UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2006
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                            COMTEX NEWS NETWORK, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

    Delaware                               0-10541           13-3055012
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(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission File No.)  (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                                           Identification No.)


625 N. Washington Street, Suite 301, Alexandria, Virginia           22314
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 820-2000
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                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
           Appointment of Principal Officers

     Comtex News Network,  Inc. appointed Richard D. Henderson as its Controller
and Treasurer,  effective July 17, 2006. Mr.  Henderson,  age 40, is a certified
public  accountant  who has held senior  accounting  and  management  consulting
positions. Most recently, he was a Senior Business Analyst with American Systems
Corporation,  Chantilly,  Virginia,  and,  prior to  that,  a  certified  public
accountant in private  practice.  Mr. Henderson will be the Company's  Principal
Accounting Officer.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

          (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not applicable

          (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. Not Applicable

          (c)  Shell Company Transactions. None

          (d)  Exhibits. None.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                   COMTEX NEWS NETWORK, INC.



DATE:  July 21, 2006           By:  /s/ C.W. Gilluly
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                                   C.W. Gilluly, Ed.D.
                                   Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer