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BREAKING
Delta Air Lines to cancel nearly 250 flights on Tuesday
-- Delta Air Lines Isaid it was canceling nearly 250 flights on Tuesday as it looks to restore operations after a power outage hit its computer systems on Monday, causing the cancellation of about 1,000 flights. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 6:37 a.m., 126 words, will be led through the day)
U.S. productivity falls for third consecutive quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. nonfarm productivity unexpectedly fell in the second quarter, pointing to sustained weakness that could raise concerns about corporate profits and companies' ability to maintain their recent robust pace of hiring. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:05 a.m., 504 words, will be led)
OLYMPICS
Brazilian fans boo foreign athletes in culture clash
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians bring a soccer fan's raucous attitude to the Rio Games, wildly cheering their own athletes, booing and mocking opponents -- and creating uncomfortable moments for Olympic athletes unaccustomed to no-holds-barred partisanship. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, 625 words, will be led through the day)
No place for dopers on Team USA, says American swimmer King
RIO DE JANEIRO - Athletes with past doping convictions should not be on Team USA, Olympic breaststroke champion Lily King said on Monday in response to a question about the inclusion of sprinter Justin Gatlin. King beat Russian Yulia Efimova to win the women's 100 meter breaststroke gold medal, a day after publicly criticizing her rival who has served two previous doping-related suspensions. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/USA-DOPING (PIX), moved at 1:16 a.m., 180 words) See also: Angry Phelps backs King's stance over Efimova (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/KING-PHELPS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 4:34 a.m., 366 words)
Michael Phelps' purple blotches spotlight 'cupping' trend
NEW YORK - It wasn't just Michael Phelps' big win on Sunday that had people talking about the U.S. swimming star. It was also the dark purple circles on his shoulders. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/PHELPS-CUPPING (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 483 words)
It's all in the wrist: Apple's tactic for a little Games glory
RIO DE JANEIRO - Apple Inc is threatening to crash Samsung's expensive Olympics party. (OLYMPICS-RIO/APPLE (PIX), moved at 7:18 a.m., 578 words)
Cool temps, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far
(OLYMPICS-RIO/ZIKA (PIX), moved, 720 words)
Day three at the Rio Olympics
(OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS), moved, 2,600 words
OTHER TOP STORIES
Paul Ryan faces Wisconsin primary test after belated Trump endorsement
MILWAUKEE - House Speaker Paul Ryan faces a primary for his congressional seat on Tuesday in a race overshadowed by presidential candidate Donald Trump's brief refusal last week to endorse his fellow Republican. (USA-ELECTION/WISCONSIN, moved at 4 a.m., by Brendan O'Brien, 287 words, will be led with results)
Maine Senator Susan Collins says she will not vote for Trump
WASHINGTON - Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said on Monday she will not vote for Donald Trump for president. "This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican. But Donald Trump does not reflect historical Republican values nor the inclusive approach to governing that is critical to healing the divisions in our country," Collins said in an opinion piece in the Washington Post. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-COLLINS, moved at 9:16 p.m., 70 words) See also: GOP national security experts: Trump would be 'dangerous' president (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-SECURITY (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 680 words)
Americans of both major parties say infrastructure has worsened; want more spending - poll
NEW YORK - Nearly half of registered U.S. voters think American infrastructure has deteriorated in the last five years, a national poll released on Tuesday found, with Republicans taking the dimmer view. (USA-INFRASTRUCTURE/POLL, moved at 6 a.m., 382 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump flops with Silicon Valley donors; Clinton falls short, too
-- When Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman announced last week that she wouldn't vote for her party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump, she pledged to raise money for the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, and to urge like-minded Republicans to follow suit. (USA-ELECTION/TECH (PIX, GRAPHIC, TV), moved at 6 a.m., 1,240 words)
Clinton says she will participate in the three presidential debates
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton will participate in the three debates set by a debate commission, her campaign said in a statement on Monday. Rival Donald Trump has complained that the commission scheduled several of the debates during NFL games. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DEBATES, moved at 10 p.m., 50 words)
Trump seeks a campaign reset with Detroit economic speech
(USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 8, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 10:47 p.m., 1,012 words)
WASHINGTON
General says U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan abandoned equipment under fire
KABUL - American soldiers helping Afghan troops fight Islamic State militants in Afghanistan were forced to abandon sensitive equipment and weapons when their position came under fire, a U.S. military official said on Tuesday. (AFGHANISTAN-USA/ISLAMICSTATE, moved at 8:14 a.m., 319 words)
U.S. calls for release of four Chinese human rights activists
WASHINGTON - The United States called on China on Monday to release four human rights lawyers and activists who were convicted of subversion last week. (CHINA-RIGHTS/USA, moved at 8 a.m., 198 words)
Japan warns China of deteriorating ties over East China Sea dispute
TOKYO/WASHINGTON - Japan warned China on Tuesday that ties were deteriorating over disputed East China Sea islets, and China's envoy in Tokyo reiterated Beijing's stance that the specks of land were its territory and called for talks to resolve the dispute. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/JAPAN (WRAPUP 2, TV, PIX), moved at 7:33 a.m., 790 words) See also: China determined to battle on two fronts as North Asia tensions spike (CHINA-TENSIONS/JAPAN-KOREA, moved, 700 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
NAACP leaders arrested during voting rights protest in Virginia
-- NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and Stephen Green, the body's youth director, were arrested on Monday in a congressman's district office in Virginia over a six-hour sit-in protest on voting rights, the NAACP said. (USA-VOTINGRIGHTS/VIRGINIA, moved at 1:15 a.m., 339 words)
Ten-year-old boy on Kansas City waterslide died of neck injury
-- The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday. (KANSAS-SLIDE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 11:11 p.m., 413 words)
Black Kentucky judge suspended after racially tinged remarks
LOUISVILLE - A black Kentucky judge was suspended without pay for 90 days after admitting on Monday that he should not have made racially charged comments, including complaining on Facebook that a prosecutor had deliberately sought all-white juries. (KENTUCKY-JUDGE/, moved, by Steve Bittenbender, 326 words)
Colorado anti-fracking initiatives hit signature target
HOUSTON - Environmental groups in Colorado said they collected enough signatures to add proposed anti-fracking initiatives to a state ballot in November, as long as their petitions make it through a validation review by the Secretary of State's office. (USA-COLORADO/FRACKING (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:16 a.m., 388 words)
OLYMPICS HIGHLIGHTS
In search of star power, media lap up Usain Bolt show in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - As a dozen scantily clad Brazilian Samba dancers gyrate on to the stage, rocking peacock-style headdresses and glittery thongs, Usain Bolt was not about to be intimidated or upstaged. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/BOLT-MEDIA (PIX, TV), moved at 10:12 p.m., 445 words)
Dutch gymnast expelled for night of drinking in Rio
AMSTERDAM - Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder is expelled from the Olympics for "gravely" violating team rules by going out for a night of drinking in Rio after qualifying for the finals of the rings event, the Dutch team says. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-M-DUTCH/, moved at 3:13 a.m., by Thomas Escritt, 196 words)
Hoskins taken to hospital after Aussie crash
RIO DE JANEIRO - Australian track cyclist Melissa Hoskins said she hopes to compete in the women's team pursuit after escaping serious injury following a high speed crash in training at the Olympic velodrome on Monday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-TRACK/CRASH (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 2:30 a.m., 353 words)
China's Sun responds to drug taunts with 200 freestyle gold
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-M-200MFREE/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:46 a.m., 395 words)
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu wins 100m backstroke to claim second gold
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-W-100MBACK/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:13 a.m., 320 words)
Scheidt sailing family sync up in Laser bids for Brazil, Lithuania
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SAILING-LASER/SCHEIDT (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 347 words)
MIDDLE EAST
New U.S. aid delivery to Lebanon army to counter militant threat
BEIRUT - The United States delivered 50 armored vehicles, 40 artillery pieces and 50 grenade launchers to the Lebanese army on Tuesday, part of its efforts to bolster Lebanon against a threat from militant groups in neighboring, conflict-ridden Syria. (LEBANON-MILITARY/USA (TV, PIX), moved at 6 a.m., 267 words)
Putin tells Erdogan he hopes Ankara can restore order after failed coup
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his visiting Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan he hoped Ankara could fully restore order after a failed military coup last month, saying on Tuesday that Moscow always opposed unconstitutional actions. (RUSSIA-TURKEY/ (TV, PIX), moved at 8:34 a.m., 390 words)
Ataturk's revival a symbol of Turkey's fragile post-coup unity
ISTANBUL - After years of being gradually eclipsed as President Tayyip Erdogan forges "new Turkey" with Islam firmly at its heart, secular republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for now at least, makes comeback in wake of failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ATATURK (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, 1,120 words)
Yemen's central bank denies irresponsible use of external reserves
(YEMEN-SECURITY/CENTRALBANK, moved, 714 words)
WORLD
Pakistani lawyers stage strike to protest bombing of colleagues
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani lawyers stage strike to protest against the killing of at least 70 people, many of them lawyers, in a Monday bomb attack as doubts grow about an Islamic State claim of responsibility. (PAKISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 700 words)
Javier weakens as it moves over Mexico's Baja peninsula
MEXICO CITY - In a respite to waterlogged Mexico, Tropical Storm Javier weakened on Tuesday to a tropical depression as it traveled over the southern half of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday. (STORM-JAVIER/ (PIX), moved at 9:11 a.m., 168 words)
Holy cows and Hindu crusaders cloud Modi's Indian reform drive
AGRA - Two miles down the road from the white marble walls of the fabled Taj Mahal, a heavyset man crouches in the dirt of a cow shed and explains how the future of India belongs to him. (INDIA-MODI/COWS (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, 1,293 words)
Banned from working, asylum seekers build Japan's roads
WARABI, Japan - Even as authorities insist they leave, Kurdish migrants work without permits on government projects. Japan's strict immigration rules combined with shrinking work population spawn black market in labor. (JAPAN-KURDS/ (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 2,199 words)
Mystery magic spells unearthed with ancient skeletons in Serbia
KOSTOLAC, Serbia - Archaeologists are trying to decipher magic spells etched onto tiny rolls of gold and silver that they found alongside skeletons of humans buried almost 2,000 years ago. (SERBIA-ARCHAEOLOGY/MAGIC (PIX, TV), moved at 6:33 a.m., 329 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Future of drug pricing: paying for benefits not per pill
LONDON - Global pressure on health spending is forcing the $1 trillion-a-year pharmaceutical industry to look for new ways to price its products: charging based on how much they improve patients' health, rather than how many pills or vials are sold. (PHARMACEUTICALS-PRICES/ (ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC, PIX), moved at 8 a.m., 930 words)
Mediterranean diet may help maintain brain health
-- Elderly people who follow a Mediterranean-style diet may benefit from better brain health and a lower risk for cognitive impairment later in life, according to a new U.S. study. (HEALTH-BRAIN/MED-DIET, moved, 470 words)
Websites often promote unproven stem cell therapies
-- Many websites marketing unproven stem cell therapies directly to consumers are popping up even in developed nations where laws have been passed to protect patients from false medical advertising, a new study suggests. (HEALTH-STEMCELLS/MARKETING, moved, 550 words)
Air pollution tied to shorter survival with lung cancer
(HEALTH-LUNGCANCER/POLLUTION, moved, 686 words)
Online marketplace offers cheaper CPAP machines without a prescription
(HEALTH-CPAP/BLACKMARKET, moved, 590 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
A Minute With: Robert Redford on magical childhood stories
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood veteran Robert Redford returns to his childhood love of fantasy stories in "Pete's Dragon," a new Disney film about an orphaned boy living in a forest and his friendship with one such creature. (FILM-PETESDRAGON/ (TV), moved at 9:23 a.m., 400 words)
Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg Partner for VH1 Dinner-Party Series
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT), moved, 285 words)
Jared Leto Says He Has Enough 'Suicide Squad' Deleted Scenes 'For a Joker Movie
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS), moved, 246 words)
Mariah Carey to Guest Star on 'Empire' Season 3
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 184 words)
Amazon Sets September Comedy Push, Reveals Woody Allen Series Title
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 590 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Pokemon Go eludes cloning attempts by big game studios
SAN FRANCISCO - Top video game companies, caught off-guard by the runaway success of Pokemon Go, are wrestling with how to play catch-up to the augmented reality app that has become a worldwide phenomenon. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/RIVALS (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., 734 words)
India ride-hailing firm Ola sideswiped as Uber, Didi team up in China
NEW DELHI - Didi Chuxing's acquisition of Uber's China business last week reshapes the landscape in Asia's growing ride-hailing sector, and leaves India's Ola more vulnerable to attack by Uber in its $12 billion home market. (UBER-INDIA/OLA (PIX), moved, 700 words)
Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-DIGITAL/NEWS), moved, 460 words)
ANALYSIS
Fed dependent, for sure, but who knows on what?
-- Federal Reserve data dependency isn't what it used to be. While there is still much talk by the Fed and its representatives about how it will be guided by incoming economic data, something appears to have broken down in the calculations, with far less certainty among observers and investors over what data leads to which policy. (MARKETS-SAFT/ (COLUMN), moved, by James Saft, 800 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Valeant says to reorganize; maintains full-year forecast
-- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International says it will reorganize and stands by its full-year forecast as it attempts to restore investor confidence after facing a storm of criticism over its business practices. (VALEANT-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:16 a.m., 323 words)
Coach sales miss as it tightens supply to department stores
-- Coach Inc's quarterly revenue narrowly missed analysts' estimates as the handbag maker cut back on discounting and tightened supply to department stores in an attempt to regain its premium brand status. (COACH-RESULTS (UPDATE 2), moved at 8:46 a.m., 375 words)
London Metal Exchange to launch gold spot, futures contracts
LONDON - The London Metal Exchange says it plans to launch spot and futures contracts for gold and silver in the first half of 2017, adding to its list of products including copper and aluminum. (GOLD-CONTRACT/LME), moved, 549 words)
Pollution crackdown on China tin producers could spur imports, lift prices
MELBOURNE/SHANGHAI - China could ramp up imports of refined tin as a string of environmental inspections at smelters in the world's top producer of the metal curbs local output. (METALS-TIN/SMELTERS (PIX), moved, 450 words)
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