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BREAKING
Snowden's leaks caused 'tremendous' damage to U.S. security -House panel
WASHINGTON - A U.S. House committee issued a scathing report on Thursday accusing National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of lying about his background, feuding with co-workers and leaking secrets that "caused tremendous damage" to U.S. security. (USA-SECURITY/SNOWDEN (UPDATE 1), moved, 289 words)
Julia re-strengthens into a tropical storm -NHC
Tropical Depression Julia has strengthened into a tropical storm again, and is expected to meander off the coast of South and North Carolina for the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday. (STORM-JULIA/NHC (URGENT), moved, 80 words)
TOP STORIES
Clinton visits N.Carolina in campaign trail return; Trump up in polls
GREENSBORO - Hillary Clinton got back on the campaign trail on Thursday after taking three days off for pneumonia, and the Democratic presidential candidate faced a more challenging political landscape, with Republican rival Donald Trump rising in opinion polls. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 5:14 p.m., by Amanda Becker, 912 words)
Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls
BEIRUT/GENEVA - Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV), moved at 5:23 p.m., 1,209 wor)
White Ohio policeman kills black boy, 13, armed with BB gun
A white Ohio policeman responding to reports of an armed robbery fatally shot a 13-year-old black boy after he pulled out what appeared to be a weapon that was later determined to be a BB gun, police said on Thursday.(OHIO-CRIME/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 5:21 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 789 words)
Family of woman found dead in Texas jail reaches $1.9 mln settlement
AUSTIN, Texas - The family of a black motorist found hanged in her Texas jail cell after being held in police custody following a traffic stop has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death suit against law enforcement, their lawyer said on Thursday. (TEXAS-DEATH/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 446 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump calls for 4 pct growth, pledges to create 25 million jobs
NEW YORK - Republican Donald Trump on Thursday called for a U.S. goal of 4 percent annual economic growth, saying his plans to cut taxes, eliminate regulations and revamp U.S. trade policy would create 25 million new jobs over a decade. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:14 p.m., by Emily Stephenson, 280 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. House passes bill to halt Guantanamo transfers
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would bar any transfers of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison while President Barack Obama is president or until he signs a new defense policy bill. (USA-GUANTANAMO/CONGRESS, moved at 11:34 a.m., by Patricia Zengerle, 383 words)
U.S. FCC chair says his set-top box reform proposal may change
WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said he might change his proposal to allow tens of millions of U.S. pay TV subscribers to ditch costly set-top boxes and access video programming online. (FCC-TELEVISION/, moved at 1:26 p.m., by David Shepardson, 421 words)
Obama administration targets corporate offshore tax avoidance
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday took action to limit the use of foreign tax credits by American multinational companies to reduce their U.S. tax bills, a move that followed an EU order that Apple Inc pay back taxes to Ireland. (USA-TAX/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:28 a.m., by Jason Lange, 289 words)
Obama joins other world leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday joined more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:28 p.m., by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 376 words)
FBI's 2007 impersonation of journalist valid at time -U.S. watchdog
WASHINGTON - The FBI did not break rules in place in 2007 when it impersonated a journalist to send a teenage bomb-threat suspect a computer link to a fake news article that concealed location tracking software, a government watchdog said on Thursday. (USA-CYBER/FBI (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:37 p.m., by Dustin Volz, 421 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Two ex-executives charged in U.S. Navy-related bribery case
WASHINGTON - Two former executives of a foreign defense contractor at the center of a fraud and corruption scandal have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Navy and other offenses, the United States Department of Justice said on Thursday. (USA-NAVY/CORRUPTION (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:29 p.m., 296 words)
Man charged with arson at Florida mosque 'embarrassed' by crime
The man charged with setting fire to a Florida mosque attended by the gunman in a deadly Orlando nightclub attack told police he was embarrassed by his actions and did not intend to hurt anyone, according to an arrest report released on Thursday. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/MOSQUE (PIX), moved at 1:33 p.m., by Colleen Jenkins, 406 words)
Maryland woman committed to hospital for kids' exorcism slayings
WASHINGTON - A judge ordered a Maryland woman who killed two of her children in what she called an exorcism committed to a psychiatric hospital on Thursday, a prosecutor's spokesman said. (MARYLAND-EXORCISM/, moved at 12:32 p.m., 159 words)
Virginia governor's bid to restore felon voting rights advances
The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid to have Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe held in contempt for his continued effort to restore voting rights to about 206,000 felons. (VIRGINIA-FELONS/ (PIX), moved at 4:48 p.m., by Ian Simpson, 241 words)
Suspended USC football player charged with rape in Utah
A University of Southern California football player was charged in Utah on Thursday with raping a 19-year-old woman in July, according to court documents. (UTAH-RAPE/FOOTBALL, moving shortly, 322 words)
Former Massachusetts Teamster pleads guilty to extorting TV show
BOSTON - A former head of the Teamsters union in Boston pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted extortion for trying to intimidate a non-union company to hire union workers while filming a reality TV show, according to court papers. (MASSACHUSETTS-CRIME/TOP CHEF, moved, 253 words)
Two people jailed in Georgia for false clown-sighting reports -police
Police in Georgia said on Thursday they had arrested two people accused of calling 911 with fake reports of clown sightings, as claims of such spottings have spread to a third Southern state. (USA-CLOWNS/, moving shortly, 220 words)
Vanderbilt rape case judge to respond next week to sentencing request
NASHVILLE - A Nashville judge said on Thursday he would respond next week to prosecutors' request to redo the sentencing hearing for one of two Vanderbilt University football players convicted of raping an unconscious female student more than three years ago. (TENNESSEE-RAPE/TRIAL, moved at 2:34 p.m., by Tim Ghianni, 373 words)
'Heartless' U.S. mortgage modification scheme leads to 16-year prison term
NEW YORK - A California man was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for his role in what prosecutors said was the largest mortgage modification scheme ever prosecuted, involving more than 30,000 homeowners defrauded out of $31 million. (MORTGAGE-CRIME/, moved at 4:14 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 391 words)
WORLD
Philippines is not 'little brown brother' of U.S. -foreign minister
WASHINGTON - The Philippines is firmly committed to its alliance with the United States but will not be lectured on human rights and treated like a "little brown brother," the country's Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. (USA-PHILIPPINES/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 560 words)
South Africa to appeal Pistorius murder sentence again
JOHANNESBURG - South African state prosecutors will approach the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to challenge Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence after failing with a similar bid at a lower court, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Thursday. (SAFRICA-PISTORIUS/, moved, 145 words)
Japan to boost S.China Sea role with training patrols with U.S. - minister
WASHINGTON - Japan will step up its activity in the contested South China Sea through joint training patrols with the United States and bilateral and multilateral exercises with regional navies, Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said on Thursday. (SOUTHCHINASEA-JAPAN/PATROLS (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:44 p.m., 274 words)
EU leaders must react to post-Brexit crisis, summit chair says
BRATISLAVA - European Council president Donald Tusk called on EU leaders to take a "brutally honest" look at the bloc's problems when they meet in Bratislava to find a way forward after Britain's shock vote to leave. (EU-SUMMIT/ (TV, PIX), moved at 3:04 p.m., by Alastair Macdonald and Tatiana Jancarikova, 598 words)
UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls
LONDON - Britain gave the go-ahead for a $24 billion nuclear power plant on Thursday, ending weeks of uncertainty that had strained ties with China, which will help pay for it, and France, which will build it. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 12:43 p.m., by William James and Kate Holton, 1096 words)
North Korea says ready for "another attack" against U.S. "provocations"
CARACAS - North Korea's Foreign Minister said on Thursday the country was ready to launch another attack against the "provocations" of the United States, whose bombers this week flew over South Korea in a show of solidarity with its ally after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/, moved at 12:54 p.m., 197 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Too soon to tell if 9/11 firefighters face increased cancer risk
Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the jury is still out on whether firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center site have increased odds of developing cancer, a U.S. study suggests. (HEALTH-FIREFIGHTERS/CANCER-SEPT11, moved at 1:27 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 537 words)
Euthanasia rising in Belgium, including more who are not terminally ill
In the decade after Belgium legalized doctor-assisted death, the number of patients using it to end their lives rose nearly eight-fold, according to records of the national euthanasia control committee. (HEALTH-EUTHANASIA/BELGIUM, moved at 2:52 p.m., by Madeline Kennedy, 705 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
New York Fashion Week breaks out designs for all seasons
NEW YORK - More designers at New York Fashion Week broke out of the industry's long-established mode of showing clothes meant to be worn in six months' time by sprinkling wear-now fall looks among catwalk presentations largely focused on next spring. (FASHION-NEWYORK/WRAP (TV, PIX), moved at 4:40 p.m., by Patricia Reaney, 413 words)
Ralph Lauren, inspired by American West, stops traffic during show
NEW YORK - Veteran fashion designer Ralph Lauren staged his first runway-to-retail show promoting his September collection, an American West-influenced affair that turned heads and stopped traffic on Madison Avenue during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday night. (FASHION-NEW YORK/RALPH LAUREN (TV), moved at 3:55 p.m., 260 words)
Mother seeks to inspire with film of photojournalist son
TORONTO - The mother of a Reuters photojournalist killed in Somalia in 1993 wants a film about her son's life to empower others to strive to change the world. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/JOURNEYISTHEDESTINATION (PIX, TV), moved at 4:24 p.m., by Alastair Sharp, 307 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Samsung to recall Galaxy Note 7 smartphones - U.S. agency
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will recall Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to serious fire and burn hazards, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said. (SAMSUNG ELEC-SMARTPHONES/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:36 p.m., 131 words)
SpaceX says accident probe will not slow space taxi effort
CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX on Thursday said efforts to develop and certify a space taxi for NASA are not being slowed by an investigation into a launch pad fire that destroyed its rocket and a $200 million Israeli communications satellite. (SPACEX-TAXI/, moved at 4:30 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 326 words)
Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO - China-based internet company Baidu has received a permit to test its self-driving cars in California from the state's Department of Motor Vehicles, as the race to introduce driverless automobiles accelerates. (BAIDU-AUTONOMOUS/, moved at 1:56 p.m., 269 words)
Twitter abuzz as live-video test of Thursday Night Football nears
NEW YORK - Social media users were buzzing on Thursday as Twitter Inc prepared for its first broadcast of a National Football League game, a match up between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills, which tests Twitter's strategy of putting big games on small screens. (NFL-TWITTER/, moved at 3:10 p.m., by Amy Tennery, 301 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St surges on lower rate-hike fears, Apple ascends
Wall Street rallied 1 percent on Thursday, buoyed by Apple's best four-day run since 2014, higher oil prices and ho-hum economic data that further dimmed expectations for an interest rate hike next week. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), by Noel Randewich, 369 words)
December Fed rate hike probability 70 percent, say economists
Chances the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December have shot up in the past month, according to a Reuters poll that showed economists are more convinced a move is on its way despite weak inflation and wage growth. (USA-ECONOMY/POLL, moved at 10:15 a.m., by Sumanta Dey and Anu Bararia, 682 words)
U.S. tax avoidance clampdown a potential headache for Apple
WASHINGTON - Apple Inc and other U.S. multinationals will face new curbs on tax loopholes under a rule imposed by Washington on Thursday, part of a scramble among governments worldwide to bolster their corporate tax bases. (USA-TAX/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 4:13 p.m., by Jason Lange, 421 words)
Wal-Mart Canada to extend Visa ban to more stores from Oct. 24
Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Canadian unit will stop accepting Visa Inc cards at 16 stores in the province of Manitoba starting Oct. 24, a company spokesman said on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a high-profile fee dispute in the country. (WALMART-VISA/CANADA (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:03 p.m., 245 words)
HSBC wins dismissal of Madoff customer class action in U.S.
NEW YORK - HSBC Holdings Plc on Thursday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Bernard Madoff customers who accused the British bank of fueling his massive Ponzi scheme by ignoring red flags and encouraging "feeder funds" to invest with him. (HSBC-MADOFF/ (PIX), moved at 4:16 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 359 words)
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