August 3 Reports: Terri Lea Selby, 49, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance when she was allegedly found in possession of a meth pipe with residue, and a digital scale with meth residue. Korin Elizabeth Covey, 18, was cited for third-degree theft and being a minor in possession. Bobby Alonzo Douglas, 53, was cited for second-degree theft. Casey Joe Cernazanu, 21, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.  His vehicle was towed for being uninsured. August 4 Reports: Anthony Dean ... [full story]

Julie Delpy, 37, has worked steadily in film since she was a teenager in Paris, beginning with her first role in "Detective" for French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard. American audiences know Delpy best for her work opposite Ethan Hawke in "Before Sunrise" and the Oscar-nominated follow-up, "Before Sunset."   JULIE DELPY - Julie Delpy, seen here with Adam Goldberg, stars and directs the romantic comedy '2 Days In Paris.' CNS Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn ... [full story]

Earlier this August, on the eve of its summer vacation, Congress hastily passed Republican legislation to broaden the ability of intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on enemies of the state. Then Congress put oversight for these enhanced wiretap powers in the hands of the very official it had spent several months lambasting as truth-disabled: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.   'THE LIVES OF OTHERS' - Sebastian Koch and Martina Gedeck star in 'The Lives of Others,' a drama ... [full story]

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Violence between the Lebanese Army and what is left of the Fatah Al-Islam militia reportedly escalated Friday at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.Security sources told the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, that heavy weapons and machine guns were used in clashes between the two sides at the Nahr El-Bared camp in North Lebanon.However, the sources also said the army had gained control of several buildings and had a helicopter flying over the ... [full story]

Living on Social Security is difficult.   It requires fiscal restraint.  It requires budgeting.  “It’s been tough,” said a 78-year-old Oregon man who called the senior legal helpline.  “Our sole income is Social Security, which is $890 per month.  We’ve always prided ourselves in being self-reliant.  But now the hospital bill collectors are after us.  “I told the hospital before the surgery that we could only pay $42 per month on my Medicare deductible and if ... [full story]

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of "Stand in the Gap," evangelicals hope to bring 250,000 men to Washington to re-ignite the Christian men's movement Ten years ago this October, somewhere between 500,000 to one-million -- depending on who was doing the tallying -- Christian men gathered in Washington, D.C., to "Stand in the Gap." At the time, the Promise Keepers (PK), the chief organizer of the event, appeared on the verge of becoming a major force ... [full story]

HOUSTON -- At least seven people were killed when the tail end of Tropical Storm Erin roared through Texas, flooding roads and leaving thousands of commuters stranded.A Randalls grocery store employee and a Coca-Cola delivery man were killed on a loading dock at a Clear Lake-area store after a roof collapsed and an unidentified man drowned when he drove his 18-wheeler truck into a retention pond Thursday, a Harris County sheriff's spokesman told the Houston ... [full story]

In every child's life there comes a time when childhood fantasies are shattered and he or she is forced to accept reality - there is no Santa Claus or tooth fairy; parents don't always mean it when they promise to stay married until parted by death.Grown-up scientists, theologians, historians, archaeologists and others who pursue facts and objective truths are rooted in reality and constantly adjusting their conclusions, theories and hypotheses when new information comes to ... [full story]

"Spook Country" by William Gibson; Putnam; 371 pages; $26. The opening lines of William Gibson's "Neuromancer" (1984), the hyperspaced novel-rocket that launched cyberpunk, mention, not quite casually, a paper-thin fragment of rusted-out metal. For Gibson, physical objects are at best transitory - placeholders, maybe, will-o'-the-wisp suggestions that an idea once coalesced at a certain time (subjective) and place (ditto).   TIME HAS COME - William Gibson bends time and much more in 'Spook Country.' CNS Photo. The ... [full story]

Osama bin Laden is betting that America, for all its superpower trappings, ultimately will prove to be a "weak horse." Watching Washington's internecine battle over the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program can only encourage his disdain. No doubt, bin Laden and his lieutenants fully appreciate what too many Americans, more than a few of them in Congress, seem to have forgotten: America's defenses against the next 9/11 likely will fail without the advance knowledge ... [full story]