:27Marine Sgt. Thomas M.
Gilbert, 24, of Downers Grove, Ill., died Oct. 25 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces
Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Grand
Rapids, Mich. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:23:04Marine Pfc. Donald S.
Brown, 19, of Succasunna, N.J., died Oct. 25 from wounds received while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:22:43Marine Pfc. Daniel B.
Chaires, 20, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Oct. 25 from wounds received while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary
Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan B. Thornsberry, 22, of McDowell,
Ky., died Oct. 25 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine
Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Johnson City, Tenn. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:21:58Navy Petty Officer 2nd
Class Charles V. Komppa, 35, of Belgrade, Mont., died Oct. 25 from enemy
action while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was
serving with the 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, Multi-National Corps, Iraq,
and was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 18, Detachment 0618 in
Billings, Mont. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:07:17Army 1st Lt. Amos C.
R. Bock, 24, of New Madrid, Mo., died on Oct. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Bock was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky. 
pera 9... passes some
of the compatibility tests out there, which just proves we need better tests...
[???] Army Spc. Nathaniel
A. Aguirre, 21, of Carrollton, TexasArmy Spc. Matthew W. Creed, 23, of
Covina, Calif. Army Spc. Carl A.
Eason, 29, of Lovelady, Texas, died Oct. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Eason
was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:21:32Marine Lance Cpl.
Richard A. Buerstetta, 20, of Franklin, Tenn.Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler R.
Overstreet, 22, of Gallatin, Tenn.Navy Seaman Charles
O. Sare, 23, of Hemet, Calif., died Oct. 23 from enemy action while
conducting combat operations in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Sare, a Hospital
Corpsman, was assigned to Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.
and was currently serving with Multi-National Corps, Iraq. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:20:32Army Spc. Nicholas K.
Rogers, 27, of Deltona, Fla., died Oct. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
suffered when his patrol came in contact with enemy forces during combat
operations. Rogers was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:20:12Army Sgt. Willsun M.
Mock, 23, of Harper, Kan., died Oct. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Mock
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 22:19:58Army Maj. David G.
Taylor, 37, of North Carolina, died Oct. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Taylor
is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:41:27Army Staff Sgt.
Ronald L. Paulsen, 53, of Vancouver, Wash., died on Oct. 17 in Tarmiya,
Iraq, from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated
near his vehicle. Paulsen was assigned to the Army Reserve's 414th Civil
Affairs Battalion, Utica, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:41:01Marine Lance Cpl.
Eric W. Herzberg, 20, of Severna Park, Md., died Oct. 21 while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:40:32Marine Pvt. Edwardo
J. Lopez, 21, of Aurora, Ill., died Oct. 19 while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd
Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe
Bay, Hawaii. 
Heather
Mills McCartney's lawyers said Tuesday she is suing two newspapers over "false,
damaging and immensely upsetting" stories surrounding her divorce from Paul
McCartney... 
French honey
bees are now under threat from placid foreigners... Apis Mellifera Mellifera,
the native subspecies also known as the dark bee, is losing out to central and
eastern European breeds because beekeepers find them easier to handle and less
likely to sting... "If too many are imported, in certain regions, we risk
causing the disappearance of local stocks that are best adapted to local
ecosystems..." news.bbc.co.uk/ ... 15:25:44Scientists have identified the
oldest known bee, a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber... The
discovery coincides with the publication of the genetic blueprint of the
honeybee, which reveals surprising links with mammals and humans... dailymail.co.uk/ ...
02:32:22Families strolling through a London park were left shocked when
a pelican picked up and swallowed an unsuspecting pigeon... struggled with the
desperately frantic pigeon in its beak for more than 20 minutes before
swallowing it whole... Marine Lance Cpl.
Clifford R. Collinsworth, 20, of Chelsea, Mich.Marine Lance Cpl.
Nathan R. Elrod, 20, of Salisbury, N.C.Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas J.
Manoukian, 22, of Lathrup Village, Mich.Marine Cpl. Joshua C. Watkins, 25,
of Jacksonville, Fla.Army Staff Sgt. Jesus
M. Montalvo, 46, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, died Oct. 18 in Baghdad,
Iraq, from injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire during combat
operations. Montalvo was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 10:08:20Army Staff Sgt. Kevin
M. Witte, 27, of Beardsley, Minn., died on Oct. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle during a combat patrol. Witte was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder,
Germany. 
Hillary Clinton's
Republican challenger is getting personal and it's not pretty: He says the
senator used to be ugly - and speculates she got "millions of dollars" in
plastic surgery. "You
ever see a picture of her back then? Whew..." computerworld.com/ ...
10:34:09Source code to Diebold Election Systems Inc. voting machines has
been leaked once again. On Wednesday, former Maryland state legislator Cheryl
C. Kagan was anonymously given disks containing source code to Diebold's
BallotStation and GEMS (Global Election Management System) tabulation software
used in the 2004 elections. Kagan, a well-known critic of electronic voting, is
Executive Director of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, a philanthropic
organization based in Olney, Maryland. The disks were created and distributed
by two federal voting machine testing labs run by Ciber Inc. and Wyle
Laboratories Inc. They had been testing systems on behalf of the state of
Maryland, Diebold said in a statement... 
A
fire that destroyed a cottage near Bonn and injured a
77-year-old man was probably caused by a meteor and witnesses saw an arc
of blazing light in the sky... Army
Pfc. Francis Crater Jr., 32nd Infantry Regiment, of Barberton, Ohio. He
will be buried Oct. 21 in Akron, Ohio. From Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 1950, the U.S.
Army's 31st Regimental Combat Team, to which Crater's regiment was temporarily
assigned, fought elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Forces in the
Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. After intense fighting, the 1/32 Infantry was
forced to abandon its position, leaving its dead behind. Regimental records
compiled after the battle indicate that Crater was killed in action on Nov. 28,
1950.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:52:45Army Staff Sgt. Ryan
E. Haupt, 24, of Phoenix, Ariz.Army Sgt. Norman R. Taylor III, 21, of Blythe,
Calif.Army Pfc.
Nathan J. Frigo, 23, of Kokomo, Ind. Army 2nd Lt.
Christopher E. Loudon, 23, of Brockport, Pa.Army Cpl. David M. Unger, 21, of
Leavenworth, Kan.Army Cpl. Russell G. Culbertson III, 22, of Amity,
Pa.Army Spc.
Joseph C. Dumas Jr., 25, of New Orleans. Army Sgt. 1st Class
Daniel A. Brozovich, 42, of Greenville, Pa., died Oct. 18 in Ashraf,
Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near
his Armored Security Vehicle while on combat patrol. Brozovich was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery, Spring City, Pa. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:51:06Army Spc. Jose R.
Perez, 21, of Ontario, Calif., died Oct. 18 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from
injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire. Perez was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:50:50Army Sgt. Lester D.
Baroncini Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, Calif.Army Pfc. Stephen D. Bicknell, 19,
of Prattville, Ala. Army Spc. Daniel W.
Winegeart, 23, of Kountze, Texas, died Oct. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries sustained when his Light Medium Tactical Vehicle drove off an
overpass. Winegeart was assigned to the 5th Group Support Battalion, 5th
Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky. This incident is under investigation.
Army Staff Sgt. Garth
D. Sizemore, 31, of Mount Sterling, Ky., died Oct. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq,
from injuries suffered when his patrol came in contact with enemy forces using
small arms fire during combat operations. Sizemore was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:14:47Marine 2nd Lt. Joshua
L. Booth, 23, of Fiskdale, Mass., died Oct. 17 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Army Capt. Mark C.
Paine, 32, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., died Oct. 15 in Taji, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Paine was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:16:42Army 1st Sgt. Charles
M. King, 48, of Mobile, Ala.Army Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Kane, 35, of Darby,
Pa.Army Spc.
Timothy J. Lauer, 25, of Saegertown, Pa. Army Pfc. Keith J.
Moore, 28, of San Francisco, died Oct. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of a non-combat
related injury. Moore was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. The
incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 17:22:17Army 1st Lt. Joshua
Deese, 25, of North Carolina. He died in Balad, Iraq, following the
incident.Army
Sgt. Jonathan E. Lootens, 25, of Lyons, N.Y. Army 2nd Lt. Johnny
K. Craver, 37, of McKinney, Texas, died Oct. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle during combat operations. Craver was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
defenselink.mil/ ... 19:32:55Marine Sgt. Brock A.
Babb, 40, of Evansville, Ind., died Oct. 15 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Babb was assigned
to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division,
Terre Haute, Ind.Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Hines, 26, of Olney, Ill., died
Oct. 15 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. Hines was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion,
24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Terre Haute, Ind.Marine Sgt. Jonathan J. Simpson,
25, of Rockport, Texas, died Oct. 14 while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Simpson was assigned to 1st
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:32:06Army Cpl. Luis E.
Tejeda, 20, of Huntington Park, Calif., died Sept. 30 in Al Asad, Iraq, of
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle during combat operations in Hit, Iraq. Tejeda was assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 19:31:04Air Force Airman 1st
Class Leebernard E. Chavis, 21, of Hampton, Va., died Oct. 14 while
performing duties as a turret gunner with the Iraqi police in the vicinity of
Baghdad, Iraq. Chavis was assigned to the 824th Security Forces Squadron, Moody
Air Force Base, Ga. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:49:35Army Pfc. Kenny F.
Stanton Jr., 20, of Hemet, Calif., died on Oct. 13 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Stanton was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, Waegwan,
Korea. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:49:11Army Sgt. Nicholas R.
Sowinski, 25, of Tempe, Ariz., died on Oct. 11 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle. Sowinski was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment,
172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Army Sgt. Gene A.
Hawkins, 24, of Orlando, Fla., died on Oct. 12 in Mosul, Iraq, from
injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his RG-31
Mine Protected Vehicle. Hawkins was assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion,
555th Combat Support Brigade (Maneuver Enhancement), Fort Lewis, Wash. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:03:49Army Spc. Jason A.
Lucas, 24, of Columbus, Ohio, died on Oct. 13 in Kandahar, Afghanistan,
from injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by a suicide bomber using a
vehicle-born improvised explosive device. Lucas was assigned to 2nd Battalion,
30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Polk, La. defenselink.mil/ ... 12:03:33Army Private 1st Class
Thomas J. Hewitt, 22, of Temple, Texas, died on Oct. 13 at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained during a
Sept. 26 incident in Baghdad, Iraq, during which an improvised explosive device
detonated near his vehicle. Hewitt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 89th
Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. A nurse has spoken of her terror
after she was attacked by a giant pig which charged the horse she was riding
and then savaged her after she was thrown to the ground... Marine Sgt. Justin T.
Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died Oct. 11 at National Naval Medical
Center Bethesda, Md., from wounds received while conducting combat operations
in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Oct. 5. He was assigned to 8th Engineer Support
Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:41:21Army Capt. Shane T.
Adcock, 27, of Mechanicsville, Va., died on Oct. 11 in Hawijah, Iraq, from
injuries suffered from enemy grenade fire. Adcock was assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii. defenselink.mil/ ... 23:41:06Army Chief Warrant
Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., died Oct. 11 in
Banditemur, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered during combat operations. Dyer
was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Canadian
troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an
unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable
forests of 10-feet-high marijuana plants... Taliban fighters were using
the forests as cover... "The challenge is that marijuana plants absorb energy,
heat very readily. It's very difficult to penetrate with thermal devices ...
and as a result you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in
and out of those marijuana forests... The plants are so full of water right now
... that we simply couldn't burn them... " LOS LUNAS, N.M.... Three
workers at a Burger King restaurant were arrested after two Isleta
tribal police officers discovered that the hamburgers
they ordered were sprinkled with marijuana... Air Force 1st Lt. James L. Hull of Lubbock,
Texas. He will be buried Nov. 13 at Arlington National Cemetery near
Washington, D.C. On Feb. 19, 1971, Hull and a fellow crew member were flying a
mission near the Laos/Vietnam border when their O-2A Skymaster crashed. Both
men died, but Hull's body was buried in the wreckage and could not be recovered
because of hostile enemy action.... defenselink.mil/ ... 14:37:53Marine Lance Cpl.
Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Ore., died Oct. 8 from wounds received
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine
Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Marine Lance Cpl.
Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont., died Oct. 8 from
wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment,
3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Marine Capt.
Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn., died Oct. 8 from wounds
received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd
Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. defenselink.mil/ ... 14:35:55Marine Sgt. Julian M.
Arechaga, 23, of Oceanside, N.Y., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Marine Lance Cpl. Jon E. Bowman, 21, of Dubach,
La., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al
Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,
2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.Marine Pfc. Shelby J.
Feniello, 25, of Connellsville, Pa., died Oct. 9 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marine Lance Cpl. John E. Hale, 20,
of Shreveport, La., died Oct. 6 from wounds received while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen F.
Johnson, 20, of Marietta, Ga., died Oct. 8 while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marine Cpl. Bradford H. Payne, 24,
of Montgomery, Ala., died Oct. 6 while conducting combat operations against
enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 14:34:29Army Pfc. Phillip B.
Williams, 21, of Gardnerville, Nev., died Oct. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered from enemy contact during combat operations. Williams was
assigned to the 4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. MARIANNA, Fla... a woman was
arrested Sunday for trying to bring marijuana hidden in an ice cream container
to an inmate... 
Sen.
John McCain... blamed former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday for failing to
stop an unfolding nuclear threat from North Korea in the 1990s... referring to
a 1994 deal under which North Korea agreed to halt work on a plutonium-based
nuclear facility, partly in exchange for free fuel oil deliveries. "The Koreans
received millions of dollars in energy assistance ... and what did the Koreans
do? They secretly enriched uranium.... We had a carrots-and-no-sticks policy
that only encouraged bad behavior. When one carrot didn't work, we offered
another..." Army Sgt. Brandon S.
Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va., who died on Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small
arms fire during combat operations. Asbury was assigned to the 4th Support
Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.Army Spec. Timothy A.
Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky., who died Oct. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when a
landmine detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Fulkerson was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd
Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:59:51Army Sgt. Lawrence L.
Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo., who was assigned to the 110th Engineer
Battalion, Kansas City, Mo.Army Spec. John E. Wood, 37, of Humboldt, Kan., who was
assigned to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Garnett, Kan.Army Pfc. Shane R.
Austin, 19, of Edgerton, Kan., died on Oct. 8 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from
injuries suffered by enemy grenade fire. Johnson was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division,
Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 20:27:14Army Cpl. Nicholas A.
Arvanitis, 22, of Salem, New Hampshire, died on Oct. 6 in Bayji, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when he encountered enemy fire. Arvanitis was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina. 
The findings, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology, lend some support to the theory that growing up with a pet trains
the immune system to be less reactive to potential allergy triggers... today.reuters.com/ ...
13:43:30Mental health experts called on Monday for the term
schizophrenia to be dropped, saying it has no scientific validity, is imprecise
and stigmatizing... symptoms such as delusions, hearing voices and
hallucinations are not the results of the illness but may be reactions to
traumatic and troubling events in life... smoking
pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease... Army Sgt. Daniel
Isshak, 25, of Alta Loma, Calif., died on Oct. 3 in Tikrit, Iraq, from
injuries suffered when his vehicle received enemy small arms fire at Hawija,
Iraq, during combat operations. Isshak was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th
Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
defenselink.mil/ ... 13:06:54Army Staff Sgt.
Jonathan Rojas, 27, of Hammond, Ind., died on Oct. 3 in Baghdad, Iraq,
from injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire while performing security
operations. Rojas was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment,
172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Ala. Army Spc. Angelo J.
Vaccaro, 23, of Deltona, Fla., died on Oct. 2 in Korengal, Afghanistan,
from injuries suffered during combat operations. Vaccaro was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. defenselink.mil/ ... 17:20:43Army Sgt. Denise A.
Lannaman, 46, of Bayside, N.Y., died at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Oct. 1
from a non-combat related incident. Lannaman was assigned to the Army National
Guard's 1569th Transportation Company, Newburgh, N.Y. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 17:19:52Marine Capt. Justin
D. Peterson, 32, of Davisburg, Mich., died Oct. 1 from a non-hostile
vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Tank
Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms,
Calif. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:15:52Army Pfc. Michael K.
Oremus, 21, of Highland, N.Y., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2 after being
shot by enemy forces. Oremus was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company,
8th Military Police Brigade, Seoul, Korea. defenselink.mil/ ... 01:15:31Army Pfc. Satieon V.
Greenlee, 24, of Pendleton, S.C., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2 as a
result of injuries suffered from enemy small arms fire. Greenlee was assigned
to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Army Sgt. Mario
Nelson, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died in Hit, Iraq, on Oct. 1 from injuries
suffered when a rocket-propelled grenade detonated near his vehicle. Nelson was
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:30:57Army Staff Sgt. Joe
A. Narvaez, 25, of San Antonio, Texas, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2
after being shot by enemy forces. Narvaez was assigned to the 1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division,
Schweinfurt, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:30:43Army Cpl. Chase A.
Haag, 22, of Portland, Ore., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 1 when an
improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Haag was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 18:30:31Marine Lance Cpl.
Christopher B. Cosgrove III, 23, of Cedar Knolls, N.J., died Oct. 1
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province,
Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd
Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Dover, N.J. defenselink.mil/ ... 11:30:31Marine Cpl. Aaron L.
Seal, 23, of Elkhart, Ind., died Oct. 1 while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine
Forces Reserve's 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group,
Sound Bend, Ind. A $1 million bond was set Monday for a suspected Bartlesville
drug dealer arrested Friday evening. [TP], 24, faces charges of trafficking
marijuana within 2,000 feet of a school, possession of a firearm during the
commission of a felony, possession of drug proceeds, possession of
paraphernalia and maintaining a house where drugs are kept.... authorities
believe that [P] "poses a significant threat to the citizens of the
community..." several bags of bricked marijuana in a closet... several partial
bricks of marijuana... a "large amount or ammunition" in the closet as well as
magazines for semi automatic handguns... Three semi automatic handguns... a
total of $24,280 in cash... returned home... was arrested... had a loaded semi
automatic handgun next to him in his vehicle... $2,450 in cash on his person
and another $2,600 in the center console of the vehicle... 20-30 more pounds of
marijuana in 42 1-gallon freezer bags were also found... street value was
estimated at $30,000... Navy Petty Officer 2nd
Class Michael A. Monsoor, 25, of Garden Grove, Calif., died Sept. 29
while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.
Monsoor was a SEAL assigned to a West-Coast based command. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:35:16Army Staff Sgt. Scott
E. Nisely, 48, of Marshalltown, IowaArmy Spc. Kampha B. Sourivong, 20,
of Iowa City, Iowa Army Spc. Robert F.
Weber, 22, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died near the Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq,
(about 30 miles south of Mosul, Iraq) as a result of a vehicle roll-over on
Sept. 30. Weber was assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment,
25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. This incident is under investigation.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa... A man
who police say was caught with two pounds of marijuana allegedly
told officers the drug wasn't his because he stole it...
hosted.ap.org/ ...
14:19:30BAKERSFIELD, Calif... A burglar... had ordered a pizza and was
doing a load of laundry Wednesday when [51yo woman] returned home from work...
just as the pizza did... attacked, but ...was able to escape unharmed. A
neighbor called police, who found [accused] rummaging through [homeowner's]
purse. He had written one of [her] checks to pay for the pizza... [Accused]
used to live next door... 
When three
smoke alarms failed to wake up Josh Coats during a fire that heavily damaged
his home, his 4-year-old English bulldog's frantic barking turned out to be the
wake-up call that saved his life... 
Iceland has announced it is to resume
commercial hunting of whales... will take nine fin whales, an endangered
species, and 30 minke whales each year... Norway is the only other country to
hunt commercially; most are bound by a 20-year moratorium... 
Fish in a lagoon at a Hawaiian resort began
to jump out the water like they were being jolted with electricity minutes
before a 6.6 magnitude earthquake rattled the islands... 
NEW ORLEANS -- Alligators have been dragged from abandoned swimming
pools. Foxes had to be removed from the airport. Coyotes are stalking rabbits
and nutria (a sort of countrified rat) in city streets. And armadillos are
undermining air conditioning units. In the year since Hurricane Katrina drove
out many of the people of New Orleans, wild animals have been moving in. Some
were blown in by the winds or redistributed by the floodwaters. Others were
drawn by the piles of rotting garbage and by the shelter afforded by all the
abandoned homes and tall weeds... 
Dick
Parsons, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, fired a shot across
the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints
against the video sharing site YouTube.com... [Maybe Google should buy
Time-Warner next?] 
Thousands of people in
eastern India have fled their homes in fear as elephants crash through villages
looking for one of their herd, which fell into a ditch and drowned over the
weekend... Residents of Banta in Jharkhand state gave the 17-year-old female
elephant a quiet burial three days ago, but 14 marauding elephants have been
raiding the village ever since... 
Attempts by John
Lennon's killer to get parole have been rebuffed for a fourth time because of
his "bizarre" crime... A panel at the jail noted [killer's] "satisfactory
institutional adjustment" but decided his release would not be in the best
interests of the community... The panel remains concerned about the bizarre
nature of this premeditated and violent crime. While the panel notes your
satisfactory institutional adjustment, due to the extremely violent nature of
the offence your release 
Scientists are planning to create a "frankenrabbit" by fusing
together human cells with a rabbit egg... It is hoped the "chimeric" embryos,
which would be 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent rabbit, could lead to
breakthroughs in stem cell research which could one day cure diseases such as
Alzheimer's or spinal cord injury... 