US – Friday, July 30

Official: Toyota to be held ‘to the fire’
The Obama administration stepped up the pressure on Toyota Motor Corp. yesterday to address a range of safety issues as investors and consumers reacted to the deepening crisis for the world’s largest automaker. The generation of the underemployed
The recession has taken a particularly heavy toll on young Americans, with a record one out of five black men aged 20 to 24 neither working nor in school, according to research released yesterday. Wall Street falls most since 2009
Stocks slid yesterday and the Dow suffered its worst drop of 2010 due to fears that China’s curbs on bank lending might jeopardize the global economic recovery, while IBM’s outlook sparked caution about the technology sector. Arlington graves may be mixed up
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has just gotten quite a bit of company: As many as 6,600 graves at the country’s hallowed Arlington National Cemetery for fallen U.S. service members may be mislabeled, one lawmaker said on Thursday. WikiLeaks founder defends war posts
Julian Assange, founder of the website that published more than 91,000 secret U.S. military reports from Afghanistan, says he’s revealing injustices. President Barack Obama says he’s concerned that disclosure of sensitive information may harm military operations.

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