Reporter's Notebook: Bill Conroy (The Narco News Bulletin)
The sun still burns hot in the May desert sky at about 6 p.m. along the Texas/Mexico border. Under that sun, a high school student, all of 18 years old, is tending to some goats near his home in Redford, Texas. He is carrying an old single-shot .22 caliber rifle to ward off coyotes and rattlesnakes.

Art in Review (New York Times)
The New York Photo Festival in Dumbo, Brooklyn, Elizabeth Peyton at Gavin Brown?s Enterprise and Josephine Meckseper at Elizabeth Dee Gallery.

Reba & Kelly's 2Worlds Tour Spins On (POLLSTAR)
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson have announced another round of dates for their successful 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour. The new run kicks off September 25 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and runs through late November.

Tom Cruise - Celebrity Scientologists At Risk From Asbestos (ContactMusic)
TOM CRUISE, KATIE HOLMES, JOHN TRAVOLTA and KELLY PRESTON have been told to seek medical attention, after deadly asbestos was found on a cruise ship they have all sailed ...

On Repeat: Big Boi [ft. Andre 3000 and Raekwon]: "Royal Flush" [Stream] (Pitchfork)
For decades, space was the place. As humanity's knowledge of the cosmos expanded, so did what we could imagine about it. The 19th century's breathless speculation about non-existent Martian canals and the early 20th century's panic-inducing The War of the Worlds radio broadcast eventually gave way to Isaac Asimov, the late Arthur C. Clarke, Star Trek , and, of course, the U.S. space program.

Tom Cruise - Cruise To Play The President (ContactMusic)
TOM CRUISE is set to become the latest movie star to get a taste of real power - and play the U.S. President. The Mission: Impossible star is in talks to play ...