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Mindy McCready's funeral held in southwest Florida
As her music played in the background, country music star Mindy McCready was remembered Tuesday by friends and family as a fun and talented singer who ...
Mindy McCready's funeral set for Tuesday in Fla.
Mindy McCready's funeral has been scheduled for Tuesday in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla. The funeral for the late country star will be held at ...
Tyler, Perry lead Songwriters Hall of Fame class
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is saluting 1970s and '80s rock 'n' roll with its 2013 induction class. Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and Mick ...
5 dead after small jet crashes in eastern GA
Five people were killed and two injured when a small jet crashed off the end of a runway in eastern Georgia, an official confirmed early Thursday.
LaPierre: NRA to 'stand and fight' Obama on guns
National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre renewed his call Thursday for armed guards in schools and urged gun owners to "stand and fight" for ...
Emancipation Proclamation on display in Nashville
The original Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans during the Civil War, is on display in ...
Snedeker emerging as an American star
Brandt Snedeker sat alone at the far end of a bar in Carmel called A.W. Shucks — the perfect name for an oyster bar and the perfect spot for a ...
McGraw hits the road with 'Two Lanes of Freedom'
Tim McGraw is free. The country star has moved on from a troubling label, quit drinking and grown up a bit, and all that has given McGraw a new energy ...
Nashville DA says grand jury foreman was felon
Nashville's top prosecutor said Thursday he is expecting a flood of appeals of criminal cases after it was discovered that a grand jury foreman was ...
Hunter Hayes follows own path to Grammy noms
Being nominated for three Grammy Awards has only emboldened Hunter Hayes to take chances. Hayes played every instrument on his self-titled debut ...
Gore hits corporate media, defends Current TV sale
Al Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," on Tuesday defended the sale of his television ...
Kristofferson salutes Nelson with new award
Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson don't get together as much as they'd like. When they do, something amazing usually happens. This time ...
Storm blows through East; 135K in dark in Arkansas
A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on ...
Charge won't be pursued against Swift trespasser
Prosecutors on Thursday declined to pursue a criminal trespassing charge against a Wisconsin man arrested earlier this month for climbing a fence at ...
KOL's Nathan Followill, Jessie Baylin welcome baby
The Kings of Leon family has just gotten bigger. Drummer Nathan Followill and his wife, singer-songwriter Jessie Baylin, welcomed a baby girl on ...
More meth labs showing up in cities, suburbs
Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation's cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long been the ...
Alabama Shakes lead singer robbed in Nashville
Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes is unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. Nashville police say Howard and four others that ...
The Black Keys' Patrick Carney to host radio show
Have you ever wanted to sit down and have a long conversation about music with The Black Keys? Well, that's probably not going to happen. But SiriusXM ...
Panettiere overcomes stage fright with 'Nashville'
While Hayden Panettiere is pretending to be a country music singer on TV, she's learning how to be one in real life. The 23-year-old actress plays ...
Man arrested at Tenn. home tied to Taylor Swift
A man took a bus from Wisconsin to Nashville, climbed a fence at a home linked to singer Taylor Swift on Friday and told police he was there to ...
Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain
Dennis O'Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: ...
Chabon ties it all together in 'Telegraph Avenue'
The way Michael Chabon sees it, he took the cowardly way out early in his career. It's a startling admission from one of modern American literature's ...
Hockey fans fed up with ongoing NHL labor strife
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout. Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the ...
Songs take starring role in TV drama 'Nashville'
Buddy Miller says these days it's not unusual for duet partners to cut their love songs syllable by syllable while never even seeing each other: "In ...
Hamilton, Greinke remain on market after meetings
A quiet winter meetings figures to lead to a busy rest of December, given how few moves actually got finished at sprawling Opryland hotel. As teams ...