REUTERS AMERICA AFTERNOON NEWS PLAN FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 13
LATEST AND PLANNED U.S. NEWS COVERAGE (ALL TIMES ET)
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OLYMPICS
"Sluggish" Bolt does enough in 100m heats
RIO DE JANEIRO - Jamaican Usain Bolt won his 100 metres heat after what he called a "sluggish" start on Saturday, but looked pained after the race as he prepared to fend off the challenge of American Jason Gatlin for the Olympic crown. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-100 METRES/, (UPDATE 1), 329 words)
Rio gets Bolt fever, Harting snatches discus gold
RIO DE JANEIRO - Usain Bolt took the first "sluggish" steps towards his hoped-for Olympic triple-triple on Saturday when he eased through his 100 metres heat as the fans turned out in force to see the sport's superstar bring the athletics programme to life. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/ (PIX), moved, 456 words)
Sole Russian athletics competitor Klishina suspended from Games - source
RIO DE JANEIRO - Russia's sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, Darya Klishina, has been suspended from the Games, a source told Reuters on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA-KLISHINA, (UPDATE 2), moved, 134 words)
Stepanova records illegally accessed after WADA hack
RIO DE JANEIRO - Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova's electronic account at the World Anti-Doping Agency has been illegally accessed, WADA said on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO/DOPING-STEPANOVA, (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 366 words)
Comaneci hails perfect 10 from Biles
RIO DE JANEIRO - It's just too bad that the perfect 10 was abolished from gymnastics. It denied Simone Biles a chance to attain iconic status. (OLYMPICS-RIO/AGYMNASTICS-W-IND-COMANECI, (INTERVIEW, PIX), by Prithar Sarkar, moved, 610 words)
From green pool to missing pontoon, Rio organisers face problems
RIO DE JANEIRO - Olympics organisers battle an array of persistent problems as the Games enter their second week, from a sickly green diving pool to competitors taken to the wrong venue and a long-distance swimming pontoon swept away by the waves. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Daniel Flynn, 550 words)
TOP STORIES
Trump backs away from ISIS comments, looks for party unity
ERIE, Pa. - Republican Donald Trump backs away from comments calling President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton the founders of the militant group Islamic State, while Republican Party seeks to project unity behind their candidate. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 800 words). See also: BOSNIA-DENIRO/TRUMP, moved, 270 words and USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-TAXES (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Amanda Becker and Susan Heavey, 645 words
Turkey sees no compromise with U.S. over Gulen extradition
ISTANBUL - Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it blames for orchestrating a failed coup, the prime minister says, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the United States fails to extradite him. (TURKEY-SECURITY/) moved, 500 words)
U.S. drone kills IS leader for Afghanistan, Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/WASHINGTON - The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a Pentagon spokesman says after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announces the news to Reuters. (AFGHANISTAN-ISLAMICSTATE/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jibran Ahmad and Yeganeh Torbati, 541 words)
Thousands return to Syria's Manbij after IS militants flee
BEIRUT - Thousands of displaced residents stream back into the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after U.S.-backed fighters oust the last Islamic State militants from their old stronghold, residents and U.S. allies say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-MANBIJ, moving shortly, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 600 words)
Fidel Castro thanks Cubans for 90th birthday wishes, lambasts US
HAVANA - Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their tributes to mark his 90th birthday on Saturday in a meandering column carried by state-run media in which the iconic leftist revolutionary also lambasted old foe United States. (CUBA-FIDEL/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Sarah Marsh, 530 words)
CAMPAIGN
Liz Cheney's Wyoming campaign backed by big names, bigger money
CODY, Wyo. - Former Vice President Dick Cheney's eldest daughter, bouncing back from an aborted 2014 U.S. Senate bid, heads into a crowded primary race next week for Wyoming's lone seat in the House of Representatives buoyed by big-name Republicans (FEATURE), by Ruffin Prevost, moved, 625 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Seven injured in flash fire at Texas crude oil terminal
An apparent flash fire injured seven workers working on a construction project at Sunoco Logistics crude oil terminal in Nederland, Texas on Friday, a company spokesman said on Saturday. (REFINERY-OPERATIONS/SUNOCO-INJURED, moved, 171 words)
Death toll in Virginia plane crash climbs to six
Six people, including three teenagers, were killed on Friday when a small private plane plowed into a line of trees at the end of a runway after an aborted landing at an airport in northern Virginia, state police said on Saturday. (VIRGINIA-CRASH (PIX), moved, 247 words)
Florida woman's hand bitten nearly off by alligator, TV reports
A woman visiting the Florida Everglades was attacked on Friday by an alligator that bit her hand nearly off, local media reported. (FLORIDA-ALLIGATOR, moved, 170 words)
Ohio fugitive charged with killing New Mexico police officer
A man accused of aggravated murder in Ohio has been arrested in southern New Mexico for allegedly shooting and killing a local police officer during a traffic stop, officials said on Saturday. (NEWMEXICO-CRIME/ (UPDAT2 1), moved, 308 words)
Seven injured in flash fire at Texas crude oil terminal
An apparent flash fire injured seven workers working on a construction project at Sunoco Logistics crude oil terminal in Nederland, Texas on Friday, a company spokesman said on Saturday. (REFINERY-OPERATIONS/SUNOCO-INJURED (moved), 2:53 a.m., 171 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Ten children reported dead in Yemen air strike
DUBAI - At least 10 children killed and 21 others injured in northern Yemen, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says in what the dominant Houthi group says is Saudi-led air strike on a school (YEMEN-SECURITY/PARLIAMENT, (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 324 words)
WORLD
'Threat of terrorism' sparks call to reopen Canada bomb center
TORONTO - Days after police foiled what they called a terrorist plot, a Canadian law enforcement body prepared on Saturday to make the case for reopening the federal bomb analysis center, which was shut in April for budget reasons. (CANADA-SECURITY/BOMBCENTER), moved, 349 words)
Man with knife, flammable liquid injures 6 on Swiss train -police
ZURICH - A man armed with a knife and flammable fluid injured six people in an attack on a Swiss train on Saturday, St Gallen cantonal police said. (SWISS-ATTACK (UPDATE 1), moved, 221 words)
Thai opposition denies role in bomb blasts
BANGKOK - Thai party whose government was toppled by military in coup two years ago denies having any role in bomb attacks on popular tourist centres that killed four people and wounded dozens a day earlier(THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Andrew R.C. Marshall and Aukkarapon Niyomyat, 525 words)
Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela - Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early on Saturday morning as the two countries' borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. (VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA/BORDER, moved, 309 words)
Britain to plug 4.5 bln pound EU funding gap for farms, colleges
LONDON - Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds ($5.8 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond says. (BRITAIN-EU/FUNDING), (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 491 words
How British firms built pyramid scheme in China that lost millions
SHANGHAI, China - London address helped draw Chinese investors to EuroFX. But venture was not regulated in United Kingdom. It was scam that flourished in gaps between national systems. (CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Engen Tham and Carolyn Cohn, 2,586 words). See also: CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX-TIMELINE, moved, by Carolyn Cohn, 308 words
Zambia's opposition leader takes narrow lead in election
LUSAKA - President Edgar Lungu takes lead over his main rival in early counting from Zambia's presidential election, but the main opposition says some electoral officials were colluding in favour of his party (ZAMBIA-ELECTION, (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1300 ET, 505 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Folk singer Glenn Yarbrough dies in Nashville at age 86
LOS ANGELES - Glenn Yarbrough, the American folk singer best known for his work with the popular trio the Limeliters in the early 1960s and his solo hit single "Baby the Rain Must Fall", has died at the age of 86. (PEOPLE-YARBROUGH, by Dan Whitcomb, moved, 310 words)
Conviction overturned for case spotlighted in 'Making a Murderer'
A federal judge on Friday overturned the murder conviction of one of two Wisconsin men serving life sentences for the 2005 slaying of a freelance photographer in a case spotlighted in the popular Netflix television documentary "Making a Murderer." (WISCONSIN-DASSEY/OVERTURNED (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Justin Madden, 418 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St Week Ahead - Consumers are flocking to discount apparel retailers, but investors are faced with nothing close to a bargain as stocks in the sector rally. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD, moved, 456 words)
More airline outages expected as carriers grapple with aging technology
Airlines are likely to suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers have not spent enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts tell Reuters. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/IT (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Jeffrey Dastin and Jim Finkle, 1,110 words)
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