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		<title>Memphis on a budget: Beale Street, Sun Studio and everything Elvis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erik Schelzig</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is where you go to celebrate everything Elvis. Sun Studio is where Presley got his start as the King of Rock&#8217;n'Roll, and Graceland is a few miles south of downtown. But other styles of music — the blues and soul — also have deep roots in this city on the Mississippi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Dickinson, Memphis producer, musician and father of two-thirds of N. Miss. Allstars, dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Talbott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. — Jim Dickinson, a musician and producer who helped shape the Memphis sound in an influential career that spanned more than four decades, has died. He was 67.

His wife, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, said he died Saturday in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital after three months of battling heart and intestinal bleeding problems. The couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tributes pour in for guitar player and rock innovator Les Paul after death at age 94</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nekesa Mumbi Moody</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll.

The guitar virtuoso who died Thursday at age 94 performed with some of early pop&#8217;s biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Les Paul, guitar player and innovator who paved the way for rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll, dead at age 94</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nekesa Mumbi Moody</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll. He died this week at age 94.

Paul, a guitar virtuoso, performed with some of early pop&#8217;s biggest names and produced a slew of hits, many with wife Mary Ford. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP answers your questions on the news, from elected senators to the president&#8217;s radio address</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week, the president gets behind a microphone — and, these days, in front of a camera — and offers a few quick comments about an issue that he feels is of great national importance.

When did the weekly presidential radio (and now video) address begin, and why was the practice started?
Curiosity about the origin of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sam Cooke&#8217;s music, business acumen take center state at Mississippi music festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelia Byrd</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. — More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned &#8220;A Change is Gonna Come,&#8221; which found a new audience with the election of America&#8217;s first black president.

But Cooke&#8217;s brother, L.C. Cooke, says the late singer should also be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johannesburg&#8217;s trendy downtown cultural hot spot reveals city&#8217;s history and creative side</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celean Jacobson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG — It&#8217;s gritty, it&#8217;s hip and it&#8217;s downtown in one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

Johannesburg&#8217;s Newtown cultural precinct is at the heart of life in this city, and a visit reveals just why this is one of Africa&#8217;s great metropolitan centers.
Newtown is home to a theater famed for its role in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storm causes stage collapse at country music festival in Canada, killing 1, injuring 75</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMROSE, Alberta — Organizers on Sunday canceled the closing day of a country music festival in central Alberta a day after a fierce thunderstorm caused an outdoor stage to collapse, killing one person and injuring about 75 others.

Thousands of fans were camped out at the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agreement between Michael Jackson&#8217;s mother, ex-wife, ends prospect of upheaval for children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s children will live with their grandmother under an agreement reached with the King of Pop&#8217;s ex-wife that ensures the youngsters won&#8217;t have to endure a public fight over who raises them.

The agreement announced Thursday preserves Jackson&#8217;s wishes as spelled out in his 2002 will, and reopens the door to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much rattle and hum: U2&#8217;s round-the-clock removal of huge Dublin stage stirs protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Dubliners angry over the around-the-clock dismantling of U2&#8217;s monumental concert stage mounted street protests Tuesday, threatening the Irish band&#8217;s plans for the next stop on their European tour.

Residents around Croke Park stadium said their aim was to embarrass the Dublin City Council and the Gaelic Athletic Association — which authorized two straight nights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British conductor Edward Downes and dancer wife end lives hand-in-hand at Swiss suicide clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — He spent his life conducting world-renowned orchestras, but was almost blind and growing deaf — the music he loved increasingly out of reach. His wife of 54 years had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. So Edward and Joan Downes decided to die together.

Downes — Sir Edward since he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son becomes pastor of NY church once run by gospel singer Timothy Wright, who died after crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Gospel singer Timothy Wright&#8217;s son has been installed as pastor of his late father&#8217;s New York City church.

David Wright became leader of the Grace Tabernacle Christian Center Church of God in Christ during a service Sunday. The 30-year-old had been the Brooklyn church&#8217;s music minister.
Family spokesman Will Bogle says several musical groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba tour looks promising after NY Philharmonic&#8217;s weekend visit to Havana</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Snow</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday.

Mehta said a final decision will be made by the Philharmonic&#8217;s board of directors. Eric Latzky, the orchestra&#8217;s vice president for communications, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exhausted by conflict, Palestinians seek diversion in movies, concerts, shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohammed Daraghmeh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH, West Bank — Middle-class matrons shop for imported furniture in a marble-and-glass emporium. A new movie house is screening &#8220;Transformers.&#8221; Teens bop to a Danish hip-hop band performing on their high school basketball court.

Life in the West Bank — in sharp contrast to beaten down, Hamas-ruled Gaza — has taken on a semblance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German exhibit examines Nazi relationship to Bach and Mendelssohn in Third Reich</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten Grieshaber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EISENACH, Germany — Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but Johann Sebastian Bach was the one the party dubbed &#8220;the most German of Germans&#8221; and whose music was played at rallies to stir up nationalist zeal.

The Nazis praised Bach for his &#8220;racially pure&#8221; family tree dating back to the 11th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s dermatologist says he never gave star powerful sedatives to use</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s dermatologist said he had sedated the pop star in the past for painful medical procedures but had never given him dangerous sedatives like Propofol to use.

&#8220;I was not one of the doctors who participated in giving him overdoses of drugs or too much of anything,&#8221; Dr. Arnold Klein said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson _ White House guest now in the culture wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Michael Jackson was once so safe that presidents from both parties welcomed him to the White House. In death, after a scandal-filled decline, he is the latest target in the cultural war.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., denounced him this week in a YouTube video as a &#8220;pervert&#8221; and a &#8220;child molester.&#8221; Rush Limbaugh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson Memorial: Full story</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/michael-jacksons-star-studded-public-memorial-strikes-a-spiritual-note-in-los-angeles-102199/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson was eulogized in words and song Tuesday by an all-star list of musicians, athletes and other celebrities during a mournful ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, with the most poignant moment delivered by his sobbing 11-year-old daughter. &#8220;I just want to say ever since I was born, Daddy has been the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s star-studded public memorial begins with a spiritual tone in downtown LA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s public memorial, watched by millions around the world, struck a tone more spiritual than spectacular Tuesday, opening with a church choir serenading his golden casket and continuing with somber speeches and gospel-themed musical performances.

Pastor Lucious W. Smith of the Friendship Baptist Church in Pasadena gave the invocation, followed by Mariah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s golden casket brought to LA public memorial site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s golden casket has arrived at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles for a public memorial service.

A hearse carried the flower-draped casket in a motorcade from a private service earlier Tuesday at a cemetery hall in the Hollywood Hills.
A law enforcement escort shut down sections of freeways to speed the motorcade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s mother loses control of son&#8217;s estate on eve of Los Angeles memorial</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/michael-jacksons-mother-loses-control-of-sons-estate-on-eve-of-los-angeles-memorial-101163/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson&#8217;s longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer&#8217;s estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson&#8217;s mother to be put in charge or share control.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff backed attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fans to open &#8216;Big House&#8217; in Macon as Allman Brothers Band museum in December</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga. — It&#8217;s the place where the Allman Brothers Band founded their Southern rock sound, the place where the song &#8220;Ramblin&#8217; Man&#8221; was penned and the last place Duane Allman visited before dying in a motorcycle crash in 1971.

The Big House in Macon, where the band lived when its fame took flight in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge says Michael Jackson&#8217;s longtime attorney and family friend should take over estate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-says-michael-jacksons-longtime-attorney-and-family-friend-should-take-over-estate-100992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A judge says Michael Jackson&#8217;s longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the singer&#8217;s estate.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff issued his ruling Monday. He backed attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, who were designated in Jackson&#8217;s 2002 will.
The singer&#8217;s mother, Katherine Jackson, had applied to oversee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s family seeks delay in naming executors of will to probe singer&#8217;s affairs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/michael-jacksons-family-seeks-delay-in-naming-executors-of-will-to-probe-singers-affairs-100814/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s family wants a judge to delay the appointment of two men as temporary administrators of the pop superstar&#8217;s estate, a person close to the Jacksons said.

The family is looking for the delay so they can look deeper into his affairs, to see if another will emerges, and to accommodate Jackson&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White freedom rider returns to heroic honor in Miss., where her civil rights work was scorned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Wagster Pettus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON, Miss. — Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head — a calm and subtle melody that hadn&#8217;t found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could finish his composition for wind ensemble.

He found inspiration in an unexpected place. And instead of a hero, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Person with knowledge of Michael Jackson&#8217;s will says his mother gets custody; assets in trust</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/person-with-knowledge-of-michael-jacksons-will-says-his-mother-gets-custody-assets-in-trust-96188/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Nakashima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s will gives custody of his children to the singer&#8217;s mother and leaves all of his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson&#8217;s mother fires first salvo to control the billion-dollar-plus fortune of &#8216;King of Pop&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Nakashima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — So, who gets Michael Jackson&#8217;s riches?

His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer&#8217;s estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson&#8217;s three children are the beneficiaries.
It&#8217;s the opening salvo in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson&#8217;s hard-driving father, returns to the spotlight with son&#8217;s death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Coyle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — At the BET Awards over the weekend, Michael Jackson&#8217;s father, Joe Jackson, was back in front of the cameras. Wearing a black fedora and oversized sunglasses, he spoke proudly of his son, paid tribute to &#8220;a superstar&#8221; and promoted his own new record label.

Joe Jackson has returned to the spotlight. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bon Jovi, Baez show support for Iranian protesters with lyrics in Farsi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — They wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters.

In videos carried on YouTube, the artists perform songs — with a few lines in Farsi — that call for peace.
Bon Jovi sings &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221; alongside Armenian-Iranian pop star Andy Madadian. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today in History</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Sunday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2009. There are 81 days left in the year.

Today&#8217;s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 11, 1884, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City.
On this date:
In 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being mortally wounded during the Revolutionary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Garanca and Brownlee shine as Rossini&#8217;s &#8216;Cinderella&#8217; and her prince at Met opera</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 13:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Silverman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — As light and elegant as the wedding cake that fills the stage for the final scene, Rossini&#8217;s &#8220;La Cenerentola&#8221; (&#8221;Cinderella&#8221;) is helping to usher out the Metropolitan Opera season — providing a nice contrast to the heavier diet of Wagner&#8217;s &#8220;Ring&#8221; cycle.

Friday night&#8217;s premiere was a joyful occasion thanks to an outstanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcia Ball, Tony Bennett, Bonnie Raitt, Sugarland headline New Orleans Jazz Fest 2nd weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 07:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Plaisance</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball had thousands of people on their feet, dancing and cheering, as she played &#8220;Party Town&#8221; to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival crowd Friday.

&#8220;New Orleans, New Orleans, that&#8217;s where I want to be,&#8221; Ball sang, &#8220;you can let your hair hang down, &#8217;cause New Orleans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcia Ball, Tony Bennett, Bonnie Raitt, Sugarland to perform at Jazz Fest in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Washboard Chaz, the Jambalaya Cajun Band and a host of jazz and brass bands are slated to perform Friday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Among the day&#8217;s headline acts are singer and pianist Marcia Ball, jazz singer Tony Bennett and the country group Sugarland.
Ball is a Jazz Fest veteran who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Bennett takes a break from Jazz Fest to donate instruments to New Orleans school</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 07:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Plaisance</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Jazz crooner Tony Bennett handed out dozens of new instruments Thursday to students at a charter school founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, hoping the tubas, trumpets and trombones would be used to carry on New Orleans&#8217; vibrant musical tradition.

Meanwhile, the second half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Harper, Emmylou Harris take stage at Jazz Fest; Tony Bennett gives instruments to school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Rock musician Ben Harper and country singer Emmylou Harris take the stage for the second half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Soul singers Marva Wright and Solomon Burke, singer and violinist Theresa Andersson, and the Little Freddie King Blues Band are also set to perform Thursday.
Jazz singer Tony Bennett, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9:

May 3: Folk singer Pete Seeger is 90. Actress Ann B. Davis (&#8221;The Brady Bunch&#8221;) is 83. Singer Frankie Valli is 75. Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 63. Singer Mary Hopkin is 59. Singer Christopher Cross is 58. Country drummer Cactus Moser of Highway 101 is 52. Keyboardist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Country singer Vern Gosdin, known for &#8216;Chiseled in Stone&#8217; and &#8216;Set &#8216;em Up Joe,&#8217; dies at age 74</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Singer Vern Gosdin, who recorded country music hits like the award-winning &#8220;Chiseled in Stone&#8221; during a 30-year career, has died. He was 74.

Michael Illobre, funeral director at Mount Olivet Funeral Home in Nashville, said Wednesday that Gosdin was under hospice care and died late Tuesday at an area hospital.
The singer&#8217;s administrative assistant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Country singers Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough are eliminated from &#8216;Dancing With the Stars&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy Cohen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Chuck Wicks is leaving the &#8220;Dancing With the Stars&#8221; ballroom. The country singer and his professional dance partner (and real-life girlfriend) Julianne Hough were eliminated from the ABC dance-off Tuesday.

Wicks had improved steadily throughout the season, earning praise from the judges for his &#8220;hip action&#8221; and fun-loving attitude. Judges loved their cha-cha [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the good life? Tony Bennett wants pay for performers when radio plays their tunes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Singer Tony Bennett says it&#8217;s a crime that performers don&#8217;t get paid by radio stations when their music is broadcast.

&#8220;The radios don&#8217;t want to give up one penny,&#8221; Bennett said Tuesday after he performed the song &#8220;The Good Life&#8221; at a private gathering of guests and lawmakers, which included Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, Etta James and Dave Matthews Band close out first weekend of Jazz Fest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Plaisance</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Cajun singer Wayne Toups and his Zydecajun band picked their accordions and guitars while thousands enthusiastically stomped, clapped, swayed and danced — some doing the Cajun two-step at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Sunday.

The energetic band famous for the way it blends Cajun, zydeco and rock were among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erykah Badu, brass bands highlight second day of Jazz Fest in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chevel Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Thousands gathered under blue skies Saturday to hear the music of neo-soul artist Erykah Badu, who took the stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival burning a stick of incense and wearing a lavender kimono.

&#8220;My eyes are green,&#8221; she cooed to the crowd, which responded with claps and cheers.
&#8220;She&#8217;s so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands dance, clap to Big Sam&#8217;s Funky Nation at Jazz, Heritage Festival in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — Big Sam&#8217;s Funky Nation, one of New Orleans&#8217; most energetic brass bands, had a crowd of thousands on its feet at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, the second day of the outdoor music fest.

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		<title>Thousands dance, clap to Big Sam&#8217;s Funky Nation at Jazz Fest in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wynton Marsalis, Irma Thomas, Henry Butler among those to open Jazz Fest 2009 in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opened Friday with a salute to its roots and a tribute to the late gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.

Thousands of fans turned out for the tribute and dozens of other musical performances, enjoyed in the sunny weather and with plenty of food around.
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		<title>Study finds Britain&#8217;s richest musicians and industry execs affected by recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The music industry isn&#8217;t recession proof, with many industry stars seeing their fortunes fade during the past year, according to a study by a British newspaper.

Singers such as Elton John, Robbie Williams and Tom Jones have lost around a quarter of their personal wealth over the past 12 months, according to The Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wynton Marsalis, Irma Thomas, Henry Butler to play opening day of New Orleans&#8217; Jazz Fest 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — It&#8217;s opening day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and trumpeter-composer Wynton Marsalis is set to take the stage.

The New Orleans native was expected to play Friday afternoon with the Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York-based orchestra for which he serves as musical director.
Grammy-winning soul singer Irma Thomas is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reggaeton star Flex wins 8 Billboard Latin Music Awards; Santana earns lifetime achievement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Panamanian reggaeton sensation Flex won eight awards, and Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias took home six at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on Thursday night.

Flex&#8217;s album &#8220;Te Quiero (I Love You),&#8221; which skyrocketed to number one on Billboard magazine&#8217;s charts shortly after its release, won top Latin album of the year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List of key winners at gospel music&#8217;s 40th Annual Dove Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A list of key winners at the Gospel Music Association&#8217;s Dove Awards on Thursday:

— Artist of the year: Steven Curtis Chapman.
— Female vocalist: Natalie Grant.
— Male vocalist: Brandon Heath.
— Group of the year: Casting Crowns.
— New artist: Tenth Avenue North.
— Songwriter of the year: Steven Curtis Chapman.
— Song of the year: &#8220;Give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Curtis Chapman wins artist of the year at gospel awards; Heath, Grant also winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Veteran Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman capped an emotional year in which he lost his 5-year-old daughter in a tragic accident by winning artist of the year during the Gospel Music Association&#8217;s Dove Awards on Thursday.

Chapman won the night&#8217;s top honor for the seventh time in his career, which spans more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Curtis Chapman wins gospel&#8217;s artist of the year at Dove Awards in Nashville</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Veteran Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman capped an emotional year by winning artist of the year during the Gospel Music Association&#8217;s Dove Awards.

Chapman took home Thursday night&#8217;s top honor for the seventh time in his two-decade career. He has collected five Grammy Awards and 56 Dove Awards.
Chapman&#8217;s 5-year-old daughter, Maria Sue, was [...]]]></description>
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