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Here's a round up of some interesting news and stuff
Yahoo! News: Music News
Music News
Music photographer William Claxton dies at 80
(AP)
AP - William Claxton, a celebrated photographer who worked with such entertainers as Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra and who helped establish the organization that runs the Grammy Awards, has died. He was 80.
T.I. has dual No. 1s but claims underdog status
(AP)
AP - Although T.I. owns both the No. 1 album and single in the country, the platinum-selling rapper says he still feels like the underdog.
Travis Barker From Hospital Bed: "Every Step's Huge"
(E! Online)
E! Online - Three weeks after narrowly surviving a Learjet plane crash, Travis Barker has taken to his MySpace blog to thank fans for their support and to update them on his condition.
Lisa Marie Presley gives birth to twins
(AP)
AP - Lisa Marie Presley is a mom again. A publicist says the 40-year-old singer gave birth Tuesday to twin girls, whose names were not released. One baby weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces and the other came in at 5 pounds and 2 ounces.
Rolling Stone: Features
Rolling Stone Magazine comes to life online with music news, videos
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Make-Believe Maverick
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty
• VIDEO: Five Myths About John McCain
• The Double-Talk Express
• Mad Dog Palin: The Full Story
• Karl Rove's A-Team
At Fort McNair, an ...(see link for full story)
The Easygoing Patriot
Jackson Browne on Obama's chances, what he learned from Dylan and living off the grid
Making music is one of the greatest pleasures I've ever experienced — and I'm one who sought pleasure," Jackson Browne says with a quiet laugh on an early-autumn...(see link for full story)
Q&A: Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders singer on moving back to Ohio, opening a vegan restaurant and her rootsy new record
• Video: Behind the Scenes of the "Boots of Chinese Plastic" music video
After her 2007 tour with the Pretenders, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde vowed no...(see link for full story)
The Surreal Life
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes is obsessed with Prince, suicide, and borrowing his wife's tights. Meet rock's newest damaged genius.
• Download music from Skeletal Lamping and watch Of Montreal perform live
There are many things that Kevin Barnes' wif...(see link for full story)
NYT > NYTimes.com Home
Bold Pledges From Leaders, but Investors Await Details
Europe?s decision to guarantee lending between banks has thrown the spotlight back to the United States, where officials are said to be studying the feasibility of doing likewise.
U.S. Officials Said to Offer Protection to Japan Investors
The investment in Morgan Stanley by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group could be a crucial step in the strategy for revitalizing the American financial system.
Hindu Threat to Christians: Convert or Flee
The forced conversions come amid widening attacks on Christians, who say they are being forced to abandon their faith in exchange for their safety.
Under ?No Child? Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
Required to make a gigantic leap in improving students? test scores, many previously successful schools in California have been sinking.
Yahoo! News: Odd News
Odd News
Eating champ delivers top pizza performance in NY
(AP)
AP - Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again — this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse.
UK university holds artificial intelligence test
(AP)
AP - Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
Counting cards: NY collection includes 6,356 decks
(AP)
AP - The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
(AP)
AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.
Marketplace
Marketplace
Wall Street's crazy, crazy week
Stockholders bailed. Bargain hunters bought. And Wall Street turned into a wild roller-coaster ride. Bob Moon tells to Kai Ryssdal what was driving the action and when it's going to settle down.
Where are people stashing their cash?
Panicky stockholders are pulling cash out of the market at a dizzying pace. But where is all that money going? Mattresses? Gold mines? But seriously, where? Ashley Milne-Tyte went looking.
Last stops on the 'Road to Ruin?'
Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott hook up with Kai Ryssdal in St. Louis, at the end of their road trips through the Main Streets of America. So, has Wall Street put the country on the Road to Ruin?
Paulson: U.S. will buy stock in banks
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said taxpayers get preferred stock and banks get cash infusion when the government purchases the stocks. Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale has more.
BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.
UK banks 'forced to seek £50bn'
Four major banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn from taxpayers to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.
Peers to vote on anti-terror plan
The government is facing defeat in the House of Lords as it votes on its plans to extend the terror detention limit to 42 days.
Brown's plan to save rainforests
A new deal to protect the world's rainforests is proposed in a report drawn up for Gordon Brown.
World 'to fail' on nature target
The world's governments will fail to meet their agreed target of curbing biodiversity loss by 2010, conservationists tell the BBC.
NPR: All Songs Considered Podcast
An eclectic mix of fresh music by emerging artists and breakout bands -- from NPR.org's Web-only music show. With host Bob Boilen.
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