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3/15/2008 11:20:04 PM

Hip-Hop grows at South by Southwest (AP)
3/15/2008 8:12:04 PM
The Cool Kids' Mickey Rocks, left, and Chuck Inglish, perform during a day party at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday, March 13, 2008.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - South by Southwest has always been known as a music festival that flourishes with indie-rock bands, singer-songwriter types, classic blues players, metal acts and even some country artists. But hip-hop? Not so much.

N.E.R.D debut new music in Austin, Texas (AP)
3/15/2008 5:05:18 PM
AP - N.E.R.D.'s new single "Everybody Nose," which depicts a club-hopper's drug use, could be the theme song for out-of-control party girls on the celebrity circuit. But frontman Pharrell Williams says the song is not chastising people for their questionable habits.

Scholar: New Mozart portrait identified (AP)
3/15/2008 6:50:06 PM
AP - A British music scholar says he has identified a previously unknown portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that could be worth millions.

2 understudies take over the Met stage (AP)
3/15/2008 10:30:16 PM
In this photo released by The Metropolitan Opera, Gary Lehman and Janice Baird appear in their title roles during a performance of Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde,' at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, March 14, 2008. When Deborah Voigt, the original star, fell ill and was unable to finish the second act, Baird came to replace her. She and Lehman received enthusiastic applause at the end of the act. (AP Photo/The Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard)AP - Call it "Tristan und Isolde — und Isolde."

Storm blows through CNN headquarters (AP)
3/15/2008 3:30:57 PM
Blown out windows at the CNN Center were caused by a  tornado which struck the area late Friday night, shown  in Atlanta, Saturday, March 15, 2008.  No deaths have been reported, however the sever weather forced the Southeastern Conference to move from the Georgia Dome to Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - CNN switched to its scheduled taped programming early Saturday even though a major story — downtown Atlanta's first recorded tornado — had literally blown right through its news headquarters.

Ledger's Joker Makes Dramatic Entrance (AP)
3/15/2008 4:08:17 AM
Actor Heath Ledger attends a special Cinema Society and Hogan hosted screening of 'I'm Not There' at the Chelsea West Cinemas, in this Nov. 13, 2007, file photo in New York. Ledger's will left nothing to his former girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter because his will was filed in Australia in 2003 and never updated after they became part of his life. A copy of the three-page will, filed in Manhattan Surrogate Court, shows the 28-year-old Australian actor left everything he owned to his parents and three sisters. The will offers no hint at the size of the estate he left. Ledger died Jan. 22 of an accidental overdose of prescription medication.  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file )AP - LAS VEGAS (AP) — This time out, there's no vat of chemicals to explain how Batman's greatest enemy came to be the twisted sociopath known as the Joker.

2 understudies take over the Met stage (AP)
3/15/2008 10:30:17 PM
In this photo released by The Metropolitan Opera, Gary Lehman and Janice Baird appear in their title roles during a performance of Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde,' at the Metropolitan Opera, Friday, March 14, 2008. When Deborah Voigt, the original star, fell ill and was unable to finish the second act, Baird came to replace her. She and Lehman received enthusiastic applause at the end of the act. (AP Photo/The Metropolitan Opera, Ken Howard)AP - Call it "Tristan und Isolde — und Isolde."

Storm blows through CNN headquarters (AP)
3/15/2008 3:30:57 PM
Blown out windows at the CNN Center were caused by a  tornado which struck the area late Friday night, shown  in Atlanta, Saturday, March 15, 2008.  No deaths have been reported, however the sever weather forced the Southeastern Conference to move from the Georgia Dome to Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Georgia Tech. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - CNN switched to its scheduled taped programming early Saturday even though a major story — downtown Atlanta's first recorded tornado — had literally blown right through its news headquarters.

More bands embrace the option of giving away music (Reuters)
3/15/2008 5:30:13 PM
Reuters - The two latest bands to offer their new albums online for free are advancing divergent versions of the business model Radiohead introduced in fall 2007.

Lopez Accused of Leaving Manager in the Rough (E! Online)
3/15/2008 9:32:15 AM
Lopez Accused of Leaving Manager in the Rough(E! Online)E! Online - He might only have a 10 handicap, but did George Lopez double-bogey when it comes to compensation?

Mickey Mouse turns gladiator at India fashion week (Reuters)
3/15/2008 2:13:56 AM
A model presents a creation from Indian designer Prashant Verma's Autumn/Winter 2008 collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi March 13, 2008. (Vijay Mathur/Reuters)Reuters - Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy joined an army of fantasy warriors for designer Manish Arora's futuristic collection at the Delhi fashion week.

Sen. Specter writes book about cancer (AP)
3/15/2008 6:19:01 AM
Then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., reacts to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement announcement on Capitol Hill in this July 1, 2005, file photo.  'When you look at yourself in the mirror every day and see your face turning gray, and you're becoming pallet and you're losing all your hair and you're bald, and you've been told that you only have a certain percentage chance for living five years, (it) makes every day more meaningful,' Specter said during a March 13, 2008 interview from his Capitol Hill office.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)AP - Sen. Arlen Specter knows a thing or two about bad health. Spry and physically fit at age 78, he also has a few secrets about living.



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