State stands to forfeit $3 billion in possible cuts
Los Angeles Times
The reductions, mostly in education, would have to be passed by midnight, but they face a likely veto. A state panel cuts car allowances, health benefits and living-expense payments for legislators.
Sanford Acknowledges Other Flirtations
New York Times
CHARLESTON, SC - Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he had visited with his Argentine mistress more times than he initially disclosed and that he had had inappropriate flirtations with several other women as well.
The broad stock market goes into midyear holding onto the bulk of a powerful rally that left the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 29% from the 12-year low hit on March 9 and gave the index its first quarterly gain in over a year and
a half.
US consumer confidence rebounds in latest week-ABC
Reuters
NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - ABC News said on Tuesday its weekly index on consumer confidence in the United States rose two points, though it was still deep in negative territory.