Wynn breaks with nightclub mogul after arrest with Hilton

Wynn Las Vegas announced Wednesday that it has cut ties with nightclub mogul Cy Waits after his DUI arrest with Paris Hilton on Friday. Wynn also banned Hilton from its properties.

Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast

RALEIGH, N.C. — Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving the first tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic seaboard over Labor Day weekend. Visitors were taking ferries off Ocracoke Island and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and federal authorities have warned people all along the Eastern seaboard to be prepared to evacuate.

Douglas treating throat tumor as ‘curable disease’

LOS ANGELES — Michael Douglas is vowing to beat cancer. The 65-year-old “Wall Street” star said he expects to make a full recovery after a walnut-sized tumor was found on the base of his tongue in early August. Douglas is currently undergoing an eight-week course of radiation and chemotherapy in New York. His doctors said there is no evidence that the cancer has spread.