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TOP STORIES

Clinton slams Trump for commenting on Fed policies

TAMPA - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton criticized Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday for making comments about the Federal Reserve's monetary policies, which she said should be off-limits for U.S. presidents and presidential candidates. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:02 p.m., by Jeff Mason, 398 words)

U.N. Security Council condemns N.Korea's latest missile launches

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council strongly on Tuesday condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, saying they contributed to Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons capability. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/UN (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 4:53 p.m., by Rodrigo Campos, 401 words)

Iranian vessel "harasses," sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf - U.S. officials

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards (91 meters) of it in the central Gulf on Sunday, two U.S. Defense Department officials told Reuters on Tuesday. (USA-IRAN/NAVY (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:47 p.m., by Idrees Ali, 307 words)

Afghan forces end siege after suicide attacks in Kabul

KABUL - Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians. (AFGHANISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 12:31 p.m., by Mirwais Harooni, 461 words)

Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 mln on Ailes' behalf

Fox News will pay $20 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations led to the ouster of powerful network chief Roger Ailes in July, a source familiar with the agreement said on Tuesday. (TWENTY-FIRST FOX-AILES/ (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved at 5:09 p.m., by Daniel Wiessner and Jessica Toonkel, 914 words)

New York investigating Mylan EpiPen contracts for schools

WASHINGTON - New York is investigating whether Mylan Pharmaceuticals violated antitrust laws in its contracts to provide EpiPens to some school systems, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement on Tuesday. (MYLAN NL-NEW YORK/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:14 p.m., 291 words) See also: MYLAN NL-PRICES/LAWSUIT (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:50 p.m., by Brendan Pierson, 384 words

CAMPAIGN

White House candidates turn up the heat over national security

VIRGINIA BEACH - The U.S. presidential campaign's focus shifted to national security on Tuesday as Republican Donald Trump pledged to help female veterans during a Virginia Beach campaign stop, and with Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine set to deliver a related speech in North Carolina. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:33 p.m., by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, 474 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. sees progress in Syria talks with Russia, expects meeting soon

WASHINGTON - The United States said on Tuesday it was making progress with Russia on how to achieve a cessation of hostilities in Syria and held out the possibility a nationwide ceasefire need not begin immediately. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:42 p.m., 249 words)

Fed policymakers defend role of private bankers at central bank

WASHINGTON - Two Federal Reserve policymakers plan to warn U.S. lawmakers against changing the Fed's structure to reduce the role of private bankers at the U.S. central bank, according to statements seen by Reuters. (USA-FED/, moved at 3:23 p.m., 292 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Fire guts U.S. Agriculture Department shed in Maryland

WASHINGTON - A fire on Tuesday gutted a storage shed at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) complex in Maryland that was closed last week because of threats, a fire official said. (USDA-THREATS/FIRE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 3:05 p.m., 228 words)

Los Angeles passenger train crash injures 21

Nearly two dozen people were injured when a Metrolink commuter train carrying nearly 200 passengers crashed into a semi truck on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, fire department officials said. (CALIFORNIA-CRASH/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 4:02 p.m., 142 words)

Ex-Stanford swimmer registers as sex offender in Ohio after assault

Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has registered as a sex offender in his home state of Ohio following his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 and public outrage over his six-month jail sentence. (CALIFORNIA-RAPE/OHIO (PIX), moved at 10:59 a.m., 390 words)

Cosby could face multiple accusers at sexual assault trial

Pennsylvania prosecutors said on Tuesday they intend to call more than a dozen accusers as witnesses against TV comedian Bill Cosby at his sexual assault trial. (PEOPLE-COSBY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 3:57 p.m., by Joseph Ax, 411 words)

Kaepernick jersey becomes NFL best seller after anthem protest

NEW YORK - Colin Kaepernick jerseys were the top-selling jersey on the National Football League's official online store on Tuesday, after he protested racial injustice and police brutality in the United States. (NFL-KAEPERNICK/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:39 p.m., by Amy Tennery, 374 words)

ITT to shut institutes, thousands of students to be affected

ITT Educational Services Inc said it would shut its flagship ITT Technical Institutes, following a U.S. Department of Education order, affecting thousands of students and employees. (ITT EDUCATION-LAYOFFS/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:17 p.m., by Arunima Banerjee, 342 words)

Minnesota man admits to abducting, killing 11-year-old in 1989 -media

CHICAGO - A man in Minnesota admitted in court on Tuesday to the 1989 abduction and killing of an 11-year-old boy whose remains were found last week, local media reported. (MINNESOTA-CHILDMURDER/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Timothy Mclaughlin, 339 words)

Company agrees to halt N. Dakota pipeline work until Friday

WASHINGTON - A pipeline company agreed to halt until Friday construction of an oil pipeline in parts of North Dakota where a Native American tribe says it has ancient burial and prayer sites, a lawyer for the company said in court on Tuesday. (USA-PIPELINE/NATIVEAMERICANS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 428 words)

Lower Manhattan rebounds 15 years after Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK - Lower Manhattan's population has more than doubled and the number of children living there has tripled since just before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks hit the financial district, a report on the neighborhood's rebirth showed. (NEW YORK-ECONOMY/, moved at 3:20 p.m., by Hilary Russ, 412 words)

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Manziel re-enrolls at Texas A&M

AUSTIN - Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel, who was released by the Cleveland Browns earlier this year due to questionable conduct, has re-enrolled as a student at Texas A&M University, the school said on Tuesday. (NFL-MANZIEL/ (PIX), moved at 12:23 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 257 words)

MIDDLE EAST

With Syria "safe zone" plan, Turkey faces diplomatic balancing act

ANKARA - Turkey will have to strike a balance between the conflicting goals of Russia and the United States if it is to achieve its ambition of a "safe zone" in northern Syria and build on an incursion which gave it control of a thin strip of the border. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (TV, PIX), moved at 11:50 a.m., by Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses, 1,058 words)

Turkey's government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks

BLED - Turkey's government is under "huge pressure" from its people to abandon its decades-old drive to join the European Union because they see it applying double standards toward their country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. (TURKEY-EU/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:23 a.m., by Marja Novak, 375 words)

WORLD

Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after Obama slur

VIENTIANE - New Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to defuse a fight with the United States on Tuesday, voicing regret for calling President Barack Obama a "son of a bitch" in a comment that prompted the White House to call off a bilateral meeting. (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved at 8:50 a.m., 870 words)

Colombia's Santos says peace deal will pass, more war a disaster

BOGOTA - Colombians are sure to approve a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a referendum next month because they see the enormous economic opportunity and know that a renewed war would be a "catastrophe," President Juan Manuel Santos told Reuters. (COLOMBIA-SANTOS/INTERVIEW (TV, PIX, INTERVIEW), moved at 12:43 p.m., by Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta, 420 words)

UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for five and a half years

LONDON - Anjem Choudary, Britain's best-known Islamist preacher, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, is sentenced to five years and six months in prison for inviting support for Islamic State. (BRITAIN-SECURITY/CHOUDARY (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Estelle Shirbon, 560 words)

Finnish politics play havoc with Guggenheim's Helsinki museum plans

HELSINKI - A plan to build a Guggenheim museum on the Helsinki waterfront - joining the likes of those that grace New York, Bilbao and Venice - appears close to collapse because of a political row. (GUGGENHEIM-FINLAND/GOVERNMENT (PICTURE), moved, by Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell, 590 words)

Hurricane Newton storms up Mexico's Baja California peninsula

SAN JOSE DEL CABO - Hurricane Newton barreled up Mexico's Baja California peninsula tourist haven on Tuesday, dumping heavy rains accompanied by whipping winds, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. (MEXICO-STORM/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved at 12:12 p.m., by Jean Luis Arce, 228 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

MRIs in early pregnancy appear safe, but contrast agent may not be

In the critical first trimester of pregnancy, undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without a contrast agent is not associated with any negative outcomes for the baby, according to a new study. (HEALTH-PREGNANCY/MRI-CONTRAST, moved at 4 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 657 words)

NASA asteroid probe may find clues to origins of life on Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - A U.S. space probe was cleared for launch on Thursday to collect and return samples from an asteroid in hopes of learning more about the origins of life on Earth and perhaps elsewhere in the solar system, NASA said on Tuesday. (SPACE-ASTEROID/ (PIX, TV), moved, 426 words)

Tiny 'fitbits' to keep tabs on the body from within

BERKELEY - Scientists are developing dust-sized wireless sensors implanted inside the body to track neural activity in real-time, offering a potential new way to monitor or treat a range of conditions including epilepsy and control next-generation prosthetics. (SCIENCE-BRAIN/ (PIX, TV), moved at 1 p.m., by Ben Gruber, 435 words)

Zika virus found in tears of mice - U.S. study

CHICAGO - A new study has found genetic fragments of Zika in the eyes and the tears of laboratory mice infected with the virus, a finding that offers a potential new route of human infection. (HEALTH-ZIKA/TEARS, moved at noon, 378 words) See also: WHO issues tougher safe sex guidance for those who visited Zika zones (HEALTH-ZIKA/WHO (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:10 p.m., 391 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

"Une Vie" characters shot in profile to not reveal too much, director says

VENICE - Stephane Brize shot the characters in "Une Vie" in profile to give viewers space to interpret and experience the period drama for themselves, the French director said at the Venice film festival on Tuesday. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/UNEVIE (TV, PIX), moved at 2:59 p.m., 319 words)

NY Fashion Week adapts to changing designer needs, business models

NEW YORK - New looks on the runway at New York Fashion Week will be met with changes behind the scenes as designers tweak their shows and schedules to meet the needs and expectations of digitally engaged consumers. (FASHION-NEW YORK/ (PIX, TV), moved at 1:35 p.m., by Patricia Reaney, 476 words)

Role as society reject among cannibals "terrifying," Suki Waterhouse says

VENICE - Playing a society reject who tries to survive in a desert wasteland after having her limbs cut off by cannibals was a terrifying experience, British model-turned-actress Suki Waterhouse said at the Venice film festival on Tuesday. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/THEBADBATCH (TV, PIX), moved at 11:45 a.m., by Agnieszka Flak , 416 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall St ends up on views Fed will hold off on rates

U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday, nudging the Nasdaq to a record high close, as economic data bolstered views the Federal Reserve may decide against raising interest rates in the near term. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, by Caroline Valetkevitch, 366 words) See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 8, GRAPHIC), moved at 4:18 p.m., 454 words

Iran gives cautious nod to oil deal as bargaining starts

LONDON/SINGAPORE - Iran signaled on Tuesday it was prepared to work with Saudi Arabia and Russia to prop up oil prices as Tehran began to bargain with OPEC on possible exemptions from output limits. (OIL-OPEC/IRAN-PRICES (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:06 a.m., by Alex Lawler, Rania El Gamal and Parisa Hafezi, 522 words)

Enbridge buying Spectra in $28 bln deal

Canada's Enbridge Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Spectra Energy Corp of Houston in an all-stock deal valued at about $28 billion (C$37 billion) to create the largest North American energy infrastructure company. (SPECTRA ENERGY-M&A/ENBRIDGE INC (UPDATE 6), moved at 2:17 p.m., by Richa Naidu and Sweta Singh, 649 words)

EOG inks $2.5 billion deal in shift to low-cost Permian shale

EOG Resources Inc said on Tuesday it would buy privately held Yates Petroleum Corp for $2.5 billion in stock and cash, in the latest move by a U.S. energy company to acquire acreage in the Permian Basin, one of the country's most cost-effective oil fields. (YATES-M&A/EOG RESOURCES (UPDATE 3), moved at 1:27 p.m., by Ernest Scheyder, 429 words)

Spacecom CEO wants 'several safe flights' before using SpaceX again

CAPE CANAVERAL - The chief executive of Israeli satellite operator Space Communication Ltd said on Tuesday he wants to see "several safe flights" from SpaceX before using Elon Musk's space firm again to launch one of his company's satellites. (SPACEX-BLAST/, moved at 3:25 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 540 words)

Danaher to buy Cepheid in $4 bln deal to expand in diagnostics

Danaher Corp said on Tuesday it would buy medical diagnostics company Cepheid in a deal valued at $4 billion, including debt, that will strengthen its presence in molecular diagnostics. (CEPHEID-M&A/DANAHER (UPDATE 3), moved at 11:39 a.m., by Natalie Grover, 391 words)

U.S. services sector activity hits 6-1/2-year low, casts shadow on economy

NEW YORK - U.S. services sector activity slowed to a 6-1/2-year low in August amid sharp drops in production and orders, pointing to slowing economic growth that further diminished prospects for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this month. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2), moved at 1:21 p.m., 631 words)

Allergan vows limited price hikes, says 'outliers' deter research

The chief executive officer of Allergan Plc said his company would limit annual price increases on its prescription drugs, and that "outlier" drugmakers that have imposed huge price increases on their products were scaring off venture capital investors. (ALLERGAN-CEO/INTERVIEW (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW), moved at 4:29 p.m., by Ransdell Pierson, 508 words)

CVS must face revived lawsuit in U.S. over vitamin E label

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit accusing CVS Health Corp, one of the largest U.S. drugstore chains, of deceiving consumers with labels touting how CVS-branded vitamin E promotes "heart health." (CVS HEALTH-LAWSUIT/VITAMINE (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:50 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 333 words)

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