Several influential directors have criticized 3-D films, but the audiences — and profits — keep growing.

Resistance Forms Against Hollywood’s 3-D Push

Sidney Harman, a 91-year-old audio pioneer, will be the new owner of Newsweek, The Washington Post Company announced after a two-and-a-half-month search.

Audio Pioneer Buys Newsweek

Hungary’s new prime minister, who is bucking the trend of austerity in Europe, is laying blame for economic contraction on the head of its central bank.

Hungary Lays Blame for a Fiscal Crisis on Its Central Bank

The S.E.C. settlement with Citigroup looks like a victory for the good guys, but the bank’s shareholders are really the ones paying the $75 million fine.

Punishing Citi, or Its Shareholders?

The ethics charges against two House members reflect Washington’s heightened sensitivity to indiscretions.

For Congress, a New Vigilance in Policing Ethics

A warehouse worker in Manchester, Conn., who had claimed racial harassment and faced the loss of his job in a theft opened fire on coworkers before killing himself.

Troubles Preceded Connecticut Workplace Killing

In “Mentor: A Memoir,” Tom Grimes recalls his rise and fall as a writer, and describes his relationship with his teacher and friend Frank Conroy.

A Writer’s Prayer, Halfway Answered

From the Bulgarian director Vera Nemirova and her production team, a daring staging of “Lulu” at the Salzburg Festival.

Writhing in the Iron Grip of Opera’s Dark Siren

The historian Michael A. Bellesiles tries to put an earlier scholarly scandal behind him with a new book.

Scholar Emerges From Doghouse

Detroit’s particular brand of civic and economic decay has also drawn something unexpected: a small but well-publicized movement of artists.

Wringing Art Out of the Rubble in Detroit

Johnnie To fans in search of his latest movie no longer need to go DVD hunting in Chinatown if they have access to cable TV.

On-Demand Options for Hard-to-Find Films

A Japanese inventor designed a brake-accelerator pedal, which has come under a spotlight since allegations that some Toyotas speed up without warning.

Gas-and-Brake Pedal Gets New Look After Recalls

Corrections

The Beach Boy sold his Manhattan condominium for $1.6 million.

Mike Love Catches a Wave

Rebecca Kilgore and the Harry Allen Quartet pay tribute to Billie Holiday and Lester Young.

Honoring a Historic Team by Refusing to Copy It

The Chapin Sisters, the very picture of bourgeois bohemia, brought their old-timey sound to the Living Room on Monday.

That Old-Timey Sound (It’s Good Enough for Them)

In “Ariadne auf Naxos” at Tanglewood, it fell to sure hands to make sense of the plot’s complexities and absurdities.

When the Trifle Turns Serious, Experience Counts

Even as they swing in constant, languid motion, orangutans burn fewer calories than a human couch potato.

Constant Whirl of Motion, but Few Calories Fall Off

When a rolling object is flexible, its behavior becomes more complicated and counterintuitive.

The Complexities of Being on a Roll

All three Detroit automakers reported small increases, but Toyota said its sales fell 3.2 percent from July 2009.

Most Carmakers Report Higher Sales

Net income in the second quarter rose to $150.1 million from $15.4 million, while revenue rose 11 percent, to $3.33 billion.

At CBS, a Recovery in Local Ad Sales and a Focus on Cost Controls Bolster Results

The pianists Sarah Rothenberg and Marilyn Nonken play Messiaen’s “Visions de l’Amen” at Le Poisson Rouge.

Birdcalls and Other Sounds for Piano

The actor Charlie Sheen, below, avoided jail time and was instead given a sentence on Monday by a Colorado judge that included 30 days in a rehabilitation center after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor third-degree assault on his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, The Associated Press reported. The charges faced by Mr. Sheen, a star of the CBS comedy “Two and a Half Men,” stemmed from a Christmas Day altercation in Aspen, Colo. Mr. Sheen was also sentenced to 30 days of probation and 36 hours of anger management counseling, and may not have to serve the 30 days in rehab, having already spent 93 days this year at a treatment center.

Charlie Sheen Sentenced

The next Stieg Larsson volume is a collection that includes essays about Mr. Larsson.

‘Millennium’ Plus: A Larsson Boxed Set

The second season of “Glee” will feature one of the most popular singing sensations to emerge from Britain  and the music of Paul McCartney, too. Ryan Murphy, a creator of the Fox musical comedy series, said at the Television Critics Association press tour on Monday that Susan Boyle, below, would appear in a coming episode of “Glee” and that Mr. McCartney’s music would also be featured, Reuters reported. Mr. Murphy said that Ms. Boyle, the best-selling pop singer who was discovered on the reality series “Britain’s Got Talent,” would appear in a Christmas-theme episode of “Glee”; Reuters said she would play the (not-at-all-typecast) role of a high school lunch lady. The episode featuring Mr. McCartney’s songs wasn’t specified, but Mr. Murphy said he had been won over by a set of mix CDs Mr. McCartney sent to him. “It came out of blue in a package, handwritten, and it had two CDs, and it said, ‘Hi Ryan, I hope you will consider some of these songs for “Glee,” ’ Mr. Murphy said, according to Reuters.

‘Glee’ Making Room for McCartney and Boyle

Robert Alvin Von Hebb was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording and performing artist, best known for his 1966 hit "Sunny".

Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)

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The 2010 Karachi riots started on August 3, 2010, after the assassination of Parliament member Raza Haider, a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party, on the night of August 2, 2010, in Karachi, Pakistan. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) blamed the Awami National Party, it's political rival, for the killing. Haider, was killed as he attended a funeral at a mosque.

Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.

August 3, 2010

Headlines from August 3, 2010

Resistance Forms Against Hollywood’s 3-D Push

Audio Pioneer Buys Newsweek

Hungary Lays Blame for a Fiscal Crisis on Its Central Bank

Punishing Citi, or Its Shareholders?

For Congress, a New Vigilance in Policing Ethics

Billboard 200

Recovery

Korn III: Remember Who You Are

Thank Me Later

Born Again

My World 2.0

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for August 3, 2010