Hillary Clinton would be an almost unbeatable candidate for governor. Patterson, umm…. not so much.

Members of the Australian Reconstruction Task Force and Task Force Castle’s 420th Engineer Brigade completed the emplacement of two Mabey Johnson bridges near Andar and Moqur in eastern Afghanistan.

Coalition forces captured a suspected senior Special Groups leader Wednesday morning during an operation at Baghdad International Airport.

In what was once a recruiting hotbed for terrorist and Special Groups elements in northern Baghdad, a pool complex now serves as a spot of relief for residents.

The pool re-opened Aug. 26 as community leaders and residents gathered to celebrate the return of the Al Asafah Pool complex.

The complex was in such a state of disrepair that residents had long stopped patronizing it and squatters had taken up residence there, with some even raising sheep on the pool deck; additionally, the pool hall located inside the main building had become a makeshift recruiting center for extremists.

Photo: A teddy bear lies amidst rubble in Gori after the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia

The Bloggers’ Roundtable this morning interviewed Mr. Michael Ritchie, Director of the Command Interagency Engagement Group (CIEG), that is coordinating the US relief efforts to Georgia.

The poverty rate for people over 65 was at a record low in 2006 and is at its second lowest for 2007.

Photo: A Russian missile lies largely intact in the master bedroom of a home in Gori, Republic of Georgia

American women reached record wage parity with men in 2007. Women earned 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 [PDF].