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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 2014
Page
14
Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery money laundering and other corruption during his two terms including the Katrina era. Judge Helen Berrigan imposed the term after his Feb 12 conviction for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes from businessmen seeking city work.
An international study by OECD finds U S fifteenth year olds in the middle of the pack for financial literacy across 18 countries. Shanghai tops the list followed by Belgium Estonia Australia New Zealand the Czech Republic Poland Latvia the United States Russia and France. Croatia Israel the Slovak Republic Italy and Colombia rank lowest. The two hour test spans basic and complex questions including invoicing and loan comparisons.
Israel pounded about 200 Hamas targets on the second day of its Gaza operation killing at least 22 people. Prime Minister Netanyahu warned of a ground invasion and said Hamas will pay a heavy price as Israel mobilizes thousands along the border amid talks of a possible cease-fire. Palestinian President Abbas accused Israel of genocide as Egypt mediated efforts.
An American author and two men were gored on the third day of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival. Bill Hillmann from Chicago sustained non life threatening injuries after being driven to the ground by a bull. a 35 year old Spaniard from Valencia was also seriously gored in the chest. British author Alexander Fiske Harrison, Hillmann's co author, reported via blog that the bull charged back into the group.
Iraqi authorities recovered 50 male corpses, all with gunshot wounds, dumped in the Shiite village of Khamissiya near Hillah about 60 miles south of Baghdad. Officials said the killings likely occurred days earlier amid sectarian strife and the Sunni insurgency.
Officials from the United States and Cuba met in Washington, D C for the latest routine round of migration talks. The discussions monitor 1990s accords and often cover aviation safety, document fraud and rescue protocols. The talks, suspended in 2011 and resumed later, do not reflect policy change, according to the U S State Department.
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