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08/29/2016 17:15

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TOP STORIES

Clinton aide Abedin separates from scandal-plagued Weiner

WASHINGTON - Huma Abedin, one of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's top aides, said on Monday that she was separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after a sex scandal similar to an earlier incident that led him to resign from the U.S. Congress. (PEOPLE-WEINER/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 12:46 p.m., by Amanda Becker, 399 words)

Mylan to launch generic EpiPen at half the price of original

Mylan NV said it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker's second step in less than a week to counter the backlash over the product's steep price. (MYLAN NL-PRICING/ (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved at 4:37 p.m., by Ankur Banerjee and Ransdell Pierson, 766 words)

Turkish forces deepen push into Syria, draw U.S. rebuke over their target

BEIRUT/KARKAMIS - Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper into northern Syria on Monday and drew a rebuke from NATO ally the United States, which said it was concerned the battle for territory had shifted away from targeting Islamic State. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), moved at 4:08 p.m., by Lisa Barrington and Umit Bektas, 929 words) See also: and (G20-CHINA/OBAMA-ERDOGAN (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:54 p.m., 254 words)

Gene Wilder, star of "Willy Wonka," "Blazing Saddles," dead at 83

LOS ANGELES - Gene Wilder, whose kinky curls and startling blue eyes brought a frantic air to roles in the movies "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," died on Monday at the age of 83, his family said. (PEOPLE-GENEWILDER/ (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved at 5:03 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 654 words)

FBI detects breaches against two state voter systems

WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has found breaches in Illinois and Arizona's voter registration databases and is urging states to increase computer security ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election, according to a U.S. official familiar with the probe. (USA-ELECTION/CYBERSECURITY (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 4 p.m., by Dustin Volz and Jim Finkle, 530 words)

CAMPAIGN

Republicans ask Clinton Foundation to produce correspondence

NEW YORK - The Republican National Committee asked the charity of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's family on Monday to produce all correspondence its staff had with the U.S. State Department while Clinton served as America's most senior diplomat. (USA-ELECTION/FOUNDATION, moved at 1:17 p.m., moved, 384 words)

FACTBOX-Early voting starts next month in U.S. election

WASHINGTON - Although the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election is more than two months away, the first ballots will be cast in just a few weeks when several states begin early voting. (USA-ELECTION/EARLYVOTING (FACTBOX), moved, 400 words)

WASHINGTON

Six U.S. senators urge Obama to prioritize cyber at G20 in China

NEW YORK - Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at a this weekend's G20 summit in China in the wake of the $81-million heist from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. (CYBER-HEIST/G20 (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE), moved at 4:42 p.m., by Jonathan Spicer, 361 words) See also: (CHINA-OBAMA/CLIMATECHANGE (PIX), moved at 11:31 a.m., by Roberta Rampton, 550 words)

White House says it sees a path to approval of Pacific trade deal

WASHINGTON - The White House said on Monday it could still win congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact before President Barack Obama leaves office, and warned that failing to do so would undermine U.S. leadership in the region. (USA-TRADE/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:25 p.m., 249 words)

U.S. to review use of private immigration prisons, shares slide

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will study whether to discontinue using privately run detention centers, which the Justice Department recently called unsafe, for migrants and shares of private prison operators fell on Monday after the news. (USA-PRISONS/IMMIGRATION (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:26 p.m., by Julia Edwards, 484 words)

U.S. to meet target of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees -White House

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will meet its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees a month ahead of schedule, the White House said on Monday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA (UPDATE 1), moved, 203 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

U.S. traffic deaths rose 7.2 pct in 2015 -Transportation Dept

WASHINGTON - Last year 35,092 people died in traffic crashes in the United States, a 7.2 percent year-on-year increase that runs counter to a five-decade trend of declining fatalities, the U.S. Transportation Department said. (USA-TRAFFIC/CASUALTIES (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:17 p.m., 315 words)

Brewing tropical systems threaten U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts

TAMPA, Fla. - Two brewing tropical systems menaced the southeastern United States on Monday, with forecasters warning that a tropical storm could make landfall later this week on Florida's Gulf Coast. (STORM-ATLANTIC/ (PIX), moved at 12:13 p.m., 250 words)

Colorado's anti-fracking measures fail to qualify for ballot

HOUSTON - Environmental groups have failed to gather enough signatures to put two measures on Colorado's ballot in November that aim to curb fracking and oil and gas work, the state said on Monday. (FRACKING-COLORADO/BALLOT (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:26 p.m., 299 words)

Social media adds to panic over 'gunfire' at L.A. airport -police

LOS ANGELES - A security panic that crippled Los Angeles International Airport and sent hundreds of passengers fleeing from terminals was triggered by reports of gunfire that proved false but were amplified by word-of-mouth and social media, police said on Monday. (USA-SECURITY/LOS ANGELES (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:50 p.m., by Steve Gorman, 533 words)

Massachusetts man charged with stockpiling arms mulled attack - prosecutors

BOSTON - A suburban Boston man who was arrested over the weekend illegally stockpiled weapons in violation of a court order and had mulled attacking a police station or a mosque, according to federal prosecutors. (MASSACHUSETTS-CRIME/, moved at 1:28 p.m., 146 words)

Truck carrying Takata air bag inflators explodes in U.S., killing one

A truck that was transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellant material at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas last week, killing one woman and injuring four other people, the auto parts supplier said on Monday. (AUTOS-TAKATA/BLAST (UPDATE 3), moved at 4:59 p.m., 446 words)

New Cuba tourism seen slow to take off despite U.S. flights

HAVANA/NEW YORK - An expected explosion in U.S. tourism to Cuba will likely take years to materialize even after U.S. airlines resume commercial flights to the Caribbean island this week for the first time since 1961, industry officials said. (CUBA-USA/FLIGHTS (PIX), moved at 1:27 p.m., by Marc Frank and Jeffrey Dastin, 641 words)

Fall from a tree may have caused death of 'Lucy' the famed fossil

AUSTIN - Lucy, one of the best known ancestors of humans to ever roam the earth, may have died after a fall from a tree, University of Texas researchers said on Monday after studying her 3.18-million-year-old fossilized remains. (USA-FOSSIL/TEXAS (PIX), moved at 2:14 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 342 words)

Judge dismisses Citizens United challenge to New York donor rules

NEW YORK - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit in which Citizens United sought to block New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from enforcing rules requiring the conservative group to disclose more information about its donors. (CITIZENSUNITED-NEW YORK/LAWSUIT, moved at 1:20 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 346 words)

HSBC executive pleads not guilty in U.S. over forex scheme

NEW YORK - A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients. (HSBC-USA/CRIME (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 1:26 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 415 words)

New York Yankees baseball team to refinance $1 bln of stadium debt

Major League Baseball's New York Yankees team is seeking to sell $1.04 billion of tax-exempt revenue bonds to refinance debt it issued to build its new stadium in the Bronx. (NEW YORK-YANKEES/BONDS, moved at 3:24 p.m., by Hilary Russ, 254 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi government, Kurds to start talks on oil dispute

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional authorities agreed to start talks to resolve a dispute on oil revenue-sharing that is holding back the nation's crude exports, according to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister's office. (IRAQ-OIL/KURDS (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:59 p.m., 371 words)

Yemen council head hails peace push, wants Saudis to "feel pain"

SANAA - The head of a Houthi-backed ruling council pledged readiness on Monday to resume negotiations on ending Yemen's war but reserved the right to resist attacks by a Saudi-backed exiled government seeking to unseat it. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAMMAD (EXCLUSIVE, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), by Mohammed Ghobari, 818 words) See also: Rockets hit Saudi border town as Yemen war flares anew (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAUDI (PIX, TV), moved at 11:34 a.m., by Katie Paul, 904 words)

Libyan forces say Islamic State beaten back in Sirte

SIRTE - Libyan forces said they captured a residential neighborhood in central Sirte from Islamic State on Monday, leaving just one district of the city still occupied by the militants. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1, TV,PIX), moved at 4:15 p.m., by Aidan Lewis, 280 words)

WORLD

Brazil's Rousseff says democracy at risk in Senate trial

BRASILIA - A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warned Brazilians on Monday that her conservative opponents were trampling on democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back the social advances of the past 13 years. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 3:40 p.m., by Anthony Boadle, 953 words)

Obama to meet Philippines' Duterte, broach human rights

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to meet with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sept. 6, and plans to touch on human rights as well as security concerns, the White House said on Monday. (LAOS-OBAMA/PHILIPPINES (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 3:06 p.m., 158 words)

Renzi to present national plan to strengthen Italy's quake defenses

ROME - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi promised on Monday to present a national plan to make Italy safer against earthquakes as rescuers continued to search for bodies after last week's quake that killed at least 292 people. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 3:05 p.m., by Gavin Jones, 561 words)

U.S., India sign military logistics agreement

WASHINGTON - The United States and India signed an agreement on Monday to allow the use of each other's land, air and naval bases for repair and resupply, a step toward building defense ties as they seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China. (INDIA-USA/MILITARY (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:54 p.m., 291 words)

Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate

BERLIN - Germany's interior minister visited Facebook's offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive in removing forbidden content from its social network platform. (GERMANY-FACEBOOK/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved at 2:26 p.m., by Thorsten Severin and Andrea Shalal, 461 words)

Court releases jailed IOC exec, bans him from leaving Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - A Rio de Janeiro court on Monday ordered the release of the jailed former top European member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Patrick Hickey, pending further investigation into charges that he took part in a ring to illegally sell tickets. (OLYMPICS-RIO/HICKEY (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:54 p.m., by Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 371 words)

Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread

SINGAPORE - Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE (PIX,TV, GRAPHICS), moved, 500 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Docs facing more parents who refuse to vaccinate kids

Pediatricians are increasingly encountering parents who don't want their children immunized against infectious diseases, and a leading medical organization wants to help them address parents' fears and questions about vaccines. (HEALTH-PEDIATRICS/VACCINES, moved at 11:59 a.m., by Andrew M. Seaman, 507 words)

Adult mosquitoes can pass Zika to their offspring -US study

CHICAGO - Adult female mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus along to their offspring, U.S. researchers said on Monday, a finding that makes clear the need for pesticide programs that kill both adult mosquitoes and their eggs. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MOSQUITOES, moved, 480 words)

Overspecialization, overtraining up injuries and burnout in kids sports

Focusing only on one sport year round can increase kids' risk of injury and burnout, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. (HEALTH-CHILDREN/SPORTS-GUIDANCE, moved at 1:25 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 462 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Taylor Swift poses with fans at jury duty a day after VMA snub

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift was the most high-profile absence at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) but on Monday but the singer happily took photos with fans after reporting for jury duty in Nashville. (PEOPLE-TAYLORSWIFT/ (PIX, TV), moved at 3:33 p.m., 283 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall St gains as data points to budding economy

NEW YORK - Financial and commodity-sector stocks led the S&P 500 higher in a low-volume session on Monday after consumer spending rose for a fourth straight month, pointing to a pick-up in U.S. economic growth. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 5), by Rodrigo Campos, 591 words) See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 8), moved at 4:24 p.m., 497 words

Apple is sued over unresponsive iPhone 6 touchscreens

Apple Inc has been sued by owners of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones who say a design defect causes the phones' touchscreens to become unresponsive, making them unusable. (APPLE-LAWSUIT/TOUCHSCREENS (PIX), moved at 11:26 a.m., Jonathan Stempel, 245 words)

Solid U.S. consumer spending boosts prospect of Fed rate hike

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX), moved at 11:27 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 697 words)

Oreo cookie maker Mondelez abandons bid for Hershey

Mondelez International Inc said it was "no longer pursuing" the acquisition of Hershey Co, a month after the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office unveiled the terms of a reform deal with the trust that controls Hershey. (HERSHEY-M&A/MONDELEZ INTL (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:47 p.m., 182 words)

U.S. appeals court dismisses AT&T data throttling lawsuit

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels. (AT&T-LAWSUIT/FTC (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 2:03 p.m., by Diane Bartz, 256 words)

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