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Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Families of soldiers missing in Iraq hoped for news of more miraculous rescues as U.S. forces continued dismantling Saddam Hussein's regime in Baghdad on Wednesday. Anecita Hudson's son is among seven U.S. servicemembers reported captured since the fighting began in Iraq. "I have no doubts my son is out there, and he is very alive and he is waiting to be rescued," said Hudson, mother of Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M. The family of Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, of Caspar, Wyo., who is among 11 servicemembers listed as missing, takes comfort...