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Army Spc. Kenneth M.
Cross, 21, of Superior, Wis.Army Pfc. Daniel G. Dolan, 19, of Roy, Utah.
Army Spc. Joshua D.
Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, Ohio, died Aug 27, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
suffered when his HMMWV came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire
during combat operations. Jones was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
defenselink.mil/ ... 21:53:48Army Sgt. Darry
Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C., died on Aug 27, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait,
from a non-combat related cause. Benson was assigned the Army National Guard's
730th Quartermaster Battalion, Ahoskie, N.C. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:53:33Army Sgt. David J.
Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys, Calif., died on Aug 27, in Hit, Iraq, of injuries
suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during
combat operations. Almazan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany.
defenselink.mil/ ... 21:53:16Marine Lance Cpl.
Donald E. Champlin, 28, of Natchitoches, La., died Aug. 28 at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received while conducting combat
operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on Aug. 27. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:52:55Army Spc. Seth A.
Hildreth, 26, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., died on Aug. 27, in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
vehicle during combat operations. Hildreth was assigned to the 1st Squadron,
10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
defenselink.mil/ ... 21:52:39Army Staff Sgt.
Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, Neb., died on Aug. 27, in Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered on Aug. 21
from a vehicle accident in Balad, Iraq. Hansen was assigned to the Army
National Guard 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment, Lincoln, Neb. 
Barbara Bach... Ringo Starr's wife is spending her 60th
birthday in hospital after her horse kicked her and broke her leg. Army Spc. Edgardo
Zayas, 29, of Dorchester, Mass., died on Aug. 26, in Baghdad, Iraq, of
injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his
dismounted patrol during combat operations. Zayas was assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 21:49:07Marine Cpl. David G.
Weimortz, 28, of Irmo, S.C. died Aug. 26 from injuries suffered while
conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The surviving members of the Beatles are to sue music
companies EMI and Capitol Records. They claim the record companies used
fraudulent schemes to "pocket millions of dollars" due to the band... want at
least £13.2m ($25m) in damages... also seek to reclaim rights to all the
Liverpool band's master recordings... 
The pet cat, who has been named Grumpy because of his exploits,
started entering all the cat flaps on one street in the search for food. He
would make each house his own and would scare off the cats who lived in each of
the houses. And when the surprised owners returned home, Grumpy leapt through
the air at them, hissing at them and scratching their hands and arms. His
antics in a small leafy street in Swindon, Wiltshire, have been described as a
'four-month reign of terror' by neighbours, who finally caught the cat and put
it in a cage this week... 
A woman in
Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car
while giving her dog a driving lesson... said her dog "was fond of crouching on
the steering wheel and often watched her drive.... She thought she would let
the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake..."
Sunday's planned
launch of the US space shuttle Atlantis has been put back by a day... Officials
said they wanted more time to evaluate the effects of a lightning strike on the
site...