for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i ll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has been down for eight sessions in a row now and has falling for the last eight sk t consecutive days. now the dow is down 70 points. so far u.s. rating agencies have not downgraded the country s credit rating. moody s and fitch both confirm the country s aaa status for now. but standard & poors has not announced it s decision yet. hosni mubarak was wheeled into court on a gurney and put into a cage
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the city ow
strauss-kahn should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. ivan watson, cnn. i m at the european headquarters in brus is selbrus. the real news, jockeys for the new position. you re pe they want to keep the tradition alive. rape is alleged lir being used as a weapon of war by gadhafi forces and sexual enhancement drugs may be offered as part of the evidence. something the chief international prosecutor is investigating and he spoke with nic robertson. can you explain what these allegations are and the evidence that they are now supporting this? reporter: the allegations have arisen from what opposition members are said they discovered inside some of gadhafi s military camps when they ve gone
place to park, urban centers, downtowns, places like that. we all know how much time it takes to find a parking space these days. dan, thank you. hope it all works out. appreciate it. streets, homes, under water. we re seeing more scenes like this across south central louisiana as more floodgates are opened, more evacuations are ordered. the latest now from cnn s rob marciano along the riverbank. reporter: suzanne, people who live in this community unprotected by the levee have been told to get out. they re not doing that all at one time. they re kind of taking their sweet time. here is where the river stands now. this is chapelia, and has come up significantly from yesterday, but moving pretty slowly as far as the rise is concerned. they have opened those spillway gates. and that water is pouring out of there ferociously. but the afternoon after laya basin is. folks have been told to get out. and folks who live in morgan city are planning for those
this week we re focusing on america s job hunt. we re collaborating with cnnmoney.com and time magazine, a look at where the jobs are, how to get them, keep them. watch our week long coverage. logon to cnn money.com and time.com for more reporting on america s job hunt. but today we re focusing on getting paid. that s right, earlier we talked about what determines your salary. now want to take a look at ways to pump up your paycheck. alison kosik joining us. i think it s hard for people to believe, but is now a good time to ask for a raise? it very well could be. and this is really an overall just nerve-racking experience. so it is kind of good to know that for the first time in several years, employers actually may have some wiggle room so we re seeing increases in pay, but those raises are still very small and overall salaries are only a little bit