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TOP STORIES

Clinton extends lead over Trump to 7 pts in White House race

NEW YORK - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton increased her lead over Republican rival Donald Trump to more than 7 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday, up from less than 3 points on Thursday. (USA-ELECTION/POLL, moving shortly, by Grant Smith, 354 words)

Delta cancels more than 500 flights worldwide on Tuesday

Delta Air Lines Inc said it was canceling more than 500 flights worldwide on Tuesday as the carrier worked to restore operations after a power outage hit its computer systems on Monday. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 1:37 p.m., 305 words)

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 2), moved at 10:26 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 642 words)

China determined to battle on two fronts as North Asia tensions spike

BEIJING/TOKYO - As China diplomatically confronts the United States and South Korea over new missile defenses and intensifies pressure on Japan at sea over disputed islets, Beijing is signaling it is prepared to stand its ground on two major regional fronts. (CHINA-TENSIONS/JAPAN-KOREA, moved, by Michael Martina and Tim Kelly, 700 words). See also: SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/JAPAN (WRAPUP 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Kiyoshi Takenaka and Eric Beech, 790 words

Pakistan starts burying lawyers, others, killed in hospital attack

QUETTA/ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday began burying 74 people, most of them lawyers, killed in a attack on a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, as lawyers staged a nationwide strike and heaped pressure on the government to do more against militants. (PAKISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 1:13 p.m., by Asad Hashim and Mehreen Zahra-Malik, 744 words)

OLYMPICS

Boos, taunts and jeers: Russia under siege at Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO - Weakened and bruised by sport's biggest doping scandal in decades, Russia is under siege at the Rio Games. The Russian team, tarnished and reduced in number following allegations of state-backed cheating, is keeping tight-lipped after being jeered by hostile crowds at multiple venues. (OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA, moved, 647 words)

First Brazil gold medal spurs last-minute ticket sales

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's first gold medal has boosted Olympic ticket sales and organizers expect attendance to pick up in coming days, although some venues including the Copacabana beach volleyball arena are still struggling to fill seats. (OLYMPICS-RIO/TICKETS, moved at 12:26 p.m., by Alexandra Ulmer, 388 words) See also: OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO-W/SILVA (PIX, TV), moved at 12:27 p.m., by Tatiana Ramil, 389 words)

Organizers appeal Brazil ruling allowing political demos at Games

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA - Olympic organizers appealed against a Brazilian federal judge's ruling on Tuesday that would allow spectators to display political banners inside Games' venues, fueling a debate over free speech in the bitterly divided South American country. (OLYMPICS-RIO/POLITICS (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:29 p.m., by Daniel Flynn and Anthony Boadle, 424 words). See also: OLYMPICS-RIO/BUS, by Karolos Grohmann, moved at 1:11 p.m., 171 words)

Los Angeles vows "risk-free" Games if awarded 2024

RIO DE JANEIRO - One of the highest-stakes races in any Olympic Games is the mad dash to finish building the venues before hundreds of thousands of visitors arrive but 2024 bid city Los Angeles said on Tuesday it had an eight year head-start on the field. OLYMPICS-RIO-USA/ (CORRECTED, PIX), moved, by Scott Malone and Liana B. Baker, 418 words)

China questions gold medal obsession as athletes stumble in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO - A scarcity of gold medals in the first few days of the Olympics is leading China to reflect on its past obsession with finishing first, amid agreement that being champion is no longer everything. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CHINA/MEDALS (PIX), moved at 12:34 p.m., by Brenda Goh, 611 words). See also: OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-ROAD-IND/THOMAS, moved at 1:20 p.m., by Martyn Herman, 184 words and OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (PIX), will be updated through the day, 928 words)

CAMPAIGN

Icahn on CNBC:'Archie Bunker of the world' will vote for Trump

NEW YORK - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn on CNBC said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is "right on the economy." (FUNDS-ICAHN/TRUMP (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:37 p.m., 212 words)

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, 1,240 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. appeals court upholds SEC's use of administrative law judges

WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court upheld the Securities and Exchange Commission's use of in-house judges on Tuesday, dealing a blow to former radio host Raymond Lucia who argued that the agency's administrative law judges were unconstitutionally appointed. (COURT-SEC/JUDGES (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:31 a.m., by Sarah N. Lynch, 395 words)

US approves $1.15 bln sale of tanks, other equipment to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. (USA-SAUDI/DEFENSE (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:59 a.m., 304 words)

U.S. recovers data recorder from sunken cargo ship El Faro

WASHINGTON - The data recorder from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank near the Bahamas during a Caribbean hurricane last October, has been recovered, offering possible answers about why the vessel went down, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. (SHIP-ELFARO/(UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 1:35 p.m., 237 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

MIT, NYU, Yale sued over fees for employee retirement plans

BOSTON - Three well-known U.S. universities, MIT, New York University and Yale, have been accused of charging millions of dollars in excessive fees to participants in their retirement plans, according to federal civil lawsuits filed on Tuesday. (FUNDS-PENSIONS/UNIVERSITY, moved at 12:48 p.m., 311 words)

New Jersey sports gambling law deemed void -U.S. appeals court

A federal appeals court on Tuesday said New Jersey could not enforce a 2014 law permitting wagering on sports, a decision that could end a years-long effort to allow such betting in the state. (USA-GAMBLING/NEW JERSEY (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:15 p.m., 428 words)

N.Y. teen charged in Islamic State probe gets 20 months in prison

NEW YORK - A New York City teenager accused last year of conspiring to provide support to Islamic State was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to a non-terrorism charge. (NEW YORK-SECURITY/, moved at 12:54 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 397 words)

Texas infant's death linked to travel-related Zika infection

AUSTIN - The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area has been linked to the Zika virus, with the baby becoming infected in the womb while the mother traveled to Latin America, Texas health officials said on Tuesday. (HEALTH-ZIKA/TEXAS (UPDATE 1), moved at 10:41 a.m., 244 words)

Texas man sentenced to 25 years for abusing orphan boys in Malawi

AUSTIN - A Texas man who managed an orphanage in Malawi was sentenced on Tuesday in federal court to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing children in his care, U.S. prosecutors said. (TEXAS-CRIME/MALAWI, moved at 11:20 a.m., 173 words)

Out-of-control California wildfire grows, forces schools to close

LOS ANGELES - A wildfire burning out of control in mountains and foothills east of Los Angeles mushroomed more than 50 percent overnight, forcing authorities to order three school districts to cancel classes due to heavy smoke and dangerous conditions. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (PIX, TV), moved at 2:02 p.m. 397 words)

Police seek killer of Google worker found slain in Massachusetts woods

NEW YORK - Investigators searched on Tuesday for clues in the case of a 27-year-old Google employee who was found slain in woods near her mother's Massachusetts home hours after leaving for a jog, police said. (MASSACHUSETTS-JOGGER/, moved at 11:40 a.m., by Laila Kearney, 268 words)

Penn. attorney general sought revenge in illegal leak -prosecutor

NORRISTOWN - Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane illegally leaked grand jury information to a reporter in an effort to secure political payback against a rival, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday as Kane's criminal trial began. (PENNSYLVANIA-ATTORNEYGENERAL (PIX), moved at 1:16 p.m., by David DeKok, 403 words)

U.S. judge upholds 14-year sentence for ex-Illinois governor

CHICAGO - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday upheld the 14-year prison sentence for ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich despite his emotional plea for leniency after an appeals court set aside part of his public corruption conviction.(USA-ILLINOIS/BLAGOJEVICH (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 399 words)

MIDDLE EAST

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, the secular republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, for now at least, makes his comeback in the wake of a failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ATATURK (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Asli Kandemir and Daren Butler, 1,120 words). See also: TURKEY-SECURITY/ARRESTS (UPDATE 3), expect by 1500, by Seda Sezer and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 850 words

Putin and Erdogan move to restore Russia-Turkey ties

ST PETERSBURG/MOSCOW - Russia and Turkey moved towards restoring full trade and economic relations on Tuesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin met his visiting counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, at a time when both countries have strained ties with the West. (RUSSIA-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved at 1:11 p.m., by Olesya Astakhova and Andrew Osborn, 830 words)

British PM May raises case of detained aid worker with Iran's Rouhani

DUBAI/LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns on Tuesday with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani over several cases involving dual British-Iranian nationals, including imprisoned aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her office said. (IRAN-UK/RELATIONS (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:15 a.m., 336 words)

Saudi-led attacks on Yemeni capital resume, 13 killed, residents say

ADEN - At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in the first air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the Yemeni capital in five months, residents said, as the head of the U.N. expressed concern about the escalation in the fighting. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 11:59 a.m., 529 words)

UN urges Aleppo ceasefire to repair water system, stem outbreaks

GENEVA - The United Nations called on Tuesday for an urgent ceasefire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, where it said two million people lacked access to clean running water, with children most at risk of disease. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 2, TV), moved at 12:19 p.m., by Stephanie Nebehay, 473 words)

WORLD

Scotland's Sturgeon makes surprise visit to Germany

BERLIN/EDINBURGH - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met the deputy foreign minister of Germany on Tuesday, seeking to strengthen her ties with Europe's economic powerhouse in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the EU - a move Scotland overwhelmingly rejected. (BRITAIN-EU/GERMANY, moved at 12:54 p.m., by Erik Kirschbaum and Elisabeth O'Leary, 482 words)

U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan abandoned equipment under fire -general

KABUL - American soldiers helping Afghan troops fight Islamic State in Afghanistan were forced to abandon equipment and weapons when their position came under fire, a U.S. military official said on Tuesday. (AFGHANISTAN-USA/ISLAMICSTATE (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:55 a.m., by Josh Smith, 296 words)

Afghan officials raise alarm as Taliban gain in Helmand province

LASHKAR GAH - The Taliban are tightening their noose around the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan which has seen sustained fighting, residents and local officials say. (AFGHANISTAN-HELMAND/, moved at 12:56 a.m., by Mohammad Stanekzai, 449 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Toxic chemicals in drinking water for six million Americans

Drinking water supplies for more than six million Americans contain unsafe levels of industrial chemicals that have been linked to cancer and other serious health problems, a U.S. study suggests. (HEALTH-POLLUTION/WATER, moved at 1:01 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 675 words)

After age 40, volunteering linked to enhanced mental health

Volunteer work may be good for your mental well-being, but only after age 40, according to a new study. (HEALTH-VOLUNTEERING/, moved at 12:53 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 442 words)

Quitting smoking may actually widen social network

Some smokers fear that quitting will result in losing friends, but the opposite seems to be true, according to a new study. (HEALTH-SMOKING/NETWORKING, moved at 12:58 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 435 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, 400 words)

LeAnn Rimes returns with new "soul-based" album

LONDON - Country music singer LeAnn Rimes says her forthcoming studio album is more spontaneous and organic than her last offering "Spitfire," describing her new work as "soul-based." (MUSIC-LEANNRIMES/ (TV), moved at 12:38 p.m., 311 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

S&P, Nasdaq off record highs as oil weighs

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq came off their record highs on Tuesday as weak oil prices partially offset the gains in healthcare and technology stocks.(USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 4), will be updated till close, 326 words)See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 6, PICTURE), will be updated till close, 431 words)

U.S. household debt rises to $12.29 trln in Q2 -NY Fed survey

U.S. household debt hit $12.29 trillion in the second quarter, up $434 billion from a year earlier as auto loans and credit card debt increased, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey showed on Tuesday. (USA-FED/CREDIT, moved at 11 a.m., 123 words)

Valeant outlines asset sale plan to cut debt, stock jumps

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc will sell billions of dollars in assets to pay down debt and focus on businesses like dermatology and Bausch & Lomb eyecare, the Canadian drug maker said on Tuesday, driving its shares up 13 percent. (VALEANT-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 12:39 p.m., by Ankur Banerjee and Rod Nickel, 543 words)

Cargill stops using human antibiotic to prevent disease in turkeys

CHICAGO - U.S. meat processor Cargill Inc has stopped using an important antibiotic for people to prevent disease in turkeys, the company said on Tuesday, the latest food maker to drop the drug amid concerns about the impact on human medicine. (USA-CARGILL INC/TURKEYS, moved at 12:44 p.m., by Tom Polansek, 323 words)

Pokemon Go eludes cloning attempts by big game studios -execs

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, by Jeffrey Dastin, 700 words)

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