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BREAKING
U.S. non-farm payrolls rise 151,000 in August, less than expected as wage growth moderates
WASHINGTON - U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in August after two straight months of robust gains and wage gains moderated, which could effectively rule out an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this month. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 8:31 a.m.,, 555 words, will be led)
Samsung issues recall for Galaxy Note 7 after battery fires
SEOUL - Samsung Electronics has recalled and will replace all Galaxy Note 7 smart phones equipped with fire-prone batteries and halt sales of the flagship product in 10 markets, a devastating blow for what had been a revival in the firm's mobile business. Samsung has sold 2.5 million of the premium devices so far. (SAMSUNG ELEC-SMARTPHONES/ (CORRECTED, UPDATE 4, PIX, GRAPHICS, TV), moved at 6:50 a.m., 587 words, will be led)
Singapore reports 38 new cases of Zika virus
SINGAPORE - Singapore reported 38 new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection on Friday. The regional financial center and transit hub has now detected 189 people with the Zika virus in total, including two pregnant woman. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE-CASES, moved at 8:17 a.m., 50 words)
TOP STORIES
Hurricane Hermine hammers Florida and barrels north toward Atlantic Coast
TAMPA - Wind and rain from Hurricane Hermine toppled trees and power lines along Florida's northern Gulf Coast on Friday morning, inundating coastal areas with storm surges before it weakened to a tropical storm over land and plowed toward the Atlantic Coast. Hermine made landfall overnight near St. Marks, Florida, 20 miles south of the capital of Tallahassee, packing winds of 80 mph and leaving thousands of households without power. No injuries were immediately reported. (STORM-HERMINE/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 8:23 a.m., by Letitia Stein, 514 words, will be led through the day)
Clinton announces plan to address 'unjustified' price hikes on life-saving drugs
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton says that if elected to the White House, she will create an oversight panel to protect U.S. consumers from price hikes on life-saving drugs and import alternative treatments if necessary. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DRUGS (UPDATE 1, PIX TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., 541 words)
One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor
NEW YORK - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-STAFF (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m. 704 words)
Disparate crises distract from Obama bid to sign off on Asia shift
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - Barack Obama starts his last trip to Asia on Saturday as president, aiming to put a final stamp on his signature policy shift toward the Pacific but distracted by crises ranging from Brexit to the battle against Islamic State. (CHINA-OBAMA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 11:14 p.m., by Roberta Rampton, 774 words)
China sets spy trial date for U.S. woman ahead of Obama visit
AUSTIN, Texas - China has set a trial date for this month for a U.S. businesswoman accused of spying, charges her husband in Texas said on Thursday were false, and the U.S. State Department said it was concerned about her welfare. (CHINA-RIGHTS/USA (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved at 4 a.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 433 words)
U.S. fights Zika mosquitoes with limited arsenal
-- Over Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood where Zika gained a foothold in the continental United States, low flying planes have been spraying naled, a tightly controlled pesticide often used as a last resort. It appears to be working, killing at least 90 percent of the target mosquitoes. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA-MOSQUITOES (INSIGHT, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Julie Steenhuysen, 965 words)
Mother Teresa's mission lives on in Kolkata, grows worldwide
KOLKATA, India - On the eve of her canonization as a Roman Catholic saint, and 19 years after her death, the order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta is going strong - even without her charismatic leadership. (POPE-MOTHERTERESA/INDIA (PIX, TV), moved at 7:37 a.m., 620 words) See also: How the Vatican's saint-making machine works (POPE-MOTHERTERESA/SAINTMAKING (PIX, TV), expect by 11 a.m., 669 words)
Dogs use same parts of brain to process speech as humans
BUDAPEST - "Super, well done," her trainer says, and Maya, a Hungarian golden retriever, happily holds up her left paw, responding to the praise. (HUNGARY-DOGS/RESEARCH (TV, PIX), moved at 8:20 a.m., 372 words)
CAMPAIGN
Putin says no idea who hacked Democratic Party
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he did not know who was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party organizations but it is important the information has been made public, Bloomberg news agency reports. (RUSSIA-USA/PUTIN (UPDATE 2), moved, 345 words)
Melania Trump sues Daily Mail, blogger over 'defamatory' stories
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump sued the Maryland-based publisher of the Daily Mail Online and a blogger on Thursday over stories about her past she believes were "tremendously damaging," her attorney said. Late Thursday, the Daily Mail retracted a story in a posting on its website. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MELANIA (UPDATE 3), moved at 9:47 p.m., 340 words)
Trump's immigration pitch falls flat with Republicans near the border
-- Donald Trump's effort to clarify his position on illegal immigration during visits to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico frontier did little to sway moderate Republicans near the border, a dozen voters in Arizona told Reuters. (USA-ELECTION/REPUBLICANS (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 660 words) See also: Trump's 10-point immigration plan (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-IMMIGRATION (FACTBOX), moved, 513 words)
Clinton raised more than $140 million in August
(USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-FUNDRAISING (UPDATE 2), moved, 370 words)
Hispanic backers sour on Trump after immigration speech
(USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6:10 p.m., 733 words)
Trump campaign criticizes Iran nuclear deal anew
(USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-IRAN, moved, 133 words)
WASHINGTON
Putin says Russia and U.S. nearing agreement on Syria
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin says Russia and the United States could be close to reaching an agreement on Syria despite differences about how best to resolve the conflict, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA-USA (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., 240 words)
At G20, defending free trade will need more than talk
SYDNEY - Wedged in between the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election, leaders of the world's major economies meet this weekend in China needing to mount a realistic defense of the free trade and globalization they have long championed. (G20-CHINA/TRADE (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 845 words)
ASEAN, China to adopt protocol to ease tension at sea
MANILA - Southeast Asian countries and China will establish hotlines and adopt communications protocols to avoid naval clashes in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, a Philippines foreign ministry official says. (ASEAN-PHILIPPINES/NAVY, moved, 395 words)
Russia, Japan say to prepare bilateral peace deal proposals by year-end
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday agreed to draw up by the end of this year proposals for a peace deal to put an end to a territorial dispute that has bedeviled bilateral ties for eight decades. (RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK/FORUM-PUTIN (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moving shortly, 500 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Stanford swimmer convicted of sex assault released from jail
SAN JOSE - A former Stanford University swimmer, whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 was widely criticized as too lenient, was released from a San Francisco-area jail early on Friday. (CALIFORNIA-RAPE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 9:30 a.m., 216 words)
Police probing JonBenet Ramsey murder won't give up on solving case
DENVER - Police investigating the slaying of Colorado child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey declined on Thursday to address the media hype surrounding the 20th anniversary of one of the most sensational unsolved murders in the annals of American crime. (COLORADO-JONBENET/ (PIX), moved at 11:10 p.m., 390 words)
Kaepernick kneels during national anthem, continuing protest
SAN DIEGO - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt with his arms folded during the performance of the U.S. national anthem during a pre-season game in San Diego on Thursday, continuing his protest against racial injustice and police brutality. (NFL-KAEPERNICK/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 2 a.m., 523 words)
Accused L.A. airport gunman to be spared death penalty in plea deal
LOS ANGELES - The man accused of killing a security screener and wounding three others in a 2013 shooting at Los Angeles International Airport has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors that would spare him the death penalty, according to court documents filed on Thursday. (CALIFORNIA-AIRPORT/GUNMAN (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 11 p.m., 350 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Weapons storage blast fires off bombs on Baghdad, killing four
BAGHDAD - A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage in eastern Baghdad set off rockets that hit neighboring districts, killing at least four residents and injuring a dozen others, police and hospital sources say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-BLAST (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX, moved, 150 words)
Turkish police use tear gas on protesters near Syrian border
ANKARA/BEIRUT - Turkish security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse a group of protesters along the Syrian border on Friday, Turkish military sources said, denying allegations they opened fire and killed at least one civilian. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-PROTESTS (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 354 words)
Turkey says clears Islamic State, Kurdish force from part of north Syria
ANKARA - Turkey has swept Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia from an area of northern Syria, but Syrian Kurdish forces have still not met a Turkish demand to withdraw to the east of the Euphrates river, President Tayyip Erdogan says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-ERDOGAN (UPDATE 2), moved, 370 words) See also: MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-ISLAMIC STATE (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, 1,400 words
Syrians in rebel Damascus suburb start to evacuate in deal
BEIRUT - Hundreds of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya begin to leave the rebel-held area in what the government describe as an amnesty, part of its efforts to force insurgent pockets around big cities to surrender. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (PIX, TV), moved, 420 words) See also: MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TRUCE (INSIGHT), moved, 1,185 words
WORLD
Diplomats say Uzbek President Karimov has died
ALMATY - Uzbek President Islam Karimov has died after suffering a stroke at the age of 78, three diplomatic sources told Reuters, leaving no obvious successor to take over. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 410 words) See also: UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/KINGMAKERS (FACTBOX), moved, 700 words and UZBEKISTAN-KARIMOV/ (OBITUARY), moved, 855 words
Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court
PESHAWAR - Two bombs kill at least 12 people and wound dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan, a rescue official says, hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighborhood in the same region. (PAKISTAN-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 3), moved, 440 words)
Tense calm in Gabon capital after two days of post-election violence
LIBREVILLE - An uneasy calm returned to the streets of Gabon's capital Libreville following two days of violent protests sparked by the re-election of President Ali Bongo in polls his main rival, Jean Ping, claims to have won. (GABON-ELECTION/ (PIX), moved, 400 words)
Czech finance minister apologizes for Roma camp comments
PRAGUE - Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis apologized on Friday after facing calls to quit over comments denying the existence of a World War Two concentration camp for Roma people. (CZECH-BABIS/ROMA, moved at 8:36 a.m., 398 words)
Brazil's Temer says decision for Rousseff to keep political rights a "small" embarrassment
SHANGHAI - Brazil's newly installed president Michel Temer said the Senate's decision to allow former president Dilma Rousseff to maintain her political rights was a "small" embarrassment, and played down its significance to the stability of his government. (BRAZIL-TEMER/ROUSSEFF (UPDATE 3), moved at 7 a.m., 365 words)
China said to pressure Hong Kong to squash independence calls ahead of poll
(HONGKONG-ELECTION/CHINA (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 715 words)
FEATURE
The woman behind Brazil's domestic violence law: 'I can't give up the fight'
LONDON - Brazil must do more to ensure its landmark law on domestic violence combats the crime in a country where statistics show a woman is killed every two hours, said Maria da Penha, whose own fight for justice led to a law named after her 10 years ago. (BRAZIL-WOMEN/ABUSE (INTERVIEW), moved at 8:50 a.m., 646 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Cover up, stay in: Singaporeans wary as Zika spreads
SINGAPORE - Many of Singapore's five million people are covering up and staying indoors to avoid mosquito bites as health experts warn that the outbreak of the Zika virus in the tropical city-state will be difficult to contain. (HEALTH-ZIKA/SINGAPORE-LIFE (PIX, TV), moved at 3:44 a.m., 655 words)
Merck scraps development of osteoporosis drug due to stroke risk
-- Merck said it would stop developing its experimental osteoporosis drug after an independent analysis confirmed the treatment raises the risk of stroke. (MERCK & CO-STUDY/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:51 a.m., 128 words)
Expectations may influence side effects of breast cancer hormone therapy
-- Side effects from taking tamoxifen for breast cancer may be worse if a patient expects they will be bad before therapy even begins, according to a recent study from Germany. (HEALTH-BREASTCANCER/SIDEFFECTS-EXPECTATIONS, moved, 530 words)
Kidney donors don't always get priority when they need a transplant
(HEALTH-KIDNEY/DONOR, moved, 547 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Judge on French Riviera deals further blow to burkini foes
PARIS - Attempts to ban burkini-clad women from the beaches of France's Riviera coast suffered a further setback when a judge in the city of Nice declared the prohibition of the body-hiding swimwear to be illegal there. (RELIGION-BURQA/FRANCE (PIX), moved at 7:53 a.m., 307 words)
Artists explore emotional response to 9/11 attacks in new exhibit
NEW YORK - Artist Christopher Saucedo, dressed in black, stood with his hands in his pockets next to his mixed media artwork at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Manhattan. His brother Gregory, a firefighter, died in the line of duty in the collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (USA-SEPT11/EXHIBITION (PIX, TV), moved, 450 words)
TV Review: FX's 'Atlanta' and 'Better Things'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/REVIEWS), moved at 9 p.m., 1,200 words)
Wenders chooses 3D to bring intimacy to talk of women and men
(FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/LESBEAUXJOURSDARANJUEZ (TV, PIX), moved, 276 words)
Amy Schumer memoir tops bestseller list for second week
(USA-BOOKS/BESTSELLERS (TABLE), moved, 267 words)
Hollywood, football leagues urge EU rethink on copyright
(EU-COPYRIGHT/, moved, 452 words)
'Stranger Things': Meet the Man Who Played the Monster
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-ARTISANS/PRODUCTION), moved, 407 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts
SAN FRANCISCO - Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended Project Ara, its ambitious effort to build what is known as a modular smart phone with interchangeable components, as part of a broader push to streamline the company's hardware efforts, two people with knowledge of the matter say. (GOOGLE-SMARTPHONE/ (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Julia Love, 320 words)
Chinese government flexes muscles with Uber, DreamWorks probes
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - The Chinese government says it is investigating two high-profile takeover proposals involving U.S. companies, the latest sign of its growing influence on whether deals are approved - even those appearing to have little impact in China. (CHINA-ANTITRUST/ (WRAPUP 1), moved, 755 words)
BREXIT
Sturgeon announces new Scottish independence drive after "seismic" Brexit vote
STIRLING - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launches a new independence drive, urging supporters to join the country's "biggest ever political listening exercise" to gauge public appetite for a new referendum. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 405 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Irish cabinet decides to fight EU on Apple tax
DUBLIN - Ireland's cabinet agrees to join Apple in appealing against a multi-billion-euro back tax demand that the European Commission slapped on the iPhone maker, despite misgivings among independents who back the fragile coalition. (EU-APPLE/TAXAVOIDANCE-IRELAND (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:25 a.m., 435 words)
Yum to sell stake in China business ahead of spinoff
-- KFC and Pizza Hut owner Yum Brands Inc says Chinese investment firm Primavera Capital and an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will buy a stake in Yum China for $460 million as it prepares to spin off the business. (YUM BRANDS-CHINA/PRIMAVERA (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:50 a.m., 340 words)
Russia aiming for over $11 billion from Rosneft stake sale
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Russia hopes to fetch more than $11 billion for a minority stake in the Kremlin's flagship oil producer Rosneft before the end of the year to plug budget holes caused by low crude prices, an industry source told Reuters on Friday. (RUSSIA-ROSNEFT/PRIVATISATION (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:40 a.m., 537 words)
India workers' strike hits transport services, banks
(INDIA-STRIKE/ (PIX), moved, 320 words)
Greece culls TV stations, selling just four private licenses
(GREECE-MEDIA/AUCTION (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 636 words)
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