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April 20, 2018 - 2:39 pm

Springsteen 'Born to Run' manuscript heads to summer auction

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's songwriting scrawl is born to make bucks. Sotheby's said Friday that it will auction a handwritten working manuscript of "Born to Run" in June. The presale estimate for the single sheet of notebook paper with 30 lines of writing is $200,000 to $300,000. It will...
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April 20, 2018 - 6:21 am

Ariana Grande releases new song, first since 2017 bombing

NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande has released her first song since a 2017 terrorist attack during her concert in the United Kingdom. The 24-year-old posted a video of "No Tears Left to Cry" on Instagram on Friday. The emotional song includes the lyrics: "Right now I'm in a state of mind/ I wanna be in...
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Rhea Brown Lawson, director of the Houston Public Library, takes a photo in front of a memorial for former first lady Barbara Bush, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 19, 2018 - 11:12 pm

Hundreds celebrate former first lady Barbara Bush in Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — The memorials to former first lady Barbara Bush have begun with a celebration of her life in front of Houston's City Hall. Mayor Sylvester Turner and several of Houston's leading clergy members from different faiths offered tributes to Bush. She died at her Houston home Tuesday at...
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Former President George W. Bush, left, and U2 musician Bono participate in a Q&A session during a gala for the Forum on Leadership at the George W. Bush Institute, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
April 19, 2018 - 10:53 pm

Bono gets new George W. Bush Medal for leadership

DALLAS (AP) — Rock star Bono, frontman for the band U2, has been presented with the first of what the George W. Bush Presidential Center intends to be an annual medal for individuals who change the world in some way. Former President George W. Bush presented the George W. Bush Medal for...
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In this image made from surveillance video provided Thursday, April 19, 2018, by the Carver County Sheriff's Office, as part of an investigative file into Prince's death, the superstar, center, enters a clinic of Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg on April 20, 2016, the day before he was found dead of an accidental fentanyl overdose. The doctor is not facing criminal charges and his attorney says he had no role in Prince's death. (Carver County Sheriff's Office via AP)
April 19, 2018 - 8:19 pm

Prosecutor: Prince thought he was taking common painkiller

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince thought he was taking a common painkiller but instead ingested a counterfeit pill containing the dangerously powerful drug fentanyl, a Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday as he announced that no charges would be filed in the musician's death. Carver County Attorney Mark...
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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2007 file photo, Prince performs during halftime of the Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami. Minnesota prosecutors are planning an announcement Thursday, April 19, 2018, in their two-year investigation into Prince's death. Prince was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate on April 21, 2016. An autopsy found he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
April 19, 2018 - 7:48 pm

The Latest: Doctor said Prince 'doesn't look really well'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into Prince's death (all times local): 6:35 p.m. A doctor who treated Prince told the musician's bodyguard about two weeks before his death that he "just doesn't look really well." The investigative file released Thursday includes text messages...
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Sean Barriero leaves a U.S. courthouse in Honolulu on Thursday, April 19, 2018, after a judge sentenced him to two months behind bars and four months under home confinement for his role in scamming the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 for a Stevie Wonder concert that never happened. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
April 19, 2018 - 7:04 pm

Co-defendant in Hawaii concert scam gets 2 months in jail

HONOLULU (AP) — A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to two months in jail and four months home confinement for his role in scamming the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 for a Stevie Wonder concert that never happened. The university paid a $200,000 deposit in 2012 and began selling tickets...
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April 19, 2018 - 3:36 pm

High winds delay opening of Coachella festival camping

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — Gusty winds swept the mountains and deserts of Southern California on Thursday, forcing managers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to close campgrounds where thousands of fans were heading for the annual event's second weekend. "The National Weather Service has...
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April 18, 2018 - 3:03 pm

Groups partner to increase lagging US orchestra diversity

NEW YORK (AP) — Hoping to increase diversity in American orchestras, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is making a $1.8 million grant over four years to three organizations joining together for a new initiative. The League of American Orchestras, the New World Symphony and The Sphinx Organization, a...
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April 18, 2018 - 12:47 pm

Minnesota prosecutors plan announcement on Prince death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the Minnesota county where Prince died said Wednesday that they're ready to make an announcement in their two-year investigation into the musician's death from an accidental fentanyl overdose. Carver County Attorney Mark Metz was scheduled to announce at 11:30 a.m...
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