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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2011
Page
7
The United States added 117000 jobs in July, lowering unemployment to 9.1 percent and beating economists’ forecast of 90000. Standard & Poor’s cut the US credit rating from AAA to AA plus, saying the deficit plan did not go far enough to stabilize debt.
A federal jury convicted five current or former New Orleans police officers of civil rights violations for shootings on the Danziger Bridge after Hurricane Katrina. The verdicts come amid a broader DOJ effort to purge corruption and brutality from the NOPD. Convicts include Sgts Gisevius Bowen and officers Villavaso Faulcon, with Kaufman noted for involvement in a cover-up.
The Army will shorten most yearlong deployments to nine months for units starting in January, with aviation and military police potentially remaining on 12 month tours. The change follows reduced troop needs amid winding down operations in Iraq and a gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Beating back protests, Syria publicized TV footage of burned streets in Hama and claimed the rebellion ended. Residents report dwindling medical supplies, rotting food, and six days without power as security forces bombard districts with tanks and shelling.
The Senate passed a House bill ending the FAA shutdown and Obama signed it, restoring nearly 4000 furloughed workers and resuming airport projects. The measure authorizes continued service to 13 rural communities with $16.5 million in subsidies under review.
President Pinera joins most of the 33 rescued miners in a Mass in Copiapo to honor the first anniversary of the San Jose mine collapse and rescue. Miners carried a Virgin image to Candelaria cathedral as the site remains a somber, rusted memorial of the Camp Hope era.
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