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BREAKING

U.S. housing starts, building permits fall in August

WASHINGTON - U.S. housing starts fell more than expected in August as building activity declined broadly after two straight months of solid increases but a rebound in permits for single-family dwellings suggested demand for housing remains intact. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, 385 words)

TOP STORIES

U.S. investigators seek motive for NY, NJ weekend attacks

LINDEN, N.J., - Investigators are searching for clues to the motive behind the bombings and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend and to determine whether the Afghanistan-born suspect had accomplices or was radicalized overseas. (USA-ATTACKS/ (PIX), moved at 12:36 a.m., by Joseph Ax and Mica Rosenberg, 525 words, will be led through the day)

A New York tale: Two men find bag, remove bomb, take bag

-- New York City police investigating a bombing in Manhattan over the weekend said on Monday they wanted to question two men who appeared to stumble over a second device made from a pressure cooker that had been left inside a bag lying on a city street. In a lucky break that helped authorities to thwart a second detonation on Saturday, the men walked away with the bag after taking out what turned out to be a homemade bomb and leaving it exposed on the pavement on 27th Street. (USA-ATTACKS/BAG (PIX, TV), moved at 8:24 p.m., by Dan Whitcomb, 411 words)

Family of slain Minnesota attacker "devastated" by his actions

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The family of a Minnesota man who wounded 10 people in a knife attack at a mall before being killed by an off-duty police officer said on Monday they were devastated by their son's actions. (MINNESOTA-MALL/STABBINGS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 10:41 p.m., by Todd Melby, 546 words)

North Korea's Kim guides new rocket engine test, calls for satellite launch

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media report, the latest in a rapid succession of missile-related tests this year by the isolated state. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 640 words)

U.S., China to step up cooperation on North Korea

NEW YORK - President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea's fifth nuclear test, the White House said. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/USA-CHINA (WRAPUP 5, PIX, TV), moved at 4:06 a.m., 830 words)

UN suspends aid convoys in Syria after hit, Red Cross warns on impact

GENEVA - The United Nations suspends aid convoys across Syria a day after an air strike hit relief trucks, killing aid workers and civilians, while the Red Cross warns it could seriously hamper relief work. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-AID (WRAPUP 1, TV), moving shortly, 1,022 words) See also: U.S. questions whether fragile Syrian truce can hold (MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA/USA, moved at 7:30 p.m., 113 words) and U.S. sanctions jihadist Syrian rebel group Jund al-Aqsa (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JUND AL-AQSA, moved, 205 words)

Despite flaws, paperless voting machines remain widespread in U.S.

WASHINGTON - One in four registered voters in the United States live in areas that will use electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper backup in the November presidential election despite concerns that they are vulnerable to tampering and malfunctions, according to a Reuters analysis. (USA-ELECTION/MACHINES (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Andy Sullivan, 950 words)

CAMPAIGN

Skeptical of Russia, Clinton seen going toe-to-toe with Putin

WASHINGTON - When Hillary Clinton attended her first major White House meeting on Russia in February 2009, the new secretary of state insisted that she wanted to play a leading role in President Barack Obama's effort to "reset" U.S. relations with Moscow. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-RUSSIA (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., 1,080 words)

Clinton tells Wells Fargo customers CEO owes them an explanation

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton takes on the Wells Fargo bogus accounts case in a letter to the bank's customers before Wells Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf testifies to a Senate committee. (WELLS FARGO-ACCOUNTS/CLINTON, moved at midnight, 185 words)

After bomb blasts, Clinton, Trump trade charges on national security

PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton on Monday accused rival Donald Trump of aiding Islamic State recruitment while Trump said she had helped weaken national security as bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey resonated on the U.S. presidential trail. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6:40p.m., by James Oliphant, 763 words)

Czech president would cast ballot for Trump in U.S. vote

PRAGUE - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Tuesday he would give his vote to Donald Trump if he were casting a ballot in U.S. elections in November. (USA-ELECTION/CZECH-TRUMP, moving shortly, 275 words)

Clinton, Trump vie for world leaders' attention in New York

NEW YORK - With national security again a major U.S. election issue after bombings in New York and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sought to burnish their foreign-policy credentials on Monday by meeting world leaders at the United Nations. In rapid succession, Clinton met briefly with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Trump also met Sisi minutes after the Egyptian leader spoke with Clinton in the same Manhattan hotel. (USA-ELECTION/UN (PIX), moved at 11:30 a.m., 425 words)

WASHINGTON

Embattled Wells Fargo CEO to testify before Senate

WASHINGTON - Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf will tell U.S. senators on Tuesday that he is "deeply sorry" for selling customers unauthorized bank accounts and credit cards and that he would take "full responsibility" for the unethical activity, the New York Times reported on Monday. (WELLS FARGO-ACCOUNTS/CEO (PIX, TV), expect by 11 a.m., 500 words)

U.S. may seek power to pre-approve self-driving car technology

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is considering seeking the power to review and approve technology for self-driving cars before they hit the road and said U.S. states should not set separate rules. (USA-SELFDRIVING/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 9:14 p.m., 600 words)

Reuters interview with U.S. energy secretary on Tuesday

WASHINGTON - Reuters interview with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on the future of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons management, and the nation's worst nuclear waste issues. (USA-NUCLEAR/MONIZ (PIX, TV), expect by 6 p.m., 400 words)

Fed begins a two-day meeting on interest rates

WASHINGTON - Fed policy makers begin discussions on interest rates, monetary policy and the economy with market closely watching for any hints that the Fed may surprise and lift rates on Wednesday. (USA-FED/, expect by 5 p.m., 400 words)

Fed again poised to cut longer-run interest rate forecast

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - Federal Reserve policymakers are set this week to again cut their forecasts for how high interest rates will need to go in an economy where output, productivity and inflation are growing at a slower pace than in past decades. (USA-FED/FORECASTS (ANALYSIS, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer, 670 words)

UNITED NATIONS MEETINGS

Obama, other leaders to speak at U.N. Assembly

UNITED NATIONS - Day one of speeches by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. Notable appearances by: U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Brazilian President Michel Temer, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and South African President Jacob Zuma (UN-ASSEMBLY/ (PIX, TV), starts at 9 a.m., 300 words, will be led through day with separates broken out with master slug)

Obama to lead refugee summit at U.N. meetings

UNITED NATIONS - President Barack Obama will host a refugee summit at the United Nations on Tuesday that aims to boost humanitarian funds by a third and double the number of refugees being resettled. Countries can only attend if they make a pledge. The summit also aims to increase the number of refugees worldwide in school by one million and the number of refugees granted the legal right to work by one million. (UN-ASSEMBLY/REFUGEES (PIX, TV), expect by 6 p.m., 400 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Southwest Airlines flight blows tire, returns to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES - A Southwest Airlines flight traveling to Nashville on Monday was forced to return to Los Angeles after a tire blew on the aircraft's landing gear during takeoff, the airline said. (CALIFORNIA-FLIGHT/, moved at 1:06 a.m., 88 words)

Brother of JonBenet Ramsey thinks pedophile killed her

DENVER - The brother of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, whose 1996 murder remains unsolved, said on Monday he had nothing to do with her death, speculating that the killer was a pedophile who stalked her at pageants. (CRIME-JONBENET, moved at 9:46 p.m., by Keith Coffman, 400 words) See also: TV Review: 'The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey' (VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/REVIEWS),moved, 1,122 words)

AAA says U.S. motorists wasted billions on premium gasoline last year

NEW YORK - U.S. consumers wasted billions of dollars last year filling their cars with costly premium-grade gasoline for no tangible benefit, according to a study by motorist advocacy group AAA. (USA-MOTORISTS/GASOLINE, moved, 409 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Erdogan says U.S. should 'not harbor a terrorist' like cleric Gulen

NEW YORK - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the United States should "not harbor a terrorist" like U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and that his activities should be banned around the world. Erdogan told Reuters in an interview that Washington has "no excuse" for keeping Gulen, a former Erdogan ally. (TURKEY-USA/ (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved at 11:48 a.m., 725 words)

Israel says Palestinian with knife shot dead in West Bank

HEBRON - A Palestinian armed with a knife attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank and is shot and killed, the Israeli army says. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (PIX, TV), moved, 370 words)

Islamic State digs in behind Mosul moat as battle for city looms

BAGHDAD - Islamic State is building a moat around Mosul in northern Iraq in preparation for a long, hard battle against U.S.-backed Iraqi government forces for the biggest city in the jihadists' self-proclaimed caliphate. The city of 2 million fell to the militants in 2014 in a lightning advance, and the offensive to recapture it will be the biggest battle Islamic State has ever fought. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (PIX), moved at 8:25 a.m., 906 words)

WORLD

Police say object spreading fear at U.S. embassy site in Norway was harmless

OSLO - A suspicious object found at the building site of the United States' new embassy in Oslo turned out to be harmless but may have been placed there to spread fear, Norwegian police said on Tuesday as it lifted an evacuation. (USA-EMBASSY/NORWAY (UPDATE 1), moved, 1347 words)

Two dead at burnt headquarters of Congo opposition party

KINSHASA - The charred remains of two people are visible inside the headquarters of one of Democratic Republic of Congo main opposition parties, which was set on fire overnight after a day of violent protests, witnesses say. (CONGO-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 400 words)

Fire burns through Greek migrant camp as tensions flare

ATHENS - Thousands of people fled a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night after fire ripped through tents and destroyed containers during violence among residents, police say. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GREECE-FIRE (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Karolina Tagaris, 465 words)

FARC rebels set to ratify Colombia peace accords

YARI PLAINS, COLOMBIA - We will travel to the FARC's tenth congress, its first-ever open to press, where the rebels are set to ratify the peace agreement. The congress runs for a week and we are expecting opening and closing ceremonies with rebel leadership as well as daily briefings on the discussions. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/CONFERENCE, expect by 7 p.m., by Julia Cobb, 400 words)

Thai court finds British rights activist guilty of defamation

BANGKOK - A British rights activist is found guilty by a Thai court of criminal defamation and given a three-year suspended sentence, a move rights groups says sets a worrying precedent. (THAILAND-RIGHTS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 395 words)

BREXIT

On New York mission, Theresa May seeks to shore up Britain's influence after Brexit

NEW YORK - On a mission to shore up British clout after the shock vote to leave the European Union raised questions over the future unity of the West, Prime Minister Theresa May will tell leaders that Britain will not turn away from the world. (UN-ASSEMBLY/BRITAIN (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 600 words) See also: BRITAIN-EU/MAY-BUSINESS (UPDATE 3, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, 700 words

Blair to talk about Brexit in Tuesday interview

UNITED NATIONS - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks to Reuters about extremism, Brexit, the rise of populism in the U.S. and Britain, and the challenges of globalization. (BRITAIN-BLAIR/NEW YORK (NEWSMAKER, PIX, TV), expect by 11 a.m., 400 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Indonesia rejects U.S. research estimate of 100,000 "haze" deaths

JAKARTA - Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year "makes no sense at all," an official at Indonesia's Health Ministry says. (INDONESIA-HAZE/HEALTH, moved, 265 words)

Too little sleep, or too much, linked to risk of heart disease

-- Sleep irregularities may be tied to a variety of health problems, such as diabetes and obesity, that can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, a leading U.S. doctors group says. (HEALTH-SLEEP/HEART, moved, 660 words)

In youngest suicides, ADD is more common than depression

-- When children under 12 commit suicide, they are more likely to have a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder than depression, a U.S. study suggests. (HEALTH-KIDS/SUICIDE-ADD, moved, 632 words)

No change in hospital antibiotic use overall in recent years

-- Between 2006 and 2012, antibiotic use in hospitals in general did not change and the use of a class of drugs tied most closely to antibiotic resistance actually increased, according to a new study. (HEALTH-ANTIBIOTICS/HOSPITALS, moved, 460 words)

Codeine not safe for kids, doctors warn

(HEALTH-CHILDREN/CODEINE, moved, 600 words)

Wearable device helps reduce low blood sugar episodes

(HEALTH-DIABETES/HYPOGLYCEMIA, moved, 557 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Actor Jim Carrey sued for wrongful death of ex-girlfriend

LOS ANGELES - The husband of Jim Carrey's former girlfriend sued the actor on Monday, accusing him of illegally supplying Cathriona White with prescription drugs that resulted in her death. (PEOPLE-JIMCARREY/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 9:37 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 404 words)

Jason Aldean tops Billboard album chart, holds off Drake

LOS ANGELES - Country singer Jason Aldean debuted at the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, edging out rapper Drake's long-standing "Views." (MUSIC-JASONALDEAN/CHARTS (TV, PIX), moved, 264 words)

Burberry inspires nostalgia at London show, Christopher Kane elevates Crocs

LONDON - Floral prints and Victorian ruffles defined Burberry's first "see-now-buy-now" collection at London Fashion Week on Monday, while Christopher Kane opted to spin a high-fashion twist on the utilitarian Crocs slip-on boating shoes. (FASHION-LONDON/BURBERRY (TV, PIX), moved, 380 words)

Disney Under Fire Over 'Moana' Halloween Costume

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS), moved, 240 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

GM, Canada auto union reach tentative deal, averting strike

TORONTO - General Motors Co and the Canadian autoworkers union announce a tentative contract deal, averting a strike that would have shut some of the automaker's Canadian manufacturing facilities. (CANADA-AUTOS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 2:11 a.m., 400 words)

GM sets Bolt electric car price at $37,495 before tax incentives

DETROIT - General Motors says its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle will cost under $30,000 after tax breaks, a price that makes it significantly cheaper than the average new U.S. vehicle and sets up a test of whether the technology can go mainstream in the United States. (AUTOS-GM/BOLT (PIX), moved, 385 words)

Bayer raises sales targets for top-selling drugs after Monsanto deal

FRANKFURT - German drug maker Bayer says its two best-selling drugs had a higher annual peak sales potential than previously targeted, after the agreed $66 billion takeover of Monsanto stirred criticism it might neglect its pharmaceuticals business. (BAYER-PHARMACEUTICALS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 315 words)

SWIFT plans measure to help spot fraudulent bank transfers

LONDON - The SWIFT inter-bank messaging network plans to send daily reports to clients to help them more quickly identify unauthorized payment instructions like those used by hackers to steal $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank in February. (SWIFTSECURITY, moved, by Tom Bergin, 305 words)

Mongolia to pitch railway projects to China-backed AIIB

(MONGOLIA-RAILWAYS/, moved, 515 words)

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