All,

I have advised CUA-mode to support shift-selection-mode allowynd org-support-shift-select to work.  The code is at:

https://github.com/mlf176f2/org-cua-dwim.el/blob/master/org-cua-dwim.el

Let me know if it works for you.

Reply to me directly if you have comments since I rarely check the org-mode digest.

Matt.