Bodies found in search finding a missing Missouri sisters Britny Haarup and Ashley Key ,Bad news for us

Bodies found in search finding a  missing Missouri sisters Britny Haarup and Ashley Key ,Bad news for us

Britny Haarup, 19, and Ashley Key, 22, two Missouri sisters who disappeared from their home on Friday. (KCTV)

(AP) EDGERTON, Mo. - Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key."

The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo., in Clinton County. Platte County Sheriff's Capt. Erik Holland told the newspaper the bodies were those of white women but he could not immediately confirm the victims' identities or how they had died.

Holland said authorities "were led" to the area where the bodies were found by talking to the suspect in case, whom he did not identify.

"That individual is under arrest and in custody," he said.

Haarup, 19, and Key, 22, were reported missing Friday after Haarup's fiancé, Matt Meyers, came home to find his 6- and 18-month old daughters alone and in the same crib. Relatives of the women said there was blood on the couch in the Edgerton residence, located about 35 miles north of Kansas City.

"The truck was gone, the girls were gone and Matt has some personal guns that had been missing as well. That is all he had to tell me, and I knew something was wrong at that point," the mother of the missing women, Taresa Haarup, told KCTV.

The Platte County Sheriff's Department said Sunday that authorities were speaking with a person of interest in the case and have executed two search warrants.

The missing truck was found parked on a gravel road Saturday, prompting authorities to search the surrounding fields. Although there were no signs of foul play, the truck was towed to the Kansas City crime laboratory to check for evidence.

Matt Meyers, left, the father of Adilynn Meyers, six months, stands with his grandmother MaryAnn Goad, holding Adilynn, and Paul Haarup, the father of the two missing girls, during a candlelight vigil in Edgerton, Mo., July 14, 2012.

(Credit: AP)

The sisters' father, Paul Haarup, begged for his daughters' safe return during a candlelight vigil Saturday night that drew a crowd of about 70 people.

"Whoever has them, give them a phone, have them call us, put an end to this," Haarup told KSHB.

Family members fear the sisters were abducted. They said Key, the mother of a 4-year-old girl, had been running with a bad crowd and sought her sister's help turning her life around.

"That's why she came to Britny and Matt's house; to get help, to get out of that lifestyle. She was very serious about getting help," Cassandra Meyers, sister-in-law of Matt Meyers, told KSHB.

Haarup's fiancé said his daughters need their mother back home.

floods in Japan : Relief teams work as residents return,

Japanese troops have been airlifting supplies to thousands of people

Residents of Japan's flood-hit areas are being allowed to return home after record rainfall that left thousands cut off and at least 26 people dead.

Clean-up efforts have also started after evacuation orders were lifted in the southern island of Kyushu.

A year's worth of rain fell in some areas over the weekend, causing landslides. 

Troops are airlifting supplies to those trapped in mountainous areas and seeking at least six missing people.

Residents have started to clean up the mud and debris from their homes, with felled trees and debris also being removed from the roads. 

"We are stepping up efforts to remove rubble as roads remain covered with mud at many points," Masatatsu Minoda, an official from Kumamoto prefecture, was quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

"Workers are engaged in clean-up efforts while taking care against possible further landslides. We may have to stop working if it rains heavily again."

BBC Weather's Helen Willetts explains how the torrential rain is formed .The weather agency says the worst is over but it warns that even a small amount of rainfall could trigger further landslides, says the BBC's Mariko Oi in Tokyo.

More rain and thunderstorms were being forecast for some areas, reports said.

On Sunday officials said 26 people were known to have died in Kumamoto, Oita and Fukuoka prefectures. Reports said most of the victims were elderly people in their 70s and 80s.

Evacuation orders were issued on Saturday for a quarter of a million people. The orders were lifted in most areas on Sunday as the rain stopped and many people were allowed to return to their homes.

Heavy rain has also caused flooding in parts of Japan's historic capital, Kyoto, on the main island of Honshu.

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Iowa news : 2 Iowa girls still missing ,$15,000 reward on found girl

Iowa news : 2 Iowa girls still missing ,$15,000 reward on found girl

Two young Iowa girls remain missing despite the efforts of more than 1,100 volunteers and law enforcement officers to find them, authorities said.

Authorities in Evans dale said Sunday night there were no indications cousins Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook-Morrison, 10, were the victims of foul play, though the possibility had not been ruled out, The Des Moines Register reported.

"We've covered everything we can cover with civilian people," Marcus Norman, the Evansdale Fire Department's volunteer coordinator, said. "Law enforcement is still working on the residential areas and things of that sort."

A $15,000 reward is being offered in the disappearance of the girls, who were last seen about 12:15 p.m. Friday by their grandmother as they headed out for a bike ride. Their bikes were found about 4 p.m. Friday at nearby Meyers Lake. Elizabeth's purse and cellphone were found about 20 feet away.

Dragging the lake and an extensive search of the entire city and surrounding vicinity by the army of volunteers turned up no further sign of the girls, the newspaper said.

The girls' families said they haven't given up hope.

"Sometimes when you think about it, you wonder if they're dead somewhere, but you try to push those thoughts out of your mind," said Misty Cook-Morrissey, Lyric's mother. "It's been good talking to people. ... It keeps your mind off of what's happening."

Elizabeth Collins' mother, Heather Collins, said would be unusual for her daughter to stray very far from home on her own.

UK Recruits Army As Security Guard in London Olympics 2012 | Recruitment in UK

UK Recruits Army As Security Guard in London Olympics 2012 | Recruitment in UK

However, fears over whether G4S would recruit enough guards in time has prompted the government to take action with the Olympics due to start on July 27.-London Olympics 2012

"We have agreed to offer help to G4S by revising the level of military support," a spokeswoman for the Home Office said.-London Olympics 2012

Media reports said 3,500 soldiers had been put on standby but the spokeswoman said exact details would be confirmed by the Defence Secretary on Thursday.-London Olympics 2012

The security guards will provide airport-style checks to search and screen spectators, and can also check vehicles, such as buses, travelling through the Olympic Park in east London.-London Olympics 2012

They will also be responsible for queue management and protecting the perimeters and equipment.-London Olympics 2012

More than 100,000 people applied for the 10,400 temporary jobs in what G4S had described as one of the biggest paid recruitment drives in Britain this century.-London Olympics 2012

Last week, Ian Horseman Sewell, managing director of G4S Global Events, told Reuters in an interview that the company was "absolutely on track to deliver".-London Olympics 2012

"This has been an unprecedented and very complex security recruitment, training and deployment exercise which has been carried out to a tight timescale," a G4S spokesman said.-London Olympics 2012

"We have encountered some issues in relation to workforce supply and scheduling over the last couple of weeks, but are resolving these every day and remain committed to providing a security workforce for the start of the London 2012 Games."-London Olympics 2012

In December, the government and London Olympic organising committee (LOCOG), the body responsible for staging the Games, were forced to double the number of guards from 10,000 after they admitted underestimating the number needed.-London Olympics 2012

It meant the deal with G4S to provide security at the venues, rose from 86 million pounds to 284 million pounds.-London Olympics 2012

That led to widespread criticism from MPs and Tessa Jowell, the opposition Labour Party's Olympic spokeswoman, said there needed to be answers why the latest issues had arisen so close to the Games.-London Olympics 2012

"This is clearly a serious problem, and we have to understand how this problem arose," she said.-London Olympics 2012

LOCOG said it did not envisage any increase in the overall number of venue guards would be required.-London Olympics 2012

"Security for the Games is big and complex but we have the best brains in the security business working on this - Home Office, Metropolitan Police, MoD (Ministry of Defence) and world's largest private security business," a LOCOG spokesman said.

Euro Near 2-Year Low : because of production shrank in France and Italy

Euro Near 2-Year Low : because of production shrank in France and Italy

The euro declined to within 0.4 percent of its lowest level in two years, before reports forecast to show industrial production shrank in France and Italy as Europe’s debt crisis undermines growth.

The 17-nation currency was 0.4 percent from a one-month low against the yen after European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said Spain will have to take additional measures soon to meet budget targets. The dollar strengthened versus most of its 16 major peers as Asian stocks declined. The Australian and New Zealand currencies dropped after data showed growth in exports and imports slowed in China.

“The euro is going to stay quite weak, particularly against the U.S. dollar and the yen,” said Joseph Capurso, a strategist in Sydney at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the nation’s biggest lender. “The euro zone is still in recession and it’s probably getting even deeper.”

The euro lost 0.2 percent to $1.2286 as of 1:03 p.m. in Tokyo after sliding to as low as $1.2251 yesterday, the weakest since July 2010. The shared currency fell 0.3 percent to 97.69 yen from 97.95 yesterday, when it touched 97.43, the lowest since June 5.

The dollar was little changed at 79.51 yen. The so-called Aussie dropped 0.4 percent to $1.0165, while the New Zealand currency weakened 0.4 percent to 79.34 U.S. cents.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP) of shares declined 0.4 percent.

Production Reports

Industrial production in France probably dropped 1 percent in May from the previous month, when it climbed 1.5 percent, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey before Paris-based national statistics office Insee releases the report today.

A separate poll showed industrial output in Italy may have fallen 0.6 percent in the same period after weakening 1.9 percent in April. The figures are also due today. Production in the euro area probably stalled in May after two straight months of decline, economists in another forecast before the data is reported on July 12.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled the bank may consider another interest-rate cut if the economic outlook warrants it, when he addressed lawmakers in Brussels yesterday. The ECB lowered the main refinancing rate to a record 0.75 percent and cut the deposit rate to zero on July 5.

The possibility of additional reductions “is going to keep downward pressure on euro,” CBA’s Capurso said. “There’s a good chance over the next few months euro could get down to the lows we saw around $1.18.” The currency touched a then four- year low of $1.1877 in June 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Spanish Yields

Rehn said it’s “essential” that Spain meet its fiscal targets, speaking to reporters at a briefing after a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels, which included discussions on measures for the nation’s lenders adopted by heads of government at a summit last month.

Ten-year yields in Spain, which requested as much as 100 billion euros ($123 billion) of European aid last month for its banks, climbed 11 basis points to 7.06 percent yesterday.

Thirty billion euros will be lent by the end of July with the goal of eventually using the euro-area bailout fund to recapitalize banks directly instead of saddling the Spanish government with the debts, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said today after the finance ministers’ meeting.

The euro has declined 2.3 percent in the past month, the worst performance among the 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. New Zealand’s dollar was the biggest gainer, rising 3.1 percent in the same period. The Aussie advanced 2.6 percent.

The South Pacific currencies weakened after a report from the customs bureau showed China’s overseas shipments rose 11.3 percent in June from a year earlier, after increasing 15.3 percent the prior month. Imports grew by 6.3 percent, compared with a 12.7 percent gain in May.

China is Australia’s biggest trading partner and New Zealand’s second-largest export destination.

To contact the reporters on this story: Kristine Aquino in Singapore at kaquino1@bloomberg.net; Mariko Ishikawa in Tokyo at mishikawa9@bloomberg.net

Prince crowned as Derby champ for second time

Prince crowned as Derby champ for second time

Prince wins 2012 Home Run Derby00:09:32

7/9/12: Prince Fielder smashes a total of 28 home runs to win the 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby

 

 

KANSAS CITY -- The most popular guy in the building was Billy Butler, a fact Robinson Cano knew all too well. 

But Prince Fielder was the undisputed king in a Royal take on the annual State Farm Home Run Derby rite Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. 

Fielder feasted on the famous fountains to claim the Derby crown and vault himself into select slugging company. He now has another Derby victory to pair with his 2009 triumph in St. Louis' Busch Stadium, joining Ken Griffey Jr., who won three times, as the only Derby participants to win multiple trophies.

"As a kid, he was the first person with an NBA Jam in their house," Fielder said of Griffey, "so my dad would let me go over and play video games all day. He always took care of me when I was a kid, so to be mentioned with him is real special." 

Fielder doesn't save his special feats for the Interstate 70 events. He was, after all, the All-Star MVP in Phoenix last summer.
But the Derby is definitely his domain, and he proved that at The K.

With an 11-homer barrage in the second round, Fielder, the Tigers' $214 million man, found himself in the finals. And the dazzling dozen blasts he unleashed upon the audience in the final round were more than enough to best the Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, who ran out of gas after an early outburst and finished with seven in the round.

"I'm just a little disappointed in myself," Bautista said. "I know what I'm capable of doing, and I didn't really execute. But I had a lot of fun doing it, and we're going to help a lot of people and a lot of great causes with the donations we were able to make."
No question. With 82 total homers hit, including 15 Gold Balls when players were down to their final out, Major League Baseball and State Farm donated a grand total of $615,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The AL dominated the NL in the homer tally, 61-21, so $150,000 will go to the AL captain Cano's charity, with $100,000 awarded to BGCA in Cano's name.

NL captain Matt Kemp's charity will receive $25,000.


Cano might have won in the league ledger, but he was certainly not a hit with the KC faithful. More than any homer-induced "ooh" or "ahh," the loudest sounds of the evening had to be the barrage of boos the loyal Royals fans dished out to Cano, who had said he'd like to add a hometown boy to his homer-bound bunch, only to snub Butler, the Royals' lone All-Star representative.


So when Cano, the defending Derby champ, came to the plate to close out the first round, a chorus of "Bil-ly But-ler!" chants preceded him and a loud chorus of catcalls hounded him. After commanding and captivating at Chase Field last summer, Cano came up empty-handed in this Derby. He was the first player since Brandon Inge in 2009 to be shut out.

But he didn't bemoan the booing.

"You play for the Yankees," he said, "everywhere you go you get booed."

Cano quickly became a spectator, as did Kemp, for whom this event doubled as a sort of rehab appearance as he works his way back from hamstring issues, and first-time Derby participants Carlos Gonzalez and Andrew McCutchen.

Fortunately for them, there were plenty of spectacular sights to behold.

Mark Trumbo, the young man known for his Bunyan-like BP showings, had his coming-out party with seven first-round blasts, the most prominent of which landed atop the Royals Hall of Fame in left. And Bautista turned in an early performance befitting the man who has hit more home runs than anybody since the start of the 2010 season. He went deep 11 times in the first round, a cushion that would come in handy in the second.

Fielder became the first Derby participant to find the fountains in the first round, but he notched just five homers and needed to improve on that performance if he hoped to survive.

Improve he did, by a long shot. In the second round, Fielder took the event over, going deep 11 times, with four of those blasts wading in the waters, one landing in a luxury box and four traveling over 460 feet. His longest was a 476-foot shot that got wet. It was a beautiful bombardment.

"The ball just met the barrel more, I guess," Fielder said with a characteristic shrug.

Because Fielder's effort raised the stakes, Carlos Beltran's happy homecoming to the place where he first burst onto the big league scene came to an abrupt ending when he clubbed just five homers in the second round. And while Trumbo was triumphant in the first round, he was left in a precarious position when he hit six in the second, giving him 13 for the evening.

That meant Bautista needed just two to tie and three to advance. After five quick outs, it looked like Bautista might come up short, but he pounded out a pair before his 10th out to force a five-swing playoff between him and Trumbo. After just one of Trumbo's five swings resulted in a long ball, Bautista wasted no time taking care of business, going 2-for-2 to move on.

The finals, though, belonged to Fielder. His swing, tailor-made to this event, sent the ball rocketing off his bat and high into the Missouri sky. His first three homers of the round came with no outs, and he hit three more before his second out. It was clear Fielder was on course for something special, and he still had six more in him.

And so it was a tall order of 12 bestowed upon Bautista when he came to bat. He went deep four times before his fifth out, raising faint hope. But the fatigue was clearly a factor, as Bautista managed just three more the rest of the way. His seven-homer showing in the finals was nothing to sneeze at, but it was not up to Prince's par. The fans were on their feet as Bautista made the final out -- a high popup to the infield -- and Fielder was mobbed by his fellow All-Stars and his two young sons, Jadyn and Haven, who, as Fielder said,

"won't have to fight" over his initial Derby trophy anymore.
Will we see more of Fielder in the Derby? Well, that's a silly question.
"Definitely," he said. "If I'm invited, I'll definitely keep doing them."
Right now, nobody does them better.

Tom and Kat : A big step closer to just being

Tom and Kat : A big step closer to just being

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reach divorce settlement. Holmes is said to get primary custody of Suri and control her religious upbringing.

Katie Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise in New York City last week. (James Devaney, WireImage / July 2, 2012)

By Richard Winton and John Horn, Los Angeles Times

July 9, 2012, 10:20 p.m.

For Tom Cruise, a quick resolution to his divorce from Katie Holmes looked like "Mission: Impossible" just last week. But the Hollywood action hero appears to have extinguished the tabloid firestorm with an agreement that one source said grants Holmes primary custody of their daughter, Suri, and control of her religious upbringing.

The confidential deal was hammered out over the weekend in New York and announced Monday, 11 days after Holmes took the industry and her husband by surprise with the filing of divorce papers in Manhattan. A key issue in the split was the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is the most prominent member.

With a prenuptial agreement governing the distribution of assets, talks between lawyers for Cruise and Holmes, 

who was raised Roman Catholic, centered on the role of Scientology in the upbringing of 6-year-old Suri, according to the source who was familiar with the negotiations but not authorized to discuss them publicly. The agreement provides Cruise with visitation rights but gives Holmes the lead role in choosing how Suri will be educated, the source said Monday.

PHOTOS: Tom Cruise and katie Holmes through the years

"She is the primary caretaker right now and Tom is the one who primarily goes away on movies. So little will change," the source said.

Holmes initiated divorce proceedings on June 28, reportedly identifying the parties as Anonymous versus Anonymous. Cruise had not yet responded in court when the parties began settlement discussions. The deal avoids a long court battle that could have become a public-relations nightmare not only for the 50-year-old "Top Gun" veteran, who has several big-budget movies upcoming, but also for Scientology.

Tabloid coverage of the split has portrayed Cruise and Scientology negatively, with headlines such as "Katie Holmes 'Felt Like She Was in Rosemary's Baby'" and "Katie Free at Last." While Cruise has remained silent beyond a brief statement saying he was "deeply saddened," Scientology has dispatched spokesmen to defend its practices.

Cruise and Holmes appeared to refer to the religious component of their split in a joint statement: "We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents," they said.

Holmes had hired three law firms with experience handling high-profile breakups and she relied on her father, Martin, a Toledo attorney who lists family law among his specialties. Jonathan Wolfe, a New Jersey lawyer for Holmes, said Monday: "The case has been settled and the agreement has been signed. We are thrilled for Katie and her family and are excited to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life."

Cruise was represented by longtime legal counsel Bert Fields, and Dennis Wasser, who handled the "Mission: Impossible" star's divorce from Nicole Kidman. "Tom is really pleased we got there, and so am I," Fields said in a statement.

Holmes and Cruise married in 2006. It was his third marriage and her first. Cruise's net worth far outstrips that of Holmes, who is 16 years his junior and best known for her role on the TV show "Dawson's Creek." (Forbes magazine estimated last week that Cruise earned $75 million in the 12 months ending in May.)

The couple signed a prenuptial agreement spelling out what Cruise would pay Holmes in the event of a divorce, according to the source familiar with divorce negotiations. "Katie does not get any significant money or property," the source said.

When Cruise and Kidman ended their marriage in 2001, they shared legal custody of their two children, Connor and Isabella. Cruise, however, became the primary caretaker, raising the children in Los Angeles while Kidman moved to Nashville and remarried.

Experts said that no matter what the terms of the separation agreement, Cruise will still have a legal right to teach Suri Scientology when she is in his care. Authorities in so-called "spiritual custody" disputes said that while family law judges try to ensure that the interests of children of divorce are protected in matters like medical care and housing, they give both parents broad leeway in choosing a religious upbringing.

PHOTOS: Tom Cruise and katie Holmes through the years

"The general rule is the courts will defer unless the consequences are really detrimental to the health of the child — a threat of immediate and substantial harm," said Jeffrey Shulman, a professor of law at Georgetown University who has written extensively about the issue and believes that standard doesn't protect children sufficiently.

In the case of Cruise and Scientology, a judge could intervene if the religion was used to turn Suri away from Holmes because she was not an adherent, Shulman said. "The courts could say to Cruise, 'You cannot conduct yourself in a way that alienates the child from Katie Holmes.' But mere doctrine may not be enough for the court to do that."

Courts won't rule on the merits of a particular religion, New York lawyer Malcolm Taub said. "They would not say that Scientology is not a valid religion so we're going to award [sole spiritual custody] to Katie Holmes," Taub said.

Speaking generally and not in particular regard to Scientology, Alton Abramowitz, a family law attorney in Manhattan, said, "There are ways of dealing with radical beliefs that still allows the parents to practice what they believe and expose the child to those beliefs."

But there are limits. Not that long ago, Abramowitz was involved in a case where a father's religion called for animal sacrifice. The mother objected, the lawyer said, with the court ruling "that no animal sacrifices will be performed in the child's presence."

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President Obama, Mitt Romney deadlocked in race, poll finds | Decision on public hand

 

AP - A pair of tepid jobs reports, landmark Supreme Court decisions on health-care and immigration laws, and an unprecedented barrage of negative ads have shaped the opening months of the fall presidential campaign. The impact on the horse race: virtually none. President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain in a deadlocked contest, tied at 47 percent among registered voters and basically where they 

By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen,

A pair of tepid jobs reports, landmark Supreme Court decisions on health-care and immigration laws, and an unprecedented barrage of negative ads have shaped the opening months of the fall presidential campaign. The impact on the horse race: virtually none.
According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain in a deadlocked contest, tied at 47 percent among registered voters and basically where they stood in late May.

A repeal vote on Obamacare and small business tax cuts are on the agenda after a week-long recess.

The new numbers reflect a stubborn constancy: Only twice in 13 surveys over more than a year has either candidate held a lead exceeding the poll’s margin of sampling error. Now, the campaign appears destined to remain extremely close in the final four months before Election Day.


The fundamentals seem firmly planted: About two-thirds of Americans consider the country seriously off course, a majority have not approved of Obama’s overall job performance in more than a year, and the president remains in negative territory on dealing with the economy, health care and immigration. Also unmoved since fall are Americans’ attitudes toward spending, with as many saying they would prefer an increase in federal spending to try to spur economic growth as wanting to prioritize deficit reduction.


The stability persists despite the costliest blitz of early campaign advertising the country has ever seen. Both sides have run some positive ads, but the Obama team and its allies have relentlessly attacked Romney’s experience at Bain Capital, an investment firm the Republican co-founded, in its paid spots. Romney and his supporters, meanwhile, have focused a considerable portion of spending on Obama’s economic record.


The lack of movement underscores intense polarization — about nine in 10 Republicans back Romney, and a similar proportion of Democrats support Obama — and a relatively small percentage of voters say there is a “good chance” that they could change their minds before November.


At this point, 74 percent of all voters are “definitely” supporting Obama or Romney, and 12 percent say it is unlikely that they will switch from one to the other, making the race a settled issue for nearly nine in 10 voters. For both campaigns, such a high level of early commitment shifts the focus to turnout — and to which side can muster the most effective get-out-the-vote operation.


Obama still benefits from a clear, but dwindling, enthusiasm gap. Just over half, 51 percent, of his supporters back his candidacy “very enthusiastically,” compared with 38 percent of Romney’s. There is also a difference in motivation, with 75 percent of Obama supporters saying their vote is “for” him, in contrast with 59 percent of Romney’s backers saying their vote is “against” Obama. (There was a similar distinction in 2004, with President George W. Bush’s supporters affirmatively behind him, and most of Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry’s aligned in opposition to the Republican.)


Romney’s business background has been a focus of the ads against him — and the spots have had some results. Compared with February, more people in the eight states identified as “toss­ups” by The Washington Post now say Romney did more to cut than create jobs in the United States when he worked as a corporate investor before entering politics. And twice as many swing-state voters consider Romney’s work in buying and restructuring companies a reason to oppose, rather than to support, his candidacy. Just over half of all voters say that work is not a big factor for them.

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Obama now talk about draws line in tax | good news for middle class family

Obama now talk about draws line in tax | good news for middle class family 

The president emphasizes a key distinction between the parties as he asks Congress to uphold tax cuts for middle-class families. Republicans hope to frame the issue to their advantage.

President Obama called Monday for an extension of George W. Bush-era tax cuts, but only for families making less than $250,000 a year. (Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images / December 31, 1969)

By Christi Parsons and Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau

July 9, 2012, 8:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON — By calling on Republicans to approve a one-year extension of tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 a year, President Obama escalated the election-year focus on taxes, emphasizing a key distinction between the two parties and seeking to create a mandate for a tax plan after the election.

Neither White House officials nor congressional leaders expect a tax bill to pass before November. Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans want to extend existing cuts for all taxpayers, regardless of income. Obama says the country can't afford the cost — the price tag for the upper-income tax cuts is about $800 billion over 10 years.

White House aides said Monday that if he was reelected, the president would veto any move to extend all of the upper-income tax cuts.

The tax cuts passed during theGeorge W. Bushadministration expire on Dec. 31, along with the payroll tax cut approved under Obama. If all those cuts go away, a middle-income family that makes about $70,000 a year would face a tax increase of about $3,000. Higher-income families would feel a much bigger bite.

Those tax increases, along with automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the same time, would shrink the federal deficit in half overnight. But many economists say the sudden impact would also throw the nation back into recession.

Congress probably won't let that happen — lawmakers won't want to inflict that much pain on so many voters and risk lasting damage to the economy at the same time. So some tax cuts will probably be extended. Which ones will depend on who wins in November.

Over the next four months, both parties hope to frame the issue to their advantage, with much depending on how voters view Americans earning more than $250,000 — the top 2% of the income scale, as Democrats emphasize, or the "job creators" that Republicans talk about.

Even before Obama made his announcement, the Romney campaign sought to push its interpretation, issuing a statement, echoed by congressional GOP leaders, that accuses Obama of seeking to "raise taxes on families, job creators and small businesses."

Later, in a radio interview, Romney called Obama's plan "a massive tax increase on job creators and on small business."

"Successful small businesses will see their taxes go up dramatically, and that will kill jobs," the unofficial Republican presidential nominee told Virginia-based conservative radio host John Fredericks in an interview taped to air Tuesday.

Obama was equally emphatic in framing the debate his way.

"I'm calling on Congress to extend the tax cuts for the 98% of Americans who make less than $250,000," he said Monday, standing at a lectern in the White House East Room with a group of working Americans on risers behind him.

The president and his advisors hope to use the tax issue on three levels. Obama wants voters to see the election as a choice between two competing ideologies, rather than as simply a referendum on the economic conditions of the last 3 1/2 years. Highlighting a major policy issue on which he and the Republicans disagree helps that effort.

The nation's economic recovery is being impeded by "a stalemate in this town … between two very different views about which direction we should go in as a country. And nowhere is that stalemate more pronounced than on the issue of taxes," Obama said.

The near certainty that Congress will not act on a tax bill in the next several months also allows Obama to continue one of his favorite campaign motifs — running against a "do-nothing Congress."

Finally, although he did not mention his rival by name, a public debate on taxes plays into the Obama campaign's separate effort to raise questions about Romney's own taxes. Obama campaign aides have hammered at Romney in recent days, suggesting that his decision to release only two years of tax returns suggests he must be hiding something.

The issue "sets up a contrast about the choices and priorities of the candidates," said a senior Obama campaign official, speaking anonymously to discuss campaign strategy.

But the issue also creates stresses in both parties, which will become evident over the next few weeks as the House and Senate schedule competing test votes.

In the House, SpeakerJohn A. Boehner(R-Ohio) has promised a vote to keep all tax rates at the levels established under Bush for one year. A vote on extending all the tax cuts revs up Republican voters but also is designed to be difficult for Democrats from conservative-leaning swing districts. Some of them will probably abandon the president rather than risk being attacked for raising taxes.

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Canara Bank Recruitment 2012 For Clerks - 2000 Posts - Last Date July 1st 2012

Bank Name: Canara Bank

Experience: Freshers

Location: All Over India

Job Description:
Degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government. Passed the Common Written Examination [CWE] for Clerks 2011-12 conducted by IBPS, Mumbai and holding a valid IBPS Score Card of the said CWE. Should have obtained a minimum score or above in each subject and also in the Total Weighted Standard Score as stipulated in the Table-A & B  above for the State / Union Territory, for which candidate is applying;
Canara Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank with Head Office in Bangalore and pan India presence with over 3600 branches, invites ON-LINE APPLICATIONS, only from candidates who are qualified  and holding a valid  Common Written Examination-CLERK-2011-12 score card issued by IBPS, for recruitment to the post of Probationary Clerks.

Apply Details:
The eligible candidates are required to apply ON-LINE through bank’s website www.canarabank.com.

Closing Date for on-line registration in Website: 01.07.2012

General Instruction:
Candidates have to register on-line through Bank’s website only. No other means of applications shall be entertained. Calling / admission to the Group Discussion / interview is purely provisional without verification of age / qualification / category etc.
of the candidates. Mere receipt of call letter for Group Discussion / interview does not imply that the Bank is satisfied about the candidate’s eligibility. Candidates should ensure their eligibility before applying / attending the Group Discussion / interview.
Bank reserves right to reject ineligible candidate’s applications at any stage and the fee paid by ineligible candidates shall be forfeited. The Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and the fee once paid will not be refunded on any account nor would this fee be held in reserve for future selection process. Applications which are incomplete in any respect will be rejected and the fee will be forfeited.

About Us:
Widely known for customer centricity, Canara Bank was founded by Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a great visionary and philanthropist, in July 1906, at Mangalore, then a small port town in Karnataka. The Bank has gone through the various phases of its growth trajectory over hundred years of its existence. Growth of Canara Bank was phenomenal, especially after nationalization in the year 1969, attaining the status of a national level player in terms of geographical reach and clientele segments. Eighties was characterized by business diversification for the Bank. In June 2006, the Bank completed a century of operation in the Indian banking industry. The eventful journey of the Bank has been characterized by several memorable milestones. Today, Canara Bank occupies a premier position in the comity of Indian banks. With an unbroken record of profits since its inception, Canara Bank has several firsts to its credit. These include:

U.S. Online Job Recruitment Rises For Third Month

(RTTNews.com) - Online job recruitment in the U.S. rose for a third straight month in June, a report from Monster Worldwide Inc. showed Friday.

The Monster Employment index rose 4 percent month-on-month to 153 in June from 147 in May. Annually, the index rose 5 percent.

Transportation and warehousing remained the top growth sector during the month, while retail trade regained momentum.

The Monster Index is a monthly gauge of U.S. online job posting activity based on a real-time review of employer job opportunities picked from a large representative selection of online job listings.

ncpcr recruitment for various jobs june 2012 (national commission of child rights )

last date : 27/july 2012

place of posting : janpath ,new delhi

ncpcr recruitment national commission of child rights (ncpcr)

application for various posts : 37,400 to 67,000

director : 15,600 to 39,100

principal private secretory :9,300 to 34,800

desk officer : 9,300 to 34,800

assistant : 9,300 to 34,800

personal assistant : 9,300 to 34,800

accounts clerk : 9,300 to 34,800


age limit : maximum 56year

Indian Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 through IBPS (Total 1201 Vacancies) july 2012

Indian Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank with headquarters in Chennai having geographical presence allover India and abroad invites applications for Clerical Clerk post from Indian citizens who have successfully completed the Common  Written  Examination  for Clerical cadre conducted by IBPS in 2011.

Name of the Post	No of Posts	Age Limit	Pay Scale
Clerical Cadre (Clerk)	1201	18 to 28 Years as on 01/08/2011	Rs. 7200   - 19300. DA, HRA etc

State Wise Vacancies: AP – 285, Assam – 20, BIhar – 38, Chandigarh – 10, Chattisgarh – 08, Dadra & Nagar Haveli – 01, Daman & Diu – 01, Delhi – 20, Gujarat – 45, Haryana – 45, Himachal Pradesh – 10, Jharkhand – 10, Karnataka – 25, Kerala – 20, Madhya Pradesh 30, Mizoram – 02, Odisha – 75, Puducherry – 20, Punjab – 50, Rajasthan – 29, SIkkim – 01, Tamil Nadu – 357, Tripura – 01, Uttar Pradesh – 95, Uttaranchal – 03.

Minimum Educational Qualification: A pass  with 50%  or more marks in Higher Secondary examination of 10+2 of the 10+2+3 pattern / Intermediate / Pre University or any equivalent examination  /  Diploma
in Banking recognized by Central / State Government or UT Administration. For Ex-Servicemen, who do not posses the above qualification, a pass in Service (Departmental) Examination which is recognized as equivalent to Civil Examination not below the level of Matriculation.

Category Wise Cut-off Marks (IBPS CWE 2011): General 24 & above, SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/EXSM Ex-servicemen – 21 & above for all subjects. Minimum TWSS score state wise available in official advertisement.

Application Fee: Rs.20/- for SC/ ST/ Persons with Disability (PWD)/Ex-servicemen, Rs.100/- for all others (including OBCs).

How To Apply:  Candidates  are  required  to  apply Online  through website http://ibpsreg.sifyitest.com/indbkcl_jun12/ from 29th June 2012 to 13th July 2012.

 

Payment Challan: http://www.indianbank.in/pdfs/rec/CHALLAN290612.pdf

Detailed Advertisement: http://www.indianbank.in/pdfs/rec/CLERK_ADVT_2012.pdf

IIT BOMBAY | GOVT. JOBS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW RECRUITMENT | LAST DATE: 5 JULY, 2012 | APPLY ONLINE.

BE/ BTECH/MTECH (Computer Science/EE/ECE)/ MC

Junior Research Fellow

Project Title: 10ISRO001

Title of Project: Development of Land Parameter Retrieval Techniques & Tools for Polarimetric SAR Data Analysis

Education: BE/ BTECH/ MTECH (Computer Science/EE/ECE)/MCA from a recognized University.

Salary:

 A required in IIT Bombay.

Rs.16000/- p.m. + HRA

Work Domain: Understanding various satellite data products and development of code for reading those products and processing the data for various applications.

To Apply: Candidates who are interested must apply online through this link http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/HRMSLoginPage.jsp., or candidates may apply also apply in the format prescribed on plain paper stating the CIRCULAR NO. , project title, position applied for, name,permanent and mailing addresses,date of birth,details of academic qualification and experience with the copies of certificates/testimonials and must super scribe the envelope with CIRCULAR NO.&POST:and send it to the following address latest by 5 July, 2012 -

For All Details

To Download Application Format

To Apply Online.

Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh(GMCH) Recruitment 2012

Qualification : 

Age limit :             18-25

salary :                10300-38800 pm

 organization : gov ,medical collage, &hospital  chandigarh

 post:               staff nurses

vacancy :         500

application fee : RS 500 INR

 last date to applay: 16-07-2012

 

 

 

TCS recritment Off-Campus Interview for Freshers Job Seekers: 2011 / 2012 Passout

Job Description:	TCS Off-Campus Interview for Freshers Job Seekers: 2011 / 2012 Passout for Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and across India location. Apply on or before Monday, July 30, 2012
Skill Sets:	See below.
Education:	Any Graduates, BE, BTech, MCA, MCS, MSc IT
Experience:	Freshers (2011,2012 Passout)
Job Location:	Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and across India
Contact:	https://nextstep.tcs.com/
Address:	Click here for more information
Other Details	You will redirected to https://campus.tcs.com/campus/. Apply there under New Candidate. Apply before the link get expired. Please read the disclaimer before applying for this job opening.
Job Last Date:	Monday, July 30, 2012

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35,000 recruited graduates of Sri Lanka not given any duties

Jun 29, Colombo: The unemployed graduates in Sri Lanka say that 35,000 graduates who have already been recruited by the government have not been given any duties.

The Combined Association of Unemployed Graduates (CAUG) say the government has also restricted the employment of graduates up to a particular year.

CAUG in a statement notes that only those who had graduated before December 31, 2009 have been recruited by the government.

The Association points out that such a time restriction has not been mentioned in the advertisement calling on graduates to send applications.

According to CAUG, unemployed graduates face numerous difficulties at interviews conducted at district secretariats for the recruitment of graduate trainees.

However, the Association has called on the government not to intimidate graduates into taking part in election campaigns with the promise of granting employment to them.