Snowden Has Job Offers, Place To Live, Russian Lawyer Says Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Snowden Has Job Offers, Place To Live, Russian Lawyer Says NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who spent more than a month at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport before being granted a one-year asylum Thursday, has picked out a place to live, his Russian attorney says. Read this story U.S. Unemployment Sinks To 7.4 Percent; 162,000 Jobs Added In July America's unemployment rate sank to 7.4 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, beating expectations. But nonfarm payrolls increased by only 162,000 jobs, coming in below projections. Read this story Berlusconi Vows To Fight Back After Tax Conviction After some 20 trials over two decades, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received his first definitive conviction Thursday for evading taxes. That ruling could undermine the fragile coalition government. Read this story Our Once And Future Oceans: Taking Lessons From Earth's Past Paleontologists have been spending a lot of time studying the Earth of 50 million years ago, which was much hotter than it is today. They're hoping a glimpse into the planet's geologic past will show them how the planet will respond to all the carbon dioxide we're now putting into the air. Read this story Could North Carolina Lead A 'Red-State Resurgence'? After more than a century of Democratic domination, Republicans hold the governorship and supermajorities in the North Carolina Legislature. They've slashed taxes, imposed voter ID restrictions and changed death penalty rules. Some citizens are angry. And Democrats say the GOP has overplayed its hand. Read this story more news stories

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