Dead rapper 2Pac tops "overrated" music list - Reuters India
Pub. Date - Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:41:00 GMT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dead rapper Tupac "2Pac" Shakur, the hip-hop icon who sold more records after he was murdered than during his brief career, is the most overrated person in music, according to music magazine Blender. Shakur tops a tongue-in ...

Gold Rush! 'The Monks' go Gold and Platinum - Forbes
Pub. Date - Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:56:00 GMT
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- "Move over, Madonna," read a recent San Francisco Chronicle headline. Already a runaway hit in the UK, Chant - Music for the Soul debuted at #9 on the Billboard Pop Chart in June, alongside the reigning Queen of Pop ...

NFL picks: Giants, Packers get prime-time tests - Sporting News
Pub. Date - Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:25:00 GMT
Just a few weeks ago, looking to fill a void in the excitement of top athletic competition, I become an Olympaholic. Just this past week, I was rather satiated by attending some live college football. I had a need for speed, quickness, power ...

News from Yesteryear: Sept. 4 edition - Kanabec County Times Online
Pub. Date - Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:22:00 GMT
100 Years Ago "Lost in Swamp:" Mrs. Bystrom of Brunswick, mother of Andrew and Mandus Bystrom of this village, became lost Monday while picking cranberries and spent the following night in a swamp. Mrs. Bystrom is an old lady over seventy years of ...

Minister criticises UK hotels - Haringey Independent
Pub. Date - Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:36:00 GMT
Hotels in the UK are expensive and of "worrying" quality, according to the tourism minister. Margaret Hodge also told Which? Holiday magazine the facilities at Stonehenge were not befitting a World Heritage Site, and described rush hour on the London ...

Tube passenger burnt by 'acid seat' - Haringey Independent
Pub. Date - Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:28:00 GMT
A Tube passenger has needed hospital treatment after sitting on a seat believed to be covered in corrosive cleaning fluid. The man was treated for "skin irritation" after the fluid burnt through his trousers, police said. He was travelling on the ...

Giving Cash to Children - Washington Post
Pub. Date - Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:40:00 GMT
Resize Personally, I think as soon as possible. Even expectant mothers should discuss finances with their kids while they're in the womb. Hey, why not? We're told to play classical music during pregnancy. So why not turn on CNBC or the Fox business ...

Broadway's 'Rent' exits stage left (thank goodness) - Christian Science Monitor
Pub. Date - Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:26:00 GMT
Brooklyn, N.Y. - Amid the current housing crisis, one foreclosure is welcome. "Rent" will take its final bow at the Nederlander Theatre in New York on Sept. 7, after 12 years on Broadway. Many will mourn the loss of the rock musical, no doubt, but ...

Class is in session in metro Detroit - Detroit Free Press
Pub. Date - Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:31:00 GMT
A school nearly destroyed by fire reopens its doors. A rookie principal takes the helm at a high school in a new city. A high school senior explores his musical talent. And college students returned to campuses with renewed focus. These are just some ...

Five Places to Look for Next Investment Bubble: Matthew Lynn - Bloomberg
Pub. Date - Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:24:00 GMT
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Dot-coms? Done that. Property? Oil? Corn? Been there, got the T-shirt and nursed the losses, as well. One thing we know for sure about today's global economy is that there is always an investment bubble somewhere. If you get in ...