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BREAKING
U.S. to send delegation to Turkey for Gulen probe
WASHINGTON - Justice and State Department officials will fly to Ankara to discuss Turkish government accusations against Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric Turkey accuses of masterminding a failed military coup, a State Department official said on Saturday. (TURKEY-SECURITY/USA, moved at 10:30 a.m., 193 words)
OLYMPICS
Australia athletes released by police after agreeing to fine
RIO DE JANEIRO - Nine Australian Olympic athletes were released by Brazilian police on Saturday after agreeing to a $28,100 fine for entering the basketball arena without proper accreditation. (OLYMPICS-RIO/AUSTRALIANS (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved at 1:30 p.m., 400 words)
Brazil prosecutors too slow to catch up with U.S. swimmer Feigen
RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian judge on Saturday provided another twist to the saga of four U.S. swimmers embroiled in a scandal at the Rio Games, suspending permission for one of the athletes, Jimmy Feigen, to leave the country - even though he had flown home hours earlier. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (PIX, TV), moved at 11:40 a.m., 386 words)
LochteGate means lesser-known swimmers may miss their pay day
RIO DE JANEIRO - Decorated swimmer Ryan Lochte's brush with Rio police has already hurt his appeal to sponsors - but for two lesser-known teammates, it means they may never get a chance to sign their first major deal. (OLYMPICS-RIO/SPONSORS-SWIMMERS (PIX), moved at 8 p.m., 750 words)
IOC president says Rio 2016 have been an "iconic Games"
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Rio de Janeiro Olympics, which come to an end on Sunday, have been an "iconic" event despite a long list of problems and a lack of cash, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO/BACH (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:50 p.m., 450 words) See also: IOC's Hickey sharing prison cell with THG executive (OLYMPICS-RIO/HICKEY-PRISON, moved at 1:57 p.m., 80 words)
U.S. and Serbia to clash in David and Goliath men's basketball final
RIO DE JANEIRO - Basketball superpower the United States will face Serbia on Sunday in an Olympic men's basketball David and Goliath gold medal final that will bring down the curtain on the Rio Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL-M/ (PREVIEW, PIX), moved at 12:45 p.m., by Steve Keating, 453 words)
Highlights of Day 15 at the Rio Olympics
(OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (PIX), moved at 1:24 p.m., 1,400 words)
TOP STORIES
Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
MIAMI/CHICAGO - U.S. health officials warn pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirms that mosquito-borne Zika virus is active in popular tourist destination. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 8 p.m., 1,166 words) See also: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm (HEALTH-ZIKA/QANDA (FACTBOX), moved, 1,000 words) and Zika's origin and global spread (HEALTH-ZIKA/ORIGIN (TIMELINE), moved, 2,100 words)
Russian cruise missiles target Syria
BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russian warships in Mediterranean Sea fire cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo, further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it begins to fly bombing missions from air base in Iran. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, 977 words)
Tens of thousands of Yemenis rally to support Houthi-led council
RIYADH - Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in the center of the capital Sanaa on Saturday to show support for the Houthi-led bloc as the head of the group's new governing council vowed to form a full government in the coming days. (YEMEN-SECURITY/, moved at 12:27 p.m., 426 words)
U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has withdrawn personnel from Saudi Arabia who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere assisting in those plans. (YEMEN-SECURITY/USA-SAUDIARABIA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 10 p.m., by Phil Stewart, 645 words)
CAMPAIGN
CNN says FBI probes U.S. ties to corruption by former Ukraine president
WASHINGTON - The FBI and Justice Department are investigating possible U.S. ties to alleged corruption involving the former president of Ukraine, including the work of firms headed by political operatives Paul Manafort and Tony Podesta, CNN says. (USA-ELECTION/UKRAINE (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 10:17 p.m., 392 words)
Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns after troubled stretch
(USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 8 p.m., by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 800 words)
WASHINGTON
Biden, Poroshenko discuss surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Friday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and both leaders expressed concern over a recent surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev is fighting pro-Russian separatists, the White House said. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/USA-BIDEN, moved at 8:20 p.m., 80 words)
U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds
NEW YORK - U.S. Army's finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create illusion that its books are balanced. (USA-AUDIT/ARMY, moved, by Scot J. Paltrow, 784 words)
FEATURE
Conservatives split over U.S. land transfers to Western states
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST, Ore. - Every time Dean Finnerty sees the locked neon-yellow gate and "No Trespassing" sign deep in Oregon's Elliott State Forest, he bristles at the growing movement to transfer federally owned land to U.S. states. At stake is control of roughly 640 million acres of federally owned land, more than one-fourth of the U.S. land mass. (USA-POLITICS/LANDRIGHTS (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., by Eric M. Johnson, 633 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Firefighters gain on California blaze but thousands still evacuated
LOS ANGELES - Evacuation orders have been lifted for tens of thousands of people in southern California as firefighters gain ground on the wildfire that is still keeping 7,000 others from their homes, officials said on Saturday. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (TV, PIX), moved at 11:16 a.m., 200 words, will be led through the day)
Trump tours flooded Louisiana, Obama to visit next week
BATON ROUGE - Donald Trump toured flood-battered Louisiana on Friday, shrugging off the Democratic state governor's plea for politicians not to stop in areas affected by deadly rains. President Barack Obama said he will visit on Tuesday for firsthand look at floods that damaged more than 40,000 homes and killed at least 13 people. (USA-WEATHER/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved at 7 p.m., 700 words)
OLYMPICS HIGHLIGHTS
American Gwen Jorgensen takes triathlon gold with perfect race
RIO DE JANEIRO - Favorite Gwen Jorgensen produced the perfect race to win the Olympic women's triathlon gold on Saturday with the American unusually staying with her rivals on the bike before surging clear of defending champion Nicola Spirig-Hug on the run. (OLYMPICS-RIO-TRWTRI/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:30 p.m., 540 words)
South Korea's Inbee Park wins gold medal in women's golf
RIO DE JANEIRO - South Korea's Inbee Park, 28, won the first Olympic gold medal in women's golf since 1900 with a commanding five-stroke victory on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-GOLF-W (PIX), moved at 12:45 p.m., 75 words, will be led)
U.S. suffer yet another sprint relay DQ
RIO DE JANEIRO - One might think that any American racing a men's sprint relay would take a moment before starting a lap of honor, such is the regularity of the subsequent crash-to-earth disqualification - and that is exactly what happened again at the Rio Games on Friday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-RELAY100M/USA (PIX), moved at midnight, 355 words)
The most dominant U.S. athletes in Rio? Women's water polo
RIO DE JANEIRO - The U.S. women's gymnastics team got far more of the limelight and household names like swimmer Michael Phelps got immeasurably more TV coverage. But no U.S. Olympic team, or individual athlete, outmatched competitors as resoundingly as a women's water polo squad that won the gold medal on Friday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-WATER POLO-W/USA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 8:14 p.m., 583 words)
Serbia defeats France to win women's basketball bronze
(OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL-W/BRONZE (PIX), moved at 12:20 p.m., 153 words, will be led)
Synchronized swimmers to carry Russian flag at closing ceremony
(OLYMPICS-RUSSIA/SWIMMING, moved at 11:52 p.m., 150 words)
Sweden's Rissveds wins gold in women's cross-country
(OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-CROSSCOUNTRY-F/ (PIX), moved at 1:06 p.m., 170 words)
Malaysia groans again as Lee wins third silver
(OLYMPICS-RIO-BADMINTON-M-SINGLES/LEE (PIX), moved at 1:28 p.m., 530 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Kurds versus Syrian army battle intensifies, complicating multi-fronted war
BEIRUT - Fighting between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces intensifies, opening up a new front in Syria's civil war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (TV, PIX), moved, by Angus McDowall, 564 words)
Turkish parliament approves deal ending rift with Israel
ISTANBUL - Turkey's parliament approves a reconciliation agreement signed with Israel in June which has brought to an end a six-year rift between the two regional powers (TURKEY-ISRAEL/, moved, 230 words)
In Egypt, IMF deal brings austerity that few can afford
CAIRO - A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidized baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt further. (EGYPT-ECONOMY/IMF-REFORMS (PIX), moved, 1,032 words)
WORLD
Taliban make further gains in Afghan north
KABUL - The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital which fell briefly to the insurgents last year, officials said. (AFGHANISTAN-DISTRICT/, moved at 3 a.m., 265 words)
Police massacre on ranch leaves deep scars in Mexican town
-- An ambush that a government body now admits was an act of abuse by federal police deeply scarred Ocotlan in western Mexico, which lost dozens of young men who had joined a powerful drug gang for money and adventure but instead found an early grave. (MEXICO-POLICE/ (PIX, TV), moved at 8 a.m., 770 words)
North Korea brands defector from UK embassy sex criminal 'scum'
SEOUL - North Korean state media on Saturday accused a diplomat who defected from Britain to South Korea of fleeing to escape punishment for a variety of crimes, including child rape, for which Pyongyang had sought to extradite him. (NORTHKOREA-DEFECTOR/, moved at 5:15 a.m., 280 words)
Nicaragua election campaign begins with Ortega as clear favorite
MANAGUA - Nicaragua's election campaign kicked off on Saturday, with President Daniel Ortega, 70, the clear favorite to sweep aside a weakened opposition and win a third consecutive term in a Nov. 6 vote. (NICARAGUA-ELECTION/ (PIX), moved at 1:19 p.m., 384 words)
Philippine government agrees new truce with Maoist-led rebels
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed a new ceasefire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday. (PHILIPPINES-REBELS/, moved at 8:45 a.m., 260 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Hospice teams may be overlooking teenaged family members
-- Teens with dying parents don't benefit as much from hospice services as older members of the family do, a new study suggests. (HEALTH-HOSPICE/PATIENTS'-KIDS, moved, 735 words)
Life-saving heart devices often locked up in public places
-- When the heart stops suddenly, it can sometimes be restarted with an electric shock from an automated external defibrillator (AED) - but even when an AED is nearby, it's often locked up out of reach, researchers warn. (HEALTH-HEART/DEFIBRILLATORS, moved, 400 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Canada celebrates, mourns as rockers Tragically Hip say good-bye
OTTAWA - The Tragically Hip, the Canadian rock band beloved for songs about local culture, small towns and hockey, will wrap up an emotional tour with a hometown concert on Saturday, giving fans a chance to bid farewell to lead singer Gord Downie, who has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. (CANADA-TRAGICALLYHIP/ (PIX), moved at 8 a.m., by Leah Schnurr, 400 words)
Muhammad Ali auction items seen fetching heavyweight prices
NEW YORK - Muhammad Ali's 1974 WBC heavyweight championship boxing belt and a handwritten letter about his conversion to Islam are among items that will hit the auction block in September. (AUCTION-MUHAMMADALI/ (TV), moved, 400 words)
Box Office: 'Ben-Hur' Left in the Dust by 'Suicide Squad,' 'War Dogs' with $4 Million Friday
(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/BOX-OFFICE (ENTERTAINMENT), moved at 11:12 a.m., 428 words)
Film Review: 'Call of Heroes'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT), moved at noon, 800 words)
Ben Affleck In Talks To Direct and Star in 'Witness for the Prosecution' Remake
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS), moved, 297 words)
Film Review: 'Mister Universo'
(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/REVIEWS, moved at 1:13 p.m., 780 words)
John Cho, Parker Posey Starring in Drama 'Columbus'
(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS (ENTERTAINMENT), moved at 10 a.m., 3943 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall Street Week Ahead - Stock rotation to continue as Fed seen open to 2016 hike
NEW YORK - The rotation to cyclical sectors of the S&P 500 and away from defensive stocks could continue next week on expectations that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will strike a tone more welcoming to an interest rate increase this year at her speech next Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as part of a meeting of world central bankers. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD (SCHEDULED COLUMN), moved, 438 words)
Incoming Viacom CEO plans investor campaign as shakeup looms
NEW YORK - As Viacom prepares for the impending departure of CEO Philippe Dauman, his interim replacement Thomas Dooley is planning to reach out to investors, setting a new tone for a company that has kept communications minimal. (VIACOM-DAUMAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:30 p.m., by Jessica Toonkel, 735 words)
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