Living briefs

TV TONIGHT

Charlie's drug use assumed on 'Lost'

- The creepy stuff just keeps on coming on Lost. In tonight's episode, Charlie has some vividly disturbing dreams that leave him thinking Claire's baby could be in danger. A skeptical Locke, however, has a hunch that Charlie might be dipping into the heroin again. The show airs at 9 on ABC (WJBF, Channel 6).

- Guest-star alert: Lucy Lawless, of Xena: Warrior Princess, drops by Veronica Mars tonight. She plays a hard-nose FBI agent who is called in to Neptune to track down Duncan after he breaks up with Veronica and flees with Meg's baby. Battle on, Lucy. The show airs at 9 on UPN.

FAMILY BRIEF

Hassassment at school common

A 2001 study by the American Association of University Women found that 83 percent of girls and 79 percent of boys report having ever experienced harassment at school, with more than 1 in 4 pupils experiencing it "often."

Seventy-six percent of pupils have experienced nonphysical harassment, while 58 percent have experienced physical harassment.

- From Staff and Wire Reports

BIRTHDAYS

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: Actor Dean Jones is 75. Blues singer Etta James is 68. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young (Peyton Place) is 62. Actress Dinah Manoff (Empty Nest) is 48. Country drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 40. Singer Kina (Brownstone) is 37. Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 32. Singer Alicia Keys is 25.

YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You work well with groups, especially this year. Together, you can make amazing breakthroughs. You're the brains behind the operation.

REACH US

Contact Lifestyles Editor Erica C. Cline at: 828-2946 or erica.cline@ augustachronicle.com.