Walter Russell Mead: God's Country? (foreignaffairs.org)
Summary: Religion has always been a major force in U.S. politics, but the recent surge in the number and the power of evangelicals is recasting the country's political scene -- with dramatic implications for foreign policy. This should not be cause for panic: evangelicals are passionately devoted to justice and improving the world, and eager to reach out across sectarian lines.
They know all about you (guardian.co.uk)
Every time you use an internet search engine, your inquiry is stored in a huge database. Would you like such personal information to become public knowledge? Yet for thousands of AOL customers, that nightmare has just become a reality. Andrew Brown reports on an incident that has exposed how much we divulge to Google & co.
Brendan O'Neill: Baby boom... and bust (news.bbc.co.uk)
Baby boomers like to trumpet their generation's achievements. But their fondness for conspicuous consumption and foreign travel has led to many a modern-day ill, from rising debt to environmental woes.
Oliver Burkeman: Ghost riding the whip - an introduction (guardian.co.uk)
Ghost-riding the whip refers to putting your car (or "whip") into "drive" mode (these are American automatics), then getting out and dancing on the bonnet or the roof, or just on the road alongside it while it keeps moving.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Big Brother 7', followed by a FRESH'Rock Star: Supernova', then '48 Hours'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Zach Braff, Jeff Bredenberg, and the Roots.
On a RERUNCraig (from 8/9/06) are Andy Garcia, Lindsay Sloane, and the Editors.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Fear Factor', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Orlando Bloom, Carrot Top, and Starsailor.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Donald Trump and Ray LaMontagne.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 7/18/06) are Nick Cannon and Alien Ant Farm.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Jim', followed by another RERUN'Jim', then still another RERUN'Jim', followed by yet another RERUN'Jim', then 'Primetime'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel are Kevin Nealon, Jay Chandrasekhar, and Pat Green.
The WB offers a RERUN'Gilmore Girls', followed by another RERUN'Gilmore Girls'.
Faux has the SERIES PREMIERE'Celebrity Duets'.
UPN here has LIVE'MLB Baseball', with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim California Angels visiting in Seattle.
A&E has 'Crossing Jordan', 'Crank: Made In America', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'King Of Cars', and another 'King Of Cars'.
AMC offers the movie 'Silver Streak', followed by the movie 'Hidalgo', then the movie 'The Man From Snowy River'.
BBC -
[2:00 pm] As Time Goes By - Episode 2;
[2:40 pm] Are You Being Served - The Clock;
[3:20 pm] Keeping Up Appearances - Episode 4;
[4:00 pm] The World Stands Up - Episode 7;
[4:30 pm] Footballers Wives - Episode 1;
[6:00 pm] BBC World News;
[6:30 pm] Cash in the Attic - Hinchcliffe;
[7:00 pm] The Benny Hill Show - Episode 38;
[8:00 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 4;
[8:30 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 9;
[9:00 pm] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna;
[10:00 pm] Love Soup - Ep 5 Take Five;
[11:00 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 10;
[11:30 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 2;
[12:00 am] The Benny Hill Show - Episode 39;
[1:00 am] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna;
[2:00 am] Love Soup - Ep 5 Take Five;
[3:00 am] Second Sight - Episode 2;
[5:00 am] The Night Detective - Episode 6;
[6:00 am] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives', another 'Real Housewives', 'Million Dollar Listing', and a FRESH'Queer Eye'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dogma', an old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'Chappelle's Show', and 'Reno 911!'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 8/16/06) is Thomas Kean.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 8/16/06) is Morgan Spurlock.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Katrina: Guard', 'Mega Disasters', and 'Disasters: New Orleans'.
IFC -
[06:00 AM] The Wisdom of Crocodiles;
[07:40 AM] Passion In The Desert;
[09:15 AM] The Sweet Hereafter;
[11:15 AM] One Day In September;
[01:00 PM] August Media Lab Results;
[01:15 PM] Dogfight;
[03:00 PM] Passion In The Desert;
[04:35 PM] IFC Short Film Showcase: August;
[05:35 PM] Dogfight;
[07:15 PM] The Brothers McMullen;
[09:00 PM] Leolo;
[11:00 PM] Friends & Lovers;
[12:45 AM] August Media Lab Results;
[01:00 AM] Leolo;
[03:00 AM] Friends & Lovers;
[04:45 AM] August Media Lab Results;
[05:00 AM] Coyote Beach;
[05:30 AM] Rocked With Gina Gershon #6. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Dead Like Me', another 'Dead Like Me', followed by a FRESH'Eureka', and a FRESH'ECW'.
Sundance -
[06:15 AM] The Best Man;
[08:00 AM] The Man In The Moon;
[09:45 AM] The Alcohol Years;
[10:45 AM] Under Milk Wood;
[12:15 PM] Janis;
[02:00 PM] In Short: Israel 1;
[03:00 PM] Mickybo and Me;
[04:45 PM] The Best Man;
[06:30 PM] Kath & Kim - Season 2: My Boyfriend;
[07:00 PM] Millennium Mambo;
[08:45 PM] A Game With Stones;
[09:00 PM] Saving Jazz;
[10:00 PM] In the Sun: Michael Stipe and Special Guests (Long Version);
[10:45 PM] The School of Life;
[11:00 PM] In His Own Words: Brian Williams on Hurricane Katrina;
[11:30 PM] Summer of the Serpent;
[12:00 AM] Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 3;
[12:30 AM] TransGeneration: Reunion;
[01:00 AM] The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess;
[02:30 AM] City of Men - Season 2: Episode 3: It's Gotta Be Now;
[03:00 AM] Summer of the Serpent;
[03:30 AM] House of Boateng: Episode 2;
[04:00 AM] New Jersey Drive;
[05:45 AM] The Best Man. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Stephen Colbert (L) and Jon Stewart present together at the 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles August 27, 2006.
Photo by Mike Blake
Ontario-based writer Robert Charles Wilson has taken the best novel honours at this year's Hugo Awards, recognizing the world's best science fiction.
The annual awards - named after Hugo Gernsback, credited with creating the first science fiction magazine - were presented Saturday at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, Calif.
Other recipients of the rocketship-shaped trophy were the U.S. writers Connie Willis, who won best novella for Inside Job; Peter S. Beagle, who took the best novelette honour for Two Hearts; and David D. Levine who won best short story with Tk'tk'tk.
The film Serenity won for best dramatic presentation, long form, while BBC's revival of Dr. Who was named best dramatic presentation, short form.
Free-style motocross star Travis Pastrana, of Annapolis, Md., practices for his appearance on 'Late Show With David Letterman' by doing a backflips in front of a poster of Letterman on 53rd Street in New York, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006.
Photo by Henny Ray Abrams
The discovery of European corpses thousands of miles away suggests a hitherto unknown connection between East and West in the Bronze Age. Clifford Coonan reports from Urumqi
Solid as a warrior of the Caledonii tribe, the man's hair is reddish brown flecked with grey, framing high cheekbones, a long nose, full lips and a ginger beard. When he lived three thousand years ago, he stood six feet tall, and was buried wearing a red twill tunic and tartan leggings. He looks like a Bronze Age European. In fact, he's every inch a Celt. Even his DNA says so.
If you're interested in a three-hour tour, George Schultz of Parksville has just the boat for you.
For about $89,400, you can buy the boat famous for setting aground on an uncharted desert isle to set the stage for the 1960s television classic "Gilligan's Island."
The twin-diesel, 36-foot mahogany Wheeler Express Cruiser hit a reef in Hecate Strait as the former owner was taking the vessel down the coast from Alaska. Scotty Taylor of Parksville said the owner sold the 46-year-old boat to him for salvage on condition that he promise to restore it.
According to the Gilligan's Island Web site, the boat is the third of four vessels used in the show. Taylor's Minnow was used in the opening credits of the second season.
"The West Wing" star Martin Sheen will next month begin studying at a university in Ireland.
Sheen, 66, star of box office hits such as "Apocalypse Now," and "Wall Street," has enrolled for a degree in English literature, philosophy and oceanography at the National University Ireland (NUI), Galway.
The actor, whose mother hailed from the Irish county of Tipperary, has been quoted as saying he wanted to finish his education when he retired from acting as he never got his high school diploma, according to media reports.
This undated photo, supplied by Sony, shows Jay Greenberg, who has already composed more than 100 musical works, including five symphonies, 17 piano sonatas and three piano concertos, studying music during a break in a recording session. He's only 14 years old. His record debut, his Fifth Symphony, played by the London Symphony and conductor Jose Serebrier was released in August.
Photo by Suzanne Hogan
Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl and wife of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, was hospitalized with a broken leg after being kicked by a horse, a hospital official said Monday.
Bach was admitted Sunday to the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford, 35 miles southwest of London. She had surgery to repair her fractured right femur, the hospital said.
Bach, who turned 59 on Sunday, married Starr in 1981. The couple appeared together in the 1981 film "Caveman."
Matthew Broderick's vacation in Ireland was marred when he suffered a broken collarbone after falling off a horse Sunday, his publicist, Simon Halls, told The Associated Press.
The 44-year-old actor, accompanied by actress-wife Sarah Jessica Parker, was treated and released from a hospital the same day, Halls said.
"He's fine. He's just been in a little bit of pain," Halls told the AP on Monday.
Rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor assault charges stemming from a fight with salon workers over a manicure. The plea deal, which spares her jail time, requires her to serve three years probation and take anger management classes, said Edison Alban, a spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney's office.
Minutes after the plea, Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, tried to return to the courtroom and withdraw it, claiming she had been rushed into the decision, Alban said. But the judge told her "the plea stands," the spokesman said.
Prosecutors said the 26-year-old rapper, who once appeared in court wearing 4-inch hoop earrings and 3-inch stiletto heels, kicked one employee and smacked a second in the face on Aug. 29, 2004, in an argument over payment for a manicure at Bloomie Nails.
Performers in the street parade are reflected in rainwater at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London, August 28, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of revellers converged on the Notting Hill area on Monday for the final day of Europe's largest street carnival.
Photo by Toby Melville
Keith Richards won't be fined for reportedly lighting up during a Rolling Stones concert in Scotland.
The stage at Hampden Park, where the band performed Friday night on their "A Bigger Bang" tour, is exempt from a new law that bans smoking in enclosed public places, the Glasgow City Council said Monday.
The City Council said it had heard from journalists that the 62-year-old guitarist was smoking during the performance, but it wasn't known whether the journalists had been at the concert.
Rock star Bruce Springsteen on Monday said he remains committed to his wife, singer Patti Scialfa, denying reports the pair have split.
"Due to the unfounded and ugly rumors that have appeared in the papers over the last few days, I felt they shouldn't pass without comment," he wrote in a posting that appeared on his official Web site, www.brucespringsteen.net. "Patti and I have been together for 18 years -- the best 18 years of my life.
"We have built a beautiful family we love and want to protect and our commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married," he wrote.
Springsteen's statement came after a gossip item, published last Thursday in the New York Post and spread widely in the media, said the couple had separated.
Actor Tom Cruise, who was dropped by Paramount Pictures last week for his off-screen behavior, has signed a two-year development deal with an investment partnership headed by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, the companies said on Monday.
First and Goal LLC, headed by the owner of the National Football League team, will provide development and overhead financing for the actor's firm, Cruise/Wagner Productions for two years, with an option to renew after that, the companies said.
The companies did not disclose the amount of financing that would be provided.
Posters and a Web site mocking U.S. resident George W. Bush have put the spotlight on a small Ontario university that thought a bold and edgy recruiting campaign was just the ticket to attract potential students.
The Web site, has a black and white picture of Bush, with the caption: "Graduating from an Ivy League university doesn't necessarily mean you're smart."
A link takes viewers to a site for Lakehead University, in rugged Thunder Bay, Ontario, some 1,375 km (850 miles) northwest of Toronto.
"It was literally a tongue-in-cheek way of getting attention," Frederick Gilbert, president and vice-chancellor of Lakehead University, said on Monday.
Los Angeles-based Web programmer Chris Spurgeon'S bumper sticker, 'Honk if Pluto is still a planet,' featuring an image of the Planet from the Hubble Space Telescope, that took him 15 minutes to design, is seen on a computer screes at his office in Los Angeles Friday, Aug. 25, 2006. Scores of Web-savvy sellers hoping to support, and cash in on, Pluto's demotion to a 'dwarf planet' bombarded the Internet hawking Pluto memorabilia worthy of a presidential candidate, from T-shirts and mugs to bumper stickers and mouse pads.
Photo by Nick Ut
An American helped foil a burglary in northern England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam over the Internet, police said Friday.
The man from Dallas was using a live camera link to look at Mathew Street, an area of Liverpool synonymous with the Beatles and home to the Cavern Club where the band regularly played.
He saw intruders apparently breaking into a sports store and alerted local police.
"He called directly through to police here." Officers were sent to the scene and three suspects were arrested.
This undated file image provided by the Hamakua Mac Nut Co., shows macadamia nuts at a company orchard near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Nut growers on the Big Island are concerned that they may not be able to sell all their bumper 2006 crop because of a shortage of processors.
Photo by Steve Parente
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