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WORLD BRIEFING improves WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for the U.S. job market bright- ened a little Thursday after the government said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and surveys of private companies showed hiring increased in June. Hiring outlook far from healthy. U.S. ser- vice companies grew more slowly last month. Retail sales figures were disappointing. And cen- tral banks in Europe and China cut their interest rates, an indication that they expect weaker growth ahead. The economy is still But despite all the gloom, American facto- ries and service firms kept hiring in June. Econo- mists say that suggests many companies are less worried that the spring slump will endure. ''It is beginning to look like the labor market is not nearly as weak as feared,'' Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Eco- nomic Advisors, said in a note to clients. Wall Street was mixed in light of the latest eco- nomic reports. Stocks fell early but recovered much of their losses by midday. Bad news from Europe was offset by higher expectations for June job growth, which the govern- ment will report on Fri- day. First trucks cross plane sharply up instead of down as it stalled, then lost control, sending the Air France jet and all 228 people aboard to their deaths in the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. The fatal move was part of a chain of events outlined in a report by French investigators Thursday that could have legal consequences for plane-maker Airbus and airline Air France — and could change the way pilots around the world are trained to handle planes manually. ''I don't have control of the plane at all,'' the pilot said, a minute before it crashed, according to a particularly gripping pas- sage in the 224-page report. Families of victims struggled to digest the report, the final of several studies into the crash by the French air accident investigation agency, the BEA. Some were disap- pointed that it didn't focus more on manufacturing problems and lay so much blame on the pilots. The document is the result of three years of difficult digging into what caused Air France's dead- liest-ever accident, and makes sweeping recom- mendations for better preparing pilots world- wide to fly high-tech planes when confronted with a high-altitude crisis. istani forces, but Pakistan disputed that. Pakistan- Afghanistan border CHAMAN, Pakistan (AP) — Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.- Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apolo- gized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani sol- diers. have been waiting at ports in Karachi for the transit ban to be lifted as the diplomatic wrangling dragged on. Drivers are eager to get behind the wheel and start earning a lucrative salary again in what can be a deadly jour- ney because of attacks from the Taliban. ''I risk my life for my Thousands of trucks family, and I risk my life because I get better pay for taking NATO sup- plies,'' said Tajawal Khan, who has been driving the dangerous route for the past few years. ''I know the Taliban may attack our trucks. But I tell the Taliban that we are doing this job for our family,'' he said by tele- phone from the cab of his tanker in Karachi, waiting to be loaded with oil before driving north toward Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the routes in retaliation for the U.S. airstrikes in November that killed the two dozen border troops. The decision to reopen them, after the U.S. apol- ogy, marked an easing of strains in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad in recent months. The Americans have said they did not intentionally target Pak- The Back Packs ARE HERE! The Back Packs ARE HERE! Look for them at local businesses to Syria BEIRUT (AP) — Iraq asserted Thursday that al- Qaida insurgents are streaming out of the coun- try to carry out attacks in Syria, an ominous devel- opment as the Syrian con- flict enflames an already hostile region. Extremists have been making inroads as the 16- month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad grinds on, bringing a dangerous new element to the forces fighting to topple the regime. Al-Qaida fighters flow ing advantage of the chaos and the violence gripping Syria, which the head of the country's U.N. observer mission said Thursday had reached ''unprecedented levels.'' The militants are tak- the skipper blamed the tragedy on a wave that came out of the dark. Three children died after becoming trapped Wednesday night in the cabin of the 34-foot vessel off Oyster Bay, on the north shore of Long Island. Sal Aurelino, who was at the helm of the Candi I, told TV's News12 Long Island that he saw two lightning bolts, and then a wave suddenly hit. ''It turned the boat around,'' he said, his voice cracking. ''It just turned the boat. I didn't see it. It was dark. I didn't see it.'' David Aurelino, 12, and two girls, 11-year-old Harley Treanor and 8- year-old Victoria Gaines, died. The 24 other passen- gers — a combination of adults and children — were rescued from the water, mostly by fellow boaters, and were not seri- ously hurt. Aurelino's nephew Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said authorities are worried that extremists could gain another foothold in Syria, posing a new threat to the stability of the entire region. ''We have solid infor- mation and intelligence that members of al- Qaida's terrorist network have gone to Syria,'' he told reporters in Baghdad. Zebari did not elaborate or provide details but said his main concern is ''extremist, terrorist groups taking root in neighboring countries.'' overcrowded OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) — A yacht that cap- sized with 27 friends and family aboard on an out- ing to watch Fourth of July fireworks was severely overcrowded and doomed to tip over, safety experts said Thursday as Yacht that capsized off Long Island Sierra Sound Car Audio 35th $ 226 So. Main St., Red Bluff 527-3735 All CD's 13.99 Anniversary Sale or less Faulty data, pilot error, lack of training Ohio trip SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet on the American worker Thursday, even as he braced for a Friday unemployment report that will help set battle lines for the hot summer to come. The monthly unemploy- ment numbers could alter or harden voters' views of Obama's core re-election argument that he pulled the U.S. back from recession while Republican Mitt Romney embraces policies that led to an economic near-collapse. A weak report could undermine Obama's position, while improvement could help the president — though con- cerns about jobs are sure to a major issue through Elec- tion Day. New jobs numbers loom over Obama's in Atlantic LE BOURGET, France (AP) — A pilot facing faulty data and deafening alarms in an oversea thun- derstorm pitched his caused crash Obama tellingly chose to start his summer of on-the- road campaigning in two political battleground states that have a rosier economic outlook than some parts of the nation. Both Ohio and Pennsylvania had unem- ployment rates of 7.3 per- cent in May, well below the national average of 8.2 per- cent. ''This is how summer is supposed to feel,'' Obama said, wiping sweat from his Friday, July 6, 2012 – Daily News 5A face he campaigned under scorching sun for four more years in office. Ohio gave him a post-July 4 splash of Americana: Main streets and U.S. flags, corn- fields and fruit stands, com- munity soccer sign-ups and American Legion halls, small children climbing on fathers' shoulders to see the president's bus go by. Obama was greeted kindly wherever he went and bounded through his day, high-fiving the kids and hugging grandmothers. His trip through northern Malware may knock thousands off Internet on there, according to Canadi- an Internet Registration Authority spokesman Mark Buell. He said his organization, together with Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Radio-television Telecom- munications Commission, has developed an online site where computer users can check their computers for the malware. Judge calls Zimmerman deceptive Monday WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Ameri- cans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. According to the FBI, the number of computers that probably are infected is more than 277,000 world- wide, down from about 360,000 in April. About 64,000 still-infected com- puters are probably in the United States. Registration Authority said about 25,000 of the comput- ers initially affected by the malware were in Canada, but now only about 7,000 machines remain infected The Canadian Internet ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Using words like ''false testimony'' and ''misled,'' a judge granted $1 million bail Thursday for neigh- borhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, but questioned his honesty and suggested he had plotted to leave the country when he was out of jail the first time. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester referred to Zimmer- man with words like ''con- ceal'' and ''flee'' more than a dozen times in an eight-page order that lets him out of jail while he awaits his second-degree murder trial in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The judge's doubts could hurt a Zimmerman attempt to dismiss the case by claiming he shot Martin in self-defense, a possible motion based on Florida's ''stand your ground'' law, experts said. ''Mr. Zimmerman is not held in any high esteem by this court,'' said Karin Moore, a law professor at Florida A&M University College of Law. ''I think that could matter if there is a 'stand your ground' hear- ing ... It's a matter of cred- ibility. 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