The Week by the Numbers: July 28 – August 3
By Matt Phifer
1 – Alabama’s Preseason Ranking in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll
The preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll was released on August 2nd and the defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide were ranked first in the country. Alabama has won three of the last four BCS National Championships.
162,000 – Jobs added in July
The July jobs numbers revealed that the economy added 162,000 jobs. More than half the jobs were in retail and the leisure and hospitality industries. The unemployment rate has dropped to 7.4 percent.
Life + 1,000 Years – Ariel Castro’s Sentence
Ariel Castro was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years in a Cleveland courtroom on August 1st. Castro plead guilty to 937 counts, including murder and kidnapping. Castro admitted to holding three women captive and raping them over a period that stretched over a decade. He fathered a child with one of them.