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Clinton grapples with Trump's ability to stay in spotlight

Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. --------------- ONLY ON AP --------------- VENEZUELA UNDONE-MOB JUSTICE - Roberto Bernal was accused of stealing the equivalent of $5. A mob doused him in gasoline, flicked a lighter and stood back as he burned alive. Once a rarity, vigilante violence has become commonplace in Venezuela, a crime-ridden country of 30 million people that used to be the richest in Latin America. By Hannah Dreier. SENT: 2,010 words, photos, video. A 1,310-word abridged version also moved. With AP EXPLAINS-VENEZUELA CRISIS - Standoff, dying economy drive Venezuelan crisis (sent). AP POLL-FINANCIAL SECURITY - Two-thirds of Americans would have some difficulty coming up with $1,000 to cover an unexpected expense, AP-NORC poll finds. By Ken Sweet and Emily Swanson. SENT: 1,180 words, photos. UPCOMING: 900 words with new approach by 3 p.m., photos, graphic. With AP POLL-FINANCIAL STRAIN-METHOD; AP POLL-FINANCIAL STRAIN-REACTION - White House: 'Still more to do" to help Americans save (both sent). PROTECTING THE DISABLED - Nine cases of developmentally disabled people dying in state care on Long Island since 2013 again raise questions about how aggressively a state oversight agency pursues reports of caretaker abuse and neglect. By Michael Virtanen and Frank Eltman. SENT: 1,060 words, photo. ---------------- TOP STORIES ---------------- EGYPT-PLANE - An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board swerves wildly in flight and crashes in the Mediterranean Sea in what may have been a terrorist attack, officials say. There are no signs of survivors. By Maggie Michael, Elena Becatoros and Raphael Satter. SENT: 850 words, photos. UPCOMING: 900 words by 3 p.m., photos. Highlighting video EGYPT PLANE 2 (CR). With EGYPT-PLANE-GLANCE - A look at disasters, incidents in Egypt involving planes; EGYPT-PLANE-A320 - Airbus' A320 is workhorse of the skies; FRANCE-AIRPORT SECURITY - France tightens Paris airport security since attacks (all sent); EGYPT-PLANE-THE LATEST. CAMPAIGN 2016-CLINTON-BREAKING THROUGH - Hillary Clinton's stay-above-the-fray attitude has campaign and allies worrying how she can counteract Donald Trump's finely tuned ability to command attention. By White House Correspondent Julie Pace. SENT: 830 words, photos. With DEM 2016-CLINTON - Clinton is pumping millions of dollars into battleground states crucial to the presidential and Senate races. UPCOMING: 750 words by 4 p.m., photos. CONGRESS-PUERTO RICO - Congress and the Obama administration strike a rare deal to help rescue cash-strapped Puerto Rico from $70 billion in debt. By Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 800 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words with new approach by 4 p.m., photos. With CONGRESS-PUERTO RICO-GLANCE - UPCOMING: 350 words by 3 p.m.; CONGRESS-ZIKA - Senate approves $1.1 billion in emergency funds to combat the Zika virus, setting up a fight with House conservatives. SENT: 680 words. UPCOMING: 740 words by 4 p.m., photos. PHIL MICKELSON-INSIDER TRADING - The professional golfer Phil Mickelson agrees to forfeit nearly $1 million that the Securities and Exchange Commission said was unfairly earned on a tip from an insider trading scheme conducted by a former corporate director and a professional gambler. By Marcy Gordon and Tom Hays. SENT: 760 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing. With PHIL MICKELSON-INSIDER TRADING-THE LATEST. COSBY-LEGAL WHIRLWIND - Bill Cosby is spending millions fighting criminal and civil cases around the country in a frenzied bid not just to stay out of prison but to salvage what's left of his reputation. By Maryclaire Dale and Denise Lavoie. SENT: 990 words, photos. OBIT-MORLEY SAFER - Morley Safer, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent who was equally at home reporting on social injustices, the Orient Express and abstract art, and who exposed a military atrocity in Vietnam that played an early role in changing Americans' view of the war, dies, according to Kevin Tedesco, a CBS News publicist. By Television Writer Frazier Moore. SENT: 1,280 words, photos. ------------------------------------- WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ------------------------------------- CANADA-TRUDEAU ELBOW - PM Trudeau apologizes for a third time after elbowing a female lawmaker. SENT: 540 words, photos. Highlighting video CANADA TRUDEAU PARLIAMENT (CR). MARS - Mars, Earth and the sun line up perfectly in the sky this weekend, an event that takes place only every two years. SENT: 310 words, photo. PRINCE - A Prince confidant who was among three people to find the singer's body says he won't be talking about the musician's death and is asking for privacy. SENT: 130 words. -------------------------------- WASHINGTON & POLITICS -------------------------------- UNITED STATES-VIETNAM-ARMS SALES - Obama could ease restrictions on arms sales to Vietnam when he visits next week, deepening tensions with China. SENT: 890 words, photo. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-COMPUTER ACCESS - Some senators wants to block Justice Department proposal they say would make it too easy to hack into computers. SENT: 490 words. -------------------- NATIONAL -------------------- ABORTION BAN-OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma lawmakers approve a measure to charge any doctor who performs an abortion in that state with a felony punishable by up to three years in prison, a move the bill's sponsor says is aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide. SENT: 480 words, photo. UPCOMING: 600 words by 3 p.m., photo. COLORADO SHOOTING-THEATER LAWSUIT - A jury finds that a Colorado movie theater is not liable for the 2012 attack that killed 12 people. SENT: 300 words, photo. UPCOMING: 500 words by 4 p.m., photos. BALTIMORE POLICE DEATH - A judge aggressively questions prosecutors about why they charged an officer with assault in the arrest of Freddie Gray, perhaps signaling how he will rule in the bench trial of Officer Edward Nero. SENT: 690 words, photo. UPCOMING: 700 words with new approach by 2 p.m., photos. BANKRUPT COAL-RECLAMATION - As more coal companies file for bankruptcy, taxpayers will likely be stuck with the high costs of preventing abandoned mines from becoming environmental disasters. SENT: 990 words, photos. -------------------- INTERNATIONAL -------------------- NIGERIA-KIDNAPPED GIRLS - The first Chibok teenager to escape from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold is flown to Abuja and meets with Nigeria's president, even as her freedom adds pressure on the government to do more to rescue 218 other missing girls. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. BRAZIL-ROUSSEFF'S OPTIONS - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vows to fight ouster after impeachment, but her options are limited. SENT: 930 words, photos. SRI LANKA-FLOODS - As soldiers search for hundreds of people missing after landslides swallowed three central Sri Lankan villages, family members huddle in crowded shelters waiting for news about the fate of loved ones. SENT: 520 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Developing. UNITED NATIONS-INDIGENOUS FORUM - To Ati Quigua, an indigenous leader from Colombia, New York City is a place where people who don't know each other live in big buildings, gorging on the "foods of violence," and where no one can feel the Earth's beating heart. She and 1,000 other delegates cope with New York's bedlam and the U.N.'s bureaucracy at a forum on indigenous issues. SENT: 850 words, photos. ------------ BUSINESS ------------ SUMMER TRAVEL - More travelers are expected to take to the roads and sky this summer thanks to lower gas prices and an upbeat economy. Hotel companies are very optimistic thanks to the lowest gas prices in 13 years. By Business Writer Scott Mayerowitz. SENT: 700 words, photos. ---------------------- TECHNOLOGY ---------------------- GOOGLE-VIRTUAL REALITY - Virtual-reality headsets based on Google's new Daydream VR system could give more people a taste of VR and make better games and applications affordable, but there are several hurdles. By Technology Writer Anick Jesdanun. SENT: 900 words, photos. ------------------------------ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ------------------------------ FILM-WEINER - Directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg discuss their revealing documentary following former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral run in 2013 and his attempts to move past the public embarrassments of his questionable texting habits. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 830 words, photos. ------------ SPORTS ------------ RAPTORS-CAVALIERS - Yet to lose in the postseason, LeBron James and the Cavaliers can become the fourth team in NBA history to start the playoffs 10-0 with a win in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Toronto Raptors. By Tom Withers. UPCOMING: Developing from game starting 8:30 p.m., photos. -------------------------- HOW TO REACH US -------------------------- At the Nerve Center, Alexandra Olson and Alina Heineke can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). For photos, Alyssa Goodman (ext. 1900). 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