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TOP STORIES

Clinton campaign says it could have better handled health scare

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign acknowledged on Monday that it mishandled a health scare for the Democratic candidate that revived concerns about a tendency toward secrecy that has dogged her run for the White House. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, 893 words)

Syria ceasefire takes effect with Assad emboldened, opposition wary

BEIRUT - A nationwide ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect in Syria on Monday evening, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-year civil war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 4:23 p.m., by Tom Perry, 1096 words) See also: MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:41 p.m., 333 words

Islamic State-linked cases in U.S. number 110 since 2013 -Justice Dept

WASHINGTON - U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said on Monday that more than 110 people have been publicly charged in federal court since late 2013 on counts related to the Islamic State militant group that has overrun much of Syria and Iraq. (USA-SECURITY/ISLAMICSTATE (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:13 p.m., by Julia Edwards, 285 words)

Pope's sex abuse panel to help new bishops improve child protection

VATICAN CITY - Newly appointed Catholic bishops will get training on how to deal with child abuse from a panel of experts, including victims, which Pope Francis set up to root out sexual molestation by clerics. (POPE-ABUSE/COMMISSION, moved at 12:36 p.m., by Philip Pullella, 340 words)

CAMPAIGN

Clinton's prospects in betting markets tumble on health concerns

NEW YORK - Online betting markets cut back Hillary Clinton's prospects of winning the Nov. 8 election after a video showed the Democratic presidential candidate stumbling and having difficulty walking as she was helped into a van at a Sept. 11 memorial, raising concerns about her health. (USA-ELECTION/BETS, moved at 1:17 p.m., by Angela Moon, 388 words)

WASHINGTON

Fed looks unlikely to hike next week after Brainard warning

CHICAGO - The Federal Reserve should avoid removing support for the U.S. economy too quickly, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Monday in comments that solidified the view the central bank would leave interest rates unchanged next week. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 2, TV), moved at 2:59 p.m., by Jason Lange and Karen Pierog, 538 words)

Close encounters with Iran show need for rules of behavior -U.S. Navy

WASHINGTON - A series of close encounters between the U.S. navy and Iranian combat vessels in the Gulf show the need for Iran and the United States to agree to rules of behavior to avoid risky miscalculations, the head of the U.S. Navy said on Monday. (USA-IRAN/NAVY, moved at 12:03 p.m., by David Brunnstrom, 414 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Trump opens luxury hotel, just blocks from the White House

WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump opened the latest outpost in his real estate empire on Monday, a luxury hotel in a historic building five blocks from the White House that underwent a two-year, $200 million renovation. (USA-TRUMP/HOTEL (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 4:20 p.m., by Ian Simpson, 433 words)

Five children, four adults die in Tennessee house fire

Five children and four adults were killed on Monday in a Memphis, Tennessee house fire that was the city's deadliest in nearly a century, officials said. (TENNESSEE-FIRE/ (TV), moved at 11:21 a.m., by Laila Kearney, 237 words)

Mosque where Florida nightclub shooter worshiped set on fire

The Florida mosque where Omar Mateen, who committed the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, prayed was badly damaged on Monday in an arson attack, investigators said. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/MOSQUE (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 4:05 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 436 words)

U.S. man charged with sexual abuse of Nepali boys amid fears trafficking rising

KATHMANDU - Police in Nepal have accused an American man of luring boys from villages and taking them to the capital for sex, an official said on Monday, amid concerns that last year's devastating earthquakes have caused a spike in human trafficking. (NEPAL-CHILDREN/SEXCRIMES, moved at 11:59 a.m., by Gopal Sharma, 380 words)

Jury selection starts again in Georgia hot-car child death trial

ATLANTA - Jury selection began on Monday for the second time this year in the murder trial of a Georgia man who prosecutors say intentionally left his toddler son to die in a hot car in June 2014 while the father exchanged nude photos with women online. (USA-GEORGIA/MURDER (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 3:20 p.m., by Rich McKay, 350 words)

West Virginia man avoids prison in hoax to blow up Statue of Liberty

NEW YORK - A West Virginia man was sentenced on Monday to time served after he pleaded guilty to making a hoax threat to blow up the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor last year that led to the evacuation of 3,200 people. (NEW YORK-CRIME/HOAX (PIX), moved, 294 words)

Connecticut man pleads guilty to scaling White House fence

WASHINGTON - A Connecticut man pleaded guilty on Monday to climbing over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day last year draped in a U.S. flag, federal prosecutors said. (USA-SECURITY/WHITEHOUSE, moved at 1:14 p.m., 164 words)

Engine failure led to foot-long hole in Southwest airliner -agency

An engine failure on a Southwest Airlines Co jet on Aug. 27 released debris that tore a 5 inch by 16 inch (13 cm by 41 cm) hole in the plane before it made a safe emergency landing in Pensacola, Florida, U.S. crash investigators said on Monday. (SOUTHWEST-ACCIDENT/, moved at 4:36 p.m., 262 words)

WORLD

Ex-Auschwitz paramedic accused of accessory to mass murder

BERLIN - A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was charged in a German court on Monday with being an accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people in a trial that is likely to be one of Germany's last linked to the Holocaust. (GERMANY-NAZI/TRIAL, moved, 400 words)

Four South Korea nuclear reactors suspended due to earthquakes

SEOUL - South Korea's nuclear operator said early on Tuesday it suspended operation of four reactors at a nuclear power complex as a precaution late on Monday after two earthquakes struck the country's southeast. (SOUTHKOREA-QUAKE/NUCLEARPOWER, moved, 193 words)

For refugees in Greece, long wait for asylum is "like death"

CHIOS - Life in Greece has become so difficult for Amir and Walaa, teachers from Syria, that they sometimes think about returning to the home they risked everything to flee. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CHIOS (PIX, TV), moved at 11:33 a.m., by Karolina Tagaris , 806 words)

Colombia's FARC apologizes for taking captives during conflict

BOGOTA - Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels apologized for the "great pain" they caused by kidnapping thousands of people to fund half a century of conflict as the insurgent group prepared to sign a peace accord with the government. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/, moved at 12:31 p.m., 251 words)

Ending his political career, Britain's ex-leader Cameron resigns as lawmaker

LONDON - Britain's former Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he was resigning from his seat in parliament to avoid becoming a distraction for his successor, ending his political career just weeks after he lost a referendum to stay in the European Union. (BRITAIN-POLITICS/CAMERON (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 11:56 a.m., 396 words)

Indian girls attacked with acid days after landmark death sentence verdict

NEW DELHI - Three girls in eastern India are being treated in hospital after acid was thrown on them, said police on Monday, just days after a court handed down a landmark death sentence verdict to a man found guilty of murdering a nurse in an acid attack. (INDIA-WOMEN/ACID ATTACK, moved, 532 words)

One killed in riots in Indian IT hub over river water dispute

BENGALURU - At least one person was killed and another wounded when police opened fired to quell rioting that erupted in the Indian technology hub of Bengaluru on Monday over a long-running river water dispute with the neighboring state, an official said. (INDIA-PROTESTS/BENGALURU (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), 3:09 p.m., by Akshay Lodaya and Supantha Mukherjee, 486 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Second-hand smoke can hurt kids years after exposure

Breathing second-hand smoke during childhood can lead to long-term breathing and health problems and a shorter life expectancy, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. (HEALTH-KIDS/SMOKE-EXPOSURE, moved at 4 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 584 words)

Children's hospitals lose money on kids with Medicaid

Children's hospitals lose more money than other facilities treating children covered by Medicaid and may be under pressure in 2018 when federal payments compensating for this loss are reduced, according to a new study. (HEALTH-KIDS/MEDICAID, moved at 4:31 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 714 words)

Sugar industry downplayed heart risks of sugar, promoted risks of fat: study

In the 1960's, before conflict of interest disclosure was required, the sugar industry sponsored research promoting dietary fat as an important cause of coronary heart disease, and downplaying the role of sugar, according to a special report in JAMA Internal Medicine. (HEALTH-HEART/SUGAR-RISKS (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:22 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 953 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Truth is stranger than fiction in Emmy's political TV shows

It is election year in America and television has risen to the challenge, producing a range of award-worthy politically themed shows - and the more outrageous, the better. (AWARDS-EMMYS/POLITICS (PIX, TV), moved at 11:01 a.m., by Jill Serjeant, 511 words)

'Queen of Katwe' brings uplifting underdog chess tale to Toronto

TORONTO - Chess may not be the most visual of sports to watch in a film, but the true story of an impoverished Ugandan girl overcoming obstacles to become a chess champion transcends the game, according to the cast of "Queen of Katwe." (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/QUEENOFKATWE (PIX, TV), moved at 12:15 p.m., 388 words)

Fight over the Holocaust explored in movie 'Denial'

TORONTO - "Denial" is the true story of a Jewish woman who had to prove in court that the Holocaust had taken place, but it also has a timely message for present day society, according to director Mick Jackson. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/DENIAL (TV, PIX), moved at 3:55 p.m., 313 words)

Rapper Travis Scott gets first Billboard No. 1 album

American rapper Travis Scott scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 charts on Monday with "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight," knocking Barbra Streisand into sixth place. (MUSIC-CHARTS/, moved at 11:31 a.m., 172 words)

Piano prodigy Joey Alexander, 13, talks about second album

In the first decade of his life, jazz pianist Joey Alexander released his first album and became the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Grammy at age 11. (MUSIC-JOEY ALEXANDER/ (PIX, TV), moved at 1:03 p.m., 266 words)

Fantasy meets tragedy in surreal drama 'A Monster Calls'

TORONTO - A teenage boy's struggle with his mother's terminal illness takes a surreal turn when he finds comfort in a giant talking tree monster in the emotional fantasy drama "A Monster Calls." (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/AMONSTERCALLS (TV, PIX), moved at 1:17 p.m., 256 words)

New Amanda Knox film meant to push past headlines, makers say

TORONTO - A new documentary about Amanda Knox, an American who was cleared of the murder of her British roommate after multiple trials in Italy, is meant to push past the sensational coverage of the case and understand the real people involved, its directors say. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/AMANDAKNOX (PIX, TV), moved at 11:36 a.m., by Jeffrey Hodgson, 391 words)

CONSUMER TECH

Facebook says will learn from mistake over Vietnam photo

OSLO - Facebook Inc will learn from a mistake it made by deleting a historic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, the company's chief operating officer said. (NORWAY-FACEBOOK/, moved at 12:08 p.m., by Joachim Dagenborg, 386 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

S&P 500 racks up sharpest rise since July

U.S. stocks racked up their strongest gain in two months on Monday after Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard stuck to her dovish stance on interest rates and urged caution about removing monetary stimulus too quickly. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), by Noel Randewich, 452 words)

Cargo from bankrupt Hanjin ship moving in US, new funds pledged

SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL - A portion of the $14 billion in cargo trapped at sea by the bankruptcy of Hajin Shipping Co Ltd began moving out of a California port on Monday as shareholders and executives of the South Korean firm pledged funds to help resolve the turmoil created by its collapse. (HANJIN SHIPPING-DEBT/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 2:41 p.m., by Jim Christie and Joyce Lee, 877 words)

Jobless recovery looms for white-collar US oil workers

SPRING - Elizabeth Huber lost her job examining damaged oilfield pipes nearly 20 months ago and her prospects remain bleak even as oil executives cautiously plot production and budget increases. (USA-OIL/JOBS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 4:37 p.m., by Ernest Scheyder, 970 words)

Berkshire is accused in NY lawsuit of workers' comp 'siphoning'

NEW YORK - Berkshire Hathaway Inc has been sued by a New York bicycle courier company over an alleged illegal scheme to cheat employers buying workers' compensation policies. (BERKSHIRE HATHA-WORKERSCOMP/, moved at 3:24, by Jonathan Stempel, 406 words)

SolarCity raises $305 mln in deal advised by Soros' firm

Solar panel installer SolarCity Corp, which is being bought by Tesla Motors Inc, on Monday said it had raised $305 million by selling the future cash flows for a portfolio of solar projects to a fund advised by billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund. (SOLAR-FUNDING/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:18 p.m., 367 words)

Jeff Bezos unveils new rocket to compete with SpaceX

CAPE CANAVERAL - Jeff Bezos on Monday unveiled a heavy-lift reusable rocket expected to compete against Elon Musk's SpaceX and other companies for commercial satellite launches before the end of the decade. (SPACE-BEZOS/, moved at 12:08 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 371 words)

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