guardian.co.uk In First Round, Venus Makes a Comeback New York Times Venus Williams celebrated after winning her match against Vera Dushevina at the US Open on Monday. By DAVID WALDSTEIN A long, hard summer for Venus Williams nearly turned into a premature autumn for a two-time United States Open champion. … Venus Williams guts out win at US Open; Serena Williams breezes … New York Daily... 

guardian.co.uk In First Round, Venus Makes a Comeback New York Times Venus Williams celebrated after winning her match against Vera Dushevina at the US Open on Monday. By DAVID WALDSTEIN A long, hard summer for Venus Williams nearly turned into a premature autumn for a two-time United States Open champion. … Venus Williams guts out win at US Open; Serena Williams breezes … New York Daily... 

AP – Gospel legend Marie Knight has died in New York City at age 84. She came to prominence while touring with Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s and singing hits such as “Beams of Heaven.” Read more: 1940s gospel legend Marie Knight dies in NYC at 84  Read More →

The heavily guarded border dividing North and South Korea reopens for regular traffic, after months of tension. The rest is here: Two Koreas resume border traffic  Read More →

Washington Post Southland fires rage around Los Angeles Los Angeles Times Los Angeles firefighter Thomas Rindge takes a break from battling the Station fire in La Crescenta Monday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) View from a burned out truck across acres of scorched hillsides in Acton as smoke rises from Mt. Gleason in … Memorial service planned for fallen firefighters San Jose Mercury News... 

Los Angeles Times Giants claim right-hander Brad Penny San Francisco Chronicle (08-31) 20:33 PDT — How far the Giants go the rest of the season could depend on the success of an ex-Dodger. Two years after starting the San Francisco-based All-Star Game and finishing third in the Cy Young Award voting, Brad Penny signed with the … Brad Penny agrees to a deal with the Giants Los Angeles Times... 

Chris Brown says he doesn’t remember savagely beating Rihanna and claims he still loves his former girlfriend during his first public interview on CNN’s Larry King. (Aug 31) See more here:  Brown says he doesn’t remember beating Rihanna  Read More →

Washington Post World's oldest dog dies in NY at 21 _ or 147 The Associated Press NEW YORK — A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog and celebrated its last birthday with a party at a dog hotel and spa has died at age 21 — or 147 in dog years. The dog, named Chanel, died Friday of natural...