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BREAKING

ADP says U.S. private sector adds another 177,000 jobs in August

NEW YORK - U.S. private employers added 177,000 jobs in August, above economists' expectations, according to U.S. payrolls processor ADP on Wednesday. Private payroll gains in July were revised up to 194,000 from an originally reported 179,000 increase. (USA-ECONOMY/ADP (GRAPHIC), moved at 8:22 a.m., 176 words) See also: U.S. economy 'pretty close' to full employment - Moody's Zandi (USA-ECONOMY/ADP-ZANDI, moved at 9:04 a.m., 123 words)

Pope to oversee migration issues in shakeup of Vatican offices

ROME - Pope Francis on Wednesday announced major changes to the Vatican bureaucracy, slimming down the number of offices and giving himself direct charge of migration issues, continuing a reform push he promised when elected more than three years ago. (POPE-REFORM/MIGRANTS (TV, PIX), moved at 9:16 a.m., 266 words)

TOP STORIES

Trump to make dramatic quick trip to Mexico before benchmark immigration speech

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in a hastily arranged visit to Mexico hours before delivering a highly anticipated speech on how he will tackle illegal immigration. (USA-ELECTION/ UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7:45 a.m., by Steve Holland, 900 words, will be led through the day) See also: Trade critic Trump visits Boeing's backyard (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 12:09 a.m., 690 words)

Courting Republicans, Clinton to tout 'American exceptionalism' in policy speech

WASHINGTON - In a foreign policy speech meant to reach out to Republican and independent voters, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will argue for a robust commitment to U.S. leadership in the world and tout the idea of "American exceptionalism." Clinton will speak at 12:30 p.m. at a convention of the American Legion veterans' group in Cincinnati. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 6:08 a.m., 483 words, will be led from event)

First U.S.-Cuba scheduled flight in decades set to depart

FORT LAUDERDALE - The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting a new chapter in the Obama administration's bid to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. (CUBA-USA/FLIGHTS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 9:13 a.m., by Jeffrey Dastin, 540 words, will be led)

Storm bears down on Florida, hurricane threatens Hawaii

-- Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning on Wednesday for the Florida Gulf Coast, where preparations were being made for life-threatening flooding and fierce winds, while residents of Hawaii's Big Island were warned of an encroaching hurricane. (STORM-ATLANTIC/ (TV), moved at 6:30 a.m., 378 words, will be led through the day)

Brazil Senate expected to dismiss Rousseff in impeachment vote

SAO PAULO - Brazil's Senate is expected to vote to dismiss President Dilma Rousseff, finalizing a nine-month impeachment process and confirming the country's shift to the right with the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 9:28 a.m., 528 words)

South says North Korea executes vice premier in latest purge

SEOUL - North Korea has executed its vice premier for education and rebuked two high-ranking officials, South Korea says, which, if true, will mark a new series of measures by leader Kim Jong Un to discipline top aides. (NORTHKOREA-EXECUTION/ (UPDATE 1), moved at midnight, 410 words) See also: Ukraine ends visa-free deal with North Korea to keep out "ineligible persons" (NORTHKOREA-UKRAINE/, moved at 3:40 a.m., 324 words)

CAMPAIGN

McCain, Rubio win Republican nod in Senate primaries

WASHINGTON - Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida won their party's nominations on Tuesday to seek re-election in November as both of the high profile politicians defeated spirited and insurgent challengers. (USA-ELECTION/REPUBLICANS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 12:26 a.m., 570 words)

Wasserman Schultz wins U.S. House Democratic primary

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), who last month lost her job as head of the Democratic National Committee, won a bid on Tuesday to be her party's nominee for a seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She defeated Tim Canova, a law professor and outspoken Wall Street critic who was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders. (USA-ELECTION/WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ, moved at 9:30 p.m., 84 words)

Veteran Arizona sheriff defeats three in Republican primary

PHOENIX - The Arizona sheriff famous for his tough stance on illegal immigration and keeping jail inmates in tents easily won his Republican primary on Tuesday. (ARIZONA-ELECTION/SHERIFF (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by David Schwartz, 380 words)

WASHINGTON

Obama to highlight climate issues at home before journey overseas

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday embarks on a 10-day trip where he will seek both to bring to life the urgency of curbing climate change and achieve some final agreements on the issue with world leaders at the G20 in China. Obama, racing to cement his legacy on climate before his presidency ends, will showcase both progress on climate and looming threats in stops at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Honolulu and an ocean refuge in the remote Midway Atoll. (USA-OBAMA/CLIMATECHANGE (PIX), expect by noon, 408 words, will be led)

U.S. to urge G20 to boost economies, pay attention to angry citizens

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will call on leaders from the Group of 20 to use fiscal policy and other tools to boost economic growth and pay more heed to angry and anxious citizens who feel left behind by the global economic recovery, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday. (G20-CHINA/USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 9:18 a.m., 300 words)

Kerry says no military solution to South China Sea dispute

NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calls on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and says there is no military solution to the problem. (SOUTHCHINASEA-RULING/KERRY (UPDATE 2), moved, 390 words) See also: Kerry urges Pakistan to push harder against extremists (INDIA-USA/PAKISTAN (UPDATE 1), moved, 280 words)

AstraZeneca to pay $5.52 million to resolve SEC foreign bribery case

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators say AstraZeneca Plc will pay $5.52 million to resolve a foreign bribery probe into improper payments by its sales and marketing staff to state-employed healthcare officials in China and Russia. (ASTRAZENECA-USA/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:13 p.m., 292 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Maine Republican leader keeps pressure on embattled governor

BOSTON - The president of Maine's state Senate on Wednesday called on embattled Governor Paul LePage to "do the right thing" the day after his fellow Republican publicly floated the idea of resigning over a threatening expletive-laden voicemail message. (MAINE-LEPAGE/ (PIX), moved at 9:11 a.m., by Scott Malone, 365 words, will be led)

Three new cases of local Zika transmission in Florida

-- Florida health officials on Tuesday said they were investigating three new Zika virus cases likely stemming from local mosquito bites in Miami-Dade County, including two cases outside of the known areas of active transmission. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA, moved, 261 words)

Brush fire prompts evacuation of 700 people east of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES - A "human-caused" brush fire flared quickly out of control and prompted the evacuation of some 700 people on Tuesday from a mobile home park and nearby community in Southern California's Riverside County, state fire officials said. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Steve Gorman, 390 words)

More teens get needed vaccines in 'blue states'

-- Parental politics may influence whether teens get recommended vaccinations, according to a U.S. study. (HEALTH-VACCINATION/TEENS-POLITICS, moved, 634 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia says Houthis will not be allowed to take over Yemen

BEIJING - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the Iranian-allied Houthi movement will not be allowed to take over Yemen, as he accuses Iran of seeking to sow unrest around the region. (YEMEN-SECURITY/SAUDI (UPDATE 1), moved, 395 words) See also: Air strike kills 16 members of Yemeni imam's family (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 9:16 a.m., 198 words)

Taliban hostage video aimed at pressuring Afghan government

PESHAWAR - The release of a video showing a U.S. and a Canadian citizen held hostage by the Taliban is designed to pressure the Afghan government not to impose the death sentence on the son of a feared militant leader, a Taliban source says. (AFGHANISTAN-USA/HOSTAGE, moved, 305 words)

WORLD

Frankfurt airport departure hall evacuated after passenger breaches security

BERLIN/FRANKFURT - Frankfurt airport's Terminal 1 departure hall is evacuated after a passenger gets into the departure gate area without completing the security check, possibly by mistake, the airport's operator and police say. (GERMANY-SECURITY/AIRPORT (UPDATE 1), moved, 150 words)

Uzbek leader recovering from brain hemorrhage, daughter says

ALMATY - Uzbek President Islam Karimov's daughter said on Wednesday that her father, who has run the Central Asian state with authoritarian style for 27 years, was recovering from a brain hemorrhage, countering speculation that he had died. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/HEALTH (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:30 a.m., 553 words)

A year after height of migrant crisis, Merkel's party dips in poll

BERLIN - Support for Angela Merkel's conservatives has slipped as more voters turn to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, a poll shows, a year after the chancellor prompted criticism by saying Germany will cope with the migrant crisis. (GERMANY-MERKEL/POLL, moved, 300 words)

Tense Gabon braces for disputed election result

LIBREVILLE - Gabon braces for an election result that looks likely to be hotly disputed between bitter rivals President Ali Bongo and his main challenger Jean Ping. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 500 words)

Nine people killed in flooded Japanese home for elderly

TOKYO - Nine people were killed when floods inundated an old people's home in Japan, police say, taking the death toll from a typhoon battering northern parts of the country to at least 11. (ASIA-STORM/JAPAN (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 275 words)

Philippines' Duterte to workers returning from Saudi Arabia: Don't do drugs

(SAUDI-LABOR/PHILIPPINES (PIX), moved, 305 words)

Islamic State axe attacker planned to move to Germany

(RUSSIA-GERMANY/ISLAMISTS-ATTACKS (PIX), moved, 1,035 words)

After blast, China tells citizens in Kyrgyzstan to avoid going out

(KYRGYZSTAN-BLAST/CHINA, moved, 340 words)

Corbyn to win bigger mandate in UK Labor leadership vote - poll

(BRITAIN-POLITICS/LABOR, moved, 270 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Africa forest elephants may take almost a century to recover from poaching

JOHANNESBURG - Rare forest elephants that play a key role in replenishing central African rainforests will need almost a century to recover from an onslaught by ivory poachers because of their slow birth rate, a study says. (WILDLIFE-FORESTELEPHANTS/ (PIX), moved, by Ed Stoddard, 545 words)

Upbeat music may make people more cooperative

-- The right mood music can influence how well people work together, a new management-oriented study suggests. (HEALTH-MANAGEMENT/MUSIC-BEHAVIOR, moved, 618 words)

FDA approves Novartis biosimilar to Amgen's Enbrel

(NOVARTIS-FDA/APPROVAL (UPDATE 1), moved, 250 words)

2011 Ohio law made abortions riskier, more costly

(HEALTH-ABORTION/OHIO, moved, 450 words)

New York expands access to restrictive medical marijuana

(NEW YORK-MARIJUANA/, moved, 335 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Chris Brown arrested for suspected assault at L.A. home

LOS ANGELES - Pop star Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday after a daylong standoff at his Los Angeles home that began with a dawn 911 call from a woman, police said. (PEOPLE-CHRISBROWN/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, by Dan Whitcomb, 386 words)

Wax figure of late Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla unveiled

LOS ANGELES - Madame Tussaud's Hollywood unveiled its latest wax figure double on Tuesday - a statue of late pop star Selena Quintanilla. (PEOPLE-SELENAQUINTANILLA/ (TV), moved at 5:43 a.m., 76 words)

Mariachi musicians honor late singer Juan Gabriel in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY - Mariachi folk musicians joined the faithful in Mexico City's historic Garibaldi Square on Tuesday to pay tribute to late singer Juan Gabriel, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. (MEXICO-JUANGABRIEL/MARIACHI MASS (TV, PIX), moved at 7:06 a.m., 95 words)

Film Review: 'Nocturama'

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/REVIEWS), moved, 872 words)

The Bachelor' Season 21: Nick Viall is ABC's Next Leading Man

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 400 words)

Paget Brewster Becomes 'Criminal Minds' Series Regular Again

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT), moved, 247 words)

CONSUMER TECH

Amazon Dash one-button device arrives in Britain

LONDON - Seeking to capitalize on Britons too busy or forgetful to shop for household essentials, retail giant Amazon is bringing its thumb-sized, one-button ordering device to the UK. (AMAZON-BRITAIN/, moved, 285 words)

PERSONAL FINANCE

Act now to nab a free spring-break trip

NEW YORK - With massive travel reward point bonuses on the table this fall, consumers who sign up for a new credit card could be flying free for spring break. But if you are like most people, you will file this information away in the back of your mind and forget to act on it until it is too late. (MONEY-TRAVEL/REWARDS (PERSONAL FINANCE), moved at 9 a.m., by Beth Pinsker, 672 words)

BREXIT

British PM May gathers ministers to hear views on Brexit

LONDON - After a summer of political drama followed by a few weeks of holiday calm, Prime Minister Theresa May will meet members of her government to discuss how Britain is to leave the European Union. (BRITAIN-EU/ (PIX), moved, 545 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Irish cabinet may need more time to decide on Apple appeal

DUBLIN - Ireland's cabinet may be given more time to decide on whether to back the finance minister's recommendation that Dublin appeal the European Commission's ruling against its tax dealings with Apple, another minister says. (EU-APPLE/IRELAND (PIX, TV), moved AT 5:40 A.M., 380 words) See also: U.S. slams EU, but Apple tax demand first issued in Washington (EU-APPLE/TAXAVOIDANCE-TRANSATLANTIC, moved at 3:30 a.m., 610 words)

SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security

-- SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, disclose new hacking attacks on its member banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February's high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank. (CYBER-HEIST/SWIFT (PIX), moved at 8 p.m., by Jim Finkle, 660 words)

VW could agree U.S. large-car diesel emissions settlement by October

HONG KONG - Volkswagen AG could reach a "final" settlement with U.S. authorities as early as October over its large-engine diesel cars found to have cheated emissions tests in a global scandal, the sales chief of its premium Audi brand says. (AUDI-CHINA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 305 words)

Leader of Nokia's mobile phone revival plan leaves the company

(NOKIA CORP-MANAGEMENT/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 220 words)

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