LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson won a small victory on Tuesday when he returned to court for Day 2 of his attempt to win a new trial in his robbery case: A judge said he could have one hand unshackled to drink water and take notes.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A safari guide rushed on foot toward an elephant at a South African game park while fellow guides whooped and laughed at the foolhardy stunt, which cost the ranger his job when a video of the incident was posted online.

By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expelled a U.S. diplomat on Tuesday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. Apparently detained in an incongruous-looking blond wig, with props reminiscent of a schoolboy's spy kit, U.S. Embassy Third Secretary Ryan Fogle hardly looked like a Cold War secret agent. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of South Carolina for what they say was an unnecessary sexual assignment surgery performed on a toddler they later adopted.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups for extra scrutiny over whether they qualified for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across in the nation's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he said is now an open rebellion.

Some highlights of ABC's moves in its schedule for next season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says he played no direct role in the Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press phone records but called it part of an investigation into what he termed a grave national security leak.

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil slid by nearly $1 a barrel Tuesday as the International Energy Agency raised its forecast for U.S. oil production while cutting its prediction for global crude demand.

PARIS (AP) — A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French capital led to 21 arrests and injuries to more than 30 people.

ABC's prime-time schedule for the fall:

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said it was "reprehensible" that Bloomberg News had allowed its journalists to see data about how clients used its system, in one of the toughest assessments yet of the breach of user data at the media company. "The protection of confidential information is vital here at the bank. What seems to have happened at Bloomberg is reprehensible," a Bank of England spokesman said on Tuesday. "Bank officials are in close contact with Bloomberg, who have provided assurances to ensure that this does not happen again. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The decision to seek media records in connection with a probe into an unauthorized disclosure of classified information was made by a deputy attorney general because Attorney General Eric Holder was recused from the matter, a Justice Department official said on Tuesday. The Obama administration is facing a storm of questions over the Justice Department's controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — While Major League Baseball teams improved racial diversity in hiring senior administrators, the employment of women is still lagging, according to the annual report by Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen Co. says ratings were largely status quo last week, with CBS maintaining a decisive lead.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The left knee of Knicks guard Iman Shumpert doesn't appear to be getting any better and it could keep him out of Tuesday night's game at Indiana.

LONDON (AP) — European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder removed himself from a decision to subpoena phone records of The Associated Press.