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News Feed Latest worldwide news Shocking star splits Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are taking a break from their marriage. F1 chief Grand Prix of America is off Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that the inaugural Grand Prix of America in New Jersey will not take place as planned next year because the organizers have not raised enough money to fund it. UPDATE 2-Trendy apparel positions Express for strong 3rd-qtr * Sees 3rd-qtr same-store sales up mid-single digit pct range World Briefing | Europe Germany Former Auschwitz Guards Are Likely to Be Charged, Official Says An investigation of 50 people suspected of having served as guards at Auschwitz was nearly complete and could result in charges against many of them, an official said. ArtsBeat Make It Funky James Brown Biopic Finds Its Leading Man Chadwick Boseman, who played Jackie Robinson in 42, will star as Brown in a biographical film directed by Tate Taylor (The Help). Bruce Dunning, CBS Correspondent, Dies at 73 Mr. Dunning, whose 35 years at CBS News were spent primarily in Asia, is best known for his reporting on the last flight out of Da Nang as that city fell to North Vietnam. Tim Finchem Happy With PGA Tour's 2 Networks The PGA Tour had what Commissioner Tim Finchem described as "robust" conversations with Fox Sports in two of the last three television negotiations until scheduling conflicts with the network kept the discussion from going anywhere. Where King Stood, Obama Reframes a Dream for a New Era President Obama stepped into the space where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke and summoned his iconic dream of a colorblind society in a celebration of a half-century of progress. ArtsBeat An Extra Day at Telluride, Making Time for Redford, the Coens and the Zapruder Film The lineup for the 40th-anniversary edition of the Telluride Film Festival is announced. Square Feet New York Hotels Decide Its Time for a Makeover After years of reduced spending, hotel owners in the city are making capital improvements, spurred in part by fears of bad reviews on online sites. Critics Notebook The Lasting Power of Dr. Kings Dream Speech The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s I Have a Dream speech, which turns 50 on Wednesday, exerts a potent hold on people across generations. FOREX-Dollar rallies broadly as Syria fears spur bid for safety * Dollar recovers against yen amid Syria tensions * Yen falls as BoJ's Iwata says bank will continue QE * Emerging market currencies weighed by risk aversion By Julie Haviv NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters)... Art Review American Modern Hopper to OKeeffe Opens at MoMA In its new show American Modern Hopper to OKeeffe the Museum of Modern Art tries to show that the museum did not ignore American artists during its early decades. New Device at Nintendo Is Cheaper, for Youths The Nintendo 2DS will cost $130, about $40 less than its 3DS sibling, as part of a strategy to prevent households from relying on tablets for video games. Straight Sets Federer Has Company on Tenniss Artists Colony Roger Federer is often described as an artist, but is he the only tennis player creating art on the court? Linebacker Settles In, at Last, With the Jets After stints playing for three other N.F.L. teams, in the Arena Football League and in Canada, Garrett McIntyre has become a Jets starter. State of the Art A Better Way to Bring Your Desktop to Your iPad The new Parallels Access app eases the compatibility obstacles between the tablet and a Mac or PC computer. Toyota says 2015 Prius hybrid will be lighter, more economical DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp , which introduced most consumers to hybrid technologies with its Prius more than 15 years ago, said on Wednesday that the next generation of that popular series will offer improved fuel economy due to smaller, lighter critical parts that cost less. NZ Amateur Ko No Closer to Going Pro After Canada Triumph Lydia Ko's successful defence of her Canadian Open title on Sunday will make her "think" more about turning professional, but the trophy and $300,000 in foregone prize money would not hasten her decision, New Zealand's 16-year-old golf sensation said. Hardcover Business Best Sellers Rankings are based on October figures. CORRECTED- UPDATE 2-New York Times, Twitter hacked by Syrian group (Removes incorrect reference to microsoft.com and yahoo.com as MelbourneIT customers in 19th paragraph) Facial recognition brings new look to shopping Aug. 19 - Scrambling for credit cards or mobile phones at the checkout counter could become a thing of the past as a Finnish company readies to launch the world's first face recognition payment system. Tara Cleary reports. Your Money Win a Lottery Jackpot? Not Much Chance of That The odds of winning the top prize in Powerball or other big lottery is on a par with finding that needle in a haystack. A tall haystack. Books of The Times J. M. Coetzees Childhood of Jesus Dissects a World In J. M. Coetzees new novel, The Childhood of Jesus, a man and a boy make sense of their odd surroundings. Britain pushes back Syria chemical attack response timetable LONDON (Reuters) - Britain changed its stance on Syria on Wednesday, saying that the U.N. Security Council should see findings from chemical weapons inspectors before it responded militarily and that the British parliament should vote on the matter twice. Obama Weighs Limited Strikes Against Syrian Forces President Obama is exploring a range of military actions against Syria designed to deter and degrade the ability of President Bashar al-Assads regime to launch chemical weapons, officials said. Deutsche Telekom cleared of overcharging Kabel Deutschland FRANKFURT, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Frankfurt court has handed Deutsche Telekom victory in a dispute over how much it charges Kabel Deutschland for the use of its cable ducts. Seattle rains water balloons Aug. 19 - Hundreds of thousands of water balloons fly through the air as Seattle residents attempt to break the world record for the largest water balloon fight. Tara Cleary reports. President Obama kicks soccer ball during school visit Aug. 23 - On the second day of his bus tour, President Obama visits with students at a New York high school to talk about college affordability. He kicks a soccer ball around. Rough Cut (no reporter narration) Endo Health to buy private generic drugs firm for $225 mln Aug 28 (Reuters) - Specialty pharmaceutical company Endo Health Solutions said it will buy privately held generic drugmaker Boca Pharmacal for $225 million to boost its Qualitest generic medicines business. Living in Dumbo, Brooklyn A creative energy lends vibrancy to a neighborhood that now has enough of its own shops and parkland to rival neighboring Brooklyn Heights. Ming Dynasty bowl valued at over $10 million set to hit the auction bloc August 28 - A rare blue and white Ming bowl from the Chenghua period valued in excess of $10 million U.S. dollars looks set to break records at auction next month. Sharon Reich reports. Korean golf prodigy An 11-year-old female golf prodigy in South Korea has big plans. CNN's Ian Lee reports. 10 secrets of 'The Butler' "Lee Daniels' The Butler" follows the life of Cecil Gaines, an African-American butler who serves in the White House under eight presidencies. Inspired by real-life butler Eugene Allen, Gaines (played by Forest Whitaker) witnesses the rise of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Vietnam and the election of the Barack Obama, all while simultaneously balancing the highs and lows of his family life. Federer and Kvitova Pass First-Round Tests, but Janowicz Does Not Roger Federer and Petra Kvitova won their opening matches at the United States Open, while the qualifier Mximo Gonzlez ousted 14th-seeded Jerzy Janowicz. Danish Wind Turbine Maker Appoints New Leader Vestas, once a star of the wind power industry, named Anders Runevad as its new chief executive on Wednesday amid reports of losses and declining revenues. Your solstice traditions If Stonehenge is anything to go by, summer celebrations have a millennia-old history. While the ancient druids may have commemorated the fertility of the season, many of us are just happy to get outdoors. Families of slain South Africa miners get apology The head of the Lonmin mining company apologized Friday to the families of the striking miners killed in South Africa a year ago today. Football Fenerbahce's ban upheld Turkish football club Fenerbahce have been excluded from European competitions for two years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a ban issued by UEFA. Zoo Says Goodbye to a Popular, Neurotic Bear The polar bear Gus, long the celebrated face of the Central Park Zoo, had to be euthanized at age 27 after medical professionals found an inoperable tumor.

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