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preparing for her upcoming U.S. visit.
• Rhodes says Obama wants to address the concerns of both leaders. He says the U.S. is working to provide both countries information about the intelligence it collects.
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US jobs data for August could drive Fed's decision on pace of bond purchases
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signs of improvement in the U.S. economy emerged this week, and the jobs report the government will issue Friday will show whether that strength is fueling consistent hiring gains.
• The August employment report will be the most significant economic data to be released before the Federal Reserve meets Sept. 17-18. Many economists expect the Fed to decide then to slow its monthly bond purchases.
• Analysts predict a solid gain of 177,000 jobs for August, above total but just below the monthly average this year of 192,000. The unemployment rate is expected to remain 7.4 percent.
• Many economists were encouraged by data released this week. Reports showed that services companies are stepping up hiring and that a dwindling number of people are losing jobs.
• Americans are buying more cars than at any time since the recession began in December 2007. And U.S. factories expanded in August at their fastest pace in more than two years.
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Arizona woman who spent more than 20 years on death row could be freed to await retrial
• PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona woman who has spent more than two decades on death row after being convicted of having her 4-year-old son killed for an insurance payout is expected to be released on Friday while she awaits a retrial of the case that made her one of the state's most reviled inmates.
• Judge Rosa Mroz of Maricopa County Superior Court set Debra Milke's bond at $250,000 a day earlier, saying there's no direct evidence linking her to her son's death other than a purported confession to a detective. And, the judge said, the validity of that confession is in doubt.
• Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Milke would probably be released Friday. Defense attorney Michael Kimerer did not respond to questions from The Associated Press.
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