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As Isabel moves into Ontario, Canada, authorities along the Eastern seaboard begin to assess damage left in the former hurricane's wake. At least 17 deaths are attributed to the storm, and more than 4 million people in the Mid-Atlantic region remain without power. Flooding remains a major concern. Her NPR's Brian Naylor, NPR's Adam Hochberg and FEMA administrator Michael Brown.

Some clothing designers are watching this week's fashion shows in New York with an eye to knocking off their competitors' designs. Like the music industry, the fashion business is rife with unauthorized copying. But it's relatively free of infringement lawsuits like the ones the major record labels recently filed. NPR's Rick Karr reports as part of Morning Edition's series on the style industry.

The recent attacks on the Jordanian embassy and the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad revive calls for an increase in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. But the Pentagon says it has no plans to send in reinforcements, arguing that more Iraqis need to be pressed into policing and security roles. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States will seek a new U.N. Security Council resolution that might convince more countries to contribute troops to stabilization efforts in Iraq. But Powell stresses that the United States has no plans to give up its authority over security operations, as some governments have suggested. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

For the fourth and final part of her series on ethics, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with Coleen Rowley, who became famous last year for blowing the whistle on the FBI. Rowley complained that the agency had brushed off warnings about terrorism prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. She now speaks about ethics to children, business groups and colleagues.

Thousands of Shiite Muslims protest peacefully at the headquarters of U.S.-led forces in Baghdad, accusing them of doing little to stop a weekend of ethnic bloodshed and a recent attack on a Shiite cleric. In Washington, U.S. civil administrator Paul Bremer says troops face a "growing threat" of terrorism, but that security is "not as bad as people think it is." Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and Bremer.

This summer, All Things Considered is airing portions of stump speeches from the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Monday's show we hear an excerpt of a speech from Sen. Bob Graham of Florida.

Phillip Martin reports on the reflections of people in Massachusetts who attended the civil rights March on Washington four decades ago. They talk about their participation in the event, and about what has and hasn't changed in the African-American community since then.

A U.S. soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Fallujah and another dies in an ambush on a military convoy in Baghdad. As attacks in Iraq continue, U.S.-led forces announce plans to put 28,000 new Iraqi police recruits through intensive training at a U.S. base in Hungary. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

U.S. officials criticize the Arab media for what they call biased and inaccurate reporting meant to incite violence against U.S. troops. And some Iraqis support the claim, accusing Arab satellite networks of romanticizing Saddam Hussein and of stirring up anti-American sentiment. Arab media directors defend their coverage. Hear NPR's Kate Seelye.