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OLYMPICS
Video undermines U.S. swimmers' account of Rio robbery
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil TV aired a video on Thursday that showed four U.S. Olympic swimmers did not tell the whole truth when they said they were robbed at gunpoint in an incident that has marred the image of South America's first Olympic Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 2), PIX, TV), by Rodrigo Viga and Jeb Blountmoved, 633 words)
U.S.' Eaton holds lead in bid for decathlon gold
RIO DE JANEIRO - American Ashton Eaton held onto his lead in the decathlon on Thursday, trailing nearest rival Canadian Damian Warner in the 110 meter hurdles but edging him in the discus as he looked set to repeat London's gold medal performance. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-DECATHLON/ (PIX), moved at 11:55 a.m., by Scott Malone, 311 words)
U.S. get second chance after baton bungle
RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States will get a second chance to qualify for the women's 4x100 meters final after appealing against their disqualification in their heat after a bungled handover. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-W-RELAY100M/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:12 p.m., by Nick Mulvenney, 427 words)
Clement wins 400m hurdles, Culson left sobbing
RIO DE JANEIRO - Kerron Clement of the United States dipped on the line to win the men's Olympic 400 meters hurdles on Thursday after one of his leading rivals, Puerto Rico's Javier Culson, was disqualified for a false start. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-HURDLES400/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 1:15 p.m., by Mark Trevelyan, 392 words)
Spirits overflow on Copacabana beach
RIO DE JANEIRO - A carnival is in full swing day and night along Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach as Cariocas and visitors alike revel in the Olympic spirit. (OLYMPICS-RIO/COPACABANA (PIX), moved at 11:16 a.m., by Angus MacSwan, 773 words). See also: OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS, PIX), moved, 347 words
TOP STORIES
Trump to take 'optimistic' message to voters, new manager says
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's new campaign manager promised on Thursday the volatile Republican presidential candidate would stick to a more disciplined and uplifting message to voters in the final dash to Election Day without crimping his freewheeling style. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 11:18 a.m., by John Whitesides and Susan Heavey, 547 words)
California wildfire challenges fight to stem its progress
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters faced searing temperatures and steep terrain on Thursday as they toiled to contain a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved at 1:32 p.m., by Alex Dobuzinskis, 427 words)
UN welcomes Russian words on Aleppo truce, trucks "ready to move"
GENEVA - Russia said on Thursday it would support a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, a move the U.N. Syria envoy said would allow aid to reach besieged areas soon, as long as all sides respect the temporary truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 4, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay, 391 words). See also MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO BOY (UPDATE 2, TV, PICTURE), moved, 332 words
Turkey's Erdogan links coup suspects, PKK to bomb attacks
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for last month's coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants in Turkey's southeast which killed 10 people. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 5, TV, PICTURE), moved, 590 words). See also: TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ayla Jean Yackley, 690 words
U.S. labor market firming; factories still struggling
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, reinforcing views of labor market strength that could encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates soon. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2), moved at 11:42 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 694 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. to phase out federal use of privately-operated prisons
WASHINGTON - U.S. Justice Department plans to phase out its use of privately operated prisons, which it calls less safe and less effective than government-run facilities, according to memo issued publicly by department. (USA-PRISONS/ (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, by Susan Heavey and Julia Edwards, 300 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
In wake of riots, Milwaukee looks inward for solutions
MILWAUKEE - After violent riots, Milwaukeeans in the blighted inner city are searching for their own way out of despair, saying they cannot rely on government-led economic development projects to remedy chronic crime and unemployment. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (PIX), moved at 1:35 p.m., by John McCrank and Brendan O'Brien, 689 words)
Witness in N.Y. cleric killing ID'd someone other than suspect
NEW YORK - A potential witness in the New York City shooting deaths of a Muslim cleric and his assistant picked out someone during a police lineup who was not the suspect now facing murder charges, a prosecutor said on Thursday. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (PIX), moved, 313 words)
California lawmaker to withdraw zero emissions vehicle bill
SAN FRANCISCO - A California lawmaker on Thursday said she will withdraw a bill that would have required 15 percent of new car sales be zero emission vehicles by 2025 due to opposition from automakers, the oil industry and labor. (CALIFORNIA-EMISSIONS/BILL (UPDATE 1), moved, 209 words)
Ex-NFL star Sharper sentenced to 18 years in prison in drug, rape cases
NEW ORLEANS - Former National Football League star Darren Sharper was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in federal prison in a case stemming from accusations that he drugged and raped women in four states while working as a television analyst. (USA-NFL/SHARPER (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at noon, by Kathy Finn, 414 words)
Rejection of Massachusetts cemetery plan prompts federal probe
Federal prosecutors will investigate a decision by a Massachusetts town to deny a request by an Islamic group to establish a Muslim cemetery there, the U.S. attorney's office said on Thursday. (MASSACHUSSETS-CEMETERY/, moved at 1:28 p.m., moved, 393 words)
Man with white supremacist tattoos stabs black man in Washington state
A man with white supremacist tattoos stabbed an African-American man in the Washington state capital and later told investigators he wanted to lash out at Black Lives Matter protesters, police said on Thursday. (WASHINGTONSTATE-HATECRIME/, moving shortly, 384 words)
U.S. village in Alaska votes to relocate due to climate change
NEW YORK - A Native American village in the U.S. state of Alaska has voted to relocate its entire population of some 600 people due to the threat of rising seas, officials said on Thursday. (USA-CLIMATECHANGE/RELOCATION (UPDATE 1), moved at 1 p.m., by Sebastien Malo, 512 words)
Seven Chicago officers face firing for role in 2014 shooting of teen
CHICAGO - Chicago's police superintendent has recommended that seven officers be fired after they were accused of lying about the details of a black teenager's fatal shooting by a white officer in 2014, a police spokesman said on Thursday. (CHICAGO-POLICE/ (PIX), moved, 346 words)
Pennsylvania governor nominates replacement for convicted AG
NEW YORK - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated the state's inspector general to serve as attorney general, after former Attorney General Kathleen Kane resigned her post following her conviction for perjury. (PENNSYLVANIA-KANE/, moving shortly, by Joseph Ax, 374 words)
SPECIAL REPORT
Enslaved in Libya: One woman's extraordinary escape from Islamic State
On the night of June 2, 2015, gunmen blocked a highway on Libya's northern coast and stopped a white truck speeding toward Tripoli, the capital. The men trained their assault rifles on the driver. Three climbed aboard to search the cargo. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SLAVE (SPECIAL REPORT, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Selam Gebrekidan, 3,680 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Abandoned in Saudi desert camps, migrant workers won't leave without pay
QADISIYA LABOUR CAMP - Migrant construction workers, abandoned in their thousands by Saudi employers in filthy desert camps during the kingdom's economic slump, say they will not accept a government offer of free flights home unless they receive months of unpaid wages. (SAUDI-LABOUR/FOREIGN (PIX, TV), moved at 11:13 a.m., by Marwa Rashad and Katie Paul, 854 words)
WORLD
For elite North Korean defector, a job and bodyguards await in South
SEOUL - Thae Yong Ho, the most senior North Korean diplomat to flee to the South, is likely to have round-the-clock protection and make a comfortable living at a think-tank run by Seoul's intelligence service, say elite defectors who followed a similar path. (NORTHKOREA-DEFECTOR/ (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:27 a.m., 811 words)
Ukraine could introduce martial law if eastern fighting worsens - Poroshenko
KIEV - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he does not rule out introducing martial law and new wave of military mobilization if conflict with pro-Russian separatists worsens. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/POROSHENKO-ESCALATION (PIX, TV), moved, 305 words)
Syrian refugees in discarded holiday homes dream of anything but Greece
MYRSINI, Greece - A small house close to the beach in western Greece is replete with a small rose garden, flowers in a vase, a thatched roof and a kennel, all created by its newly arrived refugee occupants. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GREECE-VILLAGE (PICTURE), moved, by Michele Kambas, 800 words)
Germany extols Turkish security cooperation to ease row over Islamists
BERLIN - Germany's interior minister praised Turkey on Thursday for excellent cooperation in fighting terrorism in an apparent effort to defuse a dispute with Ankara after a leaked government memo accused Turkey of being a hub for Islamist militants. (TURKEY-SECURITY/GERMANY, moved at 12:05 p.m., 388 words)
Interior minister says face veils have no place in Germany
BERLIN - The face veil is not compatible with German society but it would probably be difficult to ban the garment at the national level, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Thursday. (RELIGION-BURQA/GERMANY, moved at 1:03 p.m., by Michelle Martin, 558 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Childhood abuse linked to worse survival odds for adult women
Girls who suffer maltreatment and abuse may be less likely to survive into middle age than their peers who don't experience physical or mental torment growing up, a U.S. study suggests. (HEALTH-WOMEN/CHILDHOOD-ABUSE, moved at 11:51 a.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 600 words)
Anemia tied to worse survival odds after stroke
Some older adults with anemia may fare worse after a stroke, a study suggests, although the reason and the right treatment are still unclear. (HEALTH-ANEMIA/STROKE (moved), moved at 10:12 a.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 578 words)
Study in mice shows Zika virus also attacks adult brain cells
CHICAGO - U.S. researchers have found that Zika can attack special populations of brain cells in adult mice in the part of the brain involved in learning and memory, raising new questions about how the virus may be impacting millions of adults who have been infected with the virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/ADULTS, moved at noon, by Julie Steenhuysen, 616 words)
Scientists to probe ways of meeting tough global warming goal
OSLO - Scientists on Thursday set the outlines of a report on how to restrict global warming to a limit agreed last year by world leaders - even though the temperature threshold is at risk of being breached already. (CLIMATECHANGE-TEMPERATURES/ (GRAPHIC, PIX), moved at 12:09 p.m., by Alister Doyle, 422 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Gamescom fair kicks off in Germany under tighter security
COLOGNE - Video games trade fair Gamescom opened its doors to fans in the German city of Cologne on Thursday, with organizers saying they had stepped up security for this year's event following several attacks in the country in the past month. (GERMANY-GAMESCOM/ (TV, PIX), moved at 11:15 a.m., 120 words)
Kanye West takes 'Pablo' pop-up fashion stores global
NEW YORK - Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West is going global, opening pop-up stores in 21 venues this weekend to sell his "Life of Pablo" merchandise. (FASHION-KANYEWEST/ (PIX, TV), moved at 10:34 a.m., 197 words)
Fatherhood inspires U.S. singer Aloe Blacc to star in malaria-themed music video
LONDON - U.S. singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc said on Thursday that the world must pay more attention to malaria ahead of launching a music video focusing on the disease - one of the biggest killers of children worldwide. (MUSIC-MALARIA/, moved at 1:16 p.m., by Kieran Guilbert, 400 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St flat as drop in tech stocks offsets oil gains
Wall Street pared earlier gains and was little changed in early afternoon trading on Thursday, as a drop in technology stocks offset gains in energy companies on the back of higher oil prices. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 4), updating till close, 431 words) See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 6, PIX), updating throughout the day, 592 words)
Oil up 2 pct, Brent over $50/bbl on OPEC freeze talk
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Thursday for a sixth straight day, with Brent crude rising above $50 for the first time in six weeks as the world's biggest producers prepared to discuss a possible freeze in production levels. (GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 7), updating throughout the day, 416 words)
Wal-Mart draws more shoppers, raises fiscal-year outlook
Wal-Mart Stores Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, saying employee wage increases led to an improved shopping experience that helped draw more customers to its U.S. stores. (WALMART-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at noon, by Nandita Bose, 518 words)
Frankfurt woos London banks after Brexit vote
FRANKFURT - A German politician said on Thursday he was trying to persuade foreign banks to make Frankfurt their home after Britain's vote to leave the European Union, and outlined how Europe's biggest economy wants to bolster its financial capital at London's expense. (BRITAIN-EU/FRANKFURT (UPDATE 1, REFILE, PIX), moved at 12:31 p.m., by Jonathan Gould and John O'Donnell, 508 words)
Harley-Davidson to pay $12 mln fine over motorcycle emissions
WASHINGTON - Harley-Davidson Inc agreed to pay a $12 million civil fine and stop selling illegal after-market devices that cause its motorcycles to emit too much pollution, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. (USA-HARLEY-DAVIDSON/LAWSUIT (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:53 p.m., 513 words)
T. Rowe Price sues Valeant over "fraudulent scheme"
T. Rowe Price Group Inc has sued Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, alleging that investors in the Canadian drugmaker lost billions of dollars as a result of the company's "fraudulent scheme." (VALEANT-LAWSUIT/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:39 p.m., 283 words)
United Air names new CFO, chief commercial officer in shuffle
United Continental Holdings Inc said on Thursday it appointed a new chief financial officer and chief commercial officer in the first major management shuffle since Oscar Munoz took the helm of the airline last September. (UAL-MOVES/ (UPDATE 2), moved 12:45 p.m., by Jeffrey Dastin, 425 words)
Uber buys self-driving truck startup Otto; teams up with Volvo
Ride service Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday it has acquired the self-driving trucks startup Otto, and it also announced that Volvo Car Group has agreed to a $300 million alliance to develop self-driving cars. (UBER TECH-VOLVO/OTTO, moved at 12:40 p.m., 258 words)
Gawker.com to shut down next week
U.S. internet publisher Gawker Media Group said on Thursday that it would shut operations of online news and gossip website Gawker.com next week, ending a 14-year run. (GAWKER-BANKRUPTCY/GAWKER.COM (UPDATE 1), moved, 234 words)
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