WASHINGTON – U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan have terminated a contract with a company that was producing profiles of reporters seeking to cover a war that’s becoming increasingly unpopular with the American public. The media analysis work being done by The Rendon Group had become a “distraction to our main mission here,” Rear Adm....
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the early retirement of a U.S. bishop who has denounced nuns for sponsoring lectures by gay-rights advocates and directed priests to deny communion to abortion backers, the Vatican said Monday. The brief announcement, keeping to Vatican tradition, did not say why the staunchly conservative Monsignor Joseph...
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The body of DJ AM has been released to a funeral home. The celebrity disc jockey – real name Adam Goldstein – is expected to be buried in California later this week, celebrity news website TMZ. He was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Friday after suffering a suspected drugs overdose. An autopsy...
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President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late September, a discussion that could lead to the resumption of peace negotiations, Israeli President Shimon Peres said. In an exclusive interview, Peres said plans are for Abbas and Netanyahu to meet at the...
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D.Black Teams With Jake One, Tiffany Wilson For Bonus Track From New Album, Ali’Yah The Song: D.Black once again teams up with producer Jake One to create the next addition to his album Ali’ Yah. “Touch the Stars,” which serves as the bonus track on the Seattle emcee’s forthcoming LP, combines D.Black’s soulful flow...
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ — In 1969, Karen and Richard Carpenter signed to A&M Records and released their debut album. Forty years later, the Carpenters are recognized not only as the most successful brother-sister act in music history and one of the best-selling acts of all-time but also as a pop culture phenomenon...
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LONDON – British police say they will review the 1969 death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Sussex police said Monday in a statement that they have received documents from an investigative journalist that relate to Jones’ death. They say the papers “will be examined by the force, but it’s too early to comment...
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With New Song, Pseudo Slang Speaks Message of Integrity And Humility Critical Praise for Pseudo Slang: 

”Pseudo Slang make the thinking fan’s kind of hip-hop.” – Chicago Sun Times

“When I first heard Pseudo Slang ‘Yes Doubt’ I was floored, and it became my #1 Song of 2008. I’ve been doing radio for 18 years...
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“NOISEVOX is an open music magazine and media network created by journalists, photographers, musicians, and you.” British rockers Arctic Monkeys return with album number three, and sit down to talk desert inspirations, transatlantic living, and that sludgy new sound with John Norris, on Noisemakers on Noisevox. At home they’re unqualified superstars: not far behind...
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NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, director Joe Swanberg’s daring and poignant portrait of modern romance, co-created by and starring indie starlet Greta Gerwig arrives on DVD. “So close to real life, it’s barely a movie” – Sofia Resnick, Austin Chronicle “Authentically raw, courageous in its high-wire, soul-baring acting” – Steve Rose, The Guardian The difficulty of...
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