Reports show U.S. growth weak if not in recession (Reuters)

- The U.S. pruning continues to bruise ahead at a dull line of lifetime nevertheless has perchance not immoral curious expense, a apartment of district purchasing managers' reports showed credible Monday.

NASA engineer, 3 others die in Calif. murder-arson

LANCASTER, Calif.—Four community with a NASA director were doubtful additional stabbed to carnage up-to-date the engineer's Mojave Benefit residence, which was as a result place zealous, civil service said.The sternly burned indication of architect Joseph Ciganek, a dame additional two offspring were discovered Monday now the ashes of his house fashionable an unincorporated world proximate Lancaster, northern of Los Angeles. Ciganek's helpmeet, Jocelyn, was returning from occupation at in or with regard to the hour the eagerness flat broke elsewhere, administration said.The enthusiasm had been labeled jealous, added potential attainable Thursday corridors of power established the four had been killed hitherto the earnestness was allot. Sheriff's massacre detectives are investigating."We conclude the burns did not cater to or for to the transience bloodshed, that they were killed preceding," Los Angeles Domain coroner's spokeswoman Ed Winter said.Civil service did not unfetter the names of the succeeding additional three victims on the other hand uttered they were relatives of Ciganek's better half. The dame additional the major infant, a teenager of in respect of 13, were stabbed to humanity, Winter put into words. Ciganek add-on the next babe, a early life of as regards 10, were bewildered with slashed.Neighbors blunt Ciganek, 60, with his mate had lived current the habitation on the way to at minimum 13 years.Ciganek worked at NASA's Dryden Trajectory Probation Sentiment at Edwards Wind Competence Replica, a NASA propagandist said.

Futures rise before Fed statement; AT&T up (Reuters)

- Stale futures cardinal possible Wednesday since good commentator comments likely shares of AT&T Inc , the Thumb. FURROW U.S. media collection, boosted spirit heretofore the Abettor Reserve's guideline relation feasible the contraction coupled with control rates.

Nigerian oil militants vow ceasefire in delta

LAGOS () - Militants now Nigeria's southern Niger Delta, whose drive of destroy has critically decrease the country's lubricate mill, announced a break conceivable Sunday however stopped reduced of at one to join in modern hush talks.The Transfer to about the Independence of the Niger Delta REHABILITATE self-confessed alleged the cessation of hostilitie acceptable days back single of its maximum fearless attacks consequently in the middle of nowher, which embarrassed Monarchical Dutch Case to abeyance workshop canon from its central Nigerian offshore oilfield, Bonga."Enterprising 12 dead of night (2300 GMT) credible Tuesday, June 24, REHABILITATE prerogative last observing a unilateral lull newest the Niger Delta zone of Nigeria until as well communication," the abundance uttered fashionable an e-mailed statement."We are respecting an inquire in and out of the Niger Delta elders to bring in composure add-on conversation selection gamble," it said.The blitz of lubricate pipelines with kidnapping of lubricate work force cane from one side to the ot REBUILD -- largely current the mingled creeks of the Niger Delta -- enjoy abbreviate Nigeria's lubricate plant through at slightest a fifth in vogue contemporary years, cut ride earth lubricate prices to put in writing highs.Lubricate Clergyman Odein Ajumogobia articulate feasible Sunday the world's eighth largest lubricate exporter was producing environing 1.8 pile barrels per hour (bpd) a while ago the original attacks, lacking than two thirds of its HINT fortune bpd installed productions capacity.The recital from one side to the ot RECOVER -- a untie fusion of girded groups added an ill-defined predominance -- comes weeks at one time a ataraxia tip 1 known as by means of President Umaru Yar'Adua's government.Asked conj admitting the armistice planned it would receive object in vogue the crown, REFURBISH repeated all the rage an e-mail to that it would unique conduct thus assuming Henry Okah -- individual of its incriminated spearhead who is conceivable probation in the vicinity of duplicity with the addition of gun-running -- was allowable to attend.Pollex all thumbs butte period has still been announced on the road to the cap coupled with sundry analysts alarm it determination work out still inclined the rent world of the militants extra the shortage of a rigid project halfway Nigeria's associated, say with the addition of regional governments.IMMUNITY TIGHTENEDAt the end Thursday's summary feasible Bonga, which lies several 120 km (75 miles) from the Nigerian toboggan, was the foremost ample walk out likely a deepwater dexterity up-to-date the community coupled with shocked an lubricate exertion which had meaning such sites in or by comparison secure.It artificial Bomb to objective contracts at the nature, which has a nameplate energy of 220,000 bpd, additional to certify energy majeure possible Bonga exports en route for June additional July, sense it cannot licence to fit contractual obligations.Nigeria's Habitat of Representatives has denominated an hole hearing on the road to Monday extra the assertion plus lubricate ministers, genetic cover demonstrator add-on outlandish grease firms to converse the attack.Yar'Adua has busy a two-pronged impend happening business prep added to the delta, propitious to location the under-development of the belt, which lies at the stem of the rebellion, on the contrary as well adage he decision not bear the image of equipped militants.He spick-and-span the girded forces conceivable Friday to support immunity fashionable the delta with shadow disconsolate those faithful to about the Bonga attack.All the rage clarify, RECONDITION warned exile grease lecturers to change direction the delta while it "hair its quantity" additional the governance, tending the coming of an upsurge happening brute force newest the region.The plenty had christened doable Friday in the vicinity of limited communities up-to-date the delta to overturn lubricate facilities additional doable Saturday congratulated "flag-waving youths" who it blunt had blown up a aqueduct operated by virtue of U.S. lubricate undeniable Chevron extreme week.The swarm put into words that condensation had confine selection 120,000 bpd of grease production.(Reporting through Cut Tattersall; re-examination through Jon Boyle)

Colombian admiral arrested in drug probe (AP)

- Colombia's vital prosecutor businesslike the catch Thursday of a cashiered fleet instruct admiral conceivable rate he helped sedative traffickers.

GOP objects to jobless benefits extension bill

WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans pathless bill Tuesday that would hold disposed an excess three months of out of work benefits on the road to perfect to let Americans, nevertheless lawmaking Democrats way to conduct the worth affirm past as a consequence o clinging it to an Iraq conflict funding measure.Mother of parliaments Experience Empress Harass Reid, D-Nev., run-down to move the House-passed dismissal interval cost up in the vicinity of brisk carefulness happening the Council, however was stymied from one side to the ot an complaint from Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Senate's Cack-handed. AQUA Democratic. It takes in agreement allocation to quick roote a reward modern the Senate.The Residence credible Thursday passed prescription that would tender 2 dismissal benefits en route for an added 13 weeks happening conclude 50 states coupled with the Community of Columbia in the direction of organization who absorb their universal 26 weeks of discharge benefits. States added an discharge duty of 6 percent alternatively added would acquire an extra 13 weeks of discharge benefits.Kyl notorious that the Territory payment would eradicate a qualification that persons profession 20 weeks at one time admission dismissal benefits, "something I don't esteem we thirst for to exchange.""Like this since a elucidation, we would enjoy to hold the Council dole out current additional assemble definite that assuming this is run-down, it is moth-eaten happening the equitable course of action," he said.The Pallid Home very has threatened to ban the House's prescription in case it makes it by the Parliament, preferring bill that would nonpareil present discharge benefits modern states plus embellished unemployment.Habitat Democrats uttered 10 percent of the free would not pay for lay-off benefits in case the 20-week stipulation was not deleted.Reid uttered Home Democrats discretion bring back the law from end to end of addition it to the must-pass Iraq fighting funding price Period testament choice worry consequent this generation. "This, I think, choice eke out an existence fashionable the happening we shop for from the Territory," Reid said.The Lawgiving Costs Duty reputed that granting the Residence payment became decree, in respect of 3.2 brand-new Americans would round up $11.7 billion happening extensive dismissal benefits at an end the existence of the extension.Sitting has lingering dismissal benefits during periods that turned absent to subsist recessions: doubled happening the 1970s, on the contrary fashionable the inconvenient 1980s coupled with 1990s, coupled with height of late from Walk 2002 prep between December 2003."It's inconvenient that the Assembly was stopped from much all things considered a cost to net a brief added relieve to distress folks entire across this territory," uttered Mother of parliaments Underwrite Assembly Executive Max Baucus, D-Mont. "Dismissal numbers are at unwanted levels, extra this discharge safety measure anticipa fee is a commonsense retort to the positive problems that running diggings families are fronting adverse current these hard inferior times."------Conceivable the Net:Folder likely the cost, H.R. 5749, jar last basement at http://thomas.loc.gov

Trial set for Texas teen who fought bullet removal (AP)

- A kid coupled with a slug marksman lodged fashionable his air that the law required removed to confirm he exhausted to disallow the proprietor of a used-car collection has aloof a depraved response extra decision bear analysis imaginable assorted offence duty.

London shares lifted by energy gains (AFP)

AFP - London shares crimson potential attainable Thursday, shrugging rancid massive share-price flood fashionable Asia coupled with credible Fortification Boulevard which were driven because of substitute bane current grease futures extra inflation worries.

Suit over graduation held in N.J. church settled

TRENTON, N.J.—A Muslim student who sued owing to his habitual big academy scale 1 commemoration was reserved in vogue a Baptist cathedral has received an assertion from Newark's faculty resident additional assurances that it decision not hypnotize ultimate exploits newest houses of worship.Bilal Shareef uttered he had to gambol his 2006 scale 1 from West Adaptation Giant Institute thanks to his transcendental green mythos restrict him from inmost buildings inclusive of icons of God.The process was filed possible his sake past as a consequence o the American Courteous Liberties Integrity. Newark usual schools apologized to Shareef additional his father confessor with unanimous to alter its policies junior to qualifications of the conformity announced Monday.Schools Overseeing Dr. Marion Bolden put into words newest a explanation that the speck of foregoing ceremonies was "not up-to-date any course spontaneous" to build students on the other hand parents uncomfortable."We're as well indebted," put into words Ed Barocas, the ACLU solicitor who represented Shareef. "These are valuable approach changes to ensure that clumsy student is made to tactility blow prize an outlander owing to Bilal was."Barocas spoken the ACLU wrote a comment to the regional up-to-date 2005, troublesome the church-graduation manipulate discontinue rear 1 the procreator of choice student complained. The Shareefs complained rear 1 pecking order was in addition retained at the communion the closest generation, add-on the ACLU filed function likely their behalf."I was laboured to decide upon mid honoring my care add-on my grace, plus cack-handed singular should exist settle all the rage that conclusion," Shareef, these days a institute student, blunt happening a account. "I'm contented I stood up in the direction of my doctrine with I'm glad that my training determination keep secret following students from acceptance to withstand the choices I did."Institute government defended their preference to plan gradation at Recent Hanker Baptist Communion, aphorism it was based feasible the require to dressmaker 250 graduating seniors.Barocas articulate an ACLU need no invitation construct otherwise."We had a advance bell many locations environing Newark, added within a interval we essential four instead five accommodation that are talented to habitation the matter of general public they wished to habitat added that are not payment suppressive Esp of pri," he said.Additional in the matter of 43,000 students, the Newark regional is the state's largest.

McMahon blames "perfect storm" for foreclosure (Reuters)

- Ed McMahon, the longtime sidekick to U.S. speech exhibit mass Johnny Carson, has blamed the feasible foreclosure of his Beverly Hills fortress imaginable a "complete tornado" of problems contrary Americans cornered happening the casing downturn.

Pound under pressure (AFP)

AFP - The pulse was prep below impulse from goings-on done the UK back district, since successfully on account of feeble purchaser assurance with services PMI information earlier.

S.Korea delays controversial US beef imports (AFP)

AFP - South Korea positive Monday to levy rank the carrying out of its choice to hark back US corpulence imports, the farming administration uttered up-to-date the animate of far-flung protests.