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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-08-07 00:01 1 Machete-wielding man yelling in Arabic wounds two Belgian police officers The attacker was shot and subsequently died of his wounds. (4.50/5) 2016-08-06 19:01 1KB www.jpost.com 2 US teen Thrasher claims first Rio gold in shooting

(3.16/5) US teenager Ginny Thrasher got hooked on shooting when deer hunting with her grandfather and on Saturday that passion saw her past China's champion sharpshoo... 2016-08-06 17:49 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 3 2 Belgian cops wounded in Muslim machete attack Contact WND (3.09/5) (London Mirror) Two police officers have been attacked with a machete by a man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ outside a police station in Belgium. The cops, reportedly both female, were attacked in the city of Charleroi this afternoon. The attacker was shot in the chest... 2016-08-06 19:38 1012Bytes www.wnd.com 4 Olympics-Police detonate backpack near finish line of Rio Olympic cycling race

(3.07/5) By Scott Malone and Caroline Stauffer , Aug 6 (Reuters) - A loud blast shook the media seats near the finishing line of the men's cycling road... 2016-08-06 18:12 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 5 HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day One at the Rio Olympics

(2.10/5) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Latest news from the first day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (all times GMT): 1908 VIETNAM'S HOANG WINS GO... 2016-08-06 19:44 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 6 Bye bye, 'Scary Lucy'! 'Frightening' statue of Lucile Ball is replaced with a new sculpture for

(2.05/5) the comedian's 105th birthday A new statue of Lucile Ball was unveiled in the late comedian's hometown of Celoron, New York, on Saturday, which would have been Ball's 105th birthday. The statue replaced 'Scary Lucy'. 2016-08-06 19:13 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 7 Rio Olympics 2016: Chris Froome GB gold bid fails as Geraint Thomas crashes (1.06/5) Great Britain's Chris Froome misses out on a medal in the men's road race as Geraint Thomas crashes and is hospitalised. 2016-08-06 19:28 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 8 Mixed first morning for Great Britain at Rio 2016

(1.06/5) Great Britain had ups and downs on the first morning of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here, Press Association Sport's Simon Peach wraps up the action from across Ri... 2016-08-06 18:55 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 9 Rio organizers apologize for delays entering Olympic venues

(1.06/5) Olympic organizers apologized to the spectators who endured delays accessing venues on the first full day of competition. 2016-08-06 14:56 1KB www.heraldonline.com 10 Yusra Mardini delights with butterfly heat win for Refugee Olympic Team (1.02/5) The Syrian teenager, who last year dragged a dinghy carrying fellow refugees to safety in the Mediterranean, was delighted to win the first heat in the women’s 100m butterfly 2016-08-06 20:17 3KB www.theguardian.com 11 Belgian championship results and standings

(1.02/5) Aug 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Belgian championship matches on Saturday Saturday, August 6 Eupen 0 Mechelen 2 Excel Mouscron 0 Charleroi... 2016-08-06 19:54 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 12 WikiLeaks walks back claim on hacking Trump tax returns Contact WND (1.02/5) (CNN) WikiLeaks on Saturday walked back a claim made by its founder, Julian Assange, that it was “working on” obtaining Donald Trump’s undisclosed tax returns. Assange’s remark came at the end of a contentious interview Friday with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, during which... 2016-08-06 19:37 1KB www.wnd.com 13 Olympics-Volleyball-Women's Group A results

(1.02/5) Aug 6 (Gracenote) - Olympic women's volleyball Group A results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. 3 Cameroon 0 Japan 1 Korea 3 STANDINGS P W L F A Pts 1. ... 2016-08-06 19:22 972Bytes www.dailymail.co.uk

14 Olympics-Cycling-Belgian Van Avermaet wins thrilling road race

(1.02/5) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Belgian Greg van Avermaet snatched a dramatic gold medal in the men's Olympic road race, outsprinting Denm... 2016-08-06 18:59 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 15 Two people shot dead close to two Olympic Games sites - police (0.06/5) Two people have shot in separate incidents close to two Olympic Games sites, police have confirmed. 2016-08-06 20:02 1KB www.independent.ie 16 Atlanta woman was escort who helped rob men, authorities say An Atlanta woman assisted in robbing two men in Athens while meeting with them as an escort, according to a media report. 2016-08-06 22:52 949Bytes www.ajc.com 17 A Reminder to Dear Hillary: Corporations Are Us At her fine speech at the DNC accepting the nomination, Mrs. Clinton listed some things she would give away free to her fans... 2016-08-06 22:29 3KB spectator.org 18 Josh Carney demonstrates a variety of birdcalls Avid hunter and motivational speaker Josh Carney cycles through a number of birdcalls Saturday afternoon at the Nichols Store in Rock Hill. He's on a nationwide tour promoting hunting safety. 2016-08-06 22:26 3KB www.heraldonline.com 19 Stranded kayaker rescued after crocodile attack A man is rescued after spending three days stranded on an Australian island following a crocodile attack. 2016-08-06 22:25 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 20 Trump Attacks Clinton's 'Short-Circuit' Claim Republican nominee Donald Trump tweeted his response to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's first press conference in over 240 days, criticizing Clinton for saying she "short-circuited" when she told 2016-08-06 22:29 3KB dailycaller.com

21 Olympic Opening Ceremony Raised Awareness Of Global Warming The opening ceremony Friday of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro included a lengthy video intended to "raise awareness" of global warming. The video, narrated by actress Judi Dench, incl 2016-08-06 22:29 2KB dailycaller.com 22 Analysts Laugh Off Elon Musk's New Assertion Elon Musk said this week that it would have been a conflict of interest had Tesla Motors not merged with flailing solar panel producer SolarCity, despite several analysts saying the exact opposite. 2016-08-06 22:29 3KB dailycaller.com 23 Theater: A wandering tale Actor Elad Shippony takes his musical theater production ‘The Wandering Israeli’ on a weekly journey – in English. 2016-08-06 21:13 7KB www.jpost.com 24 European parliamentarians to form first ever pro-settler caucus The Samaria Regional Council boosts that it has hosted some 150 parliamentarians from around the world. 2016-08-06 21:09 2KB www.jpost.com 25 ‘Beam me up’ – Shauli Einav transports himself to Jerusalem Paris-based Israeli saxophonist unveils new CD this week with intimate show. 2016-08-06 21:05 6KB www.jpost.com 26 The routine of war: 24 hours on the front line against ISIS It’s World War I trench-style warfare and the Peshmerga are defending a 1,000 kilometer front line. 2016-08-06 20:29 13KB www.jpost.com 27 Rhino Poaching Yesterday Rhino poaching in the Corridor Reserve...the tract of land joining Umfolozi and Hluhluwe game Reserves in Zululand. 2016-08-06 20:15 3KB www.news24.com 28 Berger shoots 62 to take lead after 3 rounds at Travelers CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Daniel Berger, last season's rookie of the year on the PGA Tour, missed three cuts in January and February and began hearing the whisp... 2016-08-06 19:55 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

29 Bodies of two British climbers recovered from the Matterhorn The bodies of two British climbers have been recovered from the Matterhorn in the Alps after they went missing in bad weather. The two men sent out an alert... 2016-08-06 19:45 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 30 Search for pilot after light aircraft plummets into sea A search is under way for a pilot after a light aircraft crashed into the sea. The plane, which is thought to be able to carry up to four people, plummeted i... 2016-08-06 19:45 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 31 North Korea bans crosses amid fresh crackdown on Christians Contact WND (Premier) Items with crosses on them are being confiscated across North Korea as the secretive state begins its latest crackdown on Christianity. The dictatorship has banned crucifixes and crosses, according to Radio Free Asia. Clothing, books, jewellery and other items are being binned... 2016-08-06 19:40 942Bytes www.wnd.com 32 Planned Parenthood to register voters at clinics Contact WND (LifeNews) In one of Planned Parenthood’s newest disturbing schemes, women now can both register to vote and have their unborn babies aborted in its facilities across the country. The Hill reports Planned Parenthood just announced its plans to begin helping people register to vote at its... 2016-08-06 19:40 1KB www.wnd.com 33 Trump campaign hires firm behind 'Brexit' Contact WND (The Wrap) Donald Trump and his team have upped their game to win the race for the White House by hiring the company that got the Brexit message to millions, resulting in the split of Great Britain from the European Union. Cambridge Analytica is a marketing... 2016-08-06 19:40 1KB www.wnd.com 34 Believe TWA Flight 800 story? Pilots don't Contact WND It’s one of the greatest mysteries in American history. But the government conspiracy of silence surrounding the destruction of TWA Flight 800 is beginning to break down – thanks in part to two books on the subject by crusading journalist Jack Cashill. Years ago, Cashill wrote “First... 2016-08-06 19:39 6KB www.wnd.com

35 scores four tries in Leeds rout at Featherstone centre Kallum Watkins scored four tries as Leeds made an impressive start to the Super 8s Qualifiers with a 62-6 rout of Featherstone. The Rhinos had... 2016-08-06 19:39 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 36 Zimmerman punched for 'bragging' about killing Trayvon Contact WND (WFTV) The man who said he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in self-defense said he was punched in the face while he was talking to people at a restaurant in Sanford over the weekend. George Zimmerman and a friend called 911 after a man accusing him... 2016-08-06 19:38 1KB www.wnd.com 37 Anti-rape protesters disrupt Zuma's speech A group of women protesting against rape have disrupted President Jacob Zuma’s speech at the IEC’s results centre. 2016-08-06 19:34 1KB www.news24.com 38 Ryan Giggs who split from wife Stacey amidst cheating rumours in May looks worse for wear as he heads home from Kensington nightclub The footballer, 42, appeared to be showing the strain of the split with his wife as he left Bodo's Schloss night club in Kensington on Friday, after a boozy night on the town as a newly-single man. 2016-08-06 19:22 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 39 Guyana reviews child home regulations after fatal fire GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana says it is reviewing regulations on child-care centers and welfare homes because of a fire that killed two... 2016-08-06 19:19 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 40 Ecuador appeals to tourists to return as earthquake hits economy By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost four months after a devastating earthquake hit Ecuador, a leading government minister... 2016-08-06 19:07 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 41 Donald Trump wishes Olympians luck 'big league' In a "good luck" message to the US Olympic team, Donald Trump may have also cleared up an ongoing debate between some 2016 observers. 2016-08-06 19:03 2KB rss.cnn.com 42 Take a cold shower Orlando! Katy Perry seems less than impressed by actor's overly touchy-feely display on a public beach... as he gets naked again just days after THOSE nude paddle board pics Orlando Bloom, 39, was in a fruity mood once more during his raunchy getaway with girlfriend Katy Perry, 31, as he fondled her breasts and smothered her with kisses on a public beach. 2016-08-06 18:46 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 43 Zionist Union MK rips Netanyahu, Defense Ministry following 'cynical' response to US "As Israel approaches closing a crucial aid agreement with the United States, Netanyahu is using the Defense Ministry like a tool of the Likud Party," said Zionist Union MK Erel Maraglit. 2016-08-06 18:38 4KB www.jpost.com 44 Syrian rebels 'free Manbij civilians' Video posted online claims to show civilians being evacuated from the centre of the Syrian city of Manbij amid heavy gunfire. 2016-08-06 18:22 677Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 45 The Latest: Dozens rally after latest Chicago police videos CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the release of videos of a Chicago police shooting (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Dozens of people are gathering on Chicago's sout... 2016-08-06 18:17 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 46 Egypt's el-Sissi defends handling of nation's ailing economy CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Saturday defiantly dismissed criticism of his handling of the country's ailing economy, arguing that the skeptics were seek... 2016-08-06 18:13 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 47 Hillary Clinton admits she may have 'short circuited' answers on email controversy Hillary Clinton attempted to clarify Friday recent misleading statements about her use of a private email server at the State Department, saying she "may have short-circuited" her answers about it. 2016-08-06 18:10 6KB rss.cnn.com 48 Japan's Uchimura leads despite tumble in Rio Japanese gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura showed a rare sign of nerves as he took a tumble when opening his Olympic all- around title defense in Rio on Sat... 2016-08-06 18:09 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 49 With flair, Olympic beach volleyball is underway RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Men and women in skimpy swimsuits frolicked in the surf, sprawled out on towels or kicked around a soccer ball at Copacabana Beach. Oth... 2016-08-06 18:07 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 50 England-Pakistan 3rd Test Scoreboard BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Scoreboard Saturday at stumps on the fourth day of the third cricket test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston: Alastair Cook... 2016-08-06 18:02 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 51 Open Letter to Mosotho Moepya IEC Boss As Bolsheviks Party of South Africa we would like to voice our serious concerns over certain anomalies that we witnessed on the day of the election. 2016-08-06 18:00 2KB www.news24.com 52 Theo the puppy gets second chance at life after Ace the pit bull takes his owner off course in Jersey City Ace the pit bull went off course during a walk with his owner last week in Jersey City, New Jersey. He took his owner to an empty home, where the man found baby Theo (pictured). 2016-08-06 17:56 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 53 Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry dumps TOWIE hunk Jon Clark after catching him 'arranging a meeting with another girl' over text The Geordie Shore star, 21, has reportedly dumped new TOWIE beau, 26, after she catching him out messaging another girl regarding a date, just one day after the reality star pair met for drinks. 2016-08-06 17:51 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 54 Taliban's new commando force tests Afghan army's strength KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An elite new Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ab... 2016-08-06 17:45 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 55 These are the most lifelike balloon animals from Japan you have ever seen These balloon animals are created by artist Masayoshi Matsumoto who lives in the Chiba prefecture of Japan. The 26-year-old chemical engineer makes the crafts in his spare time. 2016-08-06 17:41 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 56 Air strike on Syrian hospital kills 10 - Observatory BEIRUT, Aug 6 (Reuters) - An airstrike on a hospital in northwestern Syria on Saturday killed 10 people, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human... 2016-08-06 17:36 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 57 Olympics-Swimming-Starting lists rewritten as banned Russians return By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russian swimmer Natalia Lovtsova was reinstated at the last minute to the women's 100 metres butterfly on... 2016-08-06 17:35 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 58 Maya 'snake dynasty' tomb uncovered holding body, treasure and hieroglyphs Find is ‘one of the largest burial chambers ever discovered in Belize’ and contains hieroglyphic panels, skeleton and offerings hidden for 1,300 years 2016-08-06 17:28 6KB www.theguardian.com 59 Team GB hammer hosts Brazil 29-3 as Sevens takes Rio 2016 by storm The Team GB women's Sevens team made a winning start to their Rio 2016 campaign. A 29-3 victory over hosts Brazil formed part of an exciting day of rugby as the sport made its Olympic debut. 2016-08-06 17:22 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 60 Michelle Keegan transforms into Corporal Georgie Lane in first trailer for Our Girl Michelle Keegan's Our Girl promises to be a dramatic affair if the newly released teaser trailer is anything to go by. 2016-08-06 17:21 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 61 Missing Ohio teen found safe in Grand Teton had changed look MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Searchers located an Ohio teen who went missing in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday and tracked her down after she fled when authorit... 2016-08-06 17:18 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

62 Austrian far-right leader likens Turkish coup to Reichstag fire VIENNA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's failed coup and President Tayyip Erdogan's subsequent purges of state institutions are reminiscent of the Reichstag fire i... 2016-08-06 17:10 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 63 US Jewish groups dismayed by Movement for Black Lives accusing Israel of genocide The American Jewish Committee said that the Movement for Black Lives libels Israel while “diluting the moral seriousness” of terms like “genocide” and “apartheid”. 2016-08-06 17:09 3KB www.jpost.com 64 Uber driver to see his son compete in Rio thanks to passenger To make ends meet, Ellis Hill drives for Uber, but he could never have imagined just one fateful trip could earn him enough money to change his life. 2016-08-06 17:08 3KB rss.cnn.com 65 LO ULTIMO: Japón pasa susto en gimnasia; Brasil en segundo RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Las últimas noticias sobre los juegos Olímpicos en Río de Janeiro. Todas las horas son locales. ___ 13:10 El actual campeón mundial, Ja... 2016-08-06 17:06 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 66 sevens makes Olympic debut France's Camille Grassineau made history Saturday with the tournament's first try as made its debut at the Olympic Games. Grassineau was put thr... 2016-08-06 16:59 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 67 20 absurd headlines from Donald Trump's week In most campaign seasons, the days following the conventions are counted on to provide a bit of a breather ahead of the sprint to Election Day. But 2016 is a different beast -- and Donald Trump a unique candidate. This past week delivered a volume... 2016-08-06 16:38 9KB rss.cnn.com 68 Cara Delevingne sports her favourite pink beanie as she celebrates her 24th birthday Cara, who is currently promoting her summer blockbuster Suicide Squad, wore her favourite bright pink beanie as she made her way inside. 2016-08-06 16:25 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

69 New York Gov. Cuomo's Start-Up jobs figures don't add up ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic development program may have created fewer jobs than the state says. The Democratic gover... 2016-08-06 16:24 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 70 's is just an ordinary mom as she enjoys married life with Ryan The 43-year-old was spotted picking up groceries near Vail, Colorado. The original Bachelorette has been married to Ryan since 2003; the lovebirds have two children. 2016-08-06 16:06 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 71 Charting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton doesn't appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democr... 2016-08-06 16:05 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 72 Bizarre prison letters of slain Melbourne gangland boss Carl Williams Prior to being bashed to death in jail, notorious Melbourne gangster Carl Williams wrote letters that shed light on his love life and on the bloody underworld war he was embroiled in. 2016-08-06 16:01 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 73 Olympics-Huge queues and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Rio de Janeiro Olympics got off to a shambolic start on Saturday with fans queuing for hours to ent... 2016-08-06 15:54 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 74 Air Algeria plane lands safely after technical fault ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Air Algeria plane en route to Marseille has been forced to return to Algiers due to an unspecified technical failure. The airline... 2016-08-06 15:44 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 75 MPs face six-year booze ban: Parliament WILL move to Sharia-owned office block in 2020 Richmond House in Whitehall, which houses the Department of Health, was transferred to finance an Islamic bond scheme in 2014. MPs will move there when the refurbishment begins in 2020. 2016-08-06 15:35 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

76 Olympics-Rugby-French women first winners as 92-year wait ends By Nick Mulvenney RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Rugby, a sport so often played in mud and rain, returned to the Olympics in brilliant Rio sunshine on Sat... 2016-08-06 15:33 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 77 Leicester City players head to London for Community Shield against Manchester United... but not everyone was behind wheel of £105,000 BMW sportscars presented 24 hours earlier Talisman Jamie Vardy stuck to driving his trusted Bentley to training rather than the £105,000 BMW I8 bought for him by Foxes chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Friday. 2016-08-06 15:28 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 78 Szczesny targets title with Roma Aug 6 (Reuters) - AS Roma's on-loan keeper Wojciech Szczesny is determined to end the club's long wait for the Serie A title this season. Szczesny spent last... 2016-08-06 15:28 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 79 Five people arrested over 'Pink Panther' jewel thefts Five people have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of being members of the notorious "Pink Panther" gang of jewel thieves. 2016-08-06 15:22 1KB www.independent.ie 80 Detroit Tigers minor leagues: 3 up, 3 down, 3 to watch Free Press sports writer George Sipple takes a tour of the Tigers’ minor league system (statistics entering Saturday) 2016-08-06 15:21 2KB rssfeeds.freep.com 81 Puerto Rican OB-GYNs Offer Free Birth Control To Fight Zika : Shots With the Zika epidemic raging around them, OB-GYNs in have launched a plan to offer free contraception across the island. Doctors say the island has a high unplanned pregnancy rate. 2016-08-06 15:14 4KB www.npr.org 82 Michigan photo book features letter after MSU heartbreaker Written letter provided inspiration to Wolverines after Spartans' stunning win as U-M went on to win 10 games in 2015 2016-08-06 15:14 3KB rssfeeds.freep.com 83 Sydney teenagers injured after brawl involving 200 people breaks out at Rouse Hill party A 17-year-old boy was bashed over the head with a beer bottle and a 19-year-old was stabbed in the back after a party got out of control at Rouse Hill in western Sydney late on Friday night. 2016-08-06 15:10 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 84 Pence stops by chili parlor as part of Indiana, Ohio tour Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is campaigning in southern Indiana and Ohio, including a stop at a well-known Cincinnati chili parlor. 2016-08-06 15:10 1KB www.charlotteobserver.com 85 London stabbing suspect charged with murder, remanded to custody The 19-year-old man charged with the fatal stabbing of a U. S. tourist in London made an appearance in British court Saturday. 2016-08-06 15:09 1KB www.upi.com 86 Keidel: Teixeira Knows What It Means To Be A Yankee More Than Anyone To those who abhor New York, Mark Teixeira is a perfect emblem of the modern Yankees. The product of a spending spree, a player groomed by another team only to be hand-delivered to Darth Vader. 2016-08-06 15:09 5KB newyork.cbslocal.com 87 Orlando Nightclub Killer Was Shot 8 Times By Law Enforcement, Autopsy Says : The Two- Way : NPR Omar Mateen did not have illegal drugs or alcohol in his system, according to an autopsy report released by the medical examiner in Orange County, Fla. 2016-08-06 15:09 3KB www.npr.org 88 How the president launches an atomic bomb Hillary Clinton has recently been trying to paint Donald Trump as unfit to be entrusted with the authority to launch America's nuclear arsenal. 2016-08-06 15:07 4KB rss.cnn.com

89 Rowers at Rio get off to a choppy start amid high winds Australian gold medal contender Kimberly Brennan just avoided a major setback after nearly sinking. A Serbian boat capsized. 2016-08-06 15:06 3KB www.csmonitor.com 90 Inventiveness accompanies pop-ups’ proliferation Entrepreneurs go beyond pop-up storefronts and eateries to try new and unexpected offerings. 2016-08-06 15:03 4KB www.pressherald.com 91 Friday's Delaware County arrest log Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed 14 people Friday. 2016-08-06 14:53 1KB rssfeeds.thestarpress.com 92 Olympics-Cycling-Czech Sablikova awaiting CAS decision on time trial place RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Czech rider Martina Sablikova must await the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to see if she... 2016-08-06 14:53 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 93 Republicans for Hillary? Clinton campaign woos those lost by Trump Prominent GOP figures have forged an array of groups to support the Democrat – but some experts doubt the Republican ‘rank and file’ will follow suit 2016-08-06 14:52 7KB www.theguardian.com 94 Lottie Moss puts on a busty display in revealing camisole and skin-tight jeans in London Last week she returned to London after a sun-soaked getaway in Mallorca. And on Friday evening the model put her radiant, even tan on fine display as she stepped out of Bodo's Schloss. 2016-08-06 14:47 1011Bytes www.dailymail.co.uk 95 WWE star and wrestling Champion (Includes interview) WWE Champion Damien Sandow sat down and chatted with me at a pizzeria in Farmingdale about his "Thank You" Tour, and future plans. 2016-08-06 14:44 2KB www.digitaljournal.com 96 2 jailers moved into policing jobs after Bland's death DALLAS (AP) — Less than two months after the death of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was jailed in Texas after a routine traffic stop, two of her jailers qu... 2016-08-06 14:44 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk

97 Jill Stein faces uphill battle in U. S. presidential race The Green Party in the U. S. is to hold its nominating convention for president this weekend in Houston, Texas. The convention is expected to nominate Jill Stein as its presidential candidate. 2016-08-06 14:43 7KB www.digitaljournal.com 98 Sheep Dog Splash and Dash at Westwinds church raises money for first responders All of the money raised from the children's obstacle course event goes towards Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, a charity aimed at serving the needs of police, fire, military and rescue workers across the country. 2016-08-06 14:41 1KB www.mlive.com 99 Detroit sailor Bora Gulari satisfied with Rio 2016 water cleanup Gulari, a sailor, will compete in the Nacra 17 (mixed multihull) at noon Sunday 2016-08-06 14:41 3KB rssfeeds.freep.com 100 2 Chinese miners kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, police say Police say gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese miners in central Nigeria. 2016-08-06 14:40 1KB www.heraldonline.com Articles

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1 Machete-wielding man yelling in Arabic wounds two Belgian police officers (4.50/5) BRUSSELS A machete- wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar! " (God is greatest) injured two female police officers before being shot outside the main police station in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday, police in the city said. The attacker, who was shot by a third officer, subsequently died of his wounds, but the police officers were out of danger, they added. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Prime Minister Charles Michel took to Twitter to condemn the attack, while Interior Minister Jan Jambon called it cowardly. Islamist bombers killed 32 people in suicide attacks at Brussels airport and a metro station in March, and many of the jihadists who carried out attacks on Paris last November in which 130 people died were based in Belgium. Brussels, home to European Union institutions and the headquarters of NATO, and the rest of Belgium are currently on a security alert level of three out of a maximum of four, a "serious" status with a "possible and probable" threat. Two Belgian police officers come under machete attack by man who yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ bignewsnetwork.com

The Latest: Belgian premier says attack may be terrorism dailymail.co.uk

Belgium police attack: Machete-wielding man attacks 2 officers rss.cnn.com Machete-wielding attacker who injured two female police officers dies after police shot him independent.ie

Machete-wielding attacker shot dead after wounding two police officers independent.ie 2016-08-06 19:01 www.jpost.com

2 US teen Thrasher claims first Rio gold in shooting (3.16/5) US teenager Ginny Thrasher got hooked on shooting when deer hunting with her grandfather and on Saturday that passion saw her past China's champion sharpshooters to claim the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Games. The 19-year-old edged past Athens 2004 champion Du Li in the final shot in the women's 10m air rifle. London 2012 titleholder Yi Siling took bronze. "It's been a whirlwind of a summer. I have been travelling internationally the entire summer, and this is just the icing on the cake," said the West Virginia University student. Thrasher accumulated 208 points, one clear of Du, with Yi on 185.4. Olympic chief Thomas Bach was on hand to do the honours at the 2016 Games' first podium presentation. "This is beyond my wildest dreams," she added. "It's very special for me to start out in Rio 2016 for the United States. " Recounting the story of how she took up the sport in the first place she recalled: "It was 8th grade, my grandfather took me hunting, I got my first deer, I really liked the adrenalin. " Shooting was the first of 12 gold medals in play on a crammed opening day of competition. There are more than 300 titles on offer over the next fortnight at the 2016 Olympics. Thrasher claimed gold just 11 hours after Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro lit the Olympic cauldron at the climax of Friday's spectacular opening ceremony. An absorbing competition was led briefly by Daria Vdovina, one of the Russian contingent competing in Rio in the shadow of the massive doping scandal that has dogged the Games build- up. Encouraged by vociferous supporters she eventually slipped off the pace to finish fifth. Yi was bang in contention to successfully defend her crown but sharp shooting saw Thrasher and Du go head to head, with the young American, displaying maturity beyond her years, edging it on the final shot. "I knew if I made the final anything could happen," said the happy winner. "I focused on breathing, I was here to give it my best shot. "Halfway through when I took the lead it was clear to me I had a chance, I was taking one shot at a time. " While the winner can look forward to many more Games, Rio may have been Du's last appearance at an Olympics. "I've competed in four Games, this one might be my last one," the 37-year-old said. Dethroned champion Yi meanwhile was reflective. "Everyone wants to win the first gold medal of the Rio Games. I think I've done a good job, I won the first title in London and was only a little bit behind here, I did my utmost. " Surprise absentees from the final were Serbian duo Andrea Arsovic and Ivana Maksomovic, both rated major threats but who misfired in qualifying. For New York native Thrasher this was a dream Olympic debut after only taking up the sport four years ago. And due to the new scoring system introduced in Rio she can also lay claim to setting a new Olympic record. America’s Virginia Thrasher shoots for victory clinches gold at Rio bignewsnetwork.com

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3 3 2 Belgian cops wounded in Muslim machete attack Contact WND (3.09/5) (London Mirror) Two police officers have been attacked with a machete by a man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ outside a police station in Belgium. The cops, reportedly both female, were attacked in the city of Charleroi this afternoon. The attacker was shot in the chest and leg by a fellow officer and later died. The attacker reportedly walked up to a checkpoint at the police station just before 4pm. He pulled a machete from his bag and slashed at the officer.

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4 Olympics-Police detonate backpack near finish line of Rio Olympic cycling race (3.07/5) By Scott Malone and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A loud blast shook the media seats near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race on the first day of the Rio Olympics when Brazil's bomb squad detonated an unattended backpack on Saturday, amid tight security at South America's first Games. A Reuters witness reported seeing bomb squad agents in protective clothing operating near the area where media were seated on the boulevard of Copacabana beach. That followed the detonation of another unattended bag near the same spot on Friday evening during the opening ceremony for the Games. A spokeswoman for the public security department said that officials believe the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but protocol requires any unattended objects to be destroyed. The controlled blast occurred at 1:45 p.m. (1645 GMT), the spokeswoman said. Lorie Schmetterling, who traveled from Moorestown, New Jersey with her husband Eric to cheer on their daughter Laura, who is rowing for the U. S. Olympic team, had not heard the blast but was disturbed to learn it had occurred just a few hundred meters from where she was staying. "You hear all these terrible things about how it is going to be and then you get here and it seems fine," she said. "Then this happens and you feel it, you go on high alert again. " Schmetterling said the incident would not alter her plans in Rio. A security source said that officials were particularly concerned about this bag because it was close to the Russian hospitality site for the Games. In recent days, bomb squad members have detonated several unattended bags in controlled explosions around Rio amid high security. Brazil detained 12 people for suspected links to Islamic State last month but it has insisted that the risk of an attack at the Games is minimal. Brazil has deployed some 85,000 police and military to guard the Games, roughly twice the number at the 2012 London Olympics. (Reporting by Scott Malone, Caroline Stauffer and Rodrigo Viga; Writing by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Mark Bendeich and Bill Rigby)

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5 HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day One at the Rio Olympics (2.10/5) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Latest news from the first day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (all times GMT): 1908 VIETNAM'S HOANG WINS GOLD IN MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL Xuan Vinh Hoang became Vietnam's first ever Olympic gold medallist with a score of 202.5 in the men's 10m air pistol. That was enough to see off second place Felipe Almeida Wu of Brazil and bronze medallist Wei Pang of China. 1905 PEATY ON HIS MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE WORLD RECORD "I went out pretty fast, quite easy, came back and I heard everyone cheering and I thought 'what are they cheering for, there are no Brazilians in this lane?'. " 1859 VAN AVERMAET ON WINNING GOLD IN THE MEN'S ROAD RACE "It's the greatest feeling ever to get gold. I'm a classics (race) guy so I hold on well. "It was a stressful race with all the crashes. There was a lot of risk taking. " 1839 BELGIUM'S VAN AVERMAET WINS THE MEN'S ROAD RACE Greg van Avermaet won gold in the men's road race after outsprinting Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang at the end of the 237.5 km course. Rafal Majka of Poland finished third. READ MORE Swimming- Peaty smashes own 100m breaststroke record Gymnastics-Frenchman Ait Said suffers horror break in qualifying Cycling-van Avermaet wins thrilling gold in men's road race Gymnastics-Tears and cheers as Zanetti and Hypolito shine Police detonate backpack near finish line of Rio Olympic cycling race Swimming-Park fails to qualify for 400 freestyle finals Water polo-Serbia hit back for dramatic draw with Hungary Beach volleyball- Winning start for Brazil delights partisan crowd Hockey-Hockey grapples with Olympics 'wake up call' in Rio Gymnastics-Uchimura fall caps a day of errors for favourites Japan Judo-Brazil hopes dashed for early first Rio gold Beach volleyball-So Brazil! Copacabana debut delights fans despite queues Table tennis-Youngest U. S. Olympian suffers opening round defeat Boxing-Tommasone makes boxing history as first Games professional Swimming-Starting lists rewritten as banned Russians return Huge queues and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games Rowing-Rough start on Rio lagoon Shooting-American teenager Thrasher wins first gold of Games 1824 BRITAIN'S PEATY BREAKS OWN WORLD RECORD IN 100M BREASTSTROKE Britain's Adam Peaty set a world record of 57.55 seconds in the men's 100 metres breaststroke heats at the Rio Olympics on Saturday, beating his own mark of 57.92 set in London last year. 1725 PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICIAL CONFIRMS CONTROLLED EXPLOSION A public security official said the loud blast, which was heard near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race, was the controlled explosion of an unattended backpack. A spokeswoman for the public security department said that officials believe the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but protocol requires any unattended objects to be destroyed. 1636 LOUD BLAST HEARD NEAR OLYMPICS CYCLING COURSE, BOMB SQUAD ON SITE - REUTERS WITNESS A loud blast was heard near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race at the Rio Olympics on Saturday but there were no signs of panic or injuries and the race continued. Bomb squad agents in protective clothing were operating near the media seats at the site but the cause of the blast was not immediately clear. 1430 AMERICAN TEENAGER THRASHER ON FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT RIO 2016 "It was nerve-wracking. My heart was pounding but I would not have changed it. I just had a plan today to do the best I could and I'm happy with my result. " 1358 THRASHER WINS FIRST GOLD OF 2016 RIO OLYMPICS IN WOMEN'S 10M AIR RIFLE 19-year-old American Virginia Thrasher has won gold in the women's 10m air rifle. She edged out China's Du Li with an Olympic record score of 208, while Du's compatriot Yi Siling finished third to take the bronze medal. 1232 RIO 2016 MEN'S ROAD RACE BEGINS Brian Cookson, president of the International Cycling Union, drops the flag and the 237.5km race is under way. Briton Chris Froome, a three-times Tour de France champion, is the favourite for gold, but will be tested by team mate Steve Cummings and Alejandro Valverde of Spain. (Compiled by Shravanth Vijayakumar; Editing by Clare Fallon, Bill Rigby and Toby Davis) Meet the Olympic Refugee Team for Rio 2016 rss.cnn.com

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6 6 Bye bye, 'Scary Lucy'! 'Frightening' statue of Lucile Ball is replaced with a new sculpture for the comedian's 105th birthday (2.05/5) A new statue of Lucille Ball has been unveiled in the late actress' hometown to replace one that was dubbed 'Scary Lucy.' Hundreds of fans gathered Saturday in Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the western New York village of Celoron. They watched as the tarp was removed from the statue made by sculptor Carolyn Palmer. An unflattering version by another artist was banished after a Facebook campaign named, 'We Love Lucy! Get Rid of this Statue.' On Saturday, at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park, those who signed the petition got their wish as the new statue - designed by sculptor Carolyn Palmer - was unveiled. Saturday would have been Ball's 105th birthday. The new statue is being shown as part of this year's Lucille Ball Comedy Festival in nearby Jamestown. Celoron Mayor Scott Schrecengost says 'Scary Lucy' will be given another spot in the park. Palmer was selected from a national competition of 60 artists to craft the new Lucy likeness. However, the old statue is likely to stay put as it has become a unique tourist attraction in the 'I Love Lucy' star's home. The 'Scary Lucy' sculpture, Dave Poulin, also acknowledges the statue is 'by far his most unsettling sculpture'. But Palmer considers her design to be 'her baby' since it took her nine months to make. She she said she used a red wig, 'I Love Lucy' episodes and models dressed in 50s clothing as inspiration. Palmer made sure Lucy had two- and-a-half inches of heels and hair to keep her true to life. 'I not only wanted to portray the playful, animated and spontaneous Lucy, but also the glamorous Hollywood icon. 'I just hope that all the Lucy fans are pleased and that Lucille Ball herself would have enjoyed this image of her,' Palmer said. Palmer has a history of sculpting famous daces and her work includes Pope Francis, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Orville and Wilbur Wright and Thomas Jefferson. Poulin has said he will refurbish the 'Scary Lucy' at his own cost, but the mayor of Celoron declined, saying he'd rather start fresh with a new artist. It's possible the mayor has declined due to the infamy of 'Scary Lucy' brought on by her fan page. Yahoo reports that the anonymous man behind the page says he's a 'big fan of Lucy's.' 'Lucille Ball was not only an amazing comedienne, but she was a stunning beauty. Her sense of humor only made her more beautiful,' he told the site. 'This statue looks nothing like the beautiful Lucy we all know. If for no other reason than that... the statue should go.' He added: 'I don't think this can be repaired. Take a look at the beautiful statues Nick at Nite created for 'Bewitched' and 'The Honeymooners' and Bob Newhart… it needs to be something more like those.' While the organizer said he is a fan of Poulin's work, this time he failed to do his subject justice. 'I think it looks like a monster. That is just my opinion,' he told Yahoo. 'When you see it at night, it is frightening.' The statue depicts Ball during one of her most loved moments on the pioneering show 'I Love Lucy,' her intoxicated pitch for the Vitameatavegamin health tonic. The statue was the latest way the town has tried to honor its most famous resident, with the Jameston area already home to a Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center for Comedy.

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7 Rio Olympics 2016: Chris Froome GB gold bid fails as Geraint Thomas crashes (1.06/5) Great Britain's Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas missed out on a medal in the men's road race at Rio 2016 as Belgium's Greg van Avermaet took gold. British hopes were ended when Thomas crashed on the final descent, after Froome and Adam Yates had failed to stay with the leaders. Thomas finished the race in 11th place and went to hospital for treatment. Froome, who was 12th, goes for gold again in Wednesday's time trial, hoping to better his bronze at London 2012. A thrilling finish saw Van Avermaet win the sprint to the line, leaving Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang to take silver and Poland's Rafal Majka bronze. Yates came home in 15th while the other British riders, Ian Stannard and Steve Cummings, did not finish. Before the race Froome had described the picturesque 237.5km road-race route as the most brutal course in Olympic history, but the three-time Tour de France winner's challenge did not falter until the final 20km. By then, fewer than 40 of the 144 riders were left in contention but Britain's riders remained well placed, with Thomas part of a six-man lead group that had opened up a 30-second gap on what was left of the peloton. Froome and Adam Yates were back in that pack along with pre-race favourites Alejandro Valverde of Spain and Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, who was waiting to make his move. It came on the penultimate descent of when Nibali bridged the gap. Yates got across too but was dropped early on the final set of ascents when the race completely split and Froome was left with too much work to do. Thomas was left as Britain's last chance of a medal but did not have the legs to stay with the three leaders - Nibali, Colombia's Team Sky rider Sergio Henao and Majka. That trio looked set to contest the medals until the final descent when Nibali and Henao both crashed out, with Thomas sliding off the road soon afterwards. Majka was left clear but could not hold off Fuglsang or Van Avermaet, who won the sprint to the line. Three of Britain's five riders were involved at the front of the race until almost the very end and the other two, Stannard and then Cummings, had sacrificed their individual chances to haul in an early breakaway. Olympic gold medallist and BBC cycling co-commentator Chris Boardman said: "We did not win a medal because ultimately we did not have the legs for it but, tactically, that was the best Olympic road race I have seen from the British team, so hats off to them. "They gave themselves plenty of options rather than concentrating on one rider, and used them superbly. All five rode fantastically well and I was really impressed by how they managed their resources. "Thomas did a phenomenal job, the whole team did. Britain's best rider was expected to be Froome but for me Thomas would have been the better sprinter if it had come to that. " Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. Sat 6 Aug, 12:00 & 00:00 BST, BBC Radio 5 live Sat 6 Aug, 12:10-04:00, BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC Red Button & Connected TV Kids Running Races Open Water Swimming

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8 Mixed first morning for Great Britain at Rio 2016 (1.06/5) Great Britain had ups and downs on the first morning of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here, Press Association Sport's Simon Peach wraps up the action from across Rio and looks ahead to the rest of the day. Day one action so far; :: Reigning champion Katherine Grainger, GB's most successful female Olympic rower, and Vicky Thornley were pipped to victory in the women's double sculls heats, finishing 0.5 seconds behind the Lithuanian boat. Alan Campbell won his men's single sculls heat, while Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes moved through in the men's pair by finishing second in their heat. There were also second-place finishes for Ireland's Sanita Puspure in the women's single sculls and Britain's lightweight men's fours, but men's double sculls and men's quadruple sculls have to navigate the repechage after both finishing fourth. :: Ashley McKenzie went out of the men's judo competition in the second round to Kazakhstan's Yeldos Smetov in the men's -60kg division. The 27-year-old Londoner, competing in his second Olympics, made a good start with victory over Turkey's Bekir Ozlu, only to suffer a close defeat to 2015 world champion Smetov. :: Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jen McIntosh failed to make the women's 10 metre air rifle final. The 25-year-old Scottish shooter finished 15th from 51 starters, but she does have another event next Thursday. America's Virginia Thrasher won the event, becoming the first gold medallist of Rio 2016. :: Britain's tennis players made an inauspicious start to their campaign as doubles pair Colin Fleming and Dom Inglot lost 6-3 6- 0 to little-known Mexicans Santiago Gonzalez and Miguel Angel Reyes- Varela in just 51 minutes. :: Team GB boxer Galal Yafai secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Simplice Fotsala of Cameroon in the preliminary stages at . Coming up later on day one; :: Chris Froome, fresh from his third Tour de France success less than two weeks ago, has a chance of winning Team GB's first medal at Rio 2016 in the road race. :: James Guy could become Team GB's first medallist in the pool when the Bury-born swimmer goes in the 400 metres freestyle at around 2:30am on Sunday morning. Guy will be joined at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium by fellow Britons Hannah Miley, who will also be seeking a podium in 400m individual medley, and Adam Peaty, who has the heats and semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke to navigate.

Meet the Olympic Refugee Team for Rio 2016 rss.cnn.com 2016-08-06 18:55 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

9 Rio organizers apologize for delays entering Olympic venues (1.06/5) Olympic organizers apologized to the spectators who endured delays accessing venues on the first full day of competition. Organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said Saturday measures were being taken to prevent a repeat of the long lines to enter parts of the Olympic Park by enhancing the entry systems. "We apologize to everyone who is standing in the sun in lines outside the venues," Andrada said. Spectators have to go through airport-style security checks before entering Olympic venues. "This morning is the first morning of the Olympic Park with a full crowd and some of the procedures and some of the systems did not talk to each other," Andrada said. "We brought people in to help the coordination... we owe the public an explanation. " Addressing questions about official buses getting lost, Andrada said at a briefing that organizers would check if drivers had sufficient training. "We don't have major structural problems with transport," Andrada said.

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10 Yusra Mardini delights with butterfly heat win for Refugee Olympic Team (1.02/5) There will be plenty of inspiring swims in the Rio pool this week but few to match the personal odyssey completed by Yusra Mardini on the opening day of competition. Last year the Syrian teenager was battling in the sea for survival with fellow asylum seekers while trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos. To go from there to winning the opening heat of the 100m butterfly at the Olympic Games is the ultimate illustration of drawing strength from adversity. For those minded to complain about minor irritations in Rio such as humidity in the aquatics centre or a few nibbling insects, the 18-year-old’s story should serve as a timely reminder of life’s more pressing issues. Last summer Mardini and her sister Sarah fled their home in Damascus for Beirut, Istanbul and finally Izmir in Turkey, where they managed to squeeze on to a dinghy crossing the Mediterranean. Thirty minutes into their journey the motor stopped and the overcrowded boat, carrying 20 people, threatened to capsize. There was no option but for Yusra, Sarah and another woman to enter the water and push and drag the dinghy towards the shore. They were the only ones on board who could swim. “I thought it would be a real shame if I drowned in the sea, because I am a swimmer,” Mardini said last week. The proximity of the open ocean off Rio might have stirred some uncomfortable flashbacks. All of which made her first Olympic experience such a momentous one. The venue may have been far from full and her heat loaded with competitors entertaining nil hope of reaching the final but Mardini was the most popular of winners in a time of 1min 9.21sec, just over a second faster than her nearest heat rival. Afterwards she could scarcely contain her joy: “Everything was amazing. It was the only thing I ever wanted was to compete in the Olympics. I had a good feeling in the water. Competing with all these great champions is exciting. I’ve only been back swimming for two years so we’re only now getting back to my levels of before.” Now living and training in Germany, Mardini is competing in Brazil under the banner of the specially-formed refugee team made up of 43 athletes who have been forced to flee their homelands. Unlike some competitors she also attended the opening ceremony and has been determined to enjoy her Olympic experience to the full: “The ceremony was really amazing but I couldn’t stay because I had to race.” For her next trick Mardini hopes to be back for the 2020 Games in Japan but has already made good on her personal pre-Olympic pledge. “I want to make all the refugees proud of me. It would show that even if we had a tough journey we can achieve something.” It is the kind of narrative from which everyone on Earth can draw strength.

Syrian refugee Mardini hails 'amazing' Olympic experience dailymail.co.uk 2016-08-06 20:17 Robert Kitson www.theguardian.com

11 11 Belgian championship results and standings (1.02/5) Aug 6 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Belgian championship matches on Saturday Saturday, August 6 Eupen 0 Mechelen 2 Excel Mouscron 0 Charleroi 1 Waasland-Beveren 0 Zulte Waregem 2 Friday, August 5 Oostende 1 Club Bruges 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Zulte Waregem 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 2 Charleroi 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 3 Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 Club Bruges 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 3 Racing Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6 St Truiden 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 ------7 Mechelen 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 7 Oostende 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 9 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 9 Westerlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 11 Gent 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 11 Kortrijk 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 13 Lokeren 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 Excel Mouscron 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 15 Waasland-Beveren 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 ------16 Eupen 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 1-6: Championship play-off 7-15: Europa League play-off 16: Relegation Still being played (GMT): Saturday, August 6 Standard Liege v St Truiden (1830) Next Fixtures (GMT): Sunday, August 7 Lokeren v Westerlo (1230) Anderlecht v Kortrijk (1600) Gent v Racing Genk (1800)

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12 WikiLeaks walks back claim on hacking Trump tax returns Contact WND (1.02/5) (CNN) WikiLeaks on Saturday walked back a claim made by its founder, Julian Assange, that it was “working on” obtaining Donald Trump’s undisclosed tax returns. Assange’s remark came at the end of a contentious interview Friday with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, during which the two discussed WikiLeaks’ recent disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails and voicemails. Assange, who has vowed to release more information to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign, was asked by Maher, a Clinton supporter, whether he plans to similarly disrupt Trump’s presidential prospects. WikiLeaks walks back Assange claim on hacking Trump tax returns rss.cnn.com 2016-08-06 19:37 www.wnd.com

13 Olympics-Volleyball-Women's Group A results (1.02/5) Aug 6 (Gracenote) - Olympic women's volleyball Group A results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Brazil 3 Cameroon 0 Japan 1 Korea 3 STANDINGS P W L F A Pts 1. Brazil 1 1 0 3 0 3 2. Korea 1 1 0 3 1 3 3. Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 3=. Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 5. Japan 1 0 1 1 3 0 6. Cameroon 1 0 1 0 3 0 SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 FIXTURES (GMT) Russia v Argentina (2330) Rio de Janeiro

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14 Olympics-Cycling-Belgian Van Avermaet wins thrilling road race (1.02/5) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Belgian Greg van Avermaet snatched a dramatic gold medal in the men's Olympic road race, outsprinting Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang alongside the Copacabana beach after a spectacular day of racing on Saturday. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali looked primed to win gold but crashed heavily on the final descent of the 237.5km route, leaving Poland's Rafal Majka out on his own. Majka tried valiantly to hold on but with victory in sight he was caught less than two kilometres from the finish line by Van Avermaet and Fuglsang. Van Avermaet's powerful sprint told in the final 100 metres as he sped across the line to claim the gold medal. Majka hung on for third place. (Editing by Ed Osmond) Belgium's Van Avermaet prevails in brutal Olympic road race cbs46.com 2016-08-06 18:59 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

15 Two people shot dead close to two Olympic Games sites - police (0.06/5) Two people have shot in separate incidents close to two Olympic Games sites, police have confirmed. Last night, police shot a mugger near the stadium where the Rio Olympics opening ceremony took place. While a woman was killed when she was driving past one of the main entrances to the Olympic Boulevard, which hosts the Olympic flame. The architect (51) was attacked by three armed muggers, police said. As she tried to flee, she was shot in the head. Meanwhile, an anti-bomb squad at the Olympic Games in Rio detonated an unattended backpack near the end of the cycling course today, a spokeswoman for the public security department said. Officials expect the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but protocol requires any unattended objects to be destroyed, she said. The controlled blast occurred at 1.45 pm (4.45 pm GMT), the spokeswoman said Machete-wielding attacker shot dead after wounding two police officers independent.ie 2016-08-06 20:02 Geraldine Gittens www.independent.ie

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17 A Reminder to Dear Hillary: Corporations Are Us At her fine speech at the DNC accepting the nomination, Mrs. Clinton listed some things she would give away free to her fans if and when she wins. They were paid leaves and medical care of various kinds and free tuition and forgiveness of student debt for millions of college students and grads. Standard politicians’ bribes. Where would the money come from? Well, of course we all know it really will come from adding to the already impossible national debt. But Hillary said that she would also raise taxes on the super-rich (fine with me) and go after the wicked “corporations.” Cheers, cheers, cheers from the crowd. They HATE corporations. But again, what is a corporation and why do the Democrats hate them? It’s not a creature of monsters from hell. A corporation is a group of men and women who organize to design, produce, and distribute goods and services ranging from airplanes to eggs to underwear to hemorrhoid relief. Corporations take in money from investors, who then own stocks in the corporation. They share the reward when the corporations’ goods and services are profitable, and they get dividends or capital gains. They suffer losses when business is bad and they can — and often do — lose all of their investment. Meanwhile, the consumers get air travel and breakfast and clothing and fast fast fast relief. That’s what a corporation is, and I suspect Hillary, no dope, knows that corporations are usually a historically uniquely efficient way to deliver goods and services. Competition among them tends to keep them efficient and lean and we all benefit. What most of the corporate haters — especially the students — don’t seem to realize is that those corporations they execrate are very largely owned by them and their schools and their families. Roughly half of all U. S. families own stock in corporations directly or indirectly. The dividends and capital gains from these stocks go to send the children of these families to school. They go to provide a retirement for hard-working men and women who have accumulated stock through their 401 K’s and other plans. Yes, a disproportionate amount of stock is owned by the very rich. They give hundreds of millions if not billions to the Democratic Party, among other good causes. If citizens think rich people are too rich, Congress can raise rates on the rich and they often have. But why raise tax rates on corporations whose earnings benefit retired coal miners and school teachers? Where is the sense in attacking the entity that pays for retirement for the ordinary citizen after decades of dreary work? As for the students who lust for the blood of the corporation, their “education” is paid for very largely by earnings from college and university endowments. Those endowments generally hold stock in corporations as their main asset. Gains on these investments pay a lot of the college freight. If Mrs. Clinton goes after corporations and university endowments are hit, Mr. Trump won’t suffer. The corporation and its stock are the geese that have laid the golden eggs for decades for education. Do the “feel the Bern” folks really want to go after them? Soaking the rich has its points. I agree. We’re all envious. But soaking the legal form that benefits Americans of all kinds is nonsense. The corporations are not the enemy. The corporations are us.

2016-08-06 22:29 Ben Stein spectator.org

18 Josh Carney demonstrates a variety of birdcalls Rock Hill Eagle Scout Harris Vaughan came up with an idea to install mile markers on the Catawba River for boaters. With the help of York County Emergency Management, six miles of markers have been installed from the Lake Wylie dam to Landsford Canal State Park. Molly Spearman, state superintendent of education, came to Fort Mill on Wednesday to meet with local educators. Her message was clear: keep leading the state. Scenes from Carowinds' second annual Bands, Brews and BBQs end of summer celebration. The festival includes craft beer from the Carolinas, a variety of barbecue samples and live music. Bands, Brews and BBQs runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Aug. 14. Booths are open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Sheriff's Foundation of York County donated 574 backpacks and school supplies to all four York County school districts Wednesday during the fourth annual Operation Back Up. The Foundation bought $1,700 worth of backpacks and used remaining funds and donations to purchase school supplies. Nickerson, 4, is an orphan and a sponsor child of the Cherikos family of Tega Cay. Michelle Cherikos, a former Strawberry pageant title holder, volunteers with Give Hope Global, a faith-oriented non-profit based in Fort Mill. Gold Star families who have lost loved ones in combat in wars are outraged at Donald Trump for taking on a Gold Star family of a Muslim soldier who was killed in action in Iraq. TJ Dudley's mother, Robyn, is demanding Trump apologize. Light Bright Boxing of Rock Hill returned to Fort Mill Saturday for its annual Night of Boxing event featuring amateur boxers ranging in age from 17 to 37 Larry Feller of Smyrna in western York County is one of only two farmers in South Carolina to grow hops, a plant used to flavor beer. The owner of Persimmon Hill Hops has grown 1,200 plants and is hopping on board with local breweries. The farmer has successfully grown two varieties of hops and plans to expand into additional fields at his farm. Luke and Brittney Stasi and their five children are in Kenya trying to change the lives of impoverished children by handing out 1,000 soccer balls as part of their Slum Soccer ministry. Dozens of local kids of all ages beat the heat Friday by attending the Vacation Bible School held by Tega Cay Baptist Church at Steele Street Park near downtown Fort Mill.

2016-08-06 22:26 www.heraldonline.com

19 Stranded kayaker rescued after crocodile attack A man whose kayak was attacked by a saltwater crocodile has been rescued from an island in . The unnamed man was left stranded on Townshend Island, off the coast of , for three days after the crocodile sank its teeth into his boat. He told authorities he fended off the animal before paddling to the island, where he stayed for three days. He was rescued by helicopter on 6 August after activating a locator beacon. "He was very fortunate," a spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority told AFP. "It didn't pierce the kayak. He said he was running on adrenaline [to get to the island]. " The man was prevented from leaving the island by bad weather and a low tide. He activated his rescue beacon after running out of provisions. Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest living reptiles. They have become more common in Australia since becoming a protected species in 1971. Read more:

2016-08-06 22:25 www.bbc.co.uk

20 Trump Attacks Clinton's 'Short-Circuit' Claim Republican nominee Donald Trump tweeted his response to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s first press conference in over 240 days, criticizing Clinton for saying she “short-circuited” when she told supporters FBI director James Comey said her comments were honest. Clinton made an appearance at a conference hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Friday afternoon. After her remarks, she agreed to take questions from members of the press. Clinton attempted to describe the process through which she was able to claim Comey sided with her, before finally telling reporters, “I was pointing out in both of those instances, that Director Comey had said that my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That really is the bottom line here,” she said. “What I told the FBI, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what I have said publicly. I may have short-circuited and for that I will try to clarify.” Trump began his assault on Twitter by saying she didn’t do well in her remarks. Hillary Clinton is being badly criticized for her poor performance in answering questions. Let us all see what happens! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016 Trump then continued a few hours later mentioning Clinton’s words exactly. Crooked Hillary said loudly, and for the world to see, that she “SHORT CIRCUITED” when answering a question on her e-mails. Very dangerous! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016 Finally, Trump concluded with his final tweet to date on the subject. Anybody whose mind “SHORT CIRCUITS” is not fit to be our president! Look up the word “BRAINWASHED.” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 6, 2016 His second tweet was a response to a Clinton push to label the Republican nominee as dangerous. In an interview with CBS’s Charlie Rose in July, Clinton used the word dangerous to describe Trump. “What he has laid out is the most dangerous, reckless approach to being president than I think we’ve ever seen,” Clinton told Rose. Rose then asked if the Democratic nominee thought Trump was the most dangerous man to run for the office of president, Clinton responded, “I believe that.” Follow Phillip On Twitter Have a Tip? Let us Know Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].

2016-08-06 22:29 dailycaller.com

21 Olympic Opening Ceremony Raised Awareness Of Global Warming The opening ceremony Friday of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro included a lengthy video intended to “raise awareness” of global warming. The video, narrated by actress Judi Dench, included maps and graphics of the Antarctic ice sheet and claimed that steadily rising sea levels could flood much of the globe. Environmental activists , including the founder of the environmental group 350.org, immediately took to Twitter to praise the video. A conservative columnist noted on Twitter that the video ignored Brazil’s serious corruption problems, and a meteorologist noted that the display was extremely hypocritical given Brazil’s horrible environmental record, tied in no small part to the aforementioned corruption. Extreme corruption punctuates the Olympics, as Brazil goes through one of the largest political scandals in the country’s history. Brazil’s former socialist President Dilma Rousseff has been fighting impeachment since December over over a corruption scandal involving the state-owned oil company Petrobras illegally financing political campaigns. In May, Brazil’s Senate suspended Rousseff’s powers and duties. Rousseff and other members of the country’s government have been dogged by accusations of high-level corruption and graft tied to Petrobras since she assumed office in 2014. The Petrobras scandal has already led to an investigation of popular former President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva and toppled numerous Brazilian political and business leaders. Rousseff and the socialist Worker’s Party deny the allegations. The scandal began when police identified $3.7 billion in suspicious payments from the oil company last January and many suspect that Rousseff and her political party skimmed billions from Petrobras’ revenues to illegally finance political campaigns. Rousseff is also being investigated for manipulating public accounts to mask a growing government budget deficit. Follow Andrew on Twitter Send tips to andrew@ dailycallernewsfoundation.org . Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].

2016-08-06 22:29 Energy Environmental dailycaller.com

22 Analysts Laugh Off Elon Musk's New Assertion Elon Musk said this week that it would have been a conflict of interest had Tesla Motors not merged with flailing solar panel producer SolarCity, despite several analysts saying the exact opposite. If shareholders approve, the fusion of the two companies would dramatically increase the size of Tesla’s workforce to 30,000 employees. It’ll help create a unique combination of solar, storage and transportation. The announcement drew criticisms from analysts, and tech investors, many who suggest the fusion of the two Musk-aligned companies represents a conflict of interest. Musk has deep family and professional ties with Solar City’s board. He’s also got a vested interest in preventing Solar City’s collapse. Jen Wieczner of Fortune went so far as to call the conflicts “ blindingly obvious ,” yet Musk apparently disagrees. Investor group CtW Investor Group, which owns 200,000 shares in Tesla, said the market’s “hostile reaction” to the SolarCity deal was induced, in part, by the group’s recognition that Donald Kendall, chief executive of investment management firm Kenmont, is the only person on the SolarCity board without deep-rooted ties to Musk. Prior to the coupling, it was discovered that 6 of the 7 board members on SolarCity had direct family or partnership ties to Musk. SolarCity’s chief executive officer, for instance, is Lyndon Rive , Musk’s cousin. And even though he assured reporters he would recuse himself from the “decision-making process,” the criticisms continued. JB Straubel, Tesla’s co-founder and current SolarCity Board of Director, played a big part in designing Tesla’s electric vehicles, focusing on their batteries, motor, power electronics, as well as their software systems. The tech-entrepreneur insisted his critics are completely off the mark — “The conflicts of interest are if we don’t merge,” Musk told reporters during a walk through of Tesla’s Nevada-based Gigafactory. “As separate companies, it’s very difficult for us to work together,” Musk said. “It’s a very awkward process,” that can only be solved by combining the two companies “It’s very limited what we can do until we’re one company.” If Tesla bound itself to SolarCity without merging, Musk said, then it would appear as if the electric vehicle maker was propping up the solar panel maker. Investment analysts are not buying Musk’s arguments. Salome Gvaramia, the COO of tech company research group Devonshire Research Group, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Musk’s justification for the merger is badly flawed. “If the goal is to facilitate seamless collaboration between the two companies in order to increase production efficiency, reduce carbon footprint, etc.,” Gvaramia said, “it can be achieved on contractual basis between two independent entities.” The merger itself, she added, makes it look like Tesla is propping up the beleaguered solar panel company. “If Mr. Musk was not the common denominator between the two entities,” Gvaramia said, “it would merely be a bad business deal. Now it looks much more questionable. Follow Chris on Facebook and Twitter Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].

2016-08-06 22:29 dailycaller.com

23 Theater: A wandering tale Elad Shippony is as independent as it gets. For the past 10 years, he has sold his theatrical show, The Wandering Israeli, based on his personal travel stories, solely through hard work and word-of-mouth. This summer, Shippony developed the original Hebrew version into English and is appearing every week at the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa through the end of August. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Shippony will take The Wandering Israeli on an American tour starting on September 11 in Los Angeles, then going on to Palo Alto on the 12th and New Jersey on the 15th. Shippony sat down with The Jerusalem Post to talk about using language as a means of connection, the joy of traveling, and selling the English show before it actually existed. Can you tell me about yourself? I was born in Israel, but when I was three my parents moved to LA. That’s where I grew up, but I always knew I would come back because they instilled in me this love for Israel. It was my dream to become a journalist. I had a choice to either go to Columbia University on scholarship or go back to Israel and join the army. So I came back to Israel and joined the army. I was adopted on Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. It’s funny because it’s the same kibbutz Ehud Barak was born on. He was the IDF chief of staff when I was a soldier. I lived next door to his mother. She was working in the laundromat. It’s only in Israel that the mother of the commander the IDF could be folding my clothes! I served in Golani and I really enjoyed the army. When I finished, I went to travel for a few years. I spent a year in Africa. I bought all kinds of art in Africa that I sold on Venice Beach in California, which helped pay for my next trip to South America. I learned Spanish during the year I was in South America and realized how amazing it is to travel when you can actually speak with the local people. It gives you a whole new dimension. Did Spanish help you tremendously in LA as well? Oh yeah, suddenly I was walking the streets of LA and wow, I can speak to people! When you speak to people in their native tongue, they open up to you. That’s when I really found a love for languages. When I came back to Israel after traveling, I became a youth counselor on Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. Every year, I would leave for three months to travel. In 1994, right after the peace signing between Jordan and Israel, I decided that I wanted to learn Arabic. I packed a backpack and went to Amman [Jordan] for three months. I stayed in a hostel and learned Arabic off the streets. I came back fluent. It’s changed my life in Israel to be able to speak Arabic. In 1999, I got married and we went traveling to New Zealand. We came back and she was pregnant with our first daughter, so I realized that I needed to find a real job. High-tech was booming at the time and I got a good job as a technical writer. It was nice and a good-paying job, but inside I knew it wasn’t my calling. So I started to write my travel stories. These travel stories became the basis for ‘The Wandering Israeli’? Yes, I had never performed before or learned acting professionally, but I thought I would see what happened. I knew I needed something more in my life. After I had written a few travel stories, I started marketing them as a show. It started off really slowly. I was doing it with another guy who is a percussionist. We were invited to perform in small gatherings like birthday parties. We did that for a year, and then it started to pick up. We added another musician, a guitarist. Then we found a director, who worked with us. She is amazing; she made the show what it is. Within a year of working with her, we were performing on kibbutzim and moshavim. Can you describe the show? I go in and out of character; I’m the narrator and the various characters. The main story is my time in Amman. The live music sets the tone. For instance, when I go to South America or Africa, the music changes. It’s not just a travel story, but things that relate to Israelis. The show is very funny. The humor is not below the belt; it’s clean. We’ve been invited to perform in front of religious communities. We’ve performed in front of Arabs also. We performed a few months ago at a teacher’s conference in Carmiel and half of them were Arab. They enjoyed it very much because the Arab characters have a prominent position in the show. But nothing is political. The whole idea is very optimistic, so people connect with it. The story is about traveling and there is not one person who doesn’t find joy in traveling, whether you’re a backpacker or you go to the most expensive hotels. So there are two shows now, one in Hebrew and one in English? We started off with the Hebrew show. We performed that for the past 10 years with no external PR, and it’s a good show. We also performed once a month in Tel Aviv. All of it was word-of-mouth. I recently decided that I wanted to take it on tour to the United States, but when I contacted production companies that specialize in bringing Israeli productions to the US, they all said no. All I need to hear is “you can’t.” So we started doing it ourselves. We figured out how it works and that the main areas are LA, Palo Alto, Boston and New Jersey. So we sent out mail. When we sent mail out to the Palo Alto JCC, the woman who was in charge of cultural events saw our promotional material and recognized our percussionist because he was with her in class in Hod Hasharon. We closed the show right away. In Jersey, we kept trying to contact this one particular lady at the JCC who we knew could help us, but we weren’t having any luck getting through. One day, I’m sitting in the dining hall on my kibbutz, telling my neighbors this story, and they told me that they have a cousin in New Jersey who they can connect me to. It turned out that the cousin was the same woman we were trying to reach! Those are things that only happen to Israelis. The thing was that we said initially we needed four shows in order to make the American tour viable, but we only had three because Boston didn’t want us. So I was thinking what I could do, and I thought of an English show. This way we could sell it back to back with the Hebrew one, and it worked. I sold them the English show without actually having one at that point. Now we had six shows, one in Hebrew and one in English at each venue, but we needed to develop the English show. So I went to the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa and convinced the manager to let us perform there every Monday night. We’ve been doing that for the whole summer. It turns out that there are no long-running theatrical English shows geared for tourists in Israel. Sometimes you follow an idea, and it turns out to be an amazing opportunity. Shippony performs The Wandering Israeli in English at the Arab-Hebrew Theater in Jaffa every Monday this month. To purchase tickets to the Wandering Israeli at the Arab-Hebrew Theater, go to: http://www.arab- hebrew-theatre.org.il/en/show.php?id=2783 . For more information on the Wandering Israel, go to: https://www.facebook.com/iNoded/ .

2016-08-06 21:13 Ariel Dominique www.jpost.com

24 European parliamentarians to form first ever pro-settler caucus European politicians this fall plan to form the first ever caucus group to support West Bank settlements at the European Parliament. “There is a strong bias prejudice of the current European elites against Israel in the Israeli Palestinian conflict,” said a member of the European Parliament Petr Mach of the Czech Republic. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. He has led the charge at the European Parliament to form the group Friends of Judea and Samaria. Mach was inspired to act by his relationship with Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan. Since taking office last year Dagan has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor Gershon Mesika, in actively soliciting support for Judea and Samaria at the European Union. The Samaria Regional Council boosts that it has hosted some 150 parliamentarians from around the world. This includes Mach. Last week, Mach and Dagan issued a joint video about the formation of the new group, which will include some 10 European parliamentarians who support the West Bank settlements. Among the issues they plan to tackle, said Mach, is European Union funding for the Palestinian government which is “used directly or indirectly to sponsor terrorists.” The group will also work to sway the EU to include the settlements in its free trade agreement with Israel and to halt its support for consumer labeling of products from the settlements. “I could see in Samaria that Jews and Arabs work there together and by boycott, by setting tariffs against Jewish products the EU actually harms not just Jews but Palestinians as well. I think that this European policy is simply stupid,” Mach said. “I see Israel as a friend and an important ally of Europe in defense and in the fight against terrorism,” said Mach. He is the vice chair of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group in the European Union. Dagan added, “The war against the boycott is important for Israel.” With regard to Mach’s efforts, he added, “your support of Judea and Samaria is critical for Israel in this day. Thank you very much, you are really a friend of Israel.”

2016-08-06 21:09 TOVAH LAZAROFF www.jpost.com

25 ‘Beam me up’ – Shauli Einav transports himself to Jerusalem There are dozens, actually it seems like hundreds, of bright, talented Israeli jazz musicians doing the country proud out there in the big wide world. New York is, of course, the epicenter of the global jazz scene and, as such, attracts the greatest number of our talented boys and girls. But there are a few who prefer to peddle their polished wares in other domains. Saxophonist Shauli Einav did his stateside time, completing a master’s degree at the University of Rochester in Upstate New York, followed by a five-year stint in New York City itself. It was a formative period for the now 34-year-old saxophonist. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. “The fact that you could go and see the greats play live was so important,” he notes. “And, of course, there is always so much going on there.” But, after his seven-year sojourn in the US, romance came into play and Einav’s then girlfriend Naama – now his wife and mother of their two-year- old son, Yoel – triggered a European relocation plan. “Naama is an opera singer and there’s a lot more opera in Europe,” explains Einav. “And I also connected with a French record label at the time.” The couple duly upped stakes and moved to Paris. Einav is currently back in Israel to visit family and friends, to give some master classes and also to officially launch his latest CD, Beam Me Up, out on German label Berthold Records. The new offering, Einav’s fourth release, will be unveiled at a gig at Jerusalem’s cozy HaMazkeka venue on Tuesday (9:30 p.m.). For anyone who caught the original popular sci-fi Star Trek television series, or repeats, or YouTube excerpts, the name of the album will instantly ring a bell, as the request made of the Starship Enterprise’s chief engineer Scotty to transport Captain Kirk back to the ship. Einav would like his music to have a similar moving effect, in the galvanizing sense of the term. “I liked Star Trek as a kid, but it’s not from that,” he explains. “I want my music to infuse people with energy, and to take them to higher places.” Judging by his output to date, Einav has been following a pretty sharply inclined creative trajectory of his own. He has a robust yet lyrical sound to his horn playing. Beam Me Up, which includes seven originals plus a hidden bonus track that kicks in around 80 minutes after the last official track, shows that the Parisian resident has taken his writing skills to a new level. Intriguingly, the entire album is inspired by a work from very different musical climes – the Visions Fugitives series of short piano pieces by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev between 1915 and 1917. “This album is a sort of commentary on Prokofiev,” says Einav. “I don’t know if the listener will immediately get that, but every piece I worked on is inspired by a specific piece, or pieces, of Visions Fugitives series.” The opening track goes by the enigmatic name of “1415” which, as Einav explains, feeds off pieces 14 and 15 of the Prokofiev opus. “The series is really special for me,” he continues. “You can hear a bit of it and you think it sounds familiar, but it really isn’t. As a jazz musician who is interested in harmony and rhythm it really grabbed me. I don’t know if he was a jazz artist at heart, but he was a real groundbreaker. He could write neoclassical stuff that is sort of reminiscent of Mozart or Haydn, but he would write all sorts of weird harmonies and tempos. He is a composer I really admire.” Beam Me Up is far from a neoclassical outing, however. Einav brings all his impressive evolving arsenal to bear in the project, which he recorded with a quartet of fellow Parisians – keyboardist Paul Lay, double bass player Florent Nisse and drummer Gautier Garrique, with guitarist Pierre Durand joining in the fun on “76 San Gabriel.” The latter title comes from the Rochester address of pianist Don Friedman where, as a master’s degree student, Einav would go to jam on weekends. Einav received a good education in the states, following a bachelor’s degree from the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. But, in fact, the reedman started out on a very different instrument. “I was the Boyer boarding school in Jerusalem and I started on piano but I didn’t like the teacher,” recalls Einav. “Then I started on alto saxophone. I felt good with that.” Shortly after the instrument transition, the youngster got a push in the requisite direction from his aunt. “She lived in the United States and she sent me a double CD of [modern jazz pioneering alto saxophonist] Charlie Parker numbers,” says Einav. “I listened to that a lot.” Einav made decent progress, and his learning curve took an incremental leap when he encountered Arnie Lawrence, a seasoned jazz saxophonist and educator from New York who made aliya towards the end of the 1990s. “I used to walk from school to his place in Ein Kerem,” Einav remembers, adding that it wasn’t love at first sight.” I didn’t really understand what he wanted from me to begin with. I lacked confidence. Arnie was pretty tough on me but he was so passionate. I eventually got what he wanted from me.” Lawrence, who died in 2005 at the age of 66, was a guiding light for generations of budding musicians here, the likes of pianist Omri Mor and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. He also cofounded the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. “I wouldn’t be doing what I am today without Arnie,” Einav declares. “He was the link between the real deal, American jazz, and Israel. I think that anyone who did not study with Arnie missed that connection.” Einav certainly didn’t miss that link, and continues to take Lawrence’s formative jazz guidance to ever higher levels. For the HaMazkeka CD launch gig Einav will enjoy the accomplished sideman services of pianist Nitzan Gavrieli, veteran Jerusalemite bassist and educator Tal Gamlieli and 20-year-old drummer Evyatar Slivnik. This is a rare opportunity to hear some cultured Paris sounds from a top homegrown artist. For more information: http://www.mazkeka.com

2016-08-06 21:05 BARRY DAVIS www.jpost.com

26 The routine of war: 24 hours on the front line against ISIS BASHIQ, Iraqi Kurdistan – It is two kilometers to the nearest ISIS position here in northern Iraq and Peshmerga Gen. Bahram Yasin regularly welcomes journalists to his unit’s base camp of operations. An Iraqi news crew will stop by to video the general, following the progress of any liberated villages or welcomed refugees. A freelance photographer from Holland and a videographer from Brazil have stayed several nights at the camp. Two nights earlier, they were on hand to document Peshmerga receiving over 200 refugees, Iraqis fleeing their homes in villages close to Mosul as the days march closer to an offensive on Iraq’s second largest city, which has been under the control of ISIS since 2014. Peshmerga (“Those Who Confront Death”) are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. The general – a 25-year Peshmerga veteran – still has a youthful appearance. He’s trim, but his edges are somewhat soft. He carries himself with quiet dignity, and the respect his men show him is enough proof of his power and stature. Stationed northeast of Mosul, Yasin is in charge of a smattering of defensive firing positions manned by a combination of his own Peshmerga units, PAK (Kurdistan Freedom Party) Iranian Kurdish volunteers, and PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) militia fighters. Further support is given by coalition air strikes – the general stresses the importance and efficacy of the air strikes – and Turkish artillery along the front line that routinely answer Islamic State mortar fire with tank shells. A Sunni militia is stationed nearby, its ranks made up of young refugee men from minority groups who fled Mosul – their own tragedy compounded by the fact that ISIS murdered their family members. “The situation has changed because of our alliance with other Peshmerga forces,” the general explains through a translator. “The Peshmerga are ready to attack ISIS position because ISIS morale is very low.” It’s World War I trench-style warfare and the Peshmerga are defending a 1,000 kilometer front line. In the valleys they shoot the enemy from earthen berms; they dig trenches laced with barbed wire in front of their positions to stop the enemy. In the hills and mountains – like Bashiq – the Peshmerga carve themselves into the hillside. They reinforce their positions with rock- filled sandbags; they sleep in concrete bunkers. But they take care not to forget what they’re fighting for. Pockets of beauty break up the monotony of the desert. At Yasin’s base, a water truck comes in every morning and soldiers take turns watering decorative plants and a small garden. Ivy creeps up the side of the general’s sleeping quarters. The general’s position in northern Iraq is of great strategic importance. His units are embedded in the hillside, rising up at intervals, stretching toward the looming Bashiqa mountain. ISIS – stationed in the valley below – usually attacks with mortar fire, snipers, suicide bombings and cars laden with explosives. The general laments his fighters’ lack of advanced weaponry. Many Peshmerga say that they bring or buy their own weapons, with the most popular being Soviet-era Kalashnikovs and, more rare, AK-47s or M16s. Many of the men under the general’s command are veterans of previous wars against the Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein. They fought for survival for themselves and their people. Today is no different. Some of the more advanced American- made weapons are taken from killed ISIS fighters – these weapons were originally supplied to the Iraqi army and seized by ISIS during their 2014 blitz of the country. However, on July 7, a significant step forward in supplying the Peshmerga took place with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the US and the Kurdistan Regional Government. This memorandum will allow the US to offer direct military and financial assistance to the Kurds without first going through Baghdad. The signing followed a surprise visit by US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to Erbil, a significant show of support for the Kurds that is independent of the US support for Baghdad. The Kurdistan Regional Government maintains that Baghdad withholds military and financial aid meant for Kurdistan, yet a spokesman for the international coalition in Iraq said that international assistance is divided proportionally among the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army, and that all equipment is handed over after completion of an eight-week course; time that – while necessary – can bottleneck the supply of goods. The spokesman said 8,000 Peshmerga have already gone through the training course. AS THE fight against ISIS marks its second year, all eyes are on Mosul. The Peshmerga defensive position extends in a wide semicircle surrounding the majority Sunni city, with a population of around 1.7 million. It’s the Islamic militant group’s de facto capital in Iraq (their Syrian capital is Raqqa). In December 2015, the Peshmerga secured a significant strategic and symbolic victory when they retook the western city of Sinjar, cutting off the main road from Raqqa to Mosul. Sinjar is also a testament to the extent of ISIS’s brutality; it committed genocide against the area’s Yazidi population. They murdered the men and kidnapped the women, selling them off as wives to ISIS fighters, routinely raping and torturing them. The Peshmerga have been the most successful of Iraq’s fractured groups – Sunni and Shi’a militias and the Iraqi army – in pushing back ISIS. But it will take all parties involved, including help by coalition air strikes – to retake Mosul. The groups are slowly and steadily making inroads. In the beginning of June, Peshmerga, in coordination with Kakai fighters (a minority group in Iraq), liberated nine Kakai villages from ISIS. These villages will help reinforce the next line of defense in the continued push for Mosul. Yet progress is tedious. ISIS both destroyed and rigged with explosives the majority of homes and the roads. Peshmerga need to painstakingly identify and defuse these improvised explosive devices. Peshmerga say that families, who tried to return to their homes to survey the damage and salvage any positions, were killed when IEDs rigged to a ceiling fan or in a refrigerator exploded. Peshmerga are dying as they try to clear the minefields left behind. A FEW minutes’ drive down the road from General Yasin’s encampment, Peshmerga and PAK fighters overlook an ISIS outpost. At this point, the distance is only 800 meters to the enemy. Hajjar, 25, is the commander of a group of male and female PAK Iranian-Kurdish fighters volunteering with the Peshmerga. Almost all of them were born in the Kurdish-majority southern part of Iran and fled because of persecution or to avoid conscription in the Iranian military. “The internal situation is very bad… the government of Iran are like terrorists,” Hajjar says. All of these PAK fighters are at least 10 or 15 years younger than the Iraqi-Peshmerga fighters that fight under Gen. Yasin. Hajjar points to the soldiers, “They can never go back to Iran. Iran’s government is run by a dictator; they help terrorism all over the world. They are the enemy of humanity… Iran and ISIS are the same.” When they’re not standing at attention, the soldiers sling their rifles over their shoulders and those peering through the sandbag blinds scope out movement of ISIS fighters. Laid out in one area are collectibles from ISIS: exploded mortars, RPGs and improvised Katyusha rockets. Better, a PAK female fighter mans an ISIS-captured up-armored truck, a Soviet made DShK heavy machine gun mounted on its bed. This unit of PAK arrived in 2014, shortly after ISIS started its sweep through Kurdish territory in northern Iraq. They wear two patches on their uniforms, insignia of their PAK unit, and the Iraqi-Kurdish flag, the red, white, green tricolor with a yellow sun. Eight members of their unit – one woman and seven men – were killed fighting ISIS. Their portraits hang in their bunker. In broken English, Hajjar explains that PAK are Kurdish nationalists first, and it makes sense for them to volunteer in the fight against ISIS. “My party is nationalistic, we’re liberal. Daesh [ISIS] is not democratic and against humans all over the world.” Hajjar says they will continue to align themselves with the Peshmerga even after the fall of ISIS because “all of Kurdistan should be united. We came here to support Peshmerga and kill the enemy, we want Kurdistan to be one part and not four,” he says referring to Kurdish populations spread out over Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Hajjar’s commanding officer, Erdelan Xosrewi, comes over to meet us. He smiles when he meets my colleague, Seth Frantzman, because he recognizes him from Twitter. Xosrewi says he follows both Facebook and Twitter because the Islamic Republic of Iran changes which social network it blocks at any given time. We post a photo of his soldiers on the social network and tag him in the post. Later, I’ll see that he retweeted the post. THE SUN is setting and artillery salvos are increasing. ISIS fires a mortar towards the Peshmerga. A Turkish tank-shell responds and the Peshmerga shoot off a round of ammunition. The PAK women fighters are ushered into a cement bunker to wait out the fighting. Despite the socialist nature of the PAK and its integration of female fighters, their participation in fighting is infrequent. Inside the bunker, the only light source comes from the open doorway; they pass around tea and sugar cubes, gossip in excited voices and sing a song to pass the time. They are maybe a dozen women, mostly below the age of 25. They carry Kalashnikovs and wear sneakers without socks, better to slip on and off going in and out of the carpeted bunker. A mortar explodes in the distance. “Over to Daesh,” one woman mimes. Another mortar explosion – too close – vibrates the bunker. “Daesh to Peshmerga,” she reverses her hand motion. THE SKY has turned a deep, dark blue. Constellations take form, despite the bright light of the moon. Slightly above the PAK camp, Peshmerga fighters recline on thin sheets of plywood covered by polyester blankets. They make patrols, but more than that, they wait for time to pass. Everyone present has been serving in this position for a full two years. With the slow pace of war, long stretches of nothing interrupted by short bursts of excitement, it’s an incredibly long time to have this be someone’s life. Almost all of the fighters have families – wives, husbands and children. They pass around their cell phones and share photos of their loved ones. The standard rotations here are 20 days on duty, 10 days off; but some volunteer more time at the front line. Their salaries are sporadic, going for months on end without pay. Yet, they’re bolstered by their sense of duty. The mantra is: “If we don’t fight for our land, where are we supposed to go?” Around 4 a.m. the dark blue of night is beginning to recede. A “pop pop pop” of artillery can be heard in the distance. A Peshmerga fighter standing guard at the sandbag fence is relieved from his post. He’ll go catch a few hours of sleep. Somewhere in the compound the journalists stir – rumors of refugees arriving in the night had us sleeping in shifts. If refugees came, one journalist would go wake the others; someone else goes to boil a pot of tea. A “boom” is heard in the distance. A few minutes later, a mortar explodes nearby. The day starts again. IT’S AROUND 10 a.m. when the rest of the camp wakes up. Even at this hour the heat is steadily climbing over 40º. The men gather in the dining tent for breakfast – flat bread, yogurt and sugary tea. The camp is outfitted with Wi- Fi, although the signal isn’t strong, and Kurdish news plays on a flat screen TV hung from the roof of the tent. It’s on this TV we follow the news of the terrorist attack in Nice, France, that took place the night before. On the promenade of the seaside city, a Tunisian man – allegedly inspired by Islamic State – mowed down revelers and tourists with a refrigerator truck. He murdered 84 people and wounded over 300. Just minutes before, these people were enjoying a firework display in celebration of Bastille Day. Back at the dining table, with mortar rounds from ISIS as background noise, we are all horrified at the news. One year earlier I strolled along that same promenade visiting my friend who lives in Nice. It was a beautiful, peaceful and relaxing day. But now I’m frantically trying to get Internet on my phone, to send off an email to check if my friend is safe. I run out of the tent trying to find a signal and I survey my surroundings. How is it here, at a military outpost in Iraqi- Kurdistan facing off against Islamic State, that the safety of my friends, thousands of kilometers away, is more in question than mine? We can turn our heads and see the enemy, and we curse them for what they’ve done to the world.

2016-08-06 20:29 LAURA KELLY www.jpost.com

27 Rhino Poaching Yesterday Rhino Poaching In the Corridor Reserve – Zululand. The Corridor Reserve is the tract of land joining Umfolozi and Hluhluwe game Reserves in Zululand. It has a road through it running for around 18km. The road is a shortcut joining Matubatuba and Hlabisa. It is a very busy road and a variety of animals are seen whilst driving through, including Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and smaller game species. There are no check-points on entering or leaving the reserve. Yesterday whilst driving to Vryheid on the Corridor Road, we came across a freshly poached Rhino. The police and Ezemvelo authorities were on hand but this incident brought so many questions to mind……. 1. Why does Ezemvelo Wildlife allow the Rhino to graze so close to the road, why are the Rhino not chased deeper into the reserve? Yesterday alone we counted 15 Rhino easily visible from the road, easy targets for poachers. 2. Does Ezemvelo Wildlife patrol this stretch of road, on the many occasions that I have driven this road, I have yet to see a Ezemvelo vehicle or patrol? 3. There are watchtowers all along the road and yet I have never seen them occupied or being used. Why? 4. Why are there no check points, stop and search for illegal weapons at the two gates on the Corridor Road? In-fact there are no gates at all. 5. Why can’t gates be erected at the two points and locked at night, thus closing the road through the reserve at night. I realise that this will inconvenience people but they will just have to adapt and plan their routes better. 6. Are our Rhino and other wildlife not important enough, to protect? 7. Is this not a game reserve, so why then are people allowed to speed along this road? I have never encountered speed law enforcement but animals are regularly hit by speeding cars and trucks. Something urgently needs to be done as it seems that there is no control or visible policing on this road after dark, nor in daylight hours either. As can be seen in the photographs, the watchtowers are empty and the animals roam where they want to. The photo of the three Rhino was taken within 10m of the gate. The photo of the blood is where the Rhino was slaughtered, a few steps from the road. When this photo was taken Ezemvelo had already removed the slain Rhino Come on Ezemvelo Wildlife, protect our beautiful wildlife. Close the Corridor Road at night, erect gates, start a check-point at the two gates, even start charging a toll to use this road, the toll fee will generate income for Ezemvelo Wildlife and also keep out the people unwilling to pay it. If vehicle registrations and occupants of vehicles ID numbers were recorded, there would at least be a record of who was within the reserve at a certain time…..

2016-08-06 20:15 www.news24.com

28 28 Berger shoots 62 to take lead after 3 rounds at Travelers CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Daniel Berger, last season's rookie of the year on the PGA Tour, missed three cuts in January and February and began hearing the whispers. "Everyone was starting to say sophomore slump and that kind of got me upset a little bit," he said. "Not upset, but kind of like, 'Come on, let's get going here.'" Berger earned his first PGA Tour win two months ago in Memphis, and will be going for a second on Sunday. He shot an 8-under par 62 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Travelers Championship. The 23-year-old Floridian made nine birdies, including seven on his final 10 holes, to finish at 15-under 195 after 54 holes. Berger, who is still recovering from a left shoulder injury that forced him to miss several tournaments including the British Open, had just one bogey and was two strokes off the course record, following up rounds of 66 and 67 that had him tied for the lead coming into the day. "I've shot better than 62, but I guess it doesn't matter unless it's on the PGA Tour," he said. "It was just a great day. " Russell Knox shot a 64 and Russell Henley and Tyrone Van Aswegen each shot 65 to tie for second place at 12-under par. Patrick Rodgers shot a 66 and was five strokes off the pace. Berger, who is coming off a shoulder injury, is looking for his fifth top-10 finish since April, a string highlighted by his win at the St. Jude Classic. Berger said he first tweaked his left shoulder in Memphis, then strained it at the U. S. Open. The injury forced him to withdraw after hitting his opening tee shot at the WGC- Bridgestone Invitational and he didn't return until last week at the PGA Championship. He said it expects the shoulder to be sore tonight, but it has not been bothering him on the golf course. "It feels great this week and if I do the right thing then hopefully it's gone forever. " Berger said besides the win, he's hoping for very personal reasons to secure a spot on the Ryder Cup team this summer. His father, Jay Berger, played tennis for the U. S. Davis Cup team. "I think it would be pretty cool to have a father and son play Davis Cut and Ryder Cup," he said. The golfers went out early in trios Saturday off the first and 10th tees to avoid thunderstorms predicted for the area. Knox set the pace, opening his round with three consecutive birdies. He putted the ball just seven times over his first six holes. He also is looking for his second PGA Tour win, after a victory last November at the World Championships in Shanghai. "I always tell myself, don't be scared to play well," he said. "You've got to go for it. " Berger is not the only player coming off an injury. Brooks Koepka, playing with a brace on his right ankle, shot a 30 on his back nine to finish with a 64 and go 9-under par for the tournament, tied for sixth place with Paul Casey. Koepka tore a ligament earlier this summer and, like Berger, missed he British Open. He said he decided to play the tournament rather than rest because, like Berger, he wants to get enough points to play in the Ryder Cup. "The better you play the better you feel," he said. "Today is the best it's felt in a long time. " Koepka spent the day sparring with playing partner Daniel Summerhays, who also had four birdies on the back nine, before hitting a tree on his drive at the par-4 18th. He ended up saving a bogey with a 44-foot uphill putt and goes into Sunday at 8-under par, tied for eighth place. "To see that go in, that was definitely a sigh of relief," he said. "A good putt can forgive a lot of weaknesses and sins that you've committed in one hole. " U. S. Olympians Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed each shot 68 and are 5-under par, 10 strokes back. Fellow Olympian Matt Kuchar shot a 71 and is at 3-under par. Watson has insisted his focus this week is on Connecticut, but acknowledged that he wore his opening ceremony outfit on Friday night, texting a photo to teammate Rickie Fowler, who took parade in the parade of athletes. "He texted me back his outfit," Watson said. "I said I was there in spirit, so I had to wear my outfit, too. " The shot of the day came from Ernie Els, who aced the par-3 16th hole from 176 yards. It was the 13th hole-in-one of his career.

2016-08-06 19:55 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

29 Bodies of two British climbers recovered from the Matterhorn The bodies of two British climbers have been recovered from the Matterhorn in the Alps after they went missing in bad weather. The two men sent out an alert on Friday when they got caught on the mountain as storms came in and temperatures plummeted. Rescuers were unable to reach because of high winds but finally located them on Saturday morning, Italian mountain rescue said. The men's bodies were found on rocks buried in snow and have now been recovered. A member of the Italian mountain rescue suggested the pair had been poorly equipped and wearing light clothing when they got caught as the weather changed. He told the Press Association: "We have had a rapid change in the weather. On Thursday afternoon and overnight into Friday we had a lot of storms with snows in the high altitudes, and rapid falls in temperature. " The man said the pair had been climbing the 4,478m (14,691ft) mountain, which straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, from the southern Italian side and were on the Cresta del Leone, a rocky ridge and the regular route up. They alerted authorities on Friday, he said, but rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather. A mountain rescue team from Cervinia reached them on Saturday morning and their bodies were helicoptered off the mountain back to the resort. The identities and ages of the dead mountaineers have not yet been released. The mountain rescue spokesman said two Russian climbers were also stranded in the bad weather but for a longer period of time, and he suggested they may have been better equipped than the British pair. The man said: "Perhaps with the right equipment it is possible to survive on the Matterhorn. " A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of two British nationals in Mount Cervino (the Matterhorn), Italy and we are in touch with local authorities. "

2016-08-06 19:45 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

30 Search for pilot after light aircraft plummets into sea A search is under way for a pilot after a light aircraft crashed into the sea. The plane, which is thought to be able to carry up to four people, plummeted into the water just after 5pm on Saturday around half a mile off Rye Harbour in East Sussex. Coastguard helicopters and lifeboats were combing the sea, but no survivors have been found so far. A Coastguard spokeswoman said: "UK Coastguard coordinated a search for a light aircraft which ditched into the sea half a mile from Rye Harbour in East Sussex. "The alarm was raised at 5.05pm and reports indicated one person was on board the aircraft. "The aircraft and pilot have not been found and the current search is likely to continue until dusk. " An RNLI spokesman said: "Rye Harbour RNLI's inshore lifeboat launched at 5.23pm and Dungeness RNLI's all- weather lifeboat launched around five minutes later. "Both lifeboats and their volunteer crews are conducting searches about three quarters of a mile offshore between Winchelsea beach and Pett Level beach. "Also involved in the incident are Rye Harbour and Dungeness Coastguard rescue teams and two Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopters. " Wreckage from the plane has been washed ashore and police are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward. A Sussex Police spokesman said: "Just after 5pm on Saturday we received a report from a member of the public that a light aircraft had been seen to go into the sea about half a mile off Winchelsea Beach. "A Coastguard helicopter has been searching the area, and we are in contact with them. "Initial reports suggest that the aircraft comes from a local Aero Club and that the man flying it was the sole occupant. "Some wreckage which is believed to be from aircraft has been found washed ashore at Winchelsea Beach. " The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been informed and will be carrying out an investigation. Anyone who saw what happened is asked to contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting reference 1172 of 06/08.

2016-08-06 19:45 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

31 North Korea bans crosses amid fresh crackdown on Christians Contact WND (Premier) Items with crosses on them are being confiscated across North Korea as the secretive state begins its latest crackdown on Christianity. The dictatorship has banned crucifixes and crosses, according to Radio Free Asia. Clothing, books, jewellery and other items are being binned by officials in a bid to wipe out all signs of faith.

2016-08-06 19:40 www.wnd.com

32 Planned Parenthood to register voters at clinics Contact WND (LifeNews) In one of Planned Parenthood’s newest disturbing schemes, women now can both register to vote and have their unborn babies aborted in its facilities across the country. The Hill reports Planned Parenthood just announced its plans to begin helping people register to vote at its facilities in 45 states. The abortion group said volunteers will help patients register to vote in person or online. The abortion group says people can register at a Planned Parenthood “regardless of their background, beliefs or political ideology”; but Planned Parenthood is hardly unbiased. It is throwing all its weight behind pro- abortion candidate Hillary Clinton for president. In January, Planned Parenthood endorsed Clinton in its first-ever presidential primary endorsement. It recently called Clinton the “strongest” pro-abortion presidential candidate “we’ve ever seen.”

2016-08-06 19:40 www.wnd.com

33 Trump campaign hires firm behind 'Brexit' Contact WND (The Wrap) Donald Trump and his team have upped their game to win the race for the White House by hiring the company that got the Brexit message to millions, resulting in the split of Great Britain from the European Union. Cambridge Analytica is a marketing film that targets voters (and potential donors) based on their unconscious psychological biases. The strategic communications company also worked with former GOP candidates Ted Cruz, Ben Carson and the “Leave. EU” campaign in the United Kingdom. According to the Daily Beast, Cambridge Analytica “went after first-time voters and those who felt left out of the political process, the kinds of people that Trump was successful bringing to the polls in primary elections.”

2016-08-06 19:40 www.wnd.com

34 Believe TWA Flight 800 story? Pilots don't Contact WND It’s one of the greatest mysteries in American history. But the government conspiracy of silence surrounding the destruction of TWA Flight 800 is beginning to break down – thanks in part to two books on the subject by crusading journalist Jack Cashill. Years ago, Cashill wrote “First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America,” focusing on the evidence supporting a terrorism conclusion. Now, his new followup, “TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-up and the Conspiracy,” brings the story up to date with shocking new details. In his latest, Cashill unearths the shocking government decision to create a cover story after TWA Flight 800 was destroyed shortly after takeoff on July 17, 1996. All 230 passengers were killed. Officially, the “accident” was caused by flammable vapors in a fuel tank, with the catalyst most likely a short circuit. But Cashill reveals new evidence confirming that at least two surface-to-air missiles destroyed the 747 in full view of thousands along the popular south coast of Long Island. And since the book’s publication, more sources are coming forward to tell Cashill what they know. As one source told him, “I never knew where to turn before.” “In the month since my book came out, I have been getting a solid lead or two a day about the fate of TWA Flight 800,” the author told WND. “This is the rare ‘conspiracy theory’ to which an entire industry – or something very close to it – subscribes. In the last month, I have heard from at least a half dozen 747 pilots, another half-dozen or so fuel tanks mechanics or engineers, a retired FBI agent, an NCIS vet, several eyewitnesses and numerous people who worked within the investigation in different capacities. “Every lead adds information. This is a story only the participants can break out as the major media have shown no interest in doing the same.” Cashill stresses those who are approaching him are not conspiracy theorists or individuals with an ax to grind but industry professionals who are deeply familiar with the facts. In an exclusive interview, he shared some of the shocking material he has been given. An air-traffic controller working that night at New York TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control) told Cashill, “A primary radar return (ASR-9) indicated vertical movement intersecting TWA 800.” A second later TWA 800 disappeared from the screen. Said Cashill, “My source was asked by his supervisor if he had ever seen anything like this before. The controller said yes – while in the Navy doing missile test fires at sea.” Against all protocol, the source told Cashill, the radar tape was quickly confiscated. Another correspondent swore: “I was on the missile team from Raytheon. It would be better if we had a chat on the phone. I can prove that it was a missile.” “This fellow worked with the stalwart head of the FBI missile team, Steve Bongardt, who defied the CIA and insisted its analysts scrap their bogus zoom climb theory,” Cashill said. “I have been trying to reach out to Bongardt through various channels. If he goes public, he knows enough to break the story open.” What if September 11, 2001, WASN’T the first aerial attack on the American mainland? Legendary investigative journalist Jack Cashill unveils the shocking truth behind TWA Flight 800 – and tells you what the powerful don’t want you to know. “First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America” by Jack Cashill, available now in the WND Superstore. Cashill said others who had critical information from that fateful night were actually threatened by government officials and are only now coming forward. “Another fellow was working on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of ,” he said. “Some of his colleagues were recruited by the Navy to operate ROVs, short for remotely operated underwater vehicles. The government brought these guys into a room and threatened their lives and families if they talked about their work.” According to Cashill’s source, his colleagues had watched the news and saw what was being reported did not remotely correspond to where they recovered the debris. Cashill said other sources have also stepped forward. He told WND: Some sources who are deeply familiar with aerial transportation and protocol are also publicly stepping forward to back up Cashill’s research. Among those who have been supporting his work is Vernon Grose, a retired NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) board member. Grose spoke on Cashill’s behalf at a recent press conference in Washington arranged by Accuracy in Media. “Grose apparently struck a nerve,” said Cashill. NTSB’s general counsel, David Tochen, sent Grose a brusque email claiming that a “member of the public” saw Grose at the press conference and complained. “The individual claimed you ‘wore NTSB clothing, etc.’ at this event,” wrote Tochen. “I need to remind you that it is not appropriate for a former NTSB official or employee to hold himself/herself out, or create the appearance of holding himself/herself out, as a current agency official or employee.” Although Grose chose not to respond to Tochen, Grose did allow Cashill to respond. After checking the video, Cashill informed Tochen that Grose was wearing no NTSB gear of any kind. Cashill wrote to Tochen, “I am curious too as to which ‘member of the public’ was so troubled by Vernon’s presentation that you saw fit to send such a demeaning message.” However, David Tochen did not respond to Jack Cashill with anger. Indeed, he apologized to both Cashill and Grose. Incredibly, added Cashill, Tochen claims to have bought the book and read the first five chapters with a promise to read the rest. Cashill believes the widespread acceptance and propagation of his research and the willingness of new sources to step forward suggests the story is on the verge of breaking out. “Tochen is not the only NTSB honcho reading the book,” he enthused. “The plot thickens.” Cashill suggests that anyone with inside information contact him in confidence through his website, Cashill.com. What if September 11, 2001, WASN’T the first aerial attack on the American mainland? Legendary investigative journalist Jack Cashill unveils the shocking truth behind TWA Flight 800 – and tells you what the powerful don’t want you to know. “First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America” by Jack Cashill, available now in the WND Superstore.

2016-08-06 19:39 www.wnd.com

35 Kallum Watkins scores four tries in Leeds rout at Featherstone England centre Kallum Watkins scored four tries as Leeds made an impressive start to the Super 8s Qualifiers with a 62-6 rout of Featherstone. The Rhinos had to overcome some early anxious moments in their first league game outside the top flight since 1903 but they found their rhythm in the second half when they scored 44 of their points. The consolation for Jon Sharp's part-timers was a crowd of 6,671 at the Big Fellas Stadium, Featherstone's highest of the summer era which will go some way to offsetting their financial problems. Leeds finished the regular season on a high with five wins from their last six matches and the return of skipper Danny McGuire enabled coach Brian McDermott to field his strongest team of the year, including 11 members of their victorious Grand-Final line-up from last October. Rovers had 10 players with Super League experience, including and Jordan Baldwinson against their parent club, but they were no match for their awesome visitors whose full-time players looked a class apart after the break. Leeds looked to be heading for a routine victory when quick hands enabled Watkins to open the scoring after only four minutes, taking a return pass from stand-off McGuire to score their first try. Watkins then took 's offload to go through another gap in the Rovers defence to create a try for full-back , who added the conversion to make it 10-0. Featherstone gradually established a toehold in the game, largely through the prompting of half-back Anthony Thackeray, who scored their only try after 28 minutes. Centre Misi Taulapapa intercepted pass 30 metres from his own line and, although Leeds winger managed to palm down substitute Luke Cooper's pass out wide, Thackeray kicked ahead to touch down. Kyle Briggs' touchline conversion made it 10-6, but that was as good as it got for the home side as Leeds responded immediately, with Ablett sending centre over out wide. Sutcliffe landed the difficult conversion, despite the distraction of an explosive noise coming from the crowd behind him, and also kicked a penalty on the stroke of half-time to extend his side's lead to 18-6. If the Rhinos had any concern about playing up the slope in the second half, it was removed within four minutes of the re-start as they cut loose with five tries in the third quarter. McGuire put Sutcliffe through a gap and Watkins finished off the move for his second try before getting substitute forward Mitch Achurch over after Featherstone allowed the ball to bounce from McGuire's towering kick. Brimming with confidence, lively hooker James Segeyaro worked Ablett over for a try and Watkins cut a swathe through the heart of the home defence to get Briscoe over for his second. Sutcliffe then went in for his second, following a break by winger , and Leeds even scored two more tries while down to 12 men with substitute Jimmy Keinh orst sin-binned for holding down Ian Hardman in the tackle during a rare Featherstone foray into the Rhinos 20-metre area. Moon took a Ferres offload to grab his second and Segeyaro's bullet- pass from dummy-half enabled Watkins to complete his hat-trick after 72 minutes and he then went 70 metres for his fourth three minutes from the end. Sutcliffe rounded off the scoring with his ninth conversion to finish with a personal haul of 26 points.

2016-08-06 19:39 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

36 Zimmerman punched for 'bragging' about killing Trayvon Contact WND (WFTV) The man who said he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in self- defense said he was punched in the face while he was talking to people at a restaurant in Sanford over the weekend. George Zimmerman and a friend called 911 after a man accusing him of bragging about the fatal shooting punched him in the face, authorities said. Channel 9 obtained the calls made by George Zimmerman and his friend. 911 dispatcher: “What started the argument?” Zimmerman: “He recognized me. He told me he was going to kill me he told me he’d (expletive) shoot me and he punched me in the face.”

2016-08-06 19:38 www.wnd.com

37 Anti-rape protesters disrupt Zuma's speech Pretoria - A group of women protesting against rape disrupted President Jacob Zuma’s speech at the IEC’s results centre on Saturday. They did not say anything, but stood in front of the podium, facing the audience, and held up pieces of cardboard with the words “Khanga”, “Remember Khwezi”, “10 yrs later” and “I am 1 in 3”. As soon as Zuma’s speech was over, he left the stage and IEC Deputy Chair Terry Tselane took the microphone to apologise to the president. “We want to apologise to the president for the disruption that just happened. This took us by surprise, and we really want to apologise to all of you,” he said. “Can I request Kate (Bapele, IEC spokesperson) to make sure that members of the media do not exacerbate the situation?” Meanwhile, the women were removed from the venue. They moaned and cried as security guards snatched the pieces of cardboard out of their hands and pushed them out. One of them, Simamkele Dlakavu, tweeted soon after that she was OK. They were making reference to Zuma’s rape accuser, who was called Khwezi by the media. She was a family friend and considered Zuma her father. She wore a khanga, or a wraparound cloth, when she claimed the president raped her in his Forest Town, Johannesburg home, 10 years ago. Zuma was found not guilty. Before this happened, EFF members walked out of the results centre when Zuma took to the podium. Led by secretary general Godrich Gardee, they got up when Zuma was introduced. WATCH:

2016-08-06 19:34 Karabo Ngoepe www.news24.com

38 Ryan Giggs who split from wife Stacey amidst cheating rumours in May looks worse for wear as he heads home from Kensington nightclub has reportedly marked the end of her marriage to footballer husband by getting a new tattoo reading 'Free' emblazoned on her skin last week. Sources tell The Sun that Stacey headed to the tattooists on Tuesday to have the word inked upon her neck, surrounded by four symbolic birds. The source said of her new artwork: 'Stacey got it done on Tuesday and even though it was pretty painful, she’s really pleased with it. 'Most of the time it will be out of view but if she wants to give Ryan a reminder of his appalling behaviour, then all she has to do is put her hair in a bobble.' The inking could be an indication that Stacey is beginning to move on, having been pictured looking tearful and distressed as she left a nightclub in Manchester with Gary Neville's wife Emma soon after the split. Sportsman Ryan is now facing one of the largest sporting divorce payouts in British history, as experts say Stacey may be entitled to half his £40million fortune. Earlier this month, the Manchester United star's womanising ways were criticised and humiliated publicly, after his £2million mansion was targeted by vandals who spray-painted 'cheating t**t' along its lengthy fence. Only worsening his reputation as a serial ladies man, television personality Katie Price recently claimed that she too was the recipient of the footballer's attention during his relationship with Stacey. The glamour model described Giggs as 'charming' and 'intense' when she recalled their encounter on Loose Women. She said: 'Years ago I met Ryan, and I felt like he was flirting with me. But it was a different kind of flirting, he was very quiet, charming, but intense.'

2016-08-06 19:22 Julia Pritchard www.dailymail.co.uk

39 Guyana reviews child home regulations after fatal fire GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana says it is reviewing regulations on child-care centers and welfare homes because of a fire that killed two boys at a state-run facility last month. Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence said Saturday that existing rules for such facilities are about 50 years old and need to be updated. She says the aim is to avoid tragic accidents and ensure that staff members have the requisite skills to properly deal with children. An electrical fire swept through a child-care center in the capital of Georgetown last month, killing two brothers aged 2 and 6. Twenty-eight children escaped. The South American nation has about 20 government-supervised children's facilities. Most are privately run and have been the target of recurring allegations of abuse.

2016-08-06 19:19 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

40 Ecuador appeals to tourists to return as earthquake hits economy By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost four months after a devastating earthquake hit Ecuador, a leading government minister has appealed to tourists to return to the financially- struggling Andean country. Nearly 700 people were killed and about 6,200 injured on April 16 in the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in almost four decades, leaving about 8,650 people living in government shelters, according to government figures. Maria Duarte, Ecuador's Minister of Urban Development and Housing, said she was "totally" optimistic about the pace of reconstruction with the repair or rebuilding of 26,000 homes in the works or planned. Longer term she said the government had to improve the construction of buildings in Ecuador which is prone to earthquakes. Two tremors struck the northwest coast again in May, leading to one death in the same region as the April quake. But for now she appealed to tourists to return to Ecuador to help put the country back on track. "We have several types of victims, not all are victims due to the destruction of their homes," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a interview during a visit to New York City. "There are people who remain without jobs and whose only form of sustenance was tourism, which momentarily is nonexistent. " The strongest quake in Ecuador since 1979 has tested the country's resilience at a time of economic difficulties due to low oil prices in this small member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Some $3.3 billion will be required to rebuild affected areas, according to authorities. President Rafael Correa has announced a raft of measures to finance the emergency with funding sources ranging from loans from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders to plans to sell assets and increase some taxes. But he also described many ill-built constructions in Ecuador as "death traps" built as such to "save a few pennies" and has urged residents to push mayors to enforce construction standards. Duarte said municipal building requirements were rarely respected or enforced in remote areas of the country and in the disaster's aftermath more than 60,000 inspections of buildings and other structures had been conducted. "There is a weakness at the municipal level," she said in the interview that was conducted in Spanish on Friday. "One of the great... challenges and the great goals that we need is much, much more control over construction. " The hardest-hit areas, the coastal provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas, are tourist hubs whose beach towns fuel Ecuador's vital tourism industry, Duarte said. Some 1.5 million foreign vacationers flocked to Ecuador last year, contributing $1.7 billion dollars to the nation's otherwise largely oil and export-dependent economy. But that source of income is now at risk, Duarte said, with the government only releasing economic data for the first quarter of the year so far. The central bank has said it will need to revise its full-year projections for 2016 economic growth as a result of the tremor, but has not yet provided an updated figure. "Despite all the efforts we are making, there are certain regions that haven't recovered," said Duarte who was in New York to plan Habitat III, a U. N. conference on cities to be held in October in Quito. (Reporting by Sebastien Malo, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change. Visit http://news.trust.org)

2016-08-06 19:07 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

41 Donald Trump wishes Olympians luck 'big league' On the night of the 2016 Olympics' opening ceremonies in Rio, Trump posted an image of himself to Twitter and Facebook, giving a thumbs-up with the words "Big League" and "Good Luck Team USA" overlaid. "Big league" is a favorite phrase of Trump's to describe something being done to a high or extreme degree. An example from a November rally : Hillary Clinton is playing the "women's card big league. " Another, this time in March to describe Republicans running against him: "They are losing big league. " Said quickly, however, the phrase sounds like "bigly" -- a portmanteau that has not gone unnoticed by the Twitterverse in recent months. "'I hold in the highest esteem Sen John McCain.' - Trump endorsement. Of course, had he not been captured, I'd hold him in more bigly esteem," actor Jeffrey Wright tweeted Saturday. CNN contributor and Clinton supporter Bakari Sellers, aping the real estate mogul's Twitter mannerisms: "Network ratings sad! Trump bounce huge...bigly bounce. Liberal media lies! " The Daily Beast recently got the phrase in a headline: "Donald Trump has many positions on many, many things. Except windmills. He hates them. Bigly:" Even "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon , a frequent Trump impersonator, has incorporated the phrase. "America's going to start winning, and winning bigly," Fallon said in a May sketch. But it remains to be seen whether Trump's Olympic tweet will clear the air. "Wait, has he been saying 'big league' this whole time, not 'bigly'? Atlantic contributor Matt Ford tweeted. "Trump said 'bigly' accidentally so many times he's retconning and doubling down on cover up fix as 'big league,'" Esquire writer Luke O'Neil quipped.

2016-08-06 19:03 Sophie Tatum rss.cnn.com

42 Take a cold shower Orlando! Katy Perry seems less than impressed by actor's overly touchy-feely display on a public beach... as he gets naked again just days after THOSE nude paddle board pics He sent the internet into meltdown when he was pictured paddle-boarding naked in Sardinia. And Orlando Bloom, 39, was in a fruity mood once more during his raunchy getaway with girlfriend Katy Perry, fondling her breasts and smothering her with kisses on a public beach. The singer, 31, looked less than impressed with the actor's very public display of affection, turning her head and grimacing as he wrapped himself around her in the shallows and planted a kiss on her neck. Scroll down for video The Lord Of The Rings star couldn't have looked more smitten as he groped his girlfriend in full view of holidaying families with young children. Wearing a navy cap and a pair of red swim shorts, Orlando looked bronzed while sitting in the stunningly clear water. Katy went make-up free for the beach visit, tying back her raven locks to allow the sun to wash over her face. The American beauty put on a very busty display in a stylish, colourful two piece. Orlando displayed his paternal side when speaking to a woman carrying a baby. Holding his hands behind his back, he leaned towards the child and produced a big, cheery grin. The pop star also showed she was good with children, pulling a silly face to entertain the infant. The Brit showcased his impressively chiselled physique as he strode along the shoreline. At one stage the Pirates Of The Caribbean star repeated his nudity trick, pulling down his shorts and squatting in the water. The hot couple waded further out to sea, and when they got waist deep they shared a sweet embrace. Katie draped her arms around Orlando's neck and buried her face into his shoulder. Back on dry land, Orlando was in a playful mood, spraying beach- goers with a water pistol. He retired to a chair under a parasol and enjoyed an ice cold beverage and an e-cig. Katie perched on his lap and looked content as he wrapped his arms around her. The pair have been inseparable since they were first spotted getting cosy at a Golden Globes party in January. The actor was previously married to supermodel Miranda Kerr and the former couple share their five-year-old son, Flynn. Last month Miranda announced her engagement to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. Katy meanwhile was married to English comedian and actor Russell Brand in 2010 before the couple split in 2012, and went on to have an on/off romance with singer John Mayer before falling for Orlando's charms.

2016-08-06 18:46 Dan Cain www.dailymail.co.uk

43 Zionist Union MK rips Netanyahu, Defense Ministry following 'cynical' response to US Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit on Saturday harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defense Ministry for their response to the United States after it claimed that Israel acknowledges that the Iranian nuclear deal is working. In a statement released by Margalit's office to the press, the MK said: "As Israel approaches closing a crucial aid agreement with the United States, an agreement vital to Israel's security, Netanyahu is using the Defense Ministry like a tool of the Likud Party. " Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. "Netanyahu's cynical use of the security establishment," Margalit continued, "against the US, violates the State of Israel's interests. " "Comparing the situation to the Holocaust, as well as comparing [US President Barack] Obama with [former prime minister of England Neville] Chamberlain and the Munich agreement, causes serious damage to relations with the United States and conveys hysteria and loss of control," he added. The fiery comments by the Zionist Union MK came one day after the Defense Ministry issued a highly unusual and strongly-worded statement in response to comments made by the Obama administration, with the Ministry comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the failed 1938 Munich pact with the Nazis. "The Munich agreement did not prevent the Second World War and the Holocaust, precisely because their basic assumption, that Nazi Germany could be a partner to any kind of agreement, was wrong, and because the leaders of the world at that time ignored the explicit statements by Hitler and the rest of the leaders of Nazi Germany," the Ministry said. The Ministry added that these lessons from the 1930s also hold true for Iran today, which openly announces its aim to destroy the State of Israel. It cited a US State Department report published this year that listed Iran as the world's top sponsor of terrorism. "Hence, the defense establishment, like the rest of the Israeli people and many in the world, understands that agreements of this kind signed between the world powers and Iran are not helpful, but only harm the uncompromising struggle that must be undertaken against a terrorist state like Iran," it concluded. Netanyahu's office also said in a statement released shortly following the Defense Ministry's comments that the Israeli government's position on the Iran deal remains intact , but noted that there was no more important ally in the world than the United States. " As [Netanyahu] outlined in his speech to the UN last year , now it is important that those who agree and for those who object to cooperate in order to achieve three objectives," the PMO statement said. "Make sure that Iran does not violate the terms of the agreement," it continued, adding "deal with regional aggression from Iran and dismantle the global terrorist network of the Islamic Republic. " The statement from Netanyahu's office concluded by stating: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects that these objectives will become common policy and expects the alliance between Israel and the United States to strengthen with US President Barack Obama and with the next US administration. " On Thursday, Obama said that the military and intelligence communities in Israel, "the country that was most opposed to the deal," had come to the conclusion that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was a "game- changer" that had successfully put a lid on Iran's nuclear program and expanded the time it would require for Tehran to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon. The JCPOA put temporary caps on Iran's nuclear infrastructure in exchange for international sanctions relief. Those caps last between ten and fifteen years, depending on the provision, at which point Iran will lawfully be allowed to grow its civilian nuclear infrastructure. Yaakov Lappin and Michael Wilner contributed to this article.

2016-08-06 18:38 Jpost Com www.jpost.com

44 Syrian rebels 'free Manbij civilians' Most of the key Syrian city of Manbij has been retaken from from so-called Islamic State, activists and commanders say. Video posted online by the Firat news agency appears to show civilians being evacuated from the city centre amid heavy gunfire.

2016-08-06 18:22 www.bbc.co.uk

45 The Latest: Dozens rally after latest Chicago police videos CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the release of videos of a Chicago police shooting (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Dozens of people are gathering on Chicago's southwest side to protest police brutality and the latest killing of a black 18-year-old by the city's police force. They carried signs with slogans like "Stop racist police terror" and signs with the name of Paul O'Neal, who was killed July 28. Nine videos from police dashcams and body cameras were released Friday. Some protesters said they were discouraged by the size of the crowd compared to the crowds that marched in November following the release of a video showing Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times by a Chicago officer. Several speakers noted they were also upset that 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. marched on the same streets, they are still having to march today. ___ 12:40 p.m. The Chicago Police Department's superintendent says the release of nine videos in the fatal police shooting of a black 18-year-old is the beginning of more transparent process. Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a news conference Saturday afternoon that there are still a lot of questions to answer to build trust between the community and the police department. The July 28 shooting, in which videos show Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them, led Johnson to strip three of the officers of their police powers for violating an unspecified department policy. Johnson said he was "concerned" over the shooting of Paul O'Neal, but said he could not say specifically why due to the ongoing investigation. Johnson said the district where the shooting happened had the body cameras for about a week. Chief of the CPD's Bureau of Professional Standards Anne Kirkpatrick said the department is going to look at changing training for officers and look at best practices around the country. Johnson said the three officers received the same training that everyone in the department has. ___ 11:50 a.m. Protesters are planning to gather near a Chicago park where 50 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. called for fair housing. Their rally and march, starting about six blocks away from Marquette Park, is expected to focus on last month's police shooting that killed Paul O'Neal, a black 18-year-old. Nine videos released Friday showed Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has stripped three of the officers of their police powers after a preliminary investigation concluded they had violated department policy. Johnson promised Friday that that if the officers acted improperly, they would "be held accountable for their actions. " A memorial was unveiled Friday at Marquette Park, where King held a march on Aug. 5, 1966. A march, festival, speeches and concerts were scheduled for Saturday, and organizers of the rally said festival officials asked that they not hold the demonstration in the park.

2016-08-06 18:17 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

46 Egypt's el-Sissi defends handling of nation's ailing economy CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president on Saturday defiantly dismissed criticism of his handling of the country's ailing economy, arguing that the skeptics were seeking to undermine the will of Egyptians. In comments marking the first anniversary of the inauguration of an expansion of the Suez Canal, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi strongly hinted that the now- banned Muslim Brotherhood was behind a persistent campaign to cast doubt on the economic worthiness of several mega projects his government has undertaken. El- Sissi, a general-turned-politician, said a foiled assassination attempt on Egypt's former mufti in Cairo on Friday was designed to "spoil" the joy of Egyptians over the waterway's anniversary. "It is the implementation of the rule of either we rule or kill you," said el-Sissi, who led the military's 2013 ouster of the Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi, whose one year in office proved divisive and prompted mass street protests. Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the former mufti and a zealous supporter of Morsi's ouster, was unharmed in the attack, for which a little-known group claimed responsibility. El-Sissi's latest comments were his most detailed on the growing criticism of his economic policies, particularly the feasibility of the massive and costly projects he has opted to launch since his June 2014 election. These include the Suez Canal expansion, reclaiming 1.5 million acres in the desert, a nationwide network of roads, a new capital and the construction of cheap housing. Critics contend the projects have not been sufficiently studied, stretched the country's already shaky finances and drained resources from more pressing areas. Egypt's economic woes, meanwhile, have been worsening despite billions of dollars in grants and loans from oil-rich Gulf nations since 2013, with the vital tourism industry still rooted in a slump, foreign currency in short supply, unemployment and inflation rates in double digits and the local currency's value falling. "What is being done to you, Egyptians, is an attempt to defeat your will," el-Sissi said in a televised address from the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. "The objective of all the doubting is to undermine every achievement and strike at the will of the people. But it is an impossible task. " El-Sissi said he was vexed by the criticism, which he said also touched on the multi-billion dollar foreign arms purchases made in the last two years. "What is the deal? This is very strange, seriously," a visibly frustrated el- Sissi said. "We have said before that the army must be strong because the region is going through a difficult phase. " He acknowledged, however, that the Egyptian pound's value was falling against the U. S. dollar and that prices were soaring, but returned to his oft-repeated assertion that what has been achieved under his stewardship would normally have taken 10-15 years to accomplish. "There will be skepticism with every achievement," he said, repeating another frequently stated theme by cautioning Egyptians against plots to divide them. International Monetary Fund delegates are in Cairo negotiating with government officials over what Cairo says is a request for a $12 billion loan over three years to bail out the country's flagging economy. An agreement would hinge on Egypt's willingness to introduce far-reaching and politically sensitive reforms such as lifting or reducing state subsidies, better tax collection and devaluing the local currency. El-Sissi has said that "difficult" decisions will have to be made to rectify the economy, but vowed that low-income Egyptians would be shielded from additional hardship.

2016-08-06 18:13 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

47 Hillary Clinton admits she may have 'short circuited' answers on email controversy At a gathering of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington, D. C., Clinton -- who has come under fire for not often taking media questions -- was asked about her recent assertion that FBI Director James Comey had said she was "truthful" to the public in discussing the issue, a claim that a number of media outlets, including CNN, have debunked. "I was pointing out in both of those instances, that Director Comey had said that my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That really is the bottom line here," she said. "What I told the FBI, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what I have said publicly. I may have short-circuited and for that I will try to clarify. " Clinton went on to repeat that she "never sent or received" classified information on her private email server -- a statement that is inconsistent with Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill. "And I would go back to where I started, I regret using one account, I have taken responsibility for that," Clinton said. The email controversy has continued to dog Clinton's presidential campaign, particularly as she suffers from the widespread perception among voters that she isn't honest or trustworthy. Clinton on Friday also called on journalists hold Donald Trump accountable, saying reporters "have a special responsibility to our democracy at a time like this. " She warned about her opponent: "He's harkening back to the most shameful chapters of our history and appealing to the ugliest impulses of our society... He retweets white nationalists. " Clinton also addressed the problematic ways in which Trump has treated reporters, saying it is a "badge of honor" when journalists are kicked out of his press conferences or banned from attending his rallies. "America is better than Donald Trump," she said. "We need to stand up and say that Donald Trump doesn't represent who we are and what we believe. " Trump quickly pounced on Clinton's comments. His campaign Friday released a web video highlighting the controversy over Clinton's private email server, writing on Facebook that there is "no doubt" that Clinton "is a pathological liar. " And on Saturday, he tweeted, "Anybody whose mind "SHORT CIRCUITS" is not fit to be our president! Look up the word "BRAINWASHED. " Clinton touts economic progress At the core of Clinton's brief opening remarks at Friday's conference was the economic progress made under President Barack Obama's two terms in the White House. Clinton said Friday that the country was "out of the ditch. " Ex-CIA chief endorses Clinton, labels Trump 'threat to national security' "I believe President Obama does not get the credit that he deserves for leading us out of the Great Recession," Clinton said. "We are out of the ditch that we were in and now we've got to do even more. We've got to build on the progress that we've made. The Democratic nominee for president noted minorities were especially hurt by the financial crisis. "It's been said that when the economy catches a cold, communities of color get pneumonia," she said. "The great recession hit our whole country hard but the toll was especially difficult for black and Latino families. " Clinton's comments came hours after the U. S. government announced that the economy added 255,000 jobs in July -- surpassing economists' expectations -- while the unemployment rate stayed at 4.9%. Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, have been traveling the country to discuss their jobs agenda, including a three-day bus tour across the Rust Belt following the Democratic National Convention. To counter the stronger-than-expected jobs report, Republican nominee Donald Trump released a statement Friday morning saying the country is "in the middle of the single worst 'recovery' since the Great Depression" "The economy the media and the Clinton Machine is describing is an economy that doesn't exist for most Americans," Trump said. "It's an economy enjoyed by her donors and special interests, and one suffered through every day by millions of Americans. " Looming over Clinton's appearance in front of a ballroom full of journalists in Washington, D. C., was her relative lack of interactions with reporters. Clinton has emerged one of the least accessible candidates to run for president this year, rarely taking question from her traveling press corps. Clinton last held a formal press conference on December 4, 2015, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Since then she had held 11 "gaggles" -- or informal press conferences -- taking questions from a few members of her traveling press corps. The last such huddle was on July 31 in Ashland, Ohio. Rather than have frequent contact with reporters, Clinton's campaign has opted for sit-down interviews -- a setting that her aides believe she is more comfortable in. Brian Fallon, her national press secretary, has routinely said that Clinton "oftentimes" will end the day with a media availability where she will "literally stand there for 15, 20 minutes and answer questions from her traveling press corps, including the embeds from the various networks. " But Clinton has not once taken questions for 15 to 20 minutes in 2016. The growing frustration among reporters and the criticism about the lack of accessibility has irked some Clinton's campaign officials. "We'll have a press conference when we want to have a press conference," Joel Benenson, Clinton's chief strategist, said last month. As Clinton took questions from reporters on Friday, Washington Post's Ed O'Keefe quipped: "We encourage you to do this more often. "

2016-08-06 18:10 MJ Lee rss.cnn.com

48 Japan's Uchimura leads despite tumble in Rio Japanese gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura showed a rare sign of nerves as he took a tumble when opening his Olympic all-around title defense in Rio on Saturday. The 27-year-old, famed for his nerves of steel, fell from the horizontal bar meaning he will not advance to the final on that apparatus where he is the world champion. However, Uchimura still managed to top early all- around qualifying with Japan by scoring 90.498 points after the six apparatus to lead teammate Ryohei Kato (89.232). "I made a mistake. I don't usually do that," admitted Uchimura, the reigning Olympic and six- time world all-around champion who is competing in his third Games. Brazil's Sergio Sasaki and Arthur Mariano are third and fourth respectively in the first of three subdivisions with the remainder of the gymnasts competing later Saturday. The five-man Japanese team, which also included Yusuke Tanaka, Koji Yamamuro and Kenzo Shirai, lead the team event ahead of Olympic hosts Brazil, the Netherlands and South Korea. Gymnasts from two-time Olympic team champions China and Great Britain, bronze medallists from London 2012, are set to compete later in the Rio Olympic Arena. Uchimura had given a solid 14.966 on the pommel horse, and a controlled 14.700 on rings, held his vault despite a hop on landing, 15.533, and survived a wobble on his parallel bars dismount for 15.466. But on the penultimate rotation, the horizontal bar, he hit the deck scoring just 14.300. He nevertheless pulled himself together to finish off by leading the way on the floor, on which he won silver in London 2012, with 15.533. "I performed as I normally do in training but training is different than competition," explained Uchimura. "It makes me more aware that this is the Olympics, but it made me perform better on the floor. "It gives me a lot to think about. I try to do my best every time. This will make me stronger, it makes me strive to do better. "Even though I made a mistake I can refresh myself and do better. " In addition to defending his all-around title Uchimura is bidding to win his first team gold with Japan after taking silver in 2008 and 2012. World silver medallist of is seventh with 86.814 after dropping points on the vault. The top 24 gymnasts advance to Wednesday's all- around final. The best eight nations qualify for Monday's team final, with eight gymnasts advancing to the apparatus finals from August 14-16.

2016-08-06 18:09 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

49 With flair, Olympic beach volleyball is underway RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Men and women in skimpy swimsuits frolicked in the surf, sprawled out on towels or kicked around a soccer ball at Copacabana Beach. Others cooled themselves under an umbrella at one of the many open-air kiosks serving food, beer and the local sugar cane cocktail, caipirinha. Inside the Olympic beach volleyball venue, the atmosphere was only slightly less festive. With a DJ spinning a samba beat and thousands cheering on their hometown teams, the Olympics' sexiest sport returned to its spiritual home on Saturday for an opening session that brought out the best the beach has to offer. Fans sang, waved their flags and cheered on their teams for the four matches on a sun-baked morning at the temporary stadium erected on this city's signature strip of sand. (Two more were to follow in the afternoon and evening.) Players kicked up sand as they dived for the ball, celebrated points with hugs and high-fives, and invariably saluted the crowd when walking off at after their matches. "I love South American fans, and I love how the people love sports," said Argentina's Georgiana Klug, who lost her opener with Ana Gallay, losing to Spain in straight sets. "All the singing, dancing — it makes me feel like home. " Beach volleyball joined the Olympic program at Atlanta in 1996, but for most Summer Games the venue has been built in a park (or parking lot), with thousands of tons of sand trucked in to create the playing surface. For the first time since Sydney in 2000, the sport is returning to an actual beach. And there's none more fitting. With the party ready to start both in and outside the arena, Italian Adrian Carambula got things started with his trademark Skyball, a high and spinning serve that wanders into the path of the sunshine and wind and confounds attempts at a return. Although he typically uses it sparingly, Carambula said he was egged on by his friends to start things off with a little flair. "They said they wouldn't talk to me if I didn't," he said in a post- match, mix zone interview that was twice interrupted because Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi asked him to come over and pose for a picture. U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry also watched Carambula and Alex Ranghieri beat Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst 21-14, 21-13. "My legs were shaking" before the first serve, Carambula said. "When I walked in I actually got a little bit emotional. I wasn't expecting it, but I embraced it and I played with it. So very special. " The biggest crowd — and the most vocal support — was for Brazil's reigning world champions Alison and Bruno, who beat in a straight-set but razor-thin 21-19, 22-20 victory. In the morning session's other match, Austria beat Costa Rica in straight sets. ___ Jimmy Golen has covered Olympic beach volleyball since Beijing. Follow him at http://www.twitter.com/jgolen . 2016-08-06 18:07 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

50 England-Pakistan 3rd Test Scoreboard BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Scoreboard Saturday at stumps on the fourth day of the third cricket test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston: Alastair Cook c Shah b Sohail Khan 66 Alex Hales c Younis Khan b Amir 54 Joe Root c Hafeez b Shah 62 James Vince c Younis Khan b Amir 42 Gary Ballance c Shafiq b Shah 28 Jonny Bairstow not out 82 Moeen Ali not out 60 Extras (4b, 7lb, 1w, 8nb) 20 Total (for 5 wickets) 414 Overs: 125. Fall of wickets: 1-126, 2-126, 3-221, 4-257, 5-282 Still to bat: Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn. Bowling: Mohammad Amir 30-8-73-2 (1w), Sohail Khan 27-3-102-1 (8nb), Rahat Ali 21-8-54-0, Yasir Shah 42-4-152-2, Azhar Ali 5-0-22-0. Toss: Pakistan. Series: Four-test series is level at 1-1. Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Australia, and Joel Wilson, West Indies. TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lanka. Match referee: Richie Richardson, West Indies.

2016-08-06 18:02 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

51 Open Letter to Mosotho Moepya IEC Boss The Bolsheviks Party of South Africa For Attention of Mosotho Moepya. 05th August 2016 The Independent Electoral Commission 0470 GROBLERSDAL. Sir, Reference: Local Government Elections 03rd August 2016. As Bolsheviks Party of South Africa we would like to voice our serious concerns over certain anomalies that we witnessed on the day of the election and due to the conspicuously lack of the necessary tools on which we could have alerted you on such anomalies, could not. What was evident was the fact that the IEC, supposedly to be independent to and or not affiliated to any political party, was by innuendo influencing voters to vote for the ruling party, by (1) handing out ANC insignia to raise awareness and symbolism to the emblem, and when voters enquired about other parties represented by individuals, (i.e. enquiries in reference to the party that is represented by “Seun” Mogotji) was told that no such party exist on the ballot paper and (2) removing slips with the party emblem from voter Identity documents that represented the part in favour of which they wanted to cast their vote (removing the symbol of the party with which such individuals could identify their vote to cast). By doing this, and specifically so to the old and frail caused confusion which ultimately proved detrimental to the party concerned. Efforts to alert the Chairperson of the IEC in reference to this modus operandi that was followed by representatives of the IEC to his personal cell number (0823973680) was met without him even answering it, or having the courtesy to return the call. That the election especially so in the circumambient ambit of Elis Motsoaledi can actually be declared fair is far removed from the truth in that affiliation and loyalty to the ruling party influenced IEC officials against any other party but the ANC. A great injustice was caused to all opposition parties to the ANC and this is indeed a great injustice to democracy in South Africa. Parties that lacked the financial resources became the victims of impartiality that should have never happened. For your information and investigation. …………………………. Fanie “Seun” Mogotji.

2016-08-06 18:00 www.news24.com

52 Theo the puppy gets second chance at life after Ace the pit bull takes his owner off course in Jersey City A three-month-old puppy who almost died from severe head trauma got a second chance at life when a pit bull rescued him. Ace the pit bull went off course during a walk with his owner last week in Jersey City, New Jersey. He took his owner to an empty home, where the man found baby Theo - a puppy with severe head trauma and brain swelling who had gone almost blind. The owner took the pup to a shelter in New Jersey - the first step to what has shaped up to be a seemingly miraculous recovery. Theo is now in the care NYC Second Chance Rescue , based in Queens, and has spent time at a 24-hour emergency animal hospital. He made slow progress at first, but his caretakers were overjoyed to announce in a Facebook update Tuesday that Theo's vision was returning. By then, the pup was on pain medication, had tried to stand up on his own and had a strong appetite - a far cry from the dying animal who had arrived just a couple of days prior. 'When we first got him we weren't sure he was going to live, and he had a few scares but now he is currently improving at the vet and we couldn't be happier,' Second Chance Rescue NYC volunteer Alyssa Ellman told The Dodo. Theo can now stand up without help. A video posted on Friday showed him resting in a caretaker's lap, wrapped up in a blanket. He cannot walk yet but his eyes are getting back to normal and the swelling on his brain is decreasing. 'If it wasn't for Ace the dog, Theo would most likely never have been rescued,' Ellman said. 'We really owe it all to that hero of a dog.'

2016-08-06 17:56 Clemence Michallon www.dailymail.co.uk

53 Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry dumps TOWIE hunk Jon Clark after catching him 'arranging a meeting with another girl' over text A source close to the Geordie Shore star revealed to The Sun : 'Chloe has binned Jon already. 'The day after their date he accidentally sent her a text which wasn't meant for her where he was arranging a meeting with another girl.' However, with his infamous reputation as a ladies man, it was claimed that party girl Chloe had seen his womanising ways coming. The source went on to state: 'She was pi**d off but she wasn't surprised, because she had heard he was a player and had already told friends she was sceptical about him.' The Geordie beauty has apparently called it quits with the Essex lad after enjoying just one date together last week. The pair were seen enjoying some drinks last Thursday, after reportedly courting in recent weeks through a string of flirty text messages. The couple appeared to have hit it off, being pictured leaving McDonalds together later that evening. Chloe even took to her Twitter to post a photo of the seemingly loved-up pair. Cosying up on the sofa as they smiled for the photo with hands clasped, Chloe captioned the intimate snap: 'Date night with this sort @jbclark_' Jon retweeted the image in response accompanied by the love-eyed emoji, before posting his own picture of the new reality star couple holding hands during their intimate evening of cocktails. However, the club promoter has since deleted the image, and followed up its removal with a mysteriously cryptic tweet reading: 'Delete contact'. Representatives of both Chloe and Jon decline to comment to MailOnline. Jon, who joined the TOWIE cast earlier this year, is renowned to be a ladies man, having enjoyed a string of public flings with various women. Appearing on ITV hit series Love Island last year, Jon fell for fellow contestant and playboy beauty Hannah Elizabeth. The pair became engaged after a whirlwind romantic summer together, before their union came to an end when Jon began to attack Hannah's career as a glamour model. He was then seen embarking on a number of outings with TOWIE star Chloe Sims in March, with the pair heading on a series of double dates with co-stars Megan McKenna and Pete Wicks and sharing a smooch at a Great Gatsby themed dinner party. Meanwhile unlucky in love Chloe was left in a state of heartache back in May, after on/off flame and her claimed 'soulmate' Marty Mckenna declared he only loved her as a friend.

2016-08-06 17:51 Julia Pritchard www.dailymail.co.uk

54 Taliban's new commando force tests Afghan army's strength KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An elite new Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield techniques to match Afghanistan's increasingly professional national army. The Taliban regard Helmand as their heartland. They share Pashtun ethnicity with its residents and the province's vast opium output has helped fund the war against the government in Kabul, now in its fifteenth year. In recent weeks, the Taliban have taken huge swaths of the province and now they appear to be closing in on the capital, Lashkar Gah. Afghan officials in Helmand say the army is facing an insurgent fighting force that is better-organized and more skilled than ever. They say the Taliban have been sending men into the fight who appear to be members of a commando-like unit, believed to consist of several hundred elite fighters. A senior Taliban commander confirmed the existence of the new, highly-trained force. Speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media, the commander said the force numbered "around 300 fighters now, after starting out with 200. " The new commando unit is called Sara Khitta, which means Red Group or Danger Group in Pashto. "This kind of force is giving us very good results, and we have been discussing whether or not we should deploy this sort of unit more widely," he said. The Taliban would give no further details, and military officials refused to discuss the subject. But civilian officials in Helmand said the force is led by a commander known as Haji Nasar, former operational head of the Taliban operating in Kandahar and Zabul provinces. The unit was first deployed in the district of Sangin, in north-eastern Helmand, earlier this year and its success has inspired plans to expand the force to 400 fighters, according to the deputy head of Helmand's provincial council, Abdul Majeed Akhonzada. "They are very dangerous and very successful," he said. It appears to be the latest development in Taliban tactics. Over the past six months, the insurgents have shown that they are able to modify their approach to suit different terrain. For instance, in southern Uruzgan they have started closing off local roads and intra-provincial highways to cut supplies to villages and towns, putting local government under pressure. This allows them to expand their territory while launching fewer direct attacks on police checkpoints and buildings, minimizing the number of casualties among the insurgents. The Taliban commander said that casualties among the commando unit had been minimal, but he gave no numbers. In neighboring Kandahar province, powerful police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq, acknowledged the new force as a "reality. " ''We can't deny that the Taliban are now changing their techniques and this new group is part of their new approach and new tactics. They are well equipped and highly armed," he said. The so-called Red Group deploys snipers who back up gunmen from larger units during night attacks on government forces. Once the foot soldiers have moved in to consolidate and continue the attack, the commandos move on to the next target. These tactics have enabled the unit to launch attacks on a number of targets in a single night, forcing Afghan forces to spread their resources thinly and preventing them from sending reinforcements into any one battle. In a development of great concern to the Afghans and Americans, Helmand official Akhonzada said the new unit is using night vision technology, which has enhanced their attack capabilities. The equipment was likely seized from police and army units, he said. "That's why they attack at night, and that's why they can see our men but our men can't see them," he added. In Sangin, tribal elder Kako Agha shook his head as he talked about recent attacks on the district administrative compound and police headquarters. "This new group is so effective that only four Taliban captured a police compound where more than 20 soldiers were living," he said. By contrast, Afghan forces are suffering rising casualty numbers, according to U. S. military commanders. Afghan authorities do not release the figures to the public. The top U. S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Nicholson, said last month that the Afghans had suffered about 20,000 casualties last year — and this year, the casualty rate is about 20 percent higher. The Taliban have been on the offensive since the international coalition withdrew most of its combat troops in 2014. But Afghan forces are fighting back. They are being supported by U. S. troops, who have expanded powers following a June directive by President Barack Obama, including permission to work more closely with Afghan forces on offensive missions. Afghanistan's military authorities, in conjunction with the Americans, have spent the past year upgrading their army, replacing leaders to wipe out corruption and inefficiency and create a more professional and confident force. Now that the Taliban have introduced a commando-style unit to the battlefield, the Afghan military may again meet its match during this year's fierce summer fighting season. The director of Helmand provincial council, Kareem Atal, said hundreds of Afghan security forces have been killed across the province in recent weeks. He said that since late July at least 586 policemen and soldiers have been killed or wounded, as have at least 250 civilians. "The Taliban are now controlling 80 percent of Helmand," Atal said. "Our officials are corrupt and incapable of controlling this province. Our armed forces are not united and they don't fight in a coordinated and united way. " Taliban fighters had reached the outskirts of the provincial capital on Thursday, he said. "This new force fights in a very technical manner and that's the reason that today they are at the border of Lashkar Gah. " "We keep asking the government to do something about the current situation — if the government can't help, then why are we fighting the Taliban? " Atal added. "At least if we stand with the Taliban, the fighting will stop and we will have peace. "

2016-08-06 17:45 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

55 These are the most lifelike balloon animals from Japan you have ever seen These balloon animals by artist Masayoshi Matsumoto are so realistic they could be mistaken for the real thing. The intricate designs of a lizard, buffalo, octopus and a baboon are among the balloon sculptures made by the 26-year-old artisan. Impressively the self-taught inventor makes them from different coloured balloons without the use of any glue or seals which some artists use to help build their projects. Mr Matsumoto, a resident of the Chiba prefecture of Japan, said: 'I started making these seven years ago. 'I was really inspired by wildlife pictures and wanted to see if I could create realistic animals of my own.' The chemical engineer creates the incredibly intricate balloon sculptures in his spare time as a hobby - and one animal can take up to six hours to make. He said: 'It is very difficult. I create the shape by a process of trial and error. 'I intend to continue making balloon art work. I want to pursue new possibilities of balloon art.'

2016-08-06 17:41 Harvey Day www.dailymail.co.uk

56 Air strike on Syrian hospital kills 10 - Observatory BEIRUT, Aug 6 (Reuters) - An airstrike on a hospital in northwestern Syria on Saturday killed 10 people, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The hospital, in the town of Meles, is about 15 km from Idlib city in rebel-held Idlib province. Syrian government and allied Russian military planes operate in Syria but it is not known which aircraft carried out the strike, the Observatory said. Humanitarian groups have repeatedly called for a halt to strikes on medical facilities. Syrian opposition groups say Syrian and Russian forces deliberately target medical buildings. Medical charity the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) said that July was the worst month for attacks on healthcare centres since the beginning of Syria's five-year-old conflict. "There were 43 attacks on healthcare facilities in Syria in July - more than one attack every day," a SAMS statement said. The Syrian government has also accused rebels of hitting medical targets in the city of Aleppo. (Reporting by Lisa Barrington in Beirut, Lebanon, and Ammar Abdullah in Idlib, Syria; Editing by Andrew Bolton)

2016-08-06 17:36 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

57 Olympics-Swimming-Starting lists rewritten as banned Russians return By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Russian swimmer Natalia Lovtsova was reinstated at the last minute to the women's 100 metres butterfly on Saturday after appealing successfully against a doping ban, but trailed in last in her heat. Lovtsova's inclusion forced officials to hastily reissue the starting list for the event, in a sign of the turmoil prompted by a rush of last-minute appeals by banned Russian competitors. Breaststroker Yulia Efimova suddenly appeared in the start lists for the 100 metres, whose heats take place on Sunday, and Wednesday's 200m, the event in which she won an Olympic bronze medal in London in 2012. On Friday her name had been absent from the field for both races. The build-up to the Rio Games has been overshadowed by revelations of widespread state-sponsored doping in Russia. Under guidelines laid down by the International Olympic Committee, but left ultimately to the discretion of individual sports federations, Russians with past doping convictions were ineligible to compete. But a number have successfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, arguing that once their bans have been served, they should not be punished a second time for the same offence. Lovtsova came eighth and last in the final heat of the 100m butterfly, won by world champion Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden. She left without speaking to reporters. Efimova is likely to mount a more powerful challenge in the breaststroke events. On Friday, after learning of her reinstatement, she posted a picture of herself on Instagram, looking surprised and tearful, with the caption: "I'm going to the Olympics. I couldn't be more proud and relieved. " (Reporting by Mark Trevelyan, editing by Ed Osmond and Tom Brown)

2016-08-06 17:35 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

58 Maya 'snake dynasty' tomb uncovered holding body, treasure and hieroglyphs Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest royal tomb found in more than a century of work on Maya ruins in Belize , along with a puzzling set of hieroglyphic panels that provide clues to a “snake dynasty” that conquered many of its neighbors some 1,300 years ago. The tomb was unearthed at the ruins of Xunantunich, a city on the Mopan river in western Belize that served as a ceremonial center in the final centuries of Maya dominance around 600 to 800AD. Archaeologists found the chamber 16ft to 26ft below ground, where it had been hidden under more than a millennium of dirt and debris. Researchers found the tomb as they excavated a central stairway of a large structure: within were the remains of a male adult, somewhere between 20 and 30 years old, lying supine with his head to the south. The archaeologist Jaime Awe said preliminary analysis by osteologists found the man was athletic and “quite muscular” at his death, and that more analysis should provide clues about his identity, health and cause of death. In the grave, archaeologists also found jaguar and deer bones, six jade beads, possibly from a necklace, 13 obsidian blades and 36 ceramic vessels. At the base of the stairway, they found two offering caches that had nine obsidian and 28 chert flints and eccentrics – chipped artefacts that resemble flints but are carved into the shapes of animals, leaves or other symbols. “It certainly has been a great field season for us,” said Awe, who led a team from his own school, Northern Arizona University, and the Belize Institute of Archaeology . The tomb represents an extraordinary find, if only for its construction. At 4.5 meters by 2.4 meters, it is “one of the largest burial chambers ever discovered in Belize”, Awe said. It appears to differ dramatically from other grave sites of the era. Most Maya tombs were built “intrusively”, as additions to existing structures, but the new tomb was built simultaneously with the structure around it – a common practice among cultures such as the ancient Egyptians, but uncommon among the Mayas. “In other words, it appears that the temple was purposely erected for the primary purpose of enclosing the tomb,” Awe said. “Except for a very few rare cases, this is not very typical in ancient Maya architecture.” Many Maya societies ruled through dynastic families. Tombs for male and female rulers have been found, including those of the so-called “snake dynasty ”, named for the snake-head emblem associated with its house. The family had a string of conquests in the seventh century, and ruled from two capital cities. Awe said the newly discovered hieroglyphic panels could prove “even more important than the tomb”, by providing clues to the dynasty’s history. The panels are believed to be part of a staircase originally built 26 miles to the south, at the ancient city of Caracol. Epigraphers say the city’s ruler, Lord Kan II of the snake dynasty, recorded his defeat of another city, Naranjo, on the hieroglyph, to go with his many other self-commemorations. On another work, he recorded a ball game involving a captured Naranjo leader whom he eventually sacrificed. Naranjo apparently had its revenge some years later, in 680AD, having the panels dismantled and partially reassembled at home with gaps and incorrect syntax – possibly deliberately, to obscure the story of the snake dynasties’ conquests. Fragments have been discovered elsewhere in Caracol and at a fourth site along the Mopan river, but Awe said the new panels could be “bookends” to the story of war and sacrifice in the ancient Maya world. According to the University of Copenhagen’s Christophe Helmke, the research team’s epigrapher, the panels provide a clue for Kan II’s conquests – he appears to have dedicated or commissioned the work in 642AD – and they note the death of Kan’s mother, Lady Batz’ Ek’. The panels also identify a previously unknown ruler from the Mexican site of Calakmul, Awe said. Helmke said the panels “tell us of the existence of a king of the dynasty that was murky figure at best, who is clearly named as Waxaklajuun Ubaah Kan ”. This ruler reigned sometime between 630 and 640AD, and may have been Kan’s half-brother. “This means that there were two contenders to the throne, both carrying the same dynastic title, which appears to have been read Kanu’l Ajaw, ‘king of the place where snakes abound’,” he wrote in an email. The panels clarify what Helmke called a “tumultuous phase of the snake- head dynasty” and explain how it splintered between cities before dominating Maya politics in the region. The panels identify the origin of the snake dynasty at Dzibanche, in the Yucatan peninsula of modern Mexico, and refer to the family’s move to their capital of Calakmul. Awe said Lady Batz’ Ek’ “was likely a native of Yakha, a site in neighboring , who later married the ruler of Caracol as part of a marriage alliance”. The researchers have had their work peer-reviewed for publication in the Journal of the Precolumbian Art Research Institute. Awe said it was not clear why the panels appeared in Xunantunich, but the city may have allied itself with or been a vassal state to Naranjo. The cities both fell into decline, along with other Maya societies, around 800 to 1,000AD, for reasons still mysterious but possibly including climate change, disease and war. The city was called Xunantunich, meaning “stone woman” in the Yucatec Maya, long after its abandonment by original residents. The name derives from folklore around the city about a hunter who saw a ghostly, statuesque woman, dressed in indigenous garb, standing near an entrance to a temple called El Castillo – a story touted by tourist sites today. The site was also once called Mount Maloney, after a British governor. The temple is impressive in its own right, a stone structure that towers 130ft above the city’s main plaza, adorned with a stucco frieze that represents the gods of the sun and moon.

2016-08-06 17:28 Alan Yuhas www.theguardian.com

59 Team GB hammer hosts Brazil 29-3 as Sevens takes Rio 2016 by storm Sevens rugby has rocked up at the Olympics and Team GB responded by knocking seven bells out of the hosts at their own party. Fittingly, Heather Fisher rated the 29- 3 demolition of Brazil at seven out of 10. It was good, though not brilliant; entertaining, though not nearly as brutal or effective as New Zealand who managed to rack up a 52-0 win on Kenya in the space of 14 minutes. That New Zealand win followed France trouncing Spain 24-7 in the sport’s Olympic curtain-raiser and was soon followed by Canada walloping Japan 45-0. So, across the first four games out of 12 on the first day in the history of sevens rugby at the Olympics, 160 points were scored and 56 minutes played - an average of about three points a minute. The IOC wanted fast action and open-spaced fury for their buck, and they got it all. Plenty of other fixtures in these initial pool stages will be equally one-sided, but there will be many close matches too, which is when the full potential of this exciting format will be revealed. To a British purpose, that first major test will likely come this afternoon when they face Canada, their prime rivals in Group C and a wider threat to their hopes of a medal. New Zealand and Australia are the favourites but Britain and Canada are in close proximity in the next band of prospects. Their opening fixture against Brazil was something of a marker. They were loudly booed from the start – an impressive volume given how few people were at – and ought to have fallen behind inside three minutes when Julia Sarda was given a clear path to the line down the left. She fumbled and Brazil were then battered by a rush of British tries. Natasha Hunt crossed twice and there was a try each for Joanne Watmore, Emily Scott and Amy Wilson-Hardy. The closest Brazil got was a penalty to pull back to 7-3. Speaking ahead of their second fixture against Japan, Fisher said: ‘That was nerve wracking. You step out on the pitch and you just hope it will come together quickly but that was good. We are a building team and we have put down a solid platform to move forward. ‘We have been booed at times in the past but we came through it. It means a lot to all of us to be here and we have a win. The performance we need to build on and we are going to build on it. ‘As a team I’d say that was a seven out of 10. It was a good start but we made uncharacteristic errors.’ Natasha Hunt added: ‘It’s a massive moment for women’s rugby, to be part of the Olympic Games. We are really honoured to be flying the flag and setting up the sevens for the boys in a few days’ time.'

2016-08-06 17:22 Riath Al www.dailymail.co.uk

60 Michelle Keegan transforms into Corporal Georgie Lane in first trailer for Our Girl She's the leading lady in BBC military drama Our Girl. And Michelle Keegan's latest project promises to be a dramatic affair if the newly released teaser trailer is anything to go by. The first look at the former Coronation Street star in the role of Corporal Georgie Lane features her receiving her assignment to go on a humanitarian mission to Kenya. Scroll down for video The pretty brunette, 29, explains to her onscreen beau, 'A Six-week humanitarian mission. You won't even know I've gone.' But it appears Georgie will get more than she bargained for on deployment, with explosions and mean-looking militia men littering the short clip. Michelle's handsome co-star Luke Pasqualino also features in the 15-second teaser, calling out to the bloodied star during a tense sequence. A BBC spokesperson previously revealed: 'It won't be an easy posting as she has to earn the love and trust of her fellow soldiers, and the greater respect of her commanding officer, while working alongside aid workers in the world's biggest refugee camp.' 'Kenya will be full of surprises that will challenge Georgie professionally and personally.' The original series drew 6.3 million viewers, though Stacey Slater actress Lacey Turner has returned to her soap career with EastEnders since the big show. Our Girl is Michelle's big return to work after settling into married life with television personality Mark, who originally found fame on The Only Way Is Essex. Despite the pair being frequently separated by geography, their relationship was recently defended by Mark's older sister Jessica, to the delight of the radio presenter. Mark explained to OK! magazine: 'Family are meant to do that. She didn’t stick up for me but if she’s asked something that isn’t necessarily true, she’s going to put it straight and say her side of it like we all would. 'She’s just answering questions the way she believes things should be answered. The right way.' In June, Jess dubbed the rumours 'extremely annoying', adding: 'I feel so bad for them because you don’t want to have negative vibes around your relationship. 'They’re perfect together, they’re so in love and they’re so happy. It’s awful for them but they have to rise above it and they do.

2016-08-06 17:21 Dan Cain www.dailymail.co.uk

61 Missing Ohio teen found safe in Grand Teton had changed look MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Searchers located an Ohio teen who went missing in Grand Teton National Park on Saturday and tracked her down after she fled when authorities tried to rescue her. Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said Jackson changed her appearance by cutting and dying her hair. She also changed her clothes. The girl, who is from Cincinnati, Ohio, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thursday morning. Jackson is a member of Groundwork Cincinnati-Mill Creek, an affiliate of Groundwork USA, and was working with about 20 other people on a trail project in the national park when she took a bathroom break but didn't return. Rangers searched the area, and when they couldn't find her, they called in search crews, a helicopter, dog search teams and other authorities. More than 100 people took part in the two-day search that resumed early Saturday. Missing person notices were posted in the area where she disappeared. Robin Corathers, executive director of Groundwork Cincinnati, said Jackson was excited about going to Wyoming to work on the project and there were no indications of any problems. "She did great work. She loved working outside, and demonstrated leadership potential. This was unexpected and there was no warning," she said. Denise Germann, spokeswoman for Grand Teton National Park, said investigators are trying to determine what happened, and the Teton County Sheriff's Office is handling the case. The girl was found in a rugged area of Grand Teton National Park, less than a mile from a highway that leads to Yellowstone National Park. Rescuers said someone reported seeing the girl Friday evening, and they became concerned after they found one of her hiking boots. Park law enforcement rangers and officers with Teton County Sheriff's Office said the Wyoming Civil Air Patrol helped find the girl. Grand Teton National Park Superintendent David Vela offered no reason why the girl changed her appearance and fled, but thanked rescuers for their efforts. "We are relieved and very grateful that Fauna has been found," Vela said in a statement. The Teton County Sheriff's Office, Teton County Search and Rescue, Teton County Emergency Management, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Federal Bureau of Investigation, volunteers, and park staff took part in the search. Groundwork USA teams are formed to work on environmental issues, improve their career skills, and take part in conservation and restoration projects.

2016-08-06 17:18 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

62 Austrian far-right leader likens Turkish coup to Reichstag fire VIENNA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Turkey's failed coup and President Tayyip Erdogan's subsequent purges of state institutions are reminiscent of the Reichstag fire in Nazi Germany and its use by Hitler to amass greater power, the head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party said. The blaze in the German parliament building in 1933 was portrayed by the Nazis as a Communist plot against the government, and they used it to justify curtailing civil liberties, consolidating Adolf Hitler's grip on Germany. Austria's Freedom Party (FPO) leader Heinz-Christian Strache said he saw parallels in Erdogan's use of the July 15 coup by a faction within the Turkish armed forces to crack down on his opponents in the army, civil service, academia and the media. "One almost had the impression that it was a guided putsch aimed in the end at making a presidential dictatorship by Erdogan possible," Strache told the daily Die Presse in an interview published on Saturday. "Dramatically, we have experienced such mechanisms elsewhere before, such as with the Reichstag fire, in the wake of which total power was seized," Strache said. "And now, too, one has the impression that a bit of steering occurred," he added. Erdogan has angrily rejected suggestions that he or the government might have been behind the coup, which he has blamed on the followers of a U. S.-based Muslim cleric. Erdogan narrowly avoided capture and possible death on the night of the putsch. Turkey's foreign minister called Austria the "capital of radical racism" on Friday after Chancellor Christian Kern suggested European Union leaders discuss ending Ankara's EU accession talks, citing democratic and economic deficits. Kern's centrist coalition government is under pressure from Strache's resurgent FPO, which is currently leading in opinion polls. Its candidate narrowly lost a presidential election in May but has another chance in a re-run set for Oct. 2 following irregularities in the count. Germany rejected Kern's suggestion on Turkey, but Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe's most powerful leader, and other EU politicians have expressed concern over the scale and speed of the mass purges in Turkey. Erdogan and many Turks accuse the West of focusing more on the rights of the coup plotters and their suspected supporters than on the putsch itself, in which more than 230 people were killed as rogue soldiers bombed parliament and seized bridges with tanks and helicopters. In a tweet on Saturday responding to Kern's comments, a veteran lawmaker from Turkey's ruling AK Party, Burhan Kuzu, wrote a Turkish abbreviation widely taken to mean "Fuck off foreigner", adding: "The European Union is collapsing. NATO is nothing without Turkey. " It was retweeted hundreds of times within a few hours. The Turkish authorities blame Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen and his followers in Turkey for the coup attempt. Ankara has demanded the extradition of Gulen from the United States, where he has lived in self-imposed exile since 1999. Gulen has denounced the coup attempt and denies any involvement. (Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Gareth Jones and Kevin Liffey)

2016-08-06 17:10 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

63 US Jewish groups dismayed by Movement for Black Lives accusing Israel of genocide NEW YORK - Jewish American groups have expressed dismay last week after the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 50 organizations, published its platform in which it accuses Israel of genocide against the Palestinians. Beyond this accusation and the use of the word “apartheid” to describe Israel, the platform includes a section calling on the United States to end military aid to the country. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Although the Movement for Black Lives platform does not explicitly endorse BDS, it does call on activists to “build invest/divestment campaigns that ends [sic] US Aid to Israel’s military industrial complex and any government with human rights violations.” The platform includes a link to the BDS movement website. The American Jewish Committee “strongly condemned” the views expressed in the Movement for Black Lives platform and said the movement “draws a false link to addressing racial disparities in the nation’s criminal justice system” and “confuses a civil rights cause with the struggle between two peoples with national aspirations, a conflict that can only be resolved by negotiation and mutual recognition between the parties.” AJC said in a statement that the civil rights cause that the Movement for Black Lives is standing for is “undermined by those activists seeking to hijack the movement and advocate for a platform that evinces contempt and bigotry toward Jews.” According to the Jewish group, the platform also describes the Israeli- Palestinian conflict in terms “sharply at odds with reality”, and which “draws totally misleading parallels between that conflict and the situation in the United States.” AJC added that the MBL libels Israel with this platform while “diluting the moral seriousness” of terms like “genocide” and “apartheid”. “Further, in linking the platform to the campaign for boycott of and divestment from Israel, MBL identifies itself with a cause that, beyond undermining the effort to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians, is fundamentally grounded in denial of the very legitimacy of the Jewish state,” the Committee said. AJC also pointed out that the American Black and Jewish communities have worked in partnership in the past and therefore the MBL platform is “profoundly at odds with that history of shared purpose and mutually reinforcing solidarity.” Earlier last week, another Jewish organization, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights endorsed many of the platform’s demands concerning economic justice, mass incarceration and law enforcement, but criticized its section on Israel. T’ruah’s statement condemned Israel’s "occupation" of the West Bank, but said the group was “extremely dismayed at the decision to refer to the Israeli occupation as genocide.” T’ruah also criticized the platform for not mentioning Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians, including rocket attacks from Hamas, the militant group that governs Gaza. The statement added that T’ruah does not support BDS, the campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel.

2016-08-06 17:09 DANIELLE ZIRI www.jpost.com

64 Uber driver to see his son compete in Rio thanks to passenger Soon after Liz Willock got into the back of Hill's car, their conversation touched on the Rio Olympic Games, with Willock mentioning that she knew someone competing there. As it turns out, so did Hill: his own son. Hill beamed into the rear- view mirror as he told Willock that his son, Darrell, would be competing in the shot put event for the U. S. Olympic Track and Field team on August 18. Hill, a retired bus driver who drives an Uber to make ends meet, had resigned himself to watching his son compete on television from his living room. But his passenger, so moved by this father's story, had other ideas. "I don't think he ever thought it was in reach. He had just accepted that he wasn't going to be able to afford it," Willock told CNN. So Willock exited the car with a vow to get him to Brazil. First, Willock tried to use frequent flyer miles before turning to GoFundMe.com and setting up a campaign page . The site, which crowdsources donations for everything from business ideas to medical treatments, is now brimming with the plights of Olympic athletes and their families. Over the course of just a week, donations flooded in from 152 people, totaling $8,200 -- $700 more than the original goal of $7,500. Most of those who donated were strangers, says Hill, simply moved by his story. "When I went to bed that night, it was at $1,300. When I woke up, it was at $4,045," Hill told CBC. After leaving church that morning, he received a call that would change his life. "I got a phone call from a TV station and they said, 'So Ellis, how do you feel?' And I said, 'What?' They said, 'You passed the goal!'" Willock, who works for a company that plans worldwide travel for medical patients in search of new clinical trials, told CNN she believes there is a reason she missed her flight that day and ended up getting in to Hill's Uber. "Someone was watching out for us. The stars just aligned," she said. But Willock isn't the only generous figure in Ellis Hill's story. Darrell's teammate, reigning shot put world champion Joe Kovacs, arranged for Ellis to get a spare hotel room in Rio, booked and paid for by Kovac's own family. Ellis Hill will head to Rio on August 15, just in time to catch his son compete a few days later. Darrell has already secured his dad tickets to his shot put event. Hill told CBC he's hopeful his presence will push his son to a podium finish. "I hope this means that my son will come home with a medal because, frankly, he's going to give it all he has," Hill said.

2016-08-06 17:08 Amy La rss.cnn.com

65 LO ULTIMO: Japón pasa susto en gimnasia; Brasil en segundo RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Las últimas noticias sobre los juegos Olímpicos en Río de Janeiro. Todas las horas son locales. ___ 13:10 El actual campeón mundial, Japón, se recuperó de un mal inicio en la gimnasia masculina. Si bien los japoneses lograron registrar la máxima puntuación durante las clasificatorias por equipo el sábado por la mañana, lucieron particularmente desordenados. El seis veces campeón mundial y actual medallista de oro olímpico, Kohei Uchimura, se cayó de la barra fija, mientras que el campeón mundial de ejercicios de piso Kenzo Shirai salió de los límites durante su rutina. Uchimura se recuperó para tomar el liderato general después de la primera de tres subdivisiones con un total de 90,498. El anfitrión Brasil parecía tomar energía del público. Los brasileños se ubicaron en el segundo sitio, detrás de Japón, con una puntuación por equipo de 268,078. El gimnasta veterano Diego Hypolito rompió en llanto después de sumar 15,5 en los ejercicios de piso mientras las banderas de Brasil ondeaban en la tribuna. Los mejores ocho equipos avanzan a la final del lunes. Los mejores 24 en general pasarán a las finales individuales del miércoles. ___ 13:00 Luego de tantas advertencias sobre mantenerse alejado de las aguas en Río, los remeros serbios Milos Vasic y Nenad Benik se hallaron inmersos en ellas en el primer día de la regata olímpica. El dúo serbio cayó —algo que rara vez ocurre en los eventos de remo de elite— en la Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas mientras las inestables aguas metieron en problemas a los atletas para permanecer en sus botes. La embarcación de Vasic y Benik se volcó a mitad de la carrera, que fue ganada fácilmente por los neozelandeses y . Sin embargo, tendrán otra oportunidad de avanzar a las semifinales, dado que los jueces de la competencia decidieron dejarlos competir en el repechaje. ___ 11:15 La estadounidense Virginia Thrasher obtuvo el primer oro de los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro al ganar la competencia de mujeres en 10 metros rifle de aire. Thrasher, de 19 años, registró 10,5 en su primer tiro en la última ronda de eliminación y sonrió tras apuntarse 10,4 en su segundo para tomar una cómoda ventaja sobre la china Li Du. Thrasher terminó con una puntuación total de 208 para derrotar por un punto a Du, dos veces medallista de oro. Otra china, Siling Yu, se llevó el bronce. En su regreso a los Juegos tras dos cirugías de espalda, la estadounidense Sarah Scherer fue eliminada en la primera ronda y terminó en el octavo lugar. ___ 11:00 Varios testigos afirmaron que un hombre fue asesinado a tiros cerca del estadio Maracaná de Río de Janeiro poco después de la ceremonia de apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos. Fotógrafos de The Associated Press reportaron haber escuchado varios disparos, lo que obligó a los voluntarios y tras personas a abandonar la ceremonia para resguardarse detrás de vehículos. Un hombre, al parecer el agresor, fue visto alejándose a pie del lugar para luego huir a bordo de un auto cerca del estacionamiento de una universidad. A la llegada de la policía y cuerpo médico se pudo observar a varios paramédicos prestando atención a la víctima, que yacía en la calle sangrando profusamente. ___ 9:30 Los Juegos Olímpicos 2016 entran en su primer día intenso de actividades con competencias en tenis de mesa, remo, tiro con arco, ciclismo, waterpolo y esgrima llevándose a cabo bajo un cielo despejado en Río de Janeiro y cálidas temperaturas. El tráfico en algunas partes de la ciudad rápidamente sufrió embotellamientos mientras el ciclismo ocasionó el cierre de vías. La carrera, que incluye a los mejores ciclistas a nivel mundial, inició en la famosa playa de Copacabana y durará cerca de seis horas en un recorrido por calles de Río y cumbres empinadas en las montañas en las afueras de la ciudad. Miles de policías y soldados patrullan las calles. Las actividades del fútbol olímpico de antemano iniciaron y más juegos están programados para el sábado, junto con el rugby, gimnasia, judo y natación. Muchos de los eventos se efectúan en el Parque Olímpico de Barra de Tijuca, un moderno suburbio en el oeste de Río. ___ 6:15 Los equipos olímpicos de básquetbol femenino de Turquía y Francia desean dejar a un lado el tema de los conflictos y concentrarse en el orgullo nacional. Ambas naciones pasan por un mal momento luego de sufrir mortíferos ataques de extremistas, y Turquía lucha con los resultados de un sangriento intento de golpe de Estado. Para las jugadoras de ambos equipos, el participar en Juegos Olímpicos les ofrece un respiro de lo que sucede en casa —y la oportunidad de demostrar al mundo un frente unido. Las escuadras se miden en su debut en Río el sábado. "En Francia, empezamos a perder la fe en las personas... espero que estos Juegos muestren a la gente que podemos resurgir juntos", dijo la pivote francesa Isabelle Yacoubou. "Resulta un tanto especial que nos enfrentemos primero".

2016-08-06 17:06 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

66 sevens makes Olympic debut France's Camille Grassineau made history Saturday with the tournament's first try as rugby sevens made its debut at the Olympic Games. Grassineau was put through for an easy run in past a stretched Spanish defence after three minutes of play in front of a sparse crowd of barely 1,000 at the 15,000-capacity Deodoro Stadium that included World Rugby president Bill Beaumont. World Rugby says it has sold two-thirds of the tickets for the sevens tournament. France went on to win the opening encounter 24-7 thanks to further tries from Lina Guerin, Caroline Ladagnous and Elodie Guiglion. "It was the first match of rugby in the Olympic Games in almost 100 years, a souvenir of having played the first game and having won it," said France coach David Courteix. It was indeed the first time since 1924 that rugby has been played at the Olympics and the debut for sevens, the previous four incarnations featuring men's 15-a-side tournaments. Despite ambitious early attempts by the stadium announcer to get the crowd to sing along to Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline', adopted on the global Sevens Series as one of the sport's anthems, there was a muted reception for the two teams in blistering condition with temperatures hitting 30 degrees celsius (84F) - Woodman hat-trick - But the crowd had swelled for the next game featuring New Zealand, for whom star winger Portia Woodman crossed for a hat-trick of tries as they brushed Kenya aside 52-0. "I just want to get that ball and run like heck," said Woodman, a former netball player who is now the all- time leading try-scorer in World Rugby Women's Sevens Series history having scored 119 tries over four seasons. "It's a good statement," she added. "The atmosphere's awesome and I'm just glad to see our Kiwi flag up there and fans out there. It's the Olympics and I'm so excited. " Hosts Brazil were next up, the increasingly vocal local crowd jeering every time Britain touched the ball. The heckling was not enough, however, as the British overcame some stubborn first-half defence to run out convincing 29- 3 winners. Top seeds Australia will play the United States, Fiji and Colombia in Pool A while New Zealand, France, Spain and Kenya contest Pool B. Canada, Britain, Brazil and Japan complete the field in Pool C. The top two teams from each pool qualify for the knockout rounds, along with the two best third-placed sides. The men's competition gets under way on Tuesday, with favourites Fiji set for a battle royale for gold with New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Britain.

2016-08-06 16:59 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

67 20 absurd headlines from Donald Trump's week Here are 20 eye-popping headlines surrounding the Republican nominee from the last seven days: 1. Picked a fight with the parents of slain American soldier, Capt. Humayun Khan Last Saturday, less than 48 hours after Khizr Khan, the soldier's father, called him out during an impassioned speech at the DNC, Trump on ABC accused Khan of having read from a Clinton campaign script and compared his own sacrifices ("I work very, very hard") to those made by the Khan family. 2. Escalated the fight, bringing in the Khan family's religion Both in the ABC interview and another with The New York Times , Trump suggested that Khan's mother had been prevented from speaking ("Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say"), implying it was because she and her husband are Muslim. 3. Continued to attack, on Twitter, Khan's parents -- for being on TV too much On Monday, Trump tweeted twice to complain that Khan's father was spending too much time on television. First: "Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T. V. doing the same - Nice! " Then: "This story is not about Mr. Khan, who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM and the U. S. Get smart! " 4. That thing with the crying baby About 90 seconds after saying he didn't mind a crying baby at a rally in Ashburn, Virginia on Tuesday, Trump reversed course: "Actually, I was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. That's alright. Don't worry. I think (the mom) really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking. " (The mother of the crying baby, however, was not asked to leave the venue.) Trump revisited on the issue on Friday, assuring supporters he loves babies and musing that the child could be "the next great Pavarotti. " 5. Said he wouldn't endorse -- then taunted -- the highest-ranking Republican in the nation Party unity? Not quite. Trump on Tuesday told The Washington Post he wouldn't endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, saying, "I'm not quite there yet. " The language seemed oddly familiar to that used by Ryan himself, talking about Trump, in May. ("I'm not there right now. ") But wait, there's more to this story... 6. His campaign rumbled and grumbled about him Usually, it works the other way around. Candidates fire campaign managers and staff. On Tuesday night, the tables seemed to be turning. A GOP source told CNN's Dana Bash that some staffers, up to and including boss Paul Manafort, "feel like they are wasting their time. " Trump officials have denied any discord. 7. Has repeatedly beat up... local fire marshals? Trump has accused two of them of stifling his rallies by enforcing crowd size restrictions. The first time he did it, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, came a few hours after he and his security detail were rescued from a stalled elevator -- by the fire department. 8. Suggested the general election could be rigged "I'm telling you, November 8, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged," he said on Monday night. "And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it's going to be taken away from us. " His comments came in the wake of a string of polls showing Clinton with a new post-conventions lead , and continued the claim at a Tuesday rally in Virginia. "It's a crooked system," Trump told supporters. "We're running against a rigged system, and we're running against a dishonest media. " 9. Called Hillary Clinton "the devil" After saying Sen. Bernie Sanders had made a "deal with the devil" by endorsing Clinton, Trump added for clarity: "She's the devil. " (Clinton was downgraded to a mere "monster" later in the week.) 10. Said he hoped his daughter would leave her job if she were sexually harassed Asked by Fox News contributor and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers how he thought his daughter might respond to being harassed in the workplace, Trump said : "I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case. " 11. His son Eric said Ivanka "wouldn't allow herself" to be sexually harassed Called in to clean up his dad's mess, Eric Trump only tracked in more mud. "Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman, she wouldn't allow herself to be (subjected) to it," he said during an interview on CBS, "and by the way, you should take it up with human resources, and I think she would as a strong person, at the same time, I don't think she would allow herself to be subjected to that. " 12. Lost the vote of at least one Republican congressman -- and a couple more GOP power players Retiring GOP Rep. Richard Hanna wrote that he would vote for Clinton over Trump , describing the latter in an op-ed as being "deeply flawed in endless ways. " Hanna was the first Republican congressman to cross party lines. A longtime aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and a big money GOP fundraiser followed suit, and Jeb Bush's top adviser told CNN's Jamie Gangel she has left the party and would cast a vote for Clinton in swing- state Florida if the race there is close. 13. Said he would not allow Russia, currently in Ukraine, into Ukraine Or maybe he meant further into Ukraine? In his ABC interview last weekend -- the same one in which he attacked the Khans -- Trump said of Russian President Vladimir Putin: "He's not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. " When host George Stephanopoulos noted that Putin was already there, having annexed Crimea in 2014, Trump gave another puzzling response. "OK -- well, he's there in a certain way," he said. "But I'm not there. You have Obama there. " The nominee sought to clarify his point on Twitter , blaming Obama for the current situation while pledging to prevent any new incursions. 14. Ate KFC -- with a fork and knife -- aboard his private jet, then posted a picture of it online Perhaps the high point of the week. 15. Fired one of his top campaign aides In addition to replacing some state directors, the campaign canned Ed Brookover , who helped manage Trump's delegate operations in the lead- up to the convention. The move came a little more than six weeks after Brookover was named the campaign's liaison to the Republican National Committee. 16. Got advice from Jan Brewer to "tone it do w n" The former Arizona governor -- who once confronted President Barack Obama on an airport tarmac in full view of the national press -- said during a radio interview with KTAR 92.3 FM's Mac and Gaydos that she wished Trump "would tone it down a little bit. " 17. Said he was leading Kelly Ayotte, a Republican senator running for re- election, in the polls After Ayotte, a GOP senator caught in a tough race to keep her seat, criticized Trump over the Khan family mess, the nominee said : "You have a Kelly Ayotte who doesn't want to talk about Trump, but I'm beating her in the polls by a lot. " (Note: Ayotte is running against Gov. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat. Not Trump.) 18. Endorsed Paul Ryan after Paul Ryan threatened to un-endorse him On Thursday, two days after Trump refused to endorse Ryan in his coming primary contests, Ryan returned fire, saying he wouldn't rule out withdrawing his support for Trump. "He's had a pretty strange run since the convention," the speaker told a Wisconsin radio host. The next day, Trump made nice during a campaign stop in Green Bay. "We will have disagreements, but we will disagree as friends and never stop working together toward victory. And very importantly, toward real change," he said, reading from prepared remarks. "So in our shared mission, to make America great again, I support and endorse our speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. " 19. Admitted he did not see a video that showed the U. S. paying Iran $400 million After repeatedly claiming he had seen footage of the payment -- compensation tied to a decades-old debt -- during the week, Trump tweeted a reversal early Friday: "The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran! " Trump had actually viewed video from news reports showing American prisoners arriving in Switzerland after being released by the Iranians. 20. Reflected on a busy seven days So what would Trump have changed if he got a do-over on the past week? "Maybe," he said Friday, "I would've done a little bit less. "

2016-08-06 16:38 Gregory Krieg rss.cnn.com

68 Cara Delevingne sports her favourite pink beanie as she celebrates her 24th birthday The party started somewhat prematurely for Cara Delevingne as she celebrated her birthday a week early with a host of her closest friends on Friday evening. Despite her big day falling on August 12 – when she will turn 24 – the model and actress was nevertheless treated to a late night birthday bash at the London home of long-time pal Suki Waterhouse. Cara, who is currently promoting her summer blockbuster Suicide Squad, wore her favourite bright pink beanie as she made her way inside. The British star kept her look casual on the night by opting for the same LL Cool J t-shirt and Puma tracksuit trousers she sported at Claridge's Hotel earlier that day. She ditched the heels for a pair of pristine white Puma trainers and completed her low key look with a zip-up black jacket. Adding an additional touch of vibrancy to her look Cara wore bold turquoise glitter eye-shadow that ensured she stood out ahead of her birthday celebration.

2016-08-06 16:25 Jason Chester www.dailymail.co.uk

69 69 New York Gov. Cuomo's Start-Up jobs figures don't add up ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic development program may have created fewer jobs than the state says. The Democratic governor's administration released a report on Start-UP NY that says the program has generated 408 jobs since its 2013 launch. But a close look at the database accompanying the report puts the number at 395, and a lawmaker says other discrepancies in the state statistics suggest dozens of jobs may have been double-counted. "It indicates that there is an attempt at the agency level to pad the numbers," said Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Buffalo Democrat and chairman of a committee that recently reviewed the numbers. "I recognize that it's the early stage of the program and that things are moving slowly, but good grief, at least let's be accurate. " Howard Zemsky, Cuomo's top economic development official, stands by the report but has so far not explained why the numbers appear to be inflated. Questions surrounding Start-Up's performance come as lawmakers from both parties and fiscal experts call for the beleaguered program to be overhauled or scrapped. It's the third time in recent weeks the Cuomo administration has been accused of manipulating data when it comes to performance measures for economic development programs. A state audit Aug. 1 concluded that an incentive program that provides low-cost power to certain companies overstated the number of jobs created or retained by almost 30,000. An audit released last month found that officials adjusted initial targets for companies receiving a job-creation tax credit after fewer jobs materialized. Start-Up seeks to attract new businesses by creating tax-free zones around colleges and universities. Cuomo's administration called it a "game-changing initiative" and "the most ambitious economic development program in New York state's recent history. " The state spent $53 million promoting it on radio and television. Cuomo said Start-Up is just one of several economic development efforts, and he continues to support it. He also notes that the state's economy is up overall. "The program has been in operation a couple of years," he said last month. "It takes time. " The report on its progress — released three months late on a Friday before the July 4 weekend — lists companies participating in Start-Up and the number of jobs created through the program. While the text of the report puts the total at 408, a tally by individual companies listed in the report database adds up to 395. The database lists the number of jobs at each company in two different ways, and discrepancies in several instances indicate the totals were inflated. Schimminger said he believes at least 80 jobs were double-counted. "They're counting last year's jobs and carrying them forward and counting them again in 2015," he said. Schimminger detailed the discrepancies during Wednesday's committee review; a subsequent analysis by The Associated Press also found the discrepancies. But in standing by the report and its numbers, Zemsky said, "I am not aware of them being inaccurate. " Zemsky is president of the Empire State Development Corp., the state's main economic development agency, and he also disputes the recent audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The audit found that Zemsky's agency lowered job-creation goals after companies receiving job- creation tax credits failed to meet expectations and that it failed to verify if companies followed through on their commitment to create jobs. "ESD needs to stop lowering the bar and giving companies a pass when they fall short of promises," DiNapoli said. Zemsky said the audit was "unfortunate and misleading and unfair. " He said it found no instances in which incentives were improperly provided. State officials have also dismissed questions raised in another audit by DiNapoli that said the New York Power Authority overstated the number of jobs it supported through its low-cost power program. The Authority awards the more affordable energy rates to companies and nonprofits in exchange for commitments to create or retain jobs. Auditors found the Authority includes jobs at companies that haven't yet accepted the deal — a practice that boosted the number by nearly 30,000. The Power Authority said the program has supported 370,000 jobs, and an Authority spokesman said the audit findings come down to an "accounting disagreement. " Meanwhile, the state's largest economic development program, the Buffalo Billion, remains under federal investigation, as does Nano, a bid to attract high-tech investment. U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara is examining whether two former Cuomo aides had possible conflicts of interest when they worked for companies involved in the project. Ron Deutsch, director of the liberal-leaning Fiscal Policy Institute, said New York government agencies spend $8 billion on economic development each year. He said the problems facing so many programs show the need for a new approach. "Economic development is under attack in New York — between federal investigations that are going on, scathing audits that have been released," he said. E. J. McMahon, president of the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy, said he's not surprised to learn the Start-Up numbers are inflated, but he's far more concerned about larger programs like the Buffalo Billion and Nano. "These numbers reflect on their credibility, but that's not the problem with a capital 'P'," McMahon said. "These other programs are costing billions and billions of dollars. It's very risky and there is inadequate oversight. "

2016-08-06 16:24 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

70 The Bachelor's Trista Sutter is just an ordinary mom as she enjoys married life with Ryan Today, appearing on the Bachelor or Bachelorette shows is seen as a quick route to reality star fame. But there was a time when contestants were genuinely looking for love. And the original lovebirds from the very first Bachelorette series - Trista and - are still going strong, after 13 years of marriage and two children. The pair left behind the Hollywood lifestyle to raise their family in Vail, Colorado, where they are a regular couple. Seen this week Trista, the first Bachelorette, looked a far cry from the glamorous blonde millions of Americans will remember when she married her hunky firefighter Ryan 13 years ago. The mom of two - who won the hearts of American TV views as the original face of the dating series - was spotted running errands in her home town just days after beaming 2016 Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher was pictured shopping for furniture in glamorous Beverley Hills with her chosen lover, Jordan Rogers. Talking to Dailymail.com Trista, 43, revealed her husband Ryan is now working two jobs. She explained: 'Life in kinda busy right now. Ryan has two full-time jobs and I have one major full-time job with my children plus lots of other stuff going on.' Trista has commented on this year’s Bachelorette final on Twitter, writing: 'A beautiful couple with a beautiful future. Congratulations @JoelleFletcher & @JRodgers11!! #Ilovelove #TheBachelorette.' But instead of hanging out in a sun-kissed millionaire’s playground like JoJo, Trista spent her weekday lunchtime shopping at her rain-soaked local City Market supermarket on the outskirts of Vail, CO. Unsurprisingly, no other shoppers recognized the diminutive reality star, who was dressed in baggy jeans, flip flops and an over-sized red wind cheater jacket with her blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail. After shopping at the supermarket Trista headed to a local pharmacy before going home. There was also no sign of Trista’s husband, Ryan, who she married in 2003 after picking him on final. Their California wedding shown on TV that December was watched by a record 26 million viewers. The couple’s two kids, Max and Blakesley Grace, were being looked after by friends back at their $1 million home. Ryan, now sporting a beard, has posted pics of himself chopping down trees to make fire breaks on his Twitter page. Other pics show the couple with their kids at the Adventure Ridge attraction in Vail.

2016-08-06 16:06 Grant Hodgson www.dailymail.co.uk

71 71 Charting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton doesn't appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to take her on the quickest route to collect the 270 Electoral College votes she needs to win the White House. With three months until Election Day, Clinton's campaign is focused on capturing the battleground states that have decided the most recent presidential elections, not so much on expanding the map. Clinton's team doesn't rule out an effort at Arizona, a state with a booming population of Latino voters that polls find are loathe to support Trump. And Georgia, a bastion of the Deep South, echoes recent population trends in other Southeastern states where Clinton is competing aggressively. But neither is among the 11 battleground states that Clinton's television advertising plans and her travel schedule point to as her focus. Those states are the perennial top-tier targets Florida and Ohio, plus Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. President Barack Obama carried them all in 2008, and missed out on only North Carolina during his 2012 re-election campaign. "The last two elections have given Democrats an electoral path for victory," said Clinton campaign adviser John Anzelone. "And our strategy is to efficiently use our resources to lock down the support we need to reach 270 electoral votes. " After a bump in support for Clinton in national polls that followed the Democratic convention and tracked Trump's recent gaffes, the number of states where Clinton will invest her time and money may get smaller than 11. When the Clinton campaign booked more than $23 million in new television ad time late this past week to start on Monday, it spent most of the money in just three states: Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Feeling good about Colorado and Virginia, the campaign passed on giving those states a fresh injection of ad dollars, though they remain heavily staffed with organizers. Likewise, officials with the pro-Clinton group Priorities USA say they have put its advertising plans there on hold. Meanwhile, Trump's travel following the Republican convention suggests he's given up on plans to force Clinton to defend traditional Democratic bastions California and New York. Beyond that, it's not clear how he plans to chart his course to 270. "I have states that no other Republican would do well in that I think I'm going to win," Trump told The Washington Post this past week. "But I don't want to name those states. " Trump's campaign has yet to run a single television ad and has made curious decisions about where to send its candidate. This past week, for example, Trump spent a day in Portland, Maine, chasing after the single electoral vote at stake along the state's largely Democratic southern coast. There have been no such distractions for Clinton since the end of her convention, aside from a quick stop in Nebraska, a visit that was probably as much about spending time on stage with billionaire investor Warren Buffett than picking up the one electoral vote in the Omaha area. (Maine and Nebraska are the two states that award electoral votes by congressional district instead of a statewide winner-take-all vote.) This coming week, Clinton will be in Florida. So will Trump. That's no surprise, as a win there plus victories in every state (and the District of Columbia) that have voted Democratic since 1992 would give Clinton a winning total of 271 electoral votes. Florida Republican consultant Brett Doster said simply of his state: "If we don't win here, I just don't see how we win. " Despite the 2016 campaign's unscripted form, Democrat and Republican pollsters alike said in the past week that Florida is competitive and is expected to stay that way into the fall. The largest share of single-state spending in Clinton's most recent ad buy came in Florida, at more than $4.2 million, and that, plus an aggressive pursuit of Latino voters, may give her a narrow edge. In Florida's Orange County, which includes Orlando, the Democratic edge among registered voters has grown by 15 percent since 2008. Since late last year, roughly 1,000 Puerto Rican families a month have relocated to Florida due to the U. S. territory's fiscal crisis, many of them concentrating in and around Orlando's heavy service-sector job scene. Bilingual teams of Clinton employees are registering first-time Puerto Rican voters at grocery stores, malls and community centers. Republican pollster Whit Ayers said Trump's problems in Florida go deeper than his lack of advertising and overwhelmingly unpopular standing among Latinos. He said Trump's recent criticism of the Muslim family of a fallen U. S. soldier is not likely to sit well in a state with 22 military installations and more than 1.5 million veterans. "The attack on the Gold Star family makes it unlikely for him to expand in Florida beyond where he is right now," said Ayers, an adviser to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. While Trump may not have a path without Florida, Clinton can lose the state and still find another way through the battlegrounds to reach 270. That's no doubt why from June 8 through Monday, Clinton and Democratic groups supporting her will have outspent Republican groups by 15 to 1 in those states, according to data from Kantar Media's CMAG political advertising tracker. The Clinton campaign and deep-pocketed Democratic groups such as Priorities USA have poured a combined $66 million into television and radio advertising in those 11 states. Trump's campaign hasn't spent a dollar on television advertising, while Republican groups have only spent about $4.3 million. Put simply, Anzalone said, Clinton has options. "But this is a dynamic race and we will continue to look at all pathways as this race develops," he said. ___ Julie Bykowicz, Chad Day and Lisa Lerer contributed from Washington. Jonathan Lemire contributed from Jacksonville, Florida. ___ Keep track on how much Clinton and Trump are spending on television advertising, and where they're spending it, via AP's interactive ad tracker. http://elections.ap.org/content/ad-spending ___ Follow Thomas Beaumont on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/tombeaumont

2016-08-06 16:05 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

72 Bizarre prison letters of slain Melbourne gangland boss Carl Williams Prior to being bashed to death in jail, notorious gangster Carl Williams wrote letters that shed light on his love life and Melbourne's bloody underworld war. The letters, sent from Barwon Prison, unravel an infamous meeting he had with rival gangster and champion boxer Mick Gatto inside Crown casino. They also lifted the veil on William's messy love triangle with his former wife and fiance - as well as a bizarre affection for Kim Kardashian, the Herald Sun reports. The meeting with Mr Gatto came in the wake of Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh being shot down outside his home. CCTV footage from inside the casino shows the two gangsters trying to prevent gangland tensions from spiralling out of control, and for the first time Williams has revealed his view of the meeting. He revealed his fears about the meeting when he said he brought a gun to the casino tucked in his pants. 'Before we hopped in the car, I grabbed a firearm and put it down the front of my pants — I thought I better take it just in case. We then went for a walk to discuss what we were going to tell him when/if he tried to question us.' Williams was engaged to now 31-year-old Renata Laureano while in prison, however it's been revealed he never fell out of love with former wife Roberta Williams. 'I loved her with all my heart, never in my life have I loved anyone like I did her,' he wrote in one letter. He also asked friends to engage him with female penpals from all over the country, who he wrote to about his sordid life of crime. But he also revealed another, more far-flung love interest while behind bars –a romantic interest in star Kim Kardashian. 'I've been reading FHM and Kim Kardashian is in there, she's my new girl (I wish.) She's 'hot', sexy as - there's something about her, plus git a great body, not too skinny, just how I like them.' Scroll down for video In June it was revealed Carl Williams wrote an explosive list of demands to police in return for his co-operation with a murder investigation prior to his death. He was murdered in jail in 2010 after he was suspected of aiding police in the investigation of the alleged plot to kill police witness Terrence Hodson. Letters written by Williams revealed he was anxious about the Hodson case and he compiled a list of demands to police in return for his co-operation. They included to be placed in the same jail unit as long-time friend and criminal associate Tony Mokbel, $1million to be paid to his daughter if the Hodson case was solved, and a suppression order to be put on his name, according to The Herald Sun. He also requested an array of other perks not typically afforded to inmates and demanded 'greener pastures' while he was serving his sentence. 'I would like access to weekly contact visits, and unlimited telephone calls, surely that is not too hard to organise,' Williams wrote, according the paper. 'My monthly money $290.00 per-month to be paid in full every month for as long as I'm in jail. 'I don't want to be kept in these conditions for ever, so please find out what my options are - i.e. when can I be moved to greener pastures.' Williams was eventually moved to a different unit at Barwon Prison and he shared a cell with Matthew Johnson, who brutally murdered him by bashing him with part of an exercise bike. Johnson, who committed the murder with the full knowledge his was being filmed on CCTV, was convicted of his killing and sentenced to 32 years imprisonment in 2011.

2016-08-06 16:01 Nelson Groom www.dailymail.co.uk

73 Olympics-Huge queues and angry fans mar the start of Rio Games By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Rio de Janeiro Olympics got off to a shambolic start on Saturday with fans queuing for hours to enter the stadium and some missing their events as many athletes competed in front of eerily empty stands. Games organisers apologised for dropping the ball on the first day of full competition, the morning after a dazzling opening ceremony, as iconic venues such as beach volleyball on the famed Copacabana beach saw only a few hundred spectators. Outside, lines stretched for several blocks as angry fans stood in the scorching sun, waiting as security staff struggled. "Indeed we have problems in some (security checkpoints) in the Olympic Park and we apologise for everybody standing in line outside the venues," Games spokesman Mario Andrada told reporters. "We need to upgrade that part of the Games. We moved people from Rio 2016 (organisation) to speed up the mag and bag (security checks) and within the next hours we will be in much better shape. " He said he hoped no fan had missed competitions they had bought tickets for, but many Brazilians were left fuming. "I don't believe it. It's absurd, ridiculous," said Rio resident Natalia Carvalho, 28, who had wanted to see Brazilian gymnast and medal hopeful Arthur Zanetti compete. Instead she entered the stadium only after he had finished his rings presentation with thousands more waiting to enter the Olympic park, site of several venues. "I always said that what I most wanted to see was Zanetti in the rings. It's a lack of respect for the fan that bought tickets. It's a shame," she said. Games organisers blamed the snafu on a lack of coordination between various groups of security personnel, including the police, Games staff and private security firms. What should have been a celebration of the start of South America's first Olympics instead turned into a damage-control operation, with Andrada vowing an immediate improvement. "It is the first morning of the Olympic crowd and some of the systems did not talk to each other. It was a problem of coordination. We need to explain to the public. We owe them an explanation and we owe them an excuse. " Only a few hundred spectators made it into the gymnastics arena, which can seat 13,500 people. The boxing venue also had many empty seats on Saturday morning as the first professionals in Olympics history entered the ring. Handball matches also saw far from full stands as did the hockey tournament. "We hope to clear the lines in the Olympic park," Andrada said, admitting some people had waited as long as 90 minutes. "We feel sorry for the people who are there. Some time in line is acceptable but there needs to be a balance. " (Additional reporting Pritha Sarkar, Liana Baker, Caroline Stauffer and Pedro Fonseca; Editing by Mark Bendeich)

2016-08-06 15:54 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

74 Air Algeria plane lands safely after technical fault ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Air Algeria plane en route to Marseille has been forced to return to Algiers due to an unspecified technical failure. The airline said the plane landed safely in the Algerian capital Saturday around 30 minutes after takeoff and no one was injured. It said passengers are expected to board another plane for Marseille in southern France later in the day. It didn't immediately provide any more details about what caused the emergency.

2016-08-06 15:44 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

75 75 MPs face six-year booze ban: Parliament WILL move to Sharia-owned office block in 2020 MPs face a six-year drinking ban after a committee decided they will move to an office block operating under Islamic laws while the Palace of Westminster is refurbished. Their new home, Richmond House in Whitehall, was transferred to finance an Islamic bond scheme in 2014. The building, currently the offices of the Department of Health, will house MPs when a multi-billion-pound refurbishment of Parliament begins in 2020. The parliamentary committee created to decide on options for renovating the Palace of Westminster decided against MPs remaining in the building while work takes place. Their recommendations, which will be voted on by MPs when they return after the summer recess, was contained in a report leaked to The Times. A plan to nationalise the nearby Red Lion pub so it could be kept private for MPs was shelved after owners Fuller's Inns spoke out against the idea. Peers will go to the QEII Centre at the other end of Parliament Square. Renovating the Palace of Westminster while it is vacant is expected to cost between £3.5billion and £3.9billion and take six years. The committee rejected two other plans, which would have been more expensive. One was to move MPs and peers out of the Palace of Westminster at different times as the building was repaired, costing £4.4billion and lasting 11 years, while the other would have seen them stay put as repairs were carried on around them. This third choice would have taken 32 years at a cost of £5.7billion. MPs will vote on whether to accept the committee's recommendations after they return from the summer recess. The Palace of Westminster has dozens of bars and restaurants, where MPs, peers, staff and other passholders can enjoy pints for as little as £2.90. This is 70p cheaper than the average price of a pint in London thanks to taxpayer subsidies worth £4million a year. The landmark, opened in 1859, has a leaky roof, crumbling stonework and faulty cabling. The Queen Elizabeth Tower, which supports Big Ben, is also tilting by 18 inches. Richmond House is one of three Whitehall buildings that were transferred to the £200million Islamic bond scheme, which switched their ownership from British taxpayers to wealthy Middle Eastern businessmen and banks. George Osborne announced the move in June 2014 as part of an effort to make the UK a global hub for Islamic finance. But critics say the scheme would waste money and could undermine Britain's financial and legal systems by imposing Sharia law onto government premises. The bonds – known as Sukuk – are only available for purchase by Islamic investors. The money raised will be repayable from 2019. But instead of interest, bond-buyers will earn rental income from the three Government offices as interest payments are banned in Sharia law. The Treasury agreed to make the sukuk fully compliant with Sharia law to ensure investors were not put off investing in the scheme, meaning each of the buildings used to finance the products must meet the terms of Sharia law, including the ban on alcohol. Previous proposals for relocating MPs caused controversy, with a plan to house politicians in an underground car park generating outrage because it was the spot where Tory MP Airey Neave was killed by an IRA car bomb in 1979.

2016-08-06 15:35 Rory Tingle www.dailymail.co.uk

76 Olympics-Rugby-French women first winners as 92-year wait ends By Nick Mulvenney RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Rugby, a sport so often played in mud and rain, returned to the Olympics in brilliant Rio sunshine on Saturday morning when France beat Spain in the opening match of the women's sevens tournament to end a 92-year absence from the Games. A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the sun-baked 15,000-seater Deodoro stadium to witness the first Olympic rugby action since the United States beat France to win gold in the men's 15-aside game at the 1924 Paris Games. Spain's Patricia Garcia had the honour of taking the first kickoff in a women's rugby match at the Olympic Games but thereafter the French dominated, running in four tries to open their Pool B campaign with a convincing 24-7 win. Camille Grassineau scored the opening try in the third minute and Lina Guerin, Caroline Ladagnous and Elodie Guiglion also crossed. Garcia managed to get Spain, the last of the 12 women's sides to qualify for the Games, on the board in the second half but they were unable to contain the power of the French. Few sides are likely to be able to cope with the strength and pace of New Zealand either over the three days of competition and the Pool B favourites opened their campaign with an eight-try 52-0 thumping of Kenya in the second match. New Zealand's try-scoring phenomenon Portia Woodman took only 30 seconds to get on the board and she added two more tries after halftime to clinch rugby's first Olympic hat-trick of the modern era. Woodman, whose father Kawhena and uncle Fred both played on the wing for the All Blacks, also turned provider for one try and botched another with the line at her mercy. "Think there was a bit of nerves, you saw there was a bit of a fumble there," she said. "But you have to scratch that and get on with it. The atmosphere was awesome. " The atmosphere moved up a notch, and the crowd grew threefold, when Brazil took on Britain in the opening Pool B match but the majority of fans were to be disappointed as the hosts lost 29-3. World Rugby is hoping the return to the Olympics will lead to a massive expansion of the sport outside its traditional heartlands, particularly in the women's game. "It was more emotional than technical, but we are here," World Rugby vice chairman Agustin Pichot told Reuters after watching the first two games. (Editing by Ed Osmond)

2016-08-06 15:33 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

77 Leicester City players head to London for Community Shield against Manchester United... but not everyone was behind wheel of £105,000 BMW sportscars presented 24 hours earlier They are the sleek and turbo- charged £105,000 sportscars in Leicester blue presented to the heroes that delivered an incredible Premier League title success last season. But talisman Jamie Vardy stuck to driving his trusted Bentley to training rather than the BMW I8 bought for him by Foxes chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Friday. The Leicester players are London-bound ahead of Sunday's FA Community Shield showdown with FA Cup winners Manchester United and gathered at their training ground for departure. While Christian Fuchs, Jeffrey Schlupp and Robert Huth decided to give their gleaming new BMWs a test drive, others like Vardy, Leonardo Ulloa and Shinji Okazaki stuck to their normal wheels. The fleet of 19 protonic blue BMW I8s - which cost a total of £2million - were seen outside the club's King Power Stadium on Friday. And the cars are understood to be gifts from chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to the players following their stunning Premier League title victory back in May. The Thai businessman improved on a promise he made in the days following the club's title win, which did consist of buying standard road cars worth around £30,000 each to the playing staff. But the arrival of the supercars, worth exactly £104,990 each, from the local BMW garage in Leicester will come as a massive boost to a team looking to get back into the fast lane ahead of Sunday's Community Shield. Claudio Ranieri's side have been training ahead of the Wembley showdown with Manchester United - where they look to add another piece of silverware to their trophy cabinet. When asked at his pre- match press conference whether he would get a car, Ranieri smiled: 'Some gifts are only for them? Not for me? I want to speak with my owner. 'I am thinking about the match, not about the cars.' Leicester will be hoping to win the Community Shield for the first time since 1971 when they take on the FA Cup winners in the season's traditional curtain raiser. Following on from Wembley, the Foxes' get the new Premier League campaign underway on August 13 when they take on newly promoted Hull City in a 12.30pm kick off.

2016-08-06 15:28 Dan Ripley www.dailymail.co.uk

78 Szczesny targets title with Roma Aug 6 (Reuters) - AS Roma's on-loan keeper Wojciech Szczesny is determined to end the club's long wait for the Serie A title this season. Szczesny spent last season on loan at Roma from Arsenal and has returned to Italy for another temporary spell at the club having been deemed surplus to requirements at the Emirates Stadium. Having helped Roma to a third-place finish last term, Szczesny believes Luciano Spalletti's side can challenge for their first title since 2001. "At Roma I want to win the Scudetto, that's the only objective I have," the Poland international told Roma TV on Saturday. "I think we had a good second part of the season but to be fully satisfied when you play for a big club, you have to fight to win the title. " Champions Juventus finished 11 points ahead of Roma last season to clinch their fifth straight Serie A title. The Turin club have also signed influential playmaker Miralem Pjanic from their rivals in the close season. "I don't want to think about the favourites," Szczesny added. "On paper (Juventus) probably are, but we showed in the second half of the season that we can play at a very good level for a long period of time. "I think if we continue that this year we have a real chance. " (Reporting by Ed Dove; Editing by Toby Davis)

2016-08-06 15:28 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

79 Five people arrested over 'Pink Panther' jewel thefts Five people have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of being members of the notorious "Pink Panther" gang of jewel thieves. Police made the arrests as the five allegedly made their getaway after robbing a jeweller's on an up-market shopping street in the city. All five were of Serbian origin. Police say it took the thieves less than a minute to rob the store of jewels worth 400,000 euro (£337,000) before officers caught them. The arrests came after German police tipped their Spanish counterparts off that one of the thieves was travelling from Belgrade to Barcelona. According to Interpol, the "Pink Panther" gang stole 334 million euro (£282 million) in jewels during 380 armed robberies between 1999 and 2015. AP

2016-08-06 15:22 www.independent.ie

80 Detroit Tigers minor leagues: 3 up, 3 down, 3 to watch Free Press sports writer George Sipple takes a tour of the Tigers’ minor league system (all statistics entering Saturday): Batting.371 (13-for-35) over last nine games. Batting.453 (43-for-95) against lefties this season. Batting.325 with 37 doubles, five home runs and 49 RBIs in 108 games at Triple-A. 0.75 ERA over last 10 games. Has allowed eight hits and five walks over last 12 innings with eight strikeouts. Has a 5.40 ERA and a 1.74 WHIP over 15 games at Double-A. Had a 2.86 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP over 23 games at High-A Lakeland. Batting .366 (15-for-41) with one walk and four strikeouts over last 10 games. Has a trio of three-hit games in that span. Batting.273 with 16 doubles, two triples and three home runs over 95 games at High-A. Batting .167 (6-for-36) with six RBIs and nine strikeouts over past 10 games. Batting.288 for the season with 25 doubles, five triples and 12 home runs in 95 games at Triple-A. Has allowed five runs on four hits and two walks over past three innings of relief with one strikeout. Has allowed runs in four of his last eight appearances. Has a.9.95 ERA and a 2.13 WHIP over 12 games at High-A Lakeland, after having a 1.08 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP over 23 games at Low-A West Michigan. Batting .167 (4-for-24) with five walks and four strikeouts over last 10 games. Batting.229 with eight doubles, six triples and four home runs with 16 stolen bases over 90 games at Low-A. Batting .500 (17-for-34) with two home runs and eight RBIs over last 10 games. The 27-year-old is batting.324 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 18 RBIs in 32 games at Triple-A. Batted.286 with 11 doubles and 16 home runs in 69 games at Double-A Erie. Hit home runs in back-to-back road games on Thursday and Friday against different teams. Batting.300 with (9-for-30) with three home runs and seven RBIs over last 10 games. Has allowed two hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts in last two starts. Allowed one walk and no hits over three innings with four strikeouts in Connecticut’s 10-3 win over Batavia on Friday. Has a 3.13 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP and 19 strikeouts over 23 innings in eight starts for Connecticut.

2016-08-06 15:21 George Sipple rssfeeds.freep.com

81 Puerto Rican OB-GYNs Offer Free Birth Control To Fight Zika : Shots Jason Beaubien In Puerto Rico the local association of obstetricians and gynecologists has launched a new attack on Zika. Because Zika primarily is a problem for pregnant women, the doctors are trying to reduce the number of pregnant women by offering free contraception across the island to any woman who wants it. "We have had ... historical barriers to contraception in Puerto Rico for a long long time," says Dr. Nabal Bracero, the driving force behind the initiative and the head of the local chapter of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Puerto Rico Department of Health, Bracero's group is distributing modern contraceptives to doctors' offices across the island. "If the patient decides that she wants to practice contraception, the device or the method is going to be in the office of the physician on a same-day availability," Dr. Bracero says. Puerto Rico is being hard hit by Zika right now. The island has had more than 8,700 confirmed cases. The CDC predicts that between 20 to 25 percent of the island's estimated 3.5 million population will be infected with Zika before the end of the year. More than 900 of the already confirmed cases are pregnant women. Dr. Bracero says there's great fear among both expectant parents and their doctors about whether those pregnancies could be severely affected by Zika. For women who are already pregnant, all doctors can offer is to monitor the women. There's no treatment, no cure, no magic bullet to protect the developing fetus from potentially devastating birth defects. Yet Bracero says birth control use remains quite low in Puerto Rico. "We have a 65 percent unplanned pregnancies [rate] compared to 50 percent in the States," he says. This new free contraception program helps women to delay their pregnancies if that's what they decide to do. A key part of the program is that doctors are not just handing out condoms and birth control pills — which Bracero calls low-efficiency, low-compliant methods. The program is offering women more expensive and long-lasting implants and intrauterine devices in addition to pills or condoms. "We are trying to empower women who don't want to conceive, because they just don't want to or because they are afraid of conceiving with a Zika threat," he says. Dr. Ednise Roman, an OB-GYN in San Juan, says increasing access to free birth control, especially in the midst of this outbreak, is a really good idea. "Here in Puerto Rico, I don't know why, [but] contraception is difficult," she says. "In terms of condoms, you can get them everywhere, but people don't want to buy them. They want to have them for free. " Dr. Roman says Zika has changed her practice dramatically. It's one of the first things women who are trying to get pregnant want to talk about. But Dr. Roman says there's little she can offer her patients right now for Zika except preventative measures. She encourages women who are pregnant or want to get pregnant to use insect repellent and avoid mosquitoes. But, she adds, delaying pregnancy is also a precaution that should be available to all Puerto Rican women in the midst of this outbreak. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org Community rules and terms of use , and will be moderated prior to posting. NPR reserves the right to use the comments we receive, in whole or in part, and to use the commenter's name and location, in any medium. See also the Terms of Use , Privacy Policy and Community FAQ.

2016-08-06 15:14 Jason Beaubien www.npr.org

82 Michigan photo book features letter after MSU heartbreaker Embed Share When Jim Harbaugh and former Free Press photographer David Turnley released their book , “Enthusiasm Unknown to Mankind” this week, the focus was on photos from the 2015 season. But the most insightful part may be the final page of text in the 350-page book, a letter to the U-M team following the devastating 27-23 loss to Michigan State on the final-play fumbled punt, a moment that could have crushed Michigan’s season. As Harbaugh has said, instead the moment defined it. The description in the book: “This is the letter we handed out to the team on Monday, October 19. Our season’s success or failure was still to be determined. Our fate was in our hands. It was our goal to handle our situation better than it has ever been handled before. As Winston Churchill once said, ‘History will be kind to us for we intend to write it.’” The letter describes how the team is writing its own book. “If the next five games go as we would like them, 2015 will be remembered as one of the best of all time,” it said. “If not it will be another book on the shelf, only to be looked back on sparingly.” The Wolverines won four of the five games, getting trounced by Ohio State in the last one, keeping them from a share of the East Division title. When Harbaugh was on Chicago’s ESPN 1000 “Waddle and Silvy” radio show June 27, he was asked about one of his great professional blunders quarterbacking the Bears, a 1992 pick-six against Minnesota. It came off an audible, leading to blowing a 20-point lead and costing the game. Harbaugh took a different approach after the MSU game. “You hope to go your whole career without having a Hail Mary thrown at you or a kickoff return that’s lateraled 10 or 11 times or a blocked punt at the end of the football game,” Harbaugh said. “The thing I learned from Chicago to Michigan State, we did not handle that victory we had in the fourth quarter, being up by 20 (vs. the Vikings). … We continued to lose games, we were like 5-11 that year. I was determined with our team this year, that game was over. We are going to handle this better than any team ever has handled this type of situation before. That’s our goal, that’s our mission. We almost did it… “Handled it pretty darn good and I was really proud of our football team and the way they came back.” DETROIT FREE PRESS M Den says Wolverines' Jordan Trainer 1 shoes sold out in minutes DETROIT FREE PRESS Everything finally lined up for U-M receiver Amara Darboh

2016-08-06 15:14 Mark Snyder rssfeeds.freep.com

83 Sydney teenagers injured after brawl involving 200 people breaks out at Rouse Hill party Two teens are in hospital after a brawl involving more than 200 people erupted at a birthday party in Sydney's west. A 17-year-old boy was bashed over the head with a beer bottle and a 19-year-old was stabbed in the back after the party got out of control at the Rouse Hill Community Hall late on Friday night, 9NEWS reported. The 17-year-old was left with a deep head wound as he tried to leave the party. Scroll down for video The 19-year-old victim escaped his attackers by smashing into a nearby home. The 17-year-old's father, who wished to remain anonymous, said it was every parent's worst nightmare. 'As a parent, it's always in the back of your mind when they're out, hopefully it's not the phone call you've been asking for, and unfortunately it was,' he told 9NEWS. '(My son) told me he copped something over the back of a head.' Police said the invitation to the party, intended to be a private event, was posted on Facebook. Four men arrested and questioned over the incident have been released without charge. Police are calling for witnesses or anyone with video footage of the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.

2016-08-06 15:10 Tanya Li www.dailymail.co.uk

84 Pence stops by chili parlor as part of Indiana, Ohio tour Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence is campaigning in southern Indiana and Ohio, including a stop at a well-known Cincinnati chili parlor. The Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential candidate made his first appearance Saturday in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he delivered pizza and a pep talk to GOP volunteers running a phone bank. Next he stopped at Price Hill Chili in Cincinnati where he shook hands, posed for pictures and had a bite of chili. The restaurant is a popular campaign stop for GOP politicians. One supporter offered a riff on the anti-Hillary Clinton "lock her up" chant that has become common at Trump rallies. The woman suggested the chant should be "lock her out" — a reference to the Oval Office, which drew a laugh from Pence.

2016-08-06 15:10 By BRIAN www.charlotteobserver.com

85 London stabbing suspect charged with murder, remanded to custody LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The 19-year-old man charged with the fatal stabbing of a U. S. tourist in London made an appearance in British court Saturday. Zakaria Bulhan is charged with the murder of Darlene Horton and the attempted murder of five others in London's Russell Square on Wednesday. Bulhan appeared in court without representation and only spoke to confirm his name, address, and date of birth. He was remanded into custody and will return to court on Tuesday. Bulhan, originally from Somalia, is a Norwegian national who moved to Britain in 2002. Horton was vacationing in London with her husband, a psychology professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

2016-08-06 15:09 www.upi.com

86 Keidel: Teixeira Knows What It Means To Be A Yankee More Than Anyone By Jason Keidel » More Columns To those who abhor New York, Mark Teixeira is a perfect emblem of the modern Yankees. The product of a spending spree, a player groomed by another team only to be hand- delivered to Darth Vader. Yet Teixeira is also a symbol of something else. Always ready to play, play hard, and with the old-world nobility that still appeals to the masses. And someone whom even the most ardent Yankees hater couldn’t quite get himself to hate. MORE : Mark Teixeira Announces He’ll Retire At End Of Season, Says ‘I’ll Be A Yankee Forever’ Maybe Teixeira came too late to be a minted member of the Core Four, but he surely played with their collective spirit. When people parse the Yankees, and all the bad they allegedly represent, you never hear the name Teixeira as a symbol of all their sins. Simply, it’s just impossible to dislike someone who was as good, humble, and charitable as Teixeira. In spite of all the home runs, Gold Gloves, and All-Star games, Teixeira maintained the blue-collar ethic that defines the Big Apple. PHOTOS : Mark Teixeira, World Champion Despite all the money and marble of Madison Avenue, the swollen billboards and media dysfunction, New York City was built by blue collar people who still lug their lunches to work, don’t mind getting dirty, and don’t own a single pair of skinny jeans. The Yankees’ Mark Teixeira celebrates with his team after hitting a walk-off home run in the 11th inning against the Minnesota Twins during Game 2 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 9, 2009. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) So despite his nine-figure contract, Teixeira kept his old-school sensibilities. Some players get to Gotham, sign for biblical money, and forget who they are and what got them here. Not Teixeira, whose handle, Tex, evokes the notion of a simple man with a simple plan. No matter the big numbers on the field and absurd numbers in his savings account, he never floated above the team, was never too big to dive for a baseball, or too important to get his pinstripes muddy. Surely, the numbers matter. And Teixeira posted some serious stats. He nears the end of his glittering career with 404 homers, 1,281 RBI, a.361 on- base percentage, and .872 OPS. As the Yankees tweeted Friday, Teixeira is a three-time All-Star, who has five Gold Gloves, and three Silver Slugger awards. His maiden campaign in the Big Apple in 2009 was perhaps his best, leading the AL in HRs (39), RBI (122) and total bases (344), as the Yankees went on to their eventual 27th World Series crown. While the Yankees were spending billions on free agents who fizzled out in Gotham, who couldn’t bask in Broadway’s glow without burning in its glare, Teixeira never forgot the coda that got him here. He was part of the Yankees’ last, epic, spending spree. In 2009, they spent nearly a half-billion bucks on high-end players, making it rain on CC Sabathia, A. J. Burnett, and Teixeira. It was a bounty that brought them their last World Series title that very season, and their only championship in this young century. But Teixeira played so hard and so well with his classic, low-key regularity that you never would have known he could buy the private jets he traveled on, or stay in lavish hotels he slept in. Surely his childhood had something to do with that. His father was an officer (and pilot) in the Navy, a graduate from Annapolis who raised his son with an acute sense of American history and America’s pastime. Much of that must have included baseball’s singular team. Indeed, when Teixeira decided to sign with the Yankees in 2009, it surely was about more than money. During his first few hours in the Bronx, Teixeira boasted with preteen glee about his love for the Yankees in general, and for Don Mattingly in particular. Perhaps the greatest Yankee never to win a World Series, Mattingly’s glove, bat, and work ethic were unsurpassed by first basemen for years, and no player represented those hardscrabble teams from the 1980s. And thus it’s no accident that posters of Mattingly lathered Teixeira’s childhood walls, or that Tex played with Donnie Baseball’s skill, will, and pride. Teixeira’s teams may have seen more success, but you’ll never get Teixeira to say he was better than Mattingly, or anyone. It’s not the way he played, the way he lived, or the way he won. Teixeira was one of the rare players who came to New York needing little more than a tour of the locker room. He was never bothered by the lights, shaken by the media fishbowl, or intimidated by the fans. Maybe he didn’t play his entire career in New York City, but it’s hard to think of anyone more physically or spiritually suited for it. And few players in history inherently understood what it took to be a New York Yankee. Sabathia, A-Rod, and Teixeira are the last legends left from the last legendary team. So while Tex may not be the same player he was back then, he’s still the same man. So rather than notice what he means to this year’s team, perhaps we should remember what he meant to the Yankees, and what it meant to be a Yankee. Follow Jason on Twitter at @JasonKeidel

2016-08-06 15:09 newyork.cbslocal.com

87 Orlando Nightclub Killer Was Shot 8 Times By Law Enforcement, Autopsy Says : The Two- Way : NPR Merrit Kennedy Forty-nine people were killed in a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in the worst mass shooting in modern U. S. history. Carolyn Cole/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption Forty-nine people were killed in a mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in the worst mass shooting in modern U. S. history. Orlando nightclub killer Omar Mateen was shot at least eight times by police, according to an autopsy report released by the medical examiner in Orange County, Fla. Mateen's attack on the Pulse nightclub left 49 people dead, and he was killed by law enforcement officers after an hours-long standoff. "In consideration of the circumstances surrounding the death, and after examination of the body and toxicology analysis, it is my opinion that the death of Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, a 29-year-old white male, shot by law enforcement, is the result of multiple gunshot wounds," the report by Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany reads. As NPR's Martin Kaste tells our Newscast unit, "his autopsy showed no sign of illegal drugs or alcohol in his system — but there was a slightly higher- than-normal level of a substance associated with a dietary substance for body-building. " The autopsy report says Mateen had blunt force injuries to his torso, without specifying how he sustained them. The medical examiner also released autopsies for 31 of the shooting victims. "Most of Mateen's victims were also shot multiple times, but the autopsies did not determine wither any of them were mistakenly shot by police," Martin reports. "Other victims appear to have had more survivable wounds, and they may have died from a loss of blood. " He adds: "There's been some criticism of the Orlando police for taking three hours to make their final assault — something the Justice Department is now reviewing. " As we have reported , Mateen was born in New York City and had previously undergone three interviews by the FBI — "one regarding inflammatory comments to co-workers and another regarding possible links to Moner Mohammad Abu Salha, a U. S. citizen who blew himself up in Syria. " Both investigations were closed. Mateen allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS during a 911 call at the time of the attack — but investigators have said that he showed few warning signs of radicalization. Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org Community rules and terms of use , and will be moderated prior to posting. NPR reserves the right to use the comments we receive, in whole or in part, and to use the commenter's name and location, in any medium. See also the Terms of Use , Privacy Policy and Community FAQ.

2016-08-06 15:09 Merrit Kennedy www.npr.org

88 How the president launches an atomic bomb "Do we want his finger anywhere near the button? " the Democratic presidential nominee asked a crowd in San Diego. Her Republican opponent has vehemently rejected the attacks and said he would only use nuclear weapons as a last resort. But in truth, there is no button. Instead, the president has a card, commonly called the "biscuit," with the nuclear launch codes on it. He also has a briefcase, nicknamed the "football," carried by a military aide, with the equipment and the information needed to launch a nuclear strike. "You have to be ready anytime for any moment," said Pete Metzger, who for three years was one of the five alternating officers who carried the nuclear launch suitcase during Ronald Reagan's presidency. "Mind you, it has to happen quickly, because the time on a missile is very fast," saying it could take as little as five to six minutes for a nuclear warhead to hit Washington, D. C. or New York City. The aide with the satchel is required to be close to the president at all times -- whether at the White House, in a motorcade, aboard Air Force One or on a trip overseas. The aide rides in the same elevator, stays on the same hotel floor, and is protected by the same Secret Service agents. There is also a football for the vice president in case the president is incapacitated. The Presidential Emergency Satchel, as it is formally called, contains four things, according to former White House Military Office Director Bill Gulley's book "Breaking Cover. " There is a black book listing a menu of strike options; a list of secure bunkers where the president can be sheltered; instructions for using the Emergency Broadcast System; and a 3-by-5-inch card with authentication codes for the president to confirm his identity. "It contains the equipment and the decision-making papers that the president would need to make a very quick decision" and to relay instructions to the National Military Command Center to launch a strike, according to Metzger. Before being chosen as a military aide, Metzger said he underwent extensive vetting by the Defense Department, the Secret Service and the FBI, including psychiatric and psychological evaluations and "a very, very extensive background check. " The president, on the other hand, undergoes no such vetting, critics point out. And while the military officers who would carry out a nuclear launch are required to work in pairs, where both must concur before they can execute a nuclear launch, there is no such check on the president's actions. "The president has supreme authority to decide whether to use America's nuclear weapons. Period. Full stop," said the Arms Control Association's Kingston Reif. A president could only be stopped by mutiny, he said, and more than one person would have to disobey the president's orders. And as Reif points out, the stakes couldn't be higher: The size of America's nuclear arsenal gives the president "immense, unprecedented power. The US right now deploys approximately 900 nuclear warheads that are on the order of 10 to 20 times more powerful than the weapons that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And those 900 warheads are available for use at virtually a moment's notice. " But Metzger said that, in his experience at least, the president takes the responsibility very seriously, as do the five military aides. "The result of a decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible -- it would change the face of the earth, it would change humanity, it would change mankind," he said. "I guess when you're on duty, you try not to think of the import of that. But you are fully prepared to do so if you have to. "

2016-08-06 15:07 Dugald McConnell rss.cnn.com

89 Rowers at Rio get off to a choppy start amid high winds Rio de Janiero — The 2016 Olympic rowing regatta got off to an unpredictable and incident-packed start on Saturday as winds whipped up the water on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, causing big problems for rowers and some anger. Australian gold medal contender Kimberly Brennan just avoided a major setback when she scraped into the repechage round after nearly sinking. A Serbian boat capsized. The weather will be worse on Sunday, officials said. The tough conditions belied a sunny day in a spectacular setting, with the Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado overlooking a lake ringed by mountains and forest. The regatta kicked off with a samba band playing on the finishing line pontoon. But as morning drew on, the winds whipped up the waters, especially in the less-sheltered middle section, making for slow times. It became a real test of rowers' skill and plenty of crabs were caught. Brennan, favorite for the gold medal in the women's single sculls, almost became an early casualty. She left it until late in her heat to overhaul South Korea's Kim Yeji for third spot and a qualifying place. She tipped buckets of water from her boat afterwards. Hoping to become the first non-European Olympic champion in that class, Brennan only managed 14th place in the heats, which were topped by Mexico's Kenia Lechuga Alanis. She was not happy. "I've been speaking to a lot of rowers in the boat park and there's a lot of discontent," she said. "I was pretty close to sinking out there, which would generally be an indication that the course isn't rowable. " The International Rowing Federation (FISA) defended its decision to carry on and said it was satisfied conditions were the same for all competitors across six lanes. New Zealand's was also among the complainers, saying the races should have been postponed. But Lechuga Alanis was delighted that the weather had played to her strengths. "I learned to row on a reservoir with waves. I felt super confident from the start knowing the wind was blowing like crazy. I hope the course stays wavy," she said. SINKING SERBS In the men's pairs, in which all-conquering New Zealanders Eric Murray and Hamish Bond romped home, the Serbian boat crewed by Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedic capsized when they caught a crab. The Canadian boat came to a stop in the men's quad, robbing them of a final place. On the other hand, the Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic mastered the conditions to shine in the men's double skulls. Egyptian sculler Negm summed it all up most colorfully. "Halfway through the course this huge wave just went into my boat. It went all the way up to my face," she said. "I've never really raced in water like this. This was a new extreme, but it's good experience. In the end I kind of feel like a Viking coming out of it. " FISA executive director Matt Smith said Friday's weather report had predicted a "really nice" day but it turned out to be wrong. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be worse, he said. However, races would be staged on Sunday despite the calls for a postponement, he said. "What would be the justification of postponing it if (some) rowers can handle it?," he said. "You have to be ready for all weather... that's part of rowing. " (Editing by Ed Osmond and Tom Brown)

2016-08-06 15:06 The Christian www.csmonitor.com

90 Inventiveness accompanies pop-ups’ proliferation BOSTON — Now you see them; now you don’t. Pop-up storefronts and eateries have been around for years, but entrepreneurs increasingly are taking the concept in new and unexpected directions. Last week, New York welcomed the Museum of Ice Cream, an interactive pop- up honoring the frozen treat. In Chicago, a short-term diner this month replicates “The Max,” the fictitious Southern California hangout from the 1990s-era high school sitcom “Saved by the Bell.” And in London last month, patrons dined at The Bunyadi, a quick-hit naked restaurant where clothing was optional and cellphones were banned. One may surface in Paris next month. In some ways, the idea of a pop-up has always been around, from seasonal stores selling Halloween costumes to produce stands and pushcart vendors. But the more recent versions of pop-ups took form around the 2008 recession, says Glenn Sulmasy, provost at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Shopping malls and commercial landlords were looking to fill vacant storefronts, small business owners needed low-cost ways to build their brands and a younger generation of customers was looking for something different than retail chain stores. Sulmasy says London was among the first cities to proactively encourage pop-ups during the recession. Today, pop-ups aren’t just the preserve of clothing, jewelry and other typical retailers. Jeremy Baras, CEO of PopUp Republic, a Chicago-based consultancy firm, estimates there are at least 3,000 to 4,000 pop-ups happening at any given time in the U. S. In Boston alone this summer, there’s been a pop-up beach, bike lane, track and field competition, beer garden and yoga classes. Baras says newer examples are increasingly focused on generating buzz and incorporating emerging digital technology such as virtual reality headsets to create memorable and immersive experiences. “It’s about unique and innovative concepts that can create exclusivity and drive traffic and attention,” Baras says. For many entrepreneurs, the goal of a pop-up remains demonstrating that a concept works, then scaling up. Some pop-up entrepreneurs don’t have an interest in setting down roots. PlaceInvaders, a New York-based company, does intimate dinners in unique homes all across the country while the property owners are away. Since launching in 2014, they’ve hosted meals in Motown Records founder Berry Gordy’s former mansion in Detroit; a historic firehouse in Phoenix, Arizona; and a graffiti studio in New York, among dozens of places. “Our end game isn’t a single, standalone location,” says co-founder Katie Smith-Adair. “We started the company because we wanted to be traveling, living in new cities and meeting new people.” Policymakers see value in pop-ups to revitalize old commercial centers and encourage local startups. Cincinnati; San Antonio; Tacoma, Washington; and Pittsburgh are providing low cost rents, marketing and other support to pop-ups while also trying to streamline small business permitting and licensing processes, says Emily Robbins, of the National League of Cities in Washington, D. C. Other cities are also trying out pop-up “parklets” – temporary seating nooks carved out of parking spaces – and encouraging other non-commercial pop-ups such as exercise groups and art exhibitions. “Cities really want this type of activity, so they’re going to figure out ways they can support that growth,” she says. Were you interviewed for this story? If so, please fill out our accuracy form Send questions/comments to the editors.

2016-08-06 15:03 By PHILIP www.pressherald.com

91 Friday's Delaware County arrest log Law enforcement agencies in Muncie and Delaware County jailed 14 people Friday. Except for warrant arrests, the following charges are informal and subject to change until the Delaware County prosecutor’s office reviews each case and files formal charges in court. In addition, some inmates listed below might have been booked into the jail to serve sentences for earlier convictions. Those booked into the Delaware County jail are: -- Hesler, Samuel Edwards, 23, Yorktown, public intoxication. -- Wilson, Edward Roosevelt, 21, Muncie, intimidation. -- Ddamulira, Arnold, 29, Indianapolis, criminal trespass. -- Rocco, Amy Melissa, 26, Muncie, driving while intoxicated. -- Coppess, Kimberly Dawn, 49, Muncie, domestic battery. -- Bowman, Jay Paul, 50, Cicerco, Delaware County 4-D Court warrant. -- Browning, Steven Michael, 26, Anderson, theft. -- Koons, Cheyenne Lee, 25, Muncie, theft. -- Berman, Robert Lee, 38, Muncie, Delaware County 4-D Court warrant. -- Brown, Larry Wayne, 65, Muncie, public indecency. -- Young, Charlie Lee, 59, Muncie, intimidation. -- Chambers, Jerry Lee, 55, Muncie, no charge listed. -- Kline, Jake Reilly, 21, Muncie, criminal trespass. -- Kelly, Shane Dwight, 40, Muncie, theft.

2016-08-06 14:53 The Star rssfeeds.thestarpress.com

92 Olympics-Cycling-Czech Sablikova awaiting CAS decision on time trial place RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Czech rider Martina Sablikova must await the outcome of an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to see if she can compete in the Olympic women's road time trial next week after confusion about her eligibility. Sablikova, a five-times Olympic medallist in speed skating, was not included in the International Cycling Union's (UCI) final list for the Rio Games despite the Czech federation nominating her through its own qualification system. She won the Czech national time trial title and finished ninth at the worlds in Richmond, Virginia, last year. Czech officials said the root of the problem was the interpretation of the qualification procedures for Rio. The UCI turned down the Czech federation's appeal and now her only hope rests with CAS. "I have worked very hard over the past three years in preparation for these Games," she said. "I believe that I still have a chance to make my dreams come true and be part of the Olympic Games in Rio. If there is a chance I want to fight for it. That is why I travelled to Rio and the support I have received has been amazing. " (Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Clare Fallon)

2016-08-06 14:53 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

93 Republicans for Hillary? Clinton campaign woos those lost by Trump Hours before Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia, Doug Elmets walked on to the stage. Just 18 months ago, his speech would have been unthinkable. “It’s an honor to be here, and candidly, it’s also a shock,” said Elmets, a former spokesman and speechwriter for Ronald Reagan. The existence of Republicans for Clinton, the group represented by Elmets, is one of many plot twists in an extraordinary presidential election cycle. Conservative men and women have rejected their natural nominee in favor of a candidate their party has spent two decades tearing down. With less than 100 days left before election day, the Clinton campaign is accelerating its drive to recruit GOP donors , business leaders and foreign policy experts. According to people familiar with the effort, a visible coalition of independents and Republicans backing Clinton will make it easier for conservatives dismayed by Donald Trump to cast their ballots for a Democrat. The Clinton campaign has been preparing for its Republican outreach effort for months. Around the start of the conventions, it went into gear. Since then, notable Republicans, military leaders and one GOP congressman have abandoned Trump and cast their lot with Clinton. Framing their defections as a moral imperative, the converts are urging fellow Republicans and independents to put “country over party” and join them on 8 November. “Donald Trump’s demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character,” Meg Whitman, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard and a prominent Republican donor, said in a statement . “America needs the kind of stable and aspirational leadership Secretary Clinton can provide.” Whitman was joined this week by billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman, who donated to Jeb Bush’s primary campaign; GOP representative Richard Hanna of New York; and Sally Bradshaw, a top adviser to Bush who said she would vote for Clinton if the race is close in Florida. On Friday, Clinton was endorsed by Michael Morell, the former acting director of the CIA, who used a New York Times op-ed to call Trump a “threat to our national security” and an “unwitting agent of the Russian Federation”. The Trump campaign did not return a request for comment. • • • Ever since Trump claimed his party’s nomination, Republican-backed groups for Clinton have cropped up. Among them are Republicans for Her 2016, founded by the lobbyist Craig Snyder; Republican Women for Hillary, led by Jennifer Pierotti Lim, director of health policy for the US Chamber of Commerce; and a grassroots group, R4C16, led by John Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes, former officials in the George W Bush administration. “This year, the threat posed by Mr Trump compels us to consider what many of us never have: supporting the Democratic nominee for President,” R4C16 wrote on its website. The group has also documented the backlash its received for converting. “If you’re a Republican and you vote for Hillary do us all a favor, go straight to Hell!” one poster wrote. It is not only by design that a flurry of Republicans are abandoning their party. Trump has had an extraordinarily bad week , beginning when he disparaged the Gold Star family of a fallen American soldier. Trump was also described by Barack Obama as “unfit” and “woefully unprepared” to become president; initially refused to endorse House speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain in their primaries; falsely claimed to have watched a video showing $400m being unloaded from a plane in Iran; ejected a crying baby from a rally in Virginia; accepted a purple heart from a veteran though he did not serve himself; suggested his daughter would “find another career” if she were harassed at work; and appeared unaware of that Russia had invaded Ukraine two years ago. Questions were also raised about whether his wife, Melania, had worked illegally in the US before 1996. The work in question was a collection of nude photos, republished by the New York Post. This all came after a week in which the Republican candidate for president called for Russia to hack and release the “missing” emails from the private server Clinton used while secretary of state, and asserted that Nato member countries should pay “their fair share” if America was to contribute fully to the alliance. The noise arising from Trump’s self-inflicted controversies nearly drowned out criticism of Clinton for her claim that FBI director James Comey said her past statements about her email use were consistent and “truthful”. Republicans have used the controversy to raise doubts about her fitness for office and to suggest she operates above the law. Clinton said on Friday she may have “short-circuited” the characterization of Comey’s comments. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chair, has deflected criticism, insisting that the campaign is in “good shape”. In July, the campaign said, Trump took his largest fundraising haul yet – $80m – but his campaign still struggles to match Clinton’s fundraising apparatus. One veteran Republican consultant, Reed Galen, doubts Clinton’s campaign can overcome 25 years of mistrust among Republican voters, especially those who remember her husband’s administration. “The trend of crossing party lines is happening among GOP elites – the establishment types – and GOP elected officials who are in safe districts or retired,” Galen said. “I can’t see there being a whole lot of crossover from rank-and-file Republicans.” According to the latest McClatchy-Marist poll, if the election were held today, just 6% of voters for Clinton would identify as Republican. That number is unchanged from last month, ahead of the conventions. Galen said, however, that this could change dramatically – depending on what Trump does in the three months and as many presidential debates remaining before Election Day. • • • In Philadelphia, a star-spangled Democratic convention featured “U-S-A” chants and a retired four-star general, providing an opportunity for the party’s leaders to reach across the aisle. In a speech replete with patriotism and optimism, Obama invoked Reagan’s imagery of America as the “shining city upon a hill”, arguing that Trump’s message “wasn’t particularly Republican – and it sure wasn’t conservative”. Vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine made a more direct appeal. “If any of you are looking for the party of Lincoln,” he said, “we’ve got a home for you here in the Democratic party.” Clinton and Kaine then took the message on the road, to factories and manufacturing plants across the rust belt , a region in which Trump is expected to perform well. At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Sean Cornelius held a red sign that said “Republican for Hillary”. “The choice is between a guy who invited a hostile nation to hack us and her,” Cornelius said. “It’s going to be a first.”

2016-08-06 14:52 Lauren Gambino www.theguardian.com

94 Lottie Moss puts on a busty display in revealing camisole and skin-tight jeans in London She explained: 'I am who I am and I do what I want, whether that is modelling or anything else. The success of my sister does not affect me in my choices. I feel no pressure in that respect.'

2016-08-06 14:47 William Lee www.dailymail.co.uk

95 WWE star and wrestling Champion (Includes interview) Farmingdale - WWE Champion Damien Sandow sat down and chatted with me at a pizzeria in Farmingdale about his "Thank You" Tour, and future plans. A Massachusetts native, Sandow had nothing but kind remarks for fellow wrestling sensation For His plans for the future are to continue signing autographs and meeting new people. "This is part of the 'Thank You' Tour, and essentially, I'll see what the day brings," he said. Sandow defined the word success as "being happy and content in where you are at in life, and where you are going, and the road you are on. " To learn more about wrestling star Damien Sandow, follow him on On appearing at Frankie's East Side Gourmet Pizza in Farmingdale, Sandow said, "Anytime I come to the Northeast, one of the big pluses is the pizza place here. I live in Kentucky and Papa John's is from Louisville, but the independent pizza stores up here are out of this world. I am pretty pumped to be here. The people are great and I am really looking forward to it. "A Massachusetts native, Sandow had nothing but kind remarks for fellow wrestling sensation Rage , who was also at the event at Frankie's, and he dubbed him as "awesome. "For Sandow , the key to longevity in the wrestling industry is "taking it one day at a time. " "Living one day at a time. It's not that complicated. That's pretty much it," he said. His plans for the future are to continue signing autographs and meeting new people. "This is part of the 'Thank You' Tour, and essentially, I'll see what the day brings," he said. Sandow defined the word success as "being happy and content in where you are at in life, and where you are going, and the road you are on. "To learn more about wrestling star Damien Sandow, follow him on Twitter

2016-08-06 14:44 www.digitaljournal.com

96 2 jailers moved into policing jobs after Bland's death DALLAS (AP) — Less than two months after the death of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was jailed in Texas after a routine traffic stop, two of her jailers quietly moved to other jobs. Rafael Zuniga and Michael Serges left the Waller County sheriff's office in September 2015 for the Waller Police Department, a smaller agency with less responsibility, according to state records obtained by The Associated Press. They started work on the same day. They have kept those jobs even after admitting under oath their roles in falsifying a jail monitoring log that indicated guards checked on Bland an hour before she was found hanging in her cell in July 2015, according to an attorney for the Bland family, which has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county and several employees, including the two former jailers. Local authorities ruled Bland's death a suicide. Attorney Tom Rhodes told the AP this week that Zuniga acknowledged in a deposition that the log was filled out in advance with times that he supposedly conducted cell checks. Serges acknowledged that he signed the bottom of the log sheet at the beginning of the shift before any actual checks, according to Rhodes, who described the depositions but did not provide transcripts to the AP. Sidney Johnson, the first black councilman in Waller, said he's suspicious about the jailers' move to the municipal payroll so soon after Bland's death, but that his requests for more information have been ignored. He added that had he known about the men's involvement in the Bland case, "we wouldn't have hired them. " Jail records show Bland had said at booking she previously tried to commit suicide, which means she should have been checked at least every 30 minutes by jail standards. State guidelines say all inmates are to be checked hourly. Instead, two hours elapsed before jailers noticed Bland was unconscious, which isn't reflected in the jail log, Rhodes told the AP. The sheriff's office has acknowledged the documented 8 a.m. in-person check was done by intercom. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards cited the jail after Bland's death for not observing inmates in person and failing to provide documentation that its staff had been trained on how to deal with potentially suicidal inmates. "There's a lot more going on here than there's reflected in the documents," Rhodes said. "Because the documents in many cases are just flat-out wrong. " Larry Simmons, an attorney for the county and the jailers, declined to answer questions and is pursuing a gag order. In a brief phone interview with the AP, Serges confirmed he works for the Waller city police, remembered Bland but said he had no substantive conversations with her and denied in general he'd done anything wrong. Zuniga could not be reached. At the time of Bland's death, Zuniga had been a Waller County jailer for about six months, according to state records. Serges has been in law enforcement for 11 years. Zuniga testified in July that it was his practice to "prefill" the jail log with the times of his scheduled checks, Rhodes said, while Serges testified that he would sign blank logs at the start of his shift as a way of noting who was on duty. Rhodes also told the AP that Zuniga testified he'd been trained to fill out logs that way, but did not say who taught him. When asked whether they had checked Bland's cell at 8:01 a.m., as noted in the jail log, both Zuniga and Serges said they had not, Rhodes said. Bland was pronounced dead at 9:06 a.m., authorities said. Phil Rehak, who retired as police chief two weeks after Bland's death, said he didn't know anything about the hires. Acting police chief Mike Williams did not return phone messages. Waller Mayor Danny Marburger said he didn't know about the men's ties to the Bland case when Williams proposed their hires to the city council last August, but that he wouldn't push to have them fired or suspended unless they were indicted or arrested or he received "concrete evidence" of wrongdoing. The jailers getting new jobs "certainly raises a lot of questions," said Mimi Marziani, executive director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. "We don't know all the facts yet," Marziani said. "It is clear, however, that there was an utter failure to keep her safe. " The only person who has been indicted by a grand jury investigating Bland's death is former state trooper Brian Encinia, who was charged with misdemeanor perjury after video from his patrol car contradicted his claims that Bland assaulted him without provocation. ___ Follow Nomaan Merchant on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nomaanmerchant

2016-08-06 14:44 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

97 Jill Stein faces uphill battle in U. S. presidential race Houston - The Green Party in the U. S. is to hold its nominating convention for president this weekend in Houston, Texas. The convention is expected to nominate Jill Stein as its presidential candidate. Stein had hoped that she could reach out to Ohio Senator Nina Turner as a vice- presidential running mate but was turned down. Instead, she chose left-wing activist Ajamu Baraka. Stein also failed to get a bounce in the polls from the Democratic Convention when Sanders threw his support behind Hillary Clinton. In spite of showing up at rallies hoping to attract some Sanders' supporters and even getting the help of Sanders supporter Cornel West there was little movement in her polls before and after the convention. According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll Steins' support dropped from 6 to 5 percent after the convention. A CNN poll had her edging up from 3 to 5 percent. A McClatchy/Marist poll showed her moving from 5 to 6 percent. Among supporters of Sanders Clinton's share rose from 57 to 69 percent in the CNN poll while in the McClatchy-Marist poll there was a jump from 57 to 65. There was no movement in Stein's share which remained at 13 percent. Gary Johnson the libertarian is taking ten percent of Sanders' supporters votes. He is also getting more media attention than Stein. David Weigel of the Washington Post claims that many leftists over thirty are still worried about voting for the Green Party since Ralph Nader's run in 2000 is blamed for helping elect George Bush. They do not want to end up helping elect Trump. The Green Party is hoping that it can win at least 5 percent of the popular vote so that it will qualify for public campaign funds that party officials estimate would total more than $10 million dollars. While Stein predicts she will be on the ballot in 46 states, others were more pessimistic. Ballot Access News Publisher, Stein does not have the cash to buy many ads and media coverage nor does she have the celebrity status of Trump who gets plenty of free publicity even though much of it is negative. Stein has purchased $575,000 in broadcast and cable TV time and has raised more than in her entire 2012 campaign. However, Clinton has raised more than $250 million. Stein has flirted with the type of Trumpian tactic of saying something that will get people upset and thus gain him publicity but it backfired. On Mother's Day she tweeted: “I agree w/ Hillary, it’s time to elect a woman for President. But I want that President to reflect the values of being a mother.” It worked in that she got an immediate Stein is not given to passionate radical outbursts. Perhaps this can be left to her team mate Baraka who criticized the family of Muhammed Ali for inviting "Bill Clinton, the rapist and petty opportunist politician" to deliver the eulogy. While some Republicans will support Stein rather than Trump, Clinton or Johnson, they are not likely to change her percentage support significantly. It remains to be seen if Stein will be able to gain enough support to qualify for public funds a result that could help the party survive and build for the next contest. The party has a new unofficial slogan: "Jill not Hill". While the party is said to be getting more media coverage that any Green Candidate since 2000 when Ralph Nader ran for the Greens, it is not very much. Media coverage is overwhelmingly on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate and Jill Stein are rarely mentioned. However she will have a prime time town hall on CNN August 17. This event will be helpful for Stein who is the least well known of the two main third party candidates. Gary Johnson the Libertarian candidate is a former governor of New Mexico. Stein had hoped that she could reach out to Ohio Senator Nina Turner as a vice-presidential running mate but was turned down. Instead, she chose left-wing activist Ajamu Baraka. Stein also failed to get a bounce in the polls from the Democratic Convention when Sanders threw his support behind Hillary Clinton. In spite of showing up at rallies hoping to attract some Sanders' supporters and even getting the help of Sanders supporter Cornel West there was little movement in her polls before and after the convention. According to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll Steins' support dropped from 6 to 5 percent after the convention. A CNN poll had her edging up from 3 to 5 percent. A McClatchy/Marist poll showed her moving from 5 to 6 percent. Among supporters of Sanders Clinton's share rose from 57 to 69 percent in the CNN poll while in the McClatchy-Marist poll there was a jump from 57 to 65. There was no movement in Stein's share which remained at 13 percent. Gary Johnson the libertarian is taking ten percent of Sanders' supporters votes. He is also getting more media attention than Stein. David Weigel of the Washington Post claims that many leftists over thirty are still worried about voting for the Green Party since Ralph Nader's run in 2000 is blamed for helping elect George Bush. They do not want to end up helping elect Trump. Research shows that voters are more likely to vote for a third party in areas where it is clear that one or the other of the main parties will win even if many do vote for a third party. The Green Party is hoping that it can win at least 5 percent of the popular vote so that it will qualify for public campaign funds that party officials estimate would total more than $10 million dollars. While Stein predicts she will be on the ballot in 46 states, others were more pessimistic. Ballot Access News Publisher, Richard Winger n otes that Stein failed to meet requirements in Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Dakota. The percentages at present are just sufficient for Stein to qualify but third party candidates often have peak support early and many appear to decide to vote for one of the two major parties as the election approaches nearer. In his run Nader peaked at 6 to 8 percent support but ended up with only 2.74 percent in the actual election. Stein does not have the cash to buy many ads and media coverage nor does she have the celebrity status of Trump who gets plenty of free publicity even though much of it is negative. Stein has purchased $575,000 in broadcast and cable TV time and has raised more than in her entire 2012 campaign. However, Clinton has raised more than $250 million. Stein has flirted with the type of Trumpian tactic of saying something that will get people upset and thus gain him publicity but it backfired. On Mother's Day she tweeted: “I agree w/ Hillary, it’s time to elect a woman for President. But I want that President to reflect the values of being a mother.” It worked in that she got an immediate strong backlash from feminists. However, her immediate reaction was to be defensive and apologize not a Trump-type tactic at all. She said that she was not criticizing Hillary as a mother but as a war-monger. Stein is not given to passionate radical outbursts. Perhaps this can be left to her team mate Baraka who criticized the family of Muhammed Ali for inviting "Bill Clinton, the rapist and petty opportunist politician" to deliver the eulogy. While some Republicans will support Stein rather than Trump, Clinton or Johnson, they are not likely to change her percentage support significantly. It remains to be seen if Stein will be able to gain enough support to qualify for public funds a result that could help the party survive and build for the next contest.

2016-08-06 14:43 www.digitaljournal.com

98 Sheep Dog Splash and Dash at Westwinds church raises money for first responders SUMMIT TWP., MI – The Sheep Dog Splash and Dash Saturday at Westwinds Community Church aims to create good community fun for a good cause. All of the money raised from the children's obstacle course event goes towards Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, a charity aimed at serving the needs of police, fire, military and rescue workers across the country. The mile-long course on Robinson Road featured 13 obstacles and was created for first through eighth graders. With events running all day, boys, girls, adults and dogs climbed, army crawled, moved through a rope course and went down a slippery slide. Terri McGarry, Kids Journey designer for the church, helps organize the splash and dash. "We believe children can do things that really matter, " McGarry said. The event aims to build relationships between kids and community police and fire staff. Local gyms helped with planning and equipment. Nearby Paragon Academy on McCain Road sponsored and supplied with space and parking. First responders brought their vehicles and greeted kids. For more information on the Sheep Dog Splash and Dash, visit their website at http://sheepdogsplash.com .

2016-08-06 14:41 Taylor Irby www.mlive.com

99 Detroit sailor Bora Gulari satisfied with Rio 2016 water cleanup Embed Share RIO DE JANEIRO -- Bora Gulari, a sailor from Detroit, has been “quite impressed” with the improved water conditions at the sailing venue. “It’s improved dramatically,” Gulari said today. “I’ve been lots of places that are dirtier than this, and they are making improvements every day.” Raw sewage has flowed from storm drains into Gloria Marina, the starting place of the sailing events. Reports have found high levels of bacteria and viruses. But Gulari said the water doesn’t smell as bad as it did a few months ago. There aren’t so many things floating in the water. And the general water conditions have improved dramatically. “Rio has done a great job in cleaning it up,” said Gulari, who has an aerospace engineering degree from Michigan. “Everyone is giving them a lot of guff about the whole deal, but I’ve been really impressed with the cleanup level. It’s made a pretty big difference…. Now, is it as much as everyone would wish? No, maybe not. But it’s definitely been an improvement.” Gulari will compete in the Nacra 17 (mixed multihull) at noon Sunday. Over the last five months, he has spent two of them training here in Rio. “From when I started sailing here to now, I’ve seen a dramatic improvement in the quality of water,” Gulari said. “One of the examples is, if there are pollutants on the water, or surfactants, soap or oil, it becomes harder to see the wind. It’s actually becoming easier and easier to see the wind on the water. That’s another little way that I can tell the cleanliness. Everything seems pretty good.” In Gulari’s race, water often splashes on his face. He has a technique where he puts the wet rope in his mouth, using it as an extra hand. And he hasn’t changed his style. He doesn’t even follow some of the recommendations on how to clean off after getting out of the water. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. “They are way beyond what I would be willing to tolerate,” he said, of the guidelines. “For example, there was something about washing everything with alcohol before you take a drink of water between races, and you have to scrub three times and then have it protected. Gargle with alcohol. No. that’s not going to happen. We are here to race. You get your water bottle. You unscrew it and drink it. We have been great. Nothing has happened to us. I think it’s a little over publicized.” Gulari is staying in the Olympic Village to get the full experience. He calls sailing at the Olympics the “holy grail” of his long sailing career that has taken him around the world, included competing in the World Cup. And the highlight for him, so far, was attending the Opening Ceremonies on Friday night. “My favorite moment was totally in the tunnel,” he said. “Everyone was chanting USA. The flags are flying. It was electric. It was awesome. That was the coolest experience of my life.” He wandered around and took pictures with the Olympic Team from Syria. “The politics weren’t there,” he said. “They were almost shell shocked that we wanted to have pictures taken with them. I didn’t have any pins and they were just given them to me. It was so cool.” He posed with Claressa Shields, a boxer from Flint. “The bar tender at my yacht club, Tony, he was talking about her a bunch,” Gulari said. “Of course, I saw her and of course I had to get a picture with her.” 2016-08-06 14:41 Jeff Seidel rssfeeds.freep.com

100 2 Chinese miners kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, police say Police say gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese miners in central Nigeria. Police say local hunters and others are helping them in "a very intense search" for the miners in the forest and bush of Nasarawa state. Assistant police superintendent Numan Ismaila says gunmen ambushed the vehicle carrying the miners Friday afternoon on the road to Abuja, the capital. They work for Chinese company West African Polaris Ltd., which mines tin and columbite. Kidnappings of foreigners and locals are common all over Nigeria. Victims usually are returned unharmed once a ransom is paid.

2016-08-06 14:40 The Associated www.heraldonline.com

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