President Obama says this week's imagines of Russian forces inside Ukraine makes plain for the world to see how Russia repeatedly violates its neighbor sovereignty. Obama says while Russia's latest military actions may be more overt than in the past, it's been clear for months that Russia's responsible for the on-going violence in Ukraine separate region. 

"It is not a home-grown, indigenous uprising in eastern Ukraine. The separatists are backed, trained, armed, financed by Russia."

Obama says he will discuss additional sanctions at the next week's NATO summit in Europe, but he ruled out any military confrontation between Russia and the United States. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. 

 

Texas judge ruled today the way the state pays for its schools is unconstitutional because the legislature isn't adequately funded public education. NPR's John Burnett has that story. 

State judge John deeth wants lawmakers in Austin to come back and start over. It's the judge who last year told the legislates to be violated the constitution when it cut 5.4 billion dollars in education funding while schools were struggling at mandatory testing requirements. Lawmakers restored 3.7 billion dollars of the cuts, but ditch ruled that's still inadequate to educate this booming state's 5 million children in public schools. He said with about 650 school districts that challenge this state funding formula which relies on property taxes. The school funding issue is expected to end up before Texas Supreme Court and to be front and center in the hard-far government race. John Burnett, NPR News, Austin. 

 

The government's revised upward as its estimated second quarter economic growth. The Commerce Department is reporting the growth to domestic products that's the broadest measure of goods and services produced within US borders. expanding at a 4.2% annual rate during three-month ending in June. Mark Feudal , senior economist Wallace Fargo security insists both well off the rest of the year. 

"The global view political events do you have the potential of triple @@ a bit. That's if events overseas take turn for the burst, that may cut in consumers' confidence in call consumers to come back on spending."

 

Separately, the government reported the number of people filing first-time jobless claim last week fell by 1,000, underscoring what's been on-going pickup in the labor market. 

 

Mortgage company Freddie Mac announced today the average interests on its 30 years home loan remain to be 52-week-low this week, averaging just over 4%.  15-year-loan was up just slightly to 3.25%. 

 

On Wall Street, the Dow closed down 42 points. 

 

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A New York city hospital is confirming comedian Joan Rivers was rushed to facility today after apparently going to a cardiac arrest. Spokesman in Mt Sinai hospital gave no detail on the 81-year-old Rivers condition. Rivers was rushed to the hospital after she apparently stopped breathing during a throat surgeon at a nearby clinic. According to New York media reports, fire department of officials received the call just before 10 a.m. from the clinic. Its patient has apparently been in cardiac arrest. 

 

For the Democrats rally today in support of gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist. Amy Kelly from number station WAMF on Orlando reports they gathered the same way the former Republican won the Democratic primary. 

Florida Democrats who wants fault Crist, the cross the island on the campaign trail are now outstanding at his side. they took turns voice they're support before @@, tight race with Republican governor Rick Scott. 

"With 68 days to win this thing, everybody has got the turnout; everybody has got to be focused; everybody has got to be all in. Cause that's the only way we can beat the 100 million dollar guy."

Scott has a double digit fundraisers @@, and the poll shows the 2 are @@. To win, Crist needs to woo the 25% presents of Democrats to vote for his opponents in this week's primary. For NPR News, I'm Amy Kelly in Orlando. 

 

Lebanon Ohio school bus driver have agreed to resign after he was accused of keeping elemental school students on a bus with the windows rolled off for the punishment. With a published report, the incident allegedly occurred after the driver pull the bus over because the student had been unruly. He allegedly told  them to sit on the bus with the windows close in hot weather. In a separate incident, the bus driver in Cincinnati was charged with drunk driving when 20 students were on her bus.