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BREAKING
Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than 3 points -Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, down from nearly eight points on Monday. (USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 278 words)
TOP STORIES
U.S. closer to using genetically modified mosquitoes that could fight Zika
CHICAGO - The United States has taken another step toward clearing the way for a trial of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida as a way of reducing populations of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:49 p.m., by Julie Steenhuysen, 659 words)
Obama prepares to boost U.S. military's cyber role -sources
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the 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 told Reuters. (USA-CYBER/, moved, 664 words)
Trump, looking to right the ship, plans to endorse Ryan
WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump took steps to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party on Friday with reported plans to endorse U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan after expressing coolness toward him earlier this week. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:34 p.m., by Susan Heavey and James Oliphant, 884 words)
Chicago releases videos of fatal police shooting of unarmed teen
CHICAGO - Chicago authorities on Friday released nine video clips related to last week's fatal police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old black man who crashed a stolen car into a police vehicle, then fled into a nearby backyard where he was gunned down. (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO, moved at 2:45 p.m., by Mark Weinraub, 416 words)
State Department official: 8,000 Syrian refugees resettled in U.S.
WASHINGTON - The United States has taken in 8,000 Syrian refugees since October and is on track to meet President Barack Obama's goal of resettling 10,000 by the end of the fiscal year, a U.S. State Department official told reporters on Friday. (USA-SYRIA/REFUGEE (UPDATE 1), moved, 245 words)
CAMPAIGN
Carl Icahn declines to join Trump economic advisory team
NEW YORK - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn turned down an invitation to join Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's economic advisory council because Icahn is considering funding and managing his own Super PAC focused on regulatory reform, Icahn's general counsel told Reuters on Friday. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ICAHN (UPDATE 2), moved 2:02 p.m., by Jennifer Ablan, 310 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
The rise and demise of a West Virginia coal mine
ALKOL - On the day Victor Clark retired after 26 years at the Hobet coal mine, the bosses called him to the office for a surprise. (USA-COAL/HOBET (SPECIAL REPORT), moved at 11:31 a.m., by Patrick Rucker, 2,642 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Autopsies of Orlando club massacre victims show multiple gunshots
TAMPA - Many of the people shot at a gay nightclub in Florida in June were hit more than once and the gunman was shot eight times by police, autopsies released on Friday showed. (USA-FLORIDA/SHOOTING (PIX), moving shortly, 376 words)
Virginia mayor arrested in methamphetamine bust
The mayor of Fairfax City, Virginia, a suburb of Washington D.C., has been arrested on suspicion of providing methamphetamine for sex, police said on Friday. (VIRGINIA-CRIME/MAYOR (PIX), moved by 2:58 p.m., Laila Kearney, 285 words)
Another video for Chicago police shooting to be released on Friday
CHICAGO - Chicago's police review agency on Friday will release video pertaining to the fatal shooting in July by three police officers of a young black man. (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO (PIX, TV), expect by 3 p.m., 300 words)
N. Carolina will ask U.S. Supreme Court to allow voter ID law to stand
WINSTON-SALEM - North Carolina will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an appellate court ruling that struck down the state's voter ID law a week ago, Republican Governor Pat McCrory said on Friday. (USA-ELECTION/NORTH CAROLINA, moved at 4:49 p.m., by Colleen Jenkins, 263 words)
Ex-FBI agent avoids prison for lying at Whitey Bulger murder trial
BOSTON - A former FBI agent was sentenced on Friday to two years of probation for lying repeatedly at the 2013 murder and racketeering trial of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger. (USA-CRIME/BULGER-FITZPATRICK (CORRECTED), moved at 3:25 p.m., by Tim McLaughlin, 373 words)
Virginia town mostly unfazed about arrival of Reagan attacker Hinckley
WILLIAMSBURG - Many residents of the Virginia town where John Hinckley Jr. will settle after his release from a psychiatric hospital were unfazed by his expected arrival on Friday, though some were still wary of the man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (PIX), moved at 4:41 p.m., by Gary Robertson, 751 words)
South Carolina girl exposed to brain-eating amoeba faces bleak odds
CHARLESTON, S.C. - An 11-year-old South Carolina girl has irreparable brain damage after contracting a rare, often-fatal infection caused by an amoeba while swimming last month in a river, according to a Facebook page set up on her behalf. (SOUTH CAROLINA-INFECTION/, moved at 1:02 p.m., 311 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian rebels say storm Aleppo artillery base, army says attack repelled
BEIRUT - Syrian rebels said on Friday they had stormed an artillery base in the northern city of Aleppo in an assault to try to end the siege of opposition-held areas but the army said it had repelled the attack and killed hundreds of insurgents. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO, moved at 3:08 p.m., 376 words)
Turkish military overhaul will be in line with NATO framework - defense minister
ANKARA - Turkish plans to restructure its armed forces are aimed at eliminating the possibility of another coup attempt and the moves will be in line with the structure and spirit of the NATO alliance, Turkey's defense minister said on Friday. (TURKEY-SECURITY/DEFENCE (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved at 12:01 p.m., 341 words). See also: TURKEY-SECURITY/REFORMS, moved at 12:59 p.m., by Ercan Gurses, 393 words
WORLD
Colombian government and rebels agree on demobilization plan
HAVANA - Colombia's government and leftist FARC rebels took another step toward ending more than a half century of conflict on Friday, agreeing on a U.N.-supervised security protocol, timetable and other details for disarming the estimated 9,000 guerillas. (COLOMBIA-PEACE/TALKS (PIX, TV), moved at 4:10 p.m., by Nelson Acosta, 340 words)
South Africa's ANC faces worst election losses since apartheid
PRETORIA - South Africa's ANC is on track for its worst electoral performance since the end of apartheid as voters vent anger about high unemployment and corruption in a municipal elections that could herald a sea change in society. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES, TV), moved 12:28 p.m., by Tanisha Heiberg and Nqobile Dludla, 600 words)
Spanish police bust Pink Panther gang in jewelry heist
MADRID - Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested five alleged members of the so-called "Pink Panther" gang of jewel thieves in Barcelona. (SPAIN-CRIME/PINKPANTHER (PIX, TV), moved, 194 words)
A purrfect rescue: Italian coast guard saves drowning kitten
ROME - A tiny kitten that went for an ill-advised swim in the Sicilian sea has hung on to eight of its nine lives, thanks to a rescue mission by Italy's coast guard. (ITALY-KITTEN/COASTGUARD (TV), moved, 123 words)
More than 100 migrants break through barriers from Italy to France
ROME - More than 100 migrants broke through police barriers at the Italian border town of Ventimiglia and made their way into France on Friday, the local Italian police chief said. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/ITALY-FRANCE, moved, 320 words)
Saudi woman reports theft of 1 million euro watch - police source
PARIS - A Saudi woman filed a complaint in Paris on Friday for the theft of a watch that she said was worth 1 million euros ($1.11 million), a French police source told Reuters. (FRANCE-THEFT/SAUDI, moved, 89 words)
Last two journalists leave London's Fleet Street
LONDON - Three decades after media mogul Rupert Murdoch instigated its demise as the centuries-old home of Britain's newspaper industry, London's Fleet Street bade farewell on Friday to its last two journalists. (BRITAIN-FLEETSTREET/ (PIX, TV), moved, 850 words)
OLYMPICS
Kerry confident Rio Olympics will be 'safe, sound, secure'
RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he is confident the Olympics Games will be "safe, sound, secure" and said the United States and Brazil are working together to ensure they are. (OLYMPICS-RIO/KERRY (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:39 p.m., 199 words)
Protesters clog Rio's Copacabana beach ahead of Games opening
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Olympic torch began its final journey to the opening ceremony of the Games on Friday beneath the outstretched arms of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, while anti-government protests clogged the famous Copacabana beach boulevard.(OLYMPICS-RIO/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES, TV), moved moved 12:43 p.m., 704 words).
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
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 at 4:45 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 529 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 at 3:22 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 539 words)
GM mosquito trial will not significantly impact environment-FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that a field trial testing Intrexon Corp's genetically engineered mosquitoes, meant to be used in the battle against Zika, would not have a significant impact on the environment. (HEALTH-ZIKA/INTREXON (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:22 p.m., 246 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Bradley Cooper develops HBO miniseries about rise of ISIS militant group
Actor Bradley Cooper is developing a TV miniseries based on a book about the rise of Islamic State militants, a show the author hopes will help Americans understand how the group came about. (TELEVISION-ISIS/ (PIX), moved at 2:13 p.m., 352 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Payrolls power Wall St to record high
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks notched their best day in a month on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing at record highs after a second straight month of robust labor market data boosted optimism that economic growth is accelerating. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, by Chuck Mikolajczak, 471 words) See also: Bumper U.S. jobs data boosts stocks, dollar (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 9), moved, 522 words)
Strong U.S. employment report brightens economic outlook
WASHINGTON - U.S. employment increased more than expected in July and wages picked up, bolstering expectations of an acceleration in economic growth and raising the probability of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 5), moved at 12:58 p.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 822 words)
Blame it on Rio: Some U.S. companies see sales hit from Olympics
NEW YORK - The Olympics are already proving to be a boon for Comcast Corp's NBC and a drag for its U.S. media competitors, as well as for restaurants that rely on customers venturing out in the evening for a bite to eat. (OLYMPICS-RIO/COMPANIES-WARNINGS, moved at 4:21 p.m., by Anna Driver and Malathi Nayak, 627 words)
U.S. challenge to Anthem-Cigna deal gets new judge
WASHINGTON - The judge overseeing the U.S. government's challenge to health insurer Anthem Inc's plan to buy Cigna Corp, who had been seen as favorable for the deal, has relinquished the case. (CIGNA-M&A/ANTHEM (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:41 p.m., by Diane Bartz, 373 words)
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