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Random shooting, bombings kill 15 across Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) ? A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 15 people, including a random shooting and the killing of a judge, authorities said.
Violence has been on the rise in Iraq all year, but the number of attacks against civilians and security forces has spiked during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began early last month. The surge in the bloodshed is raising fears of a return to the widespread killing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
The deadliest attack took place late Sunday night when gunmen in a speeding car opened fire randomly on a gathering of people on a street in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, killing four people and wounding three, said Kirkuk deputy police chief Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef.
A bomb later exploded inside a cafe in western Baghdad shortly before midnight, killing three and wounding 12, police said.
Earlier in the day, police officials said a roadside bomb struck an army patrol near the northern city of Mosul, killing three soldiers.
In Tikrit in central Iraq, a car bomb killed Judge Sajid Abdul-Amir as he was driving to his work, police said.
In eastern Baghdad, two people were killed in a blast, police said. Meanwhile, mortar rounds landed on houses in the capital's western suburbs, killing two people, authorities said.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures toll for the attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, though security forces and civilians are frequently targeted by al-Qaida's Iraq branch.
With Saturday's attacks, at least 612 people have been killed since the start of Ramadan, according to an Associated Press count. Along with security officials being killed, there have been multiple bloody attacks targeting civilians in cafes as they broke their daily fast. It's been the bloodiest Ramadan in Iraq since 2007.
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Billy Bob Thornton to star in TV's 'Fargo' series
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton will star in the TV version of the film "Fargo."
FX network boss John Landgraf said Friday that Thornton has signed on to a limited series based on the 1996 crime comedy-drama. It's scheduled for a 10-episode run on FX next spring.
Thornton will play a rootless con artist in the series. No characters will be carried over from the film, which brought a best-actress Oscar to Frances McDormand.
Even so, Landgraf says the series will be "remarkably true to the film." Its creators, Joel and Ethan Coen, are associated with the series.
Thornton has had many acclaimed film performances, and won an Oscar for writing the 1996 drama "Sling Blade," in which he also starred.
No other cast members have been announced.
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'The Big (Bad) Bug Show' opens at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts ...
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'Grace Hopper I,' (2013, gouache) by Shu-Ju Wang. Wang is one of the many artists participating in this month's exhibition at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, ?The Big (Bad) Bug Show.?
August 2, 2013 ? 10:37 AM
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts presents ?The Big (Bad) Bug Show? at the gallery in August.
The opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 for the First Friday Art Walk.
?The Big (Bad) Bug Show? comes to BAC in the form of paintings, prints, collage, photographs, fabric, glass, and lots and lots of books.
Participating artists include Sam Garriott Antonacci, Lynn Brunelle, Linda Costello, Michael Felber, Denise Harris, Sandy Hurd, Linda Jarvis, Gregory Kono, Roberta Lavadour, Susan Lowdermilk, Kathleen McKeehen, Catherine Alice Michaelis, Shane Miller, Michiko Olson, Julie Paschkis, Deborah Peek, Sally Robison, Anna von Rosenstiel, Lynnette Sandbloom, Chele Shepard, Cameron Snow, Kathleen Snow, Jessica Spring, Leah Tarleton, Jennifer Umphress, Shu-Ju Wang, Susan Wiersema and Ellen Wixted.
BAC is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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US employers add 162K jobs; rate falls to 7.4 pct.
FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
FILE - In this Monday, July 15, 2013 file photo, a woman waits to talk with employers at a job fair for laid-off IBM workers in South Burlington, Vt. The government issues the jobs report for July on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July, a modest increase and the fewest since March. The gain was still enough to help lower the unemployment rate to a 4?-year low of 7.4 percent, a hopeful sign in an otherwise lackluster report.
The Labor Department said Friday that unemployment declined from 7.6 percent in June as more Americans found jobs and others stopped looking for one and were no longer counted as unemployed.
Still, the government said employers created a combined 26,000 fewer jobs in May and June than previously estimated. Americans worked fewer hours in July, and their average pay dipped. The figures suggest that weak economic growth might be making businesses cautious about hiring.
For the year, job growth remains solid. The economy has created an average 200,000 jobs a month since January. But the pace has slowed in the past three months to 175,000.
"A clearly weaker-than-expected report, but one should not overstate it ? the unemployment rate continues to trend down and average job growth of 175,000 will be more than enough to continue to push it lower," Peter Newland, an economist at Barclays Capital, said in a note to clients.
Reaction to the employment report on Wall Street was slightly negative. Stock index futures gave up early gains and were little changed shortly after the report came out. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.64 percent from 2.71 percent as investors bought U.S. government bonds.
The Federal Reserve will review the July employment data in deciding whether to slow its $85 billion a month in bond purchases in September, as many economists have predicted it will do.
Weaker hiring could make the Fed hold off on any pullback in bond buying, which has helped keep long-term borrowing costs down. Yet it's possible that the lower unemployment rate, along with the steady job gains the past year, will convince the Fed that the job market is strengthening consistently.
"While July itself was a bit disappointing, the Fed will be looking at the cumulative improvement," said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics. "On that score, the unemployment rate has fallen from 8.1 percent last August, to 7.4 percent this July, which is a significant improvement."
But Beth Ann Bovino, senior economist at Standard & Poor's, said she thinks Friday's job report will make the Fed delay any slowing in its bond purchases.
"September seems very unlikely now," she says. "I'm wondering if December is still in the cards."
The government's revised totals show that May's job growth was downgraded to 176,000, below the 195,000 previously estimated. June's was lowered to 188,000, from the 195,000 reported last month.
The job gains in July were mostly in lower-paying industries, such as retail, hotels and restaurants.
But manufacturing added 6,000 jobs, driven by strong gains at auto plants. Those were the first job gains at U.S. factories since February. And professional services such as finance, accounting and information technology also increased.
Governments added jobs for the first time since April, driven by the fifth straight month of hiring by local government.
The economy grew at a subpar 1.7 percent annual rate in April-June quarter, the government said Wednesday. While that was an improvement over the previous two quarters, it's still far too weak to rapidly lower unemployment.
Recent data suggest that the economy could strengthen in the second half of the year.
A survey Thursday showed that factories increased production and received a surge of new orders in July, propelling the fastest expansion in more than two years.
The survey, by the Institute for Supply Management, also showed that the housing recovery is spurring more output by lumber companies, furniture makers and appliance manufacturers.
Businesses have ordered more industrial machinery and other equipment for four straight months. Europe's troubled economies are showing signs of recovery, potentially a lift to U.S. exports.
U.S. automakers are reporting their best sales since the recession, a sign that Americans are confident enough in their finances to make large purchases. Car sales rose 14 percent in July from 12 months earlier to 1.3 million.
Healthy sales have encouraged more hiring by Ford Motor Co. The company said last week that it will hire 800 salaried professionals this year, mostly in areas such as information technology, product development and quality control.
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NYC mayoral hopefuls adjust to Weiner collapse
FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn, a Democrat, listens during a discussion about health and wellness at Barnard College in New York. While rivals have called for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race after the latest sexting allegations against him, Quinn has stopped short of calling for Weiner to withdraw. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn, a Democrat, listens during a discussion about health and wellness at Barnard College in New York. While rivals have called for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race after the latest sexting allegations against him, Quinn has stopped short of calling for Weiner to withdraw. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, New York City Democratic mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn listens during a discussion about health and wellness at Barnard College in New York. While rivals have called for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race after the latest sexting allegations against him, Quinn has stopped short of calling for Weiner to withdraw. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)
FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photo, New York City mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, a Democrat, laughs while talking with people at a Lenox Hill Neighborhood House senior center. While rivals have called for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race after the latest sexting allegations against him, Quinn has stopped short of calling for Weiner's withdrawal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
In a Thursday, July 25, 2013 file photo, campaign chief spokeswoman Barbara Morgan, right, listens as New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, left, speaks during a campaign stop in New York. Morgan went on an expletive-laced tirade Tuesday, July 30, 2013 about former campaign intern Olivia Nuzzi in an interview with a political news website. Morgan later apologized for using vulgar language to describe Nuzzi and said she believed her interview with Talking Points Memo was off the record. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
In this July 26, 2013 photo, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, left, and his chief spokeswoman Barbara Morgan tour building during a campaign visit to Superstorm Sandy victims on Staten Island in New York. Morgan went on an expletive-laced tirade about a former campaign worker during an interview Tuesday, July 30th with a political news website, and later apologized for using vulgar language to describe intern Olivia Nuzzi. (AP Photo/Jon Gerberg)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn suddenly finds herself in demand on national political television talk shows, and they all want to ask her the same question: Should Anthony Weiner drop out of the race?
Quinn, the pugnacious City Council speaker who has now vaulted ahead of the former congressman in the wake of his latest sexting scandal, answers questions about her embattled rival the same way: She touts her own track record while carefully disparaging his "pattern of reckless behavior."
But, unlike other Democratic rivals, Quinn has always stopped short of calling for Weiner to bow out. Truth is, she may not want him to go anywhere.
Weiner's recent travails have ended up giving Quinn much more valuable media exposure, allowing her to portray herself as the "adult" in the race and contrast her leadership to her married rival's sordid behavior. Staying in the race could make Weiner the perfect foil, observers say.
"The debacle that we've seen over the last week and a half now, is going to ? could potentially ? help Quinn if she's able to embrace it," New York University political communications professor Jeanne Zaino said Wednesday.
Quinn's campaign has taken pains to contrast her legislative scorecard while ruling the City Council for seven years to Weiner's thin track record in Congress, where in 12 years he passed only one bill.
And political experts love Quinn's chances against Weiner if they are the two candidates to make it into a runoff, which could happen if no one achieves 40 percent of the vote in the Sept. 10 primary.
"That's the matchup she wants," said Doug Muzzio, political science professor at Baruch College. "Her strengths look the best against him, especially since he has again revealed himself to be a self-destructive candidate."
The potential benefits for Quinn if Weiner drops out are more difficult to discern since there's little overlap in their pools of voter support. A Quinnipiac College poll released this week shows Quinn's support rising only from 27 percent to 30 percent of likely Democratic voters if Weiner drops out.
That poll, which surveyed 446 likely voters, had Quinn followed by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio at 21 percent, ex-city comptroller Bill Thompson at 20 percent and Weiner at 16 percent.
Quinn, who's looking to become the city's first female and openly gay mayor, has continued a brisk campaign schedule amid the latest Weiner revelations. She's trotted out the support of women's groups and unveiled her first TV ad a week before the scandal broke.
The final line of the 30-second ad is a clear shot at Weiner, who talks incessantly about the middle class.
"I'm Christine Quinn," she says. "While others talk about fighting for the middle class, I've been doing it."
Quinn's resurgence has come as Weiner's campaign has been besieged by questions from the media and voters about exchanging sexually explicit messages with women online even after that behavior forced him from Congress.
On Wednesday, Weiner's chief spokeswoman apologized for an expletive-laced tirade aimed at a former intern who wrote an unflattering first-person article about her experience working on Weiner's campaign.
In stark contrast to Quinn, de Blasio and Thompson have forcefully called for the scandal-scarred candidate to bow out. Neither candidate had climbed higher than third in any poll before Weiner was revealed to have continued sending illicit messages even after he resigned from Congress in 2011.
Political analysts say de Blasio was most hurt by Weiner's earlier success, since the two men cut a similar political persona: progressive, feisty, with their base of support found in the boroughs outside Manhattan. De Blasio's second-place showing in this week's Quinnipiac poll is by far his strongest in the race so far.
Thompson, the race's only black candidate, also would appear to benefit from Weiner's departure.
Thompson's team has spoken openly of its hope to win decisively among black voters, yet Weiner has remained the most popular candidate among them. Weiner pulled in 24 percent of black voters in the Quinnipiac poll, and Thompson would seem poised to grab more of them than de Blasio or Quinn.
Weiner has vowed to stay in the race to succeed independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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