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Merle Haggard sues environmental group (AP)
AP - Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to raise money.
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New `Idol' judge waiting for a call from Daughtry (AP)
AP - New "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi has a full schedule but there's someone she'd take a phone call from ? Chris Daughtry.
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Lady GaGa dances to top of U.S. singles chart (Reuters)
Reuters - Dance-pop singer Lady GaGa earned her first No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday with her Grammy-nominated tune "Just Dance."
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Pearl Jam rolls out "Ten" with Verizon (Reuters)
Reuters - Pearl Jam is rolling out tracks from the remastered version of its 1991 debut album, "Ten," exclusively through Verizon Wireless.
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Phish Dives Into Summer Tour (E! Online)
E! Online - Well that didn't take long.
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Kanye West's mother's plastic surgeon jailed for one year (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Dr. Jan Adams--the man who performed plastic surgery on Kanye West's mother Donda, shortly before she died--has been jailed for a year for drunken driving.
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Phish announce summer tour dates (AP)
AP - The Phish reunion is in full swing: The band just announced plans for a summer tour.
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Happy 74th birthday, Elvis! (AP)
AP - Fans gathered for a cake-cutting on Elvis Presley's 74th birthday and got word of two new residents at Graceland.
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CeCe Winans, others honored for gospel music (AP)
AP - Gospel stars CeCe Winans, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark and Donald Lawrence will be saluted by their peers in a musical tribute in Nashville.
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Help! No More Free Beatles Podcasts (E! Online)
E! Online - Norwegian would if they could.
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Parton, Smith picked for Gospel Music Hall of Fame (AP)
AP - Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones and the Dixie Hummingbirds will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame.
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A Shining Dark Knight for the People (E! Online)
E! Online - Was there any doubt that fans would remember 2008 as the year of the Caped Crusader and his gnarliest nemesis yet?
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Beatles music pulled from Norwegian podcasts (Reuters)
Reuters - Norway's national broadcaster has pulled a series of 212 podcasts each featuring a different song by the Beatles. The podcasts would have essentially constituted giving away the entire Beatles catalog for free.
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Jennifer Hudson Gets Some Image Love (E! Online)
E! Online - Professionally, at least, things in Jennifer Hudson's world are looking up.
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'Dark Knight' sweeps People's Choice Awards (AP)
AP - Holy, People's Choice Awards, Batman! "The Dark Knight" soared away with every trophy it was nominated for Wednesday at the 35th annual fan-favorite CBS ceremony. The caped crusader flick won five awards, including favorite cast, superhero, action movie and on-screen matchup for Christian Bale' …
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Jay-Z, Bruce, Miley Providing Inaugural Soundtrack (E! Online)
E! Online - HOVA's in the (white) house.
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Michael Jackson leases pricey Bel Air estate (AP)
AP - The King of Pop is back ? in town, that is.
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Taylor Swift leads U.S. pop chart as sales slide (Reuters)
Reuters - The year is off to a bad start for the music industry with U.S. album sales off 6.2 percent from the first week of 2008, according to data issued Wednesday.
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Taylor, Beyoncé Open 2009 on Top (E! Online)
E! Online - Taylor Swift haters have nothing to fear but Fearless itself.
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Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson 'targeted by Islamic extremists' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Reports have emerged today (January 7) claiming that Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson have been included on a "terror target" hit list made in reaction to the current conflict in the Gaza region.
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