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ECONOMY

NEW YORK — Adding to evidence that the recession is ending, the U.S. manufacturing sector grew in August for the first time in 19 months, while a gauge of future U.S. home sales surged in July to its highest point in more than two years. Still, skepticism about long-term growth in an economy hamstrung by flat wages and job losses led to a nasty tumble on Wall Street. By Tali Arbel.

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_ AUTO SALES — Clunkers program boosts Ford sales 17 percent in August, but GM and Chrysler suffer double-digit losses despite it.

WILDFIRES

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters struggling to hold back a gigantic blaze on the edge of Los Angeles are confronted with this difficult fact: The peak Southern California fire season hasn't even started yet. The biggest problems typically arrive in the fall when ferocious Santa Ana winds act like a blowtorch driving fire at relentless speeds. As a result, Southern California could be in for a long wildfire season. By Jacob Adelman and John Antczak.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

TROPICAL WEATHER

LOS CABOS, Mexico — Hurricane Jimena roars toward the Los Cabos resorts, sending tourists fleeing and imperiling slum dwellers reluctant to leave their flood-threatened shacks. Jimena, a powerful Category 3 hurricane with winds around 125 mph, could rake the region of harsh desert fringed with picturesque beaches and fishing villages by evening. By Mark Stevenson.

SWINE FLU-NYC

NEW YORK — The nation's largest school district says it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to avoid becoming the country's flu epicenter again in the fall. The city, home to about one in every 10 U.S. swine flu deaths so far, is responding aggressively to what is expected to be a more serious second wave of the virus. By Sara Kugler.

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

LIBYA-40TH ANNIVERSARY

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya launches celebrations including fireworks, parades and air shows to mark the 40th anniversary of the military coup that brought Moammar Gadhafi to power. The festivities showcasing Libya's acceptance on the world stage coincide with renewed controversy over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. By Alfred de Montesquiou and Ben Curtis.

TWEETING SURGERY

DES MOINES, Iowa — From anesthesia through recovery, 70-year-old Monna Cleary's children followed her surgery — in messages of 140 characters or less. Twitter has made it to the operating room, paving the way for families — and anyone else for that matter — to follow a patient's progress as they go under the knife. By Michael J. Crumb.

PHOTOS:

_WILDFIRES: CAMO123, Firefighters observe a nearby fire in the Deukmejian Wilderness Park as it moves close to a neighborhood in the La Crescenta section of Glendale, Calif.

_OBAMA: WHCD108, President Barack Obama stands with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as he speaks about the H1N1 swine flu virus in the Rose Garden of the White House.

_TROPICAL WEATHER: NY117, satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Jimena off the tip of the Baja Peninsula.