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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
Hiring not aggressive yet A mix of sun and clouds today, warm with a high of 85. Low tonight of 60. Slight chance of rain for your Sunday with a high of 82 and a low of 58. Temperatures will warm through the middle of the week, topping out at 88 on Tuesday. Just a tick cooler on Wednesday, then temps drop.
Sunset Sunday 7:27 p.m.
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Friday’s Statistics Local HI 78 LO 57 PRC. 0 Fort Wayne HI 78 LO 58 PRC. 0
Sunrise Sunday 7:35 a.m.
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Chicago 90° | 70°
South Bend 90° | 64°
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Alexia Louisville 90° | 63°
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VIRUS: No antivirus program seems to be working as defense FROM PAGE A1
Steve Liechty of LaGrange found his pay with a money order computer infected last or prepaid card, that alone summer. Liechty was able should be a red flag. “Those people can collect to access the Internet and use an online help program that money anywhere in the to remove the virus from his world, and if it’s overseas, computer, but that doorway those people are impossible appears to be closed by to trace,” he warns. newer versions of the Sadly, the Internet is Moneypak virus. filled stories of people Programs designed to scammed by the virus, who paid the fine only to discover keep computers safe from the virus aren’t always the computer remains effective against Moneypak locked. The damage the virus causes to computers is because it avoids detection by making it the first thing real, and it’s taking its toll the computer loads, then on computers in northeast blocks the antivirus software. Indiana. The virus can find its way “We get at least one into a machine in a number phone call every day about of different ways, such as this,” said Matt Reid, co-owner and computer guru attaching itself to a legitimate email or video. It’s also of Kendallville Computers. believed the virus sometimes He estimates eight to 10 simply can find and load computers a week are itself onto a computer hooked brought into his shop to to the Internet. have the Moneypak virus Reid said it keeps his removed. Even the best staff at the computer shop antivirus software on the jumping. He said just about market is no guarantee the the time his shop gets a good virus will not slip into a handle on what they need to machine and take over. do to contain and remove the The virus is hard to virus from computers, a new prevent and tricky to remove. variant of the virus appears, Sometimes using a technique and they have to figure out known as payloading, the what has changed. He added virus can slip into a computer that it can sometimes take virtually undetected. Once as much as a week for major loaded onto a machine, the software security firms to virus may sit quietly waiting produce a new tool that he to spring. And once the virus and other computer techniunleashes itself, it may take professional help to remove, at cians need to completely an average cost of $50 to $150. remove the virus. One problem with the Local experts say no virus is it digs deeply into antivirus program seems to the infected computer, work, and the only protecmaking it difficult for the tion seems to be Malwareaverage home computer bytes, a free program that user to remove. It can affect must be run almost daily. a machine’s registry, and But experts say nothing is 100 percent effective against creates difficulty in finding rootkits — software that can Moneypak — the key is to compromise the operating only go to trusted websites, system and hide malicious and even those can be processes from detection — dangerous. on a computer’s hard drive. To make matters worse, Sometimes, the only cure is the virus appears to be for a technician to examine constantly evolving. The a machine’s programming moment it appears software and manually remove the engineers and technicians infected files. have figured out a way Sometimes, Reid to block the virus from admitted, the infection is infecting machines, its so deeply embedded into makers alter the virus’ a machine and so cleverly programming to bypass the hidden, the computer’s hard newest security steps and drive has to be erased to continue to wreak havoc on remove the virus. computers.
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billion a month in Treasury and mortgage bond purchases. Those purchases have helped keep home-loan and other borrowing rates ultra-low to try to encourage consumers and businesses to borrow and spend more. David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors, said he still thinks the Fed will begin slowing its bond buying later this month. But he suspects the August data and the reduced job totals for June and July will lead the Fed to trim more gradually than it would have otherwise: The Fed could start reducing its monthly purchases by $10 billion rather than $20 billion. Jones said he expects periodic reductions of $10 billion between now and mid-2014. At that point, Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the Fed expects the bond buying could likely end. The revised job growth for June and July shrank the previously estimated gain for those months by 74,000. July’s gain is now estimated at 104,000 — the fewest in more than a year and down from a previous estimate of 162,000. June’s was revised to 172,000 from 188,000. In the past three months, employers have added an
average of just 148,000 jobs. The average monthly gain for 2013 so far is 180,000, slightly below the 183,000 average for 2012. Stock prices rose in afternoon trading as investors weighed the job report’s impact on the Fed and tensions over the prospect of U.S. military action against Syria. The Dow Jones industrial average was up about 62 points. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.91 percent, from 2.95 percent before the jobs report was released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Investors may think the report makes it less likely the Fed will significantly slow its bond purchases. One possible concern for the Fed is that most of the hiring in August was in lower-paying industries such as retail, restaurants and bars. This continues a trend that emerged earlier this year. Retailers added 44,000 jobs in August. Hotels, restaurants and bars added 27,000. Temp hiring rose by 13,000. In higher-paying fields, the report was mixed. Manufacturers added 14,000 in August, the first gain after five months of declines.
House poll shows opposition to action WASHINGTON (AP) — Suggesting an uphill fight for President Barack Obama, House members staking out positions are either opposed to or leaning against his plan for a U.S. military strike against Syria by more than a 6-1 margin, a survey by The Associated Press shows. The Senate is more evenly divided ahead of its vote next week. Still, the situation is very fluid. Nearly half of the 433-member House and a third of the 100-member Senate remain undecided. By their statements or those of aides, only 30 members of the Republican-led House support intervention or are leaning in favor of authorizing the president to use force against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government in response to a chemical weapons attack last month. Some 192 House members outright oppose U.S. involvement or are leaning against authorization, according to the AP survey. The situation in the Democrat-controlled Senate is better for Obama but hardly conclusive ahead of a potential vote next week. The AP survey showed those who support or are leaning in favor of military action holding a slight 34-32 advantage over those opposed or leaning against it. Complicating the effort in the Senate is the possibility that a three-fifths majority may be required. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he is going to filibuster. Still, Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, predicted, “I think we’re going to get 60 votes,” Speaking to reporters Friday after a summit of world leaders in St. Petersburg, Russia, Obama acknowledged the difficulties he faces in seeking support for action. He said he would address the nation on Tuesday. “It’s conceivable at the end of the day I don’t persuade a majority of the American people that it’s the right thing to do,” Obama
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A Lebanese pro-Syrian regime supporter, with her hands painted in red to symbolize blood, attends a demonstration against a possible military strike in Syria, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday.
said. But the president, who again would not say what he would do if Congress rebuffed him, expressed confidence that the people and their lawmakers would listen to his case. “Failing to respond,” he said, “would send a signal to rogue nations, authoritarian regimes and terrorist organizations that they can develop and use weapons of mass destruction and not pay a consequence.” Whatever Obama might decide, a rejection from Congress would have wide-ranging ramifications in the United States and abroad. If the administration goes ahead with cruise missile strikes and other limited action against Syrian targets, it could risk a constitutional crisis with angry lawmakers ahead of other confrontations over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, funding the government, overhauling immigration law and implementing Obama’s signature health care changes. The alternative — that is, stepping back after weeks of war-like threats — could project weakness to an American foe that the U.S. says has repeatedly launched chemical weapons attacks. It also could send a signal to both allies and American
enemies that the U.S. is too divided internally to back up its declarations with actions over everything from preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons to containing the threat posed by North Korea’s erratic, nuclear-armed dictatorship. How difficult is Obama’s challenge in Congress? Only 21 House members publicly back a resolution to attack Syria, and nine say they are considering giving their support. Some 100 House members oppose Obama’s plan, and 92 say they are leaning against it. Opposition runs deep among Republicans and Democrats. So far, GOP lawmakers stand 148-9 against military action, when accounting for leaners. Democrats are opposed by a tally of 44-21. For Obama to succeed, he’ll have to win about 90 percent of the undecided House members — or change the minds of those who are leaning against him. Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., has already changed his mind, but not in Obama’s favor. “My initial reaction, as a Marine combat veteran, was to stand by the commander in chief and support immediate, targeted strikes,” Grimm said.
But since then, he said, he has heard from many constituents “who strongly oppose unilateral action at a time when we have so many needs here at home.” He now believes the benefits of a U.S. strike won’t outweigh “the extreme cost of war.” After a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, polls have shown Americans consistently oppose intervention in Syria, a fact Obama acknowledged after meeting fellow leaders of the leading rich and developing nations Friday. He compared the current situation to previous crises when America had to engage for the good of the world. “These kinds of interventions, these kinds of actions are always unpopular because they seem distant and removed,” Obama said. “I’m not drawing an analogy to World War II, other than to say, you know, when London was getting bombed, it was profoundly unpopular, both in Congress and around the country, to help the British.” “The intervention in Kosovo, very unpopular, but ultimately I think it was the right thing to do and the international community should be glad that it came together to do it,” he added. “When people say that it is a terrible stain on all of us that hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered in Rwanda, well, imagine if Rwanda was going on right now and we asked should we intervene in Rwanda. I think it’s fair to say that it probably wouldn’t poll real well.” Obama has support among House leaders of both parties. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and House Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi of California and Steny Hoyer of Maryland are on board. But many rank-and-file members of both parties either oppose attacking Syria or are sitting on the sidelines until they learn more about the administration’s plans and see which way the political momentum turns.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers have yet to start hiring aggressively — a trend the Federal Reserve will weigh in deciding this month whether to slow its bond buying and, if so, by how much. Employers added 169,000 jobs in August but many fewer in June and July than previously thought, the Labor Department said Friday. Combined, June, July and August amounted to the weakest three-month stretch of job growth in a year. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years. But it fell because more Americans stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed. The proportion of Americans working or looking for work reached its lowest point in 35 years. All told, the report adds up to a mixed picture of the U.S. job market: Hiring is steady but subpar. Much of the hiring is in lower-paying occupations. And many people are giving up on the job market in frustration. The jobs picture is sure to weigh heavily when the Fed meets Sept. 17-18 to discuss whether to scale back its $85
Driving. The #1 killer of Teens.” “When you hit someone, you affect the entire family,” presenter C.J. Rich told Friday afternoon’s gathering of DeKalb High School freshmen and sophomores. Rich then showed a video, set to music, depicting a texting-anddriving accident and its aftermath. Individuals affected by texting and driving also shared their stories on the video. One girl told of how she sent her sister a text message
that resulted in an accident causing her sister’s death. “Four little letters. That’s what killed her,” the girl said as she held up a phone that displayed the message, “Yeah.” A boy who was a passenger described the results of head injuries he sustained after being involved in an accident with someone who was texting and driving. “I used to be able to drive,” the boy said, “I used to be able to go for walks … I used to have a job. I was normal.”
Rich then shared his own personal story of how impaired driving had affected his life. Rich said his sister was killed in a drinking-anddriving accident when she was 15. Rich said the parents of the driver had been serving alcohol at a party and had given their son the keys to a vehicle so he could go and pick up a friend. Rich’s sister was a passenger in the car and also had been drinking. In the accident that would follow, the car flipped six times and Rich’s sister was
decapitated from the jaw up, he said. “I think about it all the time. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be here today. I’m here so you don’t make the bad choices she made,” Rich said. “But it doesn’t matter what I say. It matters what you do in the long-run.” Rich told the students that driving a car is a privilege, not a right. “When you get behind the wheel of a car you have one job,” Rich said. “Stay focused. Pay attention to the road in front of you.”