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08/06/2016 14:15

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BREAKING

Rio bomb squad blows up backpack near cycling course

RIO DE JANEIRO - An anti-bomb squad at the Olympic Games in Rio de detonated an unattended backpack near the end of the cycling course on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the public security department said. (OLYMPICS-RIO/SECURITY-BLAST (UPDATE 12, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 325 words)

Man yelling in Arabic wounds two Belgian police with machete, then shot dead

BRUSSELS - A machete-wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) injured two female police officers before being shot outside the main police station in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police in the city said. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/BELGIUM (UPDATE 2, PIX), moving shortly, 290 words)

OLYMPICS

Huge lines and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Rio Olympic Games got off to a rough start on Saturday as fans queued for hours at security checkpoints to enter venues with some missing their events and many athletes competing in front of eerily empty stands. Games organizers apologized for dropping the ball on the first day of full competition, the morning after a dazzling opening ceremony, as iconic venues such as beach volleyball on the famed Copacabana beach saw only a few hundred spectators. (OLYMPICS-RIO/QUEUES (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 1:40 p.m., 540 words) See also: TV Ratings: Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio Falls From London 2012 (VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-TV/RATINGS, moved at 1:45 p.m., 205 words)

American teenager Virginia Thrasher wins first gold of Games in air rifle

RIO DE JANEIRO - Unflappable American teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday, holding her nerve against two Chinese Olympic champions to clinch the women's 10m air rifle event. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SHOOTING-W-10MRIFLE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 12:20 p.m., 342 words)

Crimes keeping Rio police on their toes as Olympics begin

RIO DE JANEIRO - Security is a top concern at Rio's Olympics and several incidents including killings, kidnappings and robberies have kept police on alert as the Games open. An officer shot and killed a 22-year-old man just a few blocks from the Maracana stadium where the opening ceremony took place Friday night. On Saturday a bullet hit the press center and landed on the floor at the feet of journalists covering equestrian events in the Deodoro Olympic zone. (OLYMPICS-RIO/CRIME (PIX), expect by 5 p.m., 550 words)

OTHER TOP STORIES

Trump, looking to right campaign ship, endorses Ryan, McCain, Ayotte

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Republican Donald Trump moves to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party's establishment by endorsing U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and two Republican senators seeking re-election, after expressing coolness toward them earlier this week. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 10 p.m., 1,000 words)

Stiglitz quits Panama Papers probe, cites lack of transparency

BUENOS AIRES - The committee set up to investigate lack of transparency in Panama's financial system itself lacks transparency, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Reuters after resigning from the "Panama Papers" commission. (PANAMA-TAX/ (UPDATE 4), moved, 533 words)

Obama administration releases redacted version of drone policy

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has released a redacted version of President Barack Obama's policy on drone strikes abroad following a freedom of information lawsuit filed last year, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Saturday. (USA-COUNTERTERRORISM/DRONES, moved at 1:24 p.m., 274 words)

CAMPAIGN

Trump's economic advisors group clashes with populist image

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's team of economic policy advisers is packed with moguls from the hedge fund and investment banking industries that he has railed against in the past -- and none of them are women. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (PIX), moved at 7:50 p.m., by James Oliphant, 700 words) See also: USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ADVISERS (UPDATE 1, FACTBOX), moved, 1,100 words)

North Carolina will ask U.S. Supreme Court to allow voter ID law to stand

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - North Carolina will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring voters to show identification to stand after an appellate court struck it down a week ago, Republican Governor Pat McCrory says. (USA-ELECTION/NORTH CAROLINA (UPDATE 1), moved at 7 p.m., by Colleen Jenkins, 345 words)

Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than 3 points - Reuters/Ipsos poll

NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday. About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton to Trump's 39 percent, according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters. (USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 262 words)

WASHINGTON

Obama prepares to boost U.S. military's cyber role

WASHINGTON - Obama administration is preparing to elevate stature of Pentagon's Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into U.S. networks and tackle adversaries such as Islamic State, current and former officials say. (USA-CYBER/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Warren Strobel, 704 words)

China rejects U.S. criticism of crackdown on rights defenders

BEIJING - China rebuked the United States on Saturday for criticizing it over the convictions of rights activists after a Chinese court sentenced three rights advocates and a lawyer to up to seven and half years jail for subversion. (CHINA-RIGHTS/USA, moved at 3 a.m., 440 words) See also: Kerry, Chinese foreign minister discuss Obama visit, North Korea (USA-CHINA/KERRY, moved, 90 words)

SPECIAL REPORT

How Big Coal summoned Wall Street and faced a whirlwind

ALKOL, W.Va. - Over 40 years, West Virginia's Hobet coal mine evolves from family-run upstart to site bought and sold in rapid corporate shuffle. Site's transformation symbolizes change in industry once known for dangerous work, but now for corporate buyouts that have coal on edge. (USA-COAL/HOBET (PIX), moved, by Patrick Rucker, 2,642 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Michigan man charged in grenade case may have followed al Qaeda

-- U.S. authorities have found an apparent link between a Michigan man charged with illegally purchasing an arsenal of explosives and the radical U.S.-born al Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki, the Detroit News reported on Saturday. (MICHIGAN-EXPLOSIVES/, moved at 1 p.m., 294 words)

Chicago police superintendent says cops may have violated policy in fatal shooting

CHICAGO - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said on Saturday he has seen enough of police videos of the fatal shooting by an officer of an unarmed 18-year-old black man last month to suspect possible violations of departmental policies. (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO, moving shortly, 127 words) See also: Chicago police release video of fatal teen shooting, with gaps (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 8:32 p.m., 600 words)

Four killed, three injured in Oregon motel fire

-- Four people were killed and four were injured in a fire that destroyed a motel in a coastal city in Oregon on Friday. (OREGON-FIRE/, moved at 5:30 a.m., 109 words)

Judge eases restrictions on defendants in armed Oregon occupation

-- A federal judge ruled on Friday that eight anti-government militants facing criminal charges in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife center can now communicate with each other ahead of a trial set for next month. (OREGON-MILITIA/, moved at 10 p.m., 385 words)

Former L.A. county sheriff indicted on new federal charges

LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who earlier this week withdrew his guilty plea to a charge of lying to federal investigators in a corruption probe, was indicted on Friday on three new criminal counts, prosecutors said. (CALIFORNIA-SHERIFF/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 9:22 p.m., by Dan Whitcomb, 399 words)

California mayor declares innocence in strip poker scandal

SAN FRANCISCO - The mayor of Stockton, California, who faces charges stemming from a strip poker game that he is accused of initiating at a summer camp he hosts for underprivileged youth, on Friday said he is innocent of criminal wrongdoing. (CALIFORNIA-CRIME/MAYOR (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 9 p.m., by Curtis Skinner, 440 words)

Autopsies show Orlando club massacre victims were shot multiple times

(USA-FLORIDA/SHOOTING (PIX), moved at 6:30 p.m., 303 words)

Tropical Storm Earl moves inland over southeast Mexico

(STORM-EARL/NHC, moved, 189 words)

OLYMPICS HIGHLIGHTS

Youngest U.S. Olympian suffers opening round ping pong defeat

RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States' youngest Olympian Kanak Jha was knocked out of the men's table tennis on the opening day, after losing his singles clash with Iran's Nima Alamian on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TABLETENNIS-M-SINGLES/JHA (PIX), moved at 12:40 p.m., 275 words)

Uchimura fall caps a day of gymnastics errors for favorites Japan

RIO DE JANEIRO - Dethroning champions China has been the number one target for Japan at the Rio Olympics but, after a day of falls and botched landings in men's qualifying on Saturday, Kohei Uchimura and his team mates were left with sore bodies and bruised egos. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-M/ (PIX), moved at 12:55 p.m.,, 403 words)

Russian reinstated at last minute for women's butterfly

RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympic officials hastily rewrote the starting list for the women's 100 meters butterfly heats on Saturday to include Russia's Natalia Lovtsova after she succeeded in overturning a doping ban. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/RUSSIA-LOVTSOVA, moved at 12:08 p.m., 110 words)

Rough start on Rio lagoon

RIO DE JANEIRO - The 2016 Olympic rowing regatta got off to an unpredictable and incident-packed start on Saturday as winds whipped up the water on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, causing big problems for rowers and some anger. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ROWING/ (UPDATE 2,PIX), moving shortly, by Angus MacSwan, 700 words)

Brazil hopes dashed for early first Rio gold with judo loss

(OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO-W-EXTRALIGHT/ (PIX), moved at 12:42 p.m., 282 words)

So Brazil! Copacabana beach volleyball debut delights fans despite long lines

(OLYMPICS-RIO-BVOLLEYBALL/MOOD (PIX), moved at 12:42 p.m., 373 words)

Italy's Tommasone makes boxing history as first Games professional

(OLYMPICS-RIO-BOXING-M-LIGHT/TOMMASONE, moved at 12:10 p.m., 242 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Intense fighting as Syrian rebels break through Aleppo siege

BEIRUT - Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said. Pro-government media outlets denied the siege had been broken. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 1:50 p.m., 842 words)

Turkey says military overhaul to be in line with NATO framework

ANKARA - Turkish plans to restructure its armed forces are aimed at eliminating possibility of another coup attempt and moves will be in line with structure and spirit of NATO alliance, Turkey's defense minister says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/DEFENSE (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved, 341 words)

FEATURE

Afghan tourism brings reward as well as risk as government urges caution

KABUL - When police stopped a van that was traveling across central Afghanistan to the western city of Herat, they were in for a big surprise: it was full of Western tourists. (AFGHANISTAN-TOURISM/, moved, 885 words)

WORLD

South Africans give ruling ANC worst election since apartheid

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of South Africa's capital Pretoria, as election results on Saturday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC's worst election since the end of white-minority rule. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 637 words)

Fire kills 13 at birthday party in French bar

ROUEN, France - A fire swept through a bar in the northern French city of Rouen, killing 13 people and injuring six, after a birthday cake with candles and sparklers fell to the floor and set the carpet ablaze, police say. (FRANCE-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, 239 words)

Japan remembers Hiroshima, urges world to follow Obama and visit

TOKYO - Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday as its mayor urged world leaders to follow in President Barack Obama's footsteps and visit to ultimately rid the world of nuclear arms. (JAPAN-HIROSHIMA/ (TV, PIX), moved, 400 words)

Bangladesh says Philippines commits to return heist money

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gives commitment that $81 million stolen by cyber criminals from account of Bangladesh Bank in New York and funneled through bank accounts in Manila will be returned, Bangladesh ambassador to Philippines says. (CYBER-HEIST/BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 696 words)

Austrian far-right leader likens Turkish coup to Reichstag fire

VIENNA - Turkey's failed coup and President Tayyip Erdogan's subsequent purges of state institutions are reminiscent of the Reichstag fire in Nazi Germany and its use by Hitler to amass greater power, the head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party said. (TURKEY-EU/AUSTRIA-FPO (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:10 p.m., 242 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

U.S. closer to using genetically modified mosquitoes that could fight Zika

CHICAGO - United States takes another step toward clearing way for trial of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida as way of reducing populations of mosquitoes that carry Zika virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Julie Steenhuysen, 659 words)

Patients on social media cause ethics headache for doctors

-- As more and more sick patients are going online and using social media to search for answers about their health, it's raising a lot of thorny ethical questions for doctors. (HEALTH-INTERNET/ETHICS, moved, 540 words)

Doctors should offer women birth control right after babies arrive

-- Women should have the chance to get long-acting birth control like intrauterine devices (IUDs) before they leave the hospital with a new baby, a leading group of U.S. obstetricians recommends. (HEALTH-POSTPARTUM/CONTRACEPTION, moved, 530 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Dozens hurt at Snoop Dogg concert in New Jersey as railing collapses

NEW YORK - More than 40 concert goers were injured on Friday night when a railing collapsed at an amphitheater where rapper Snoop Dogg was performing in Camden, New Jersey, officials said. (NEW JERSEY-CONCERT/, moved at 10:17 a.m., 184 words)

'Scary' Lucille Ball statue replaced in her New York hometown

NEW YORK - Lucille Ball fans can rest easy. A new statue honoring the "I Love Lucy" star was set to be unveiled on Saturday in Celoron, New York, on what would have been Ball's 105th birthday after residents of her hometown made it clear they did not "love" an unflattering previous version. (PEOPLE-LUCILLEBALL/ (PIX), moved at 11 a.m., by Joseph Ax, 245 words)

New Orleans clarinetist Pete Fountain dies at 86

-- Clarinetist Pete Fountain, one of the faces of New Orleans jazz during his six-decade career, died on Saturday at the age of 86. (PEOPLE-PETE FOUNTAIN/, moved at 11:53 a.m., 160 words)

Film Review: 'Superpowerless'

(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/ (ENTERTAINMENT), moved at 10:46 a.m., 646 words)

X-Men' Producer Explains Delays to Channing Tatum's 'Gambit'

(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS (ENTERTAINMENT, moved at 1:08 p.m., 230 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall Street Weekahead - Again at highs, stocks to take cues from consumer

NEW YORK - A U.S. stock market that rose once again to record highs on Friday on the back of a robust employment report will take its cues next week from a facet of the economy that also has shown signs of strength: the consumer. Quarterly earnings reports from department store operators including Macy's, luxury goods companies such as Michael Kors and entertainment giant Disney will set the tone for Wall Street, with investors also eyeing U.S. retail sales data due on Friday. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD (SCHEDULED COLUMN, GRAPHIC), moved, 540 words)

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