
Mississippi men's feud looms over ricin probe
The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to his longtime foe, and ...

Kim Kardashian says she's ready for childbirth
Kim Kardashian says she's gotten more used to pregnancy, is more comfortable in her skin and is no longer feeling the aches and pains of expectant ...

Miss. mail suspect described body-parts conspiracy
A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts ...

Auction includes Parker's Carrie Bradshaw shoes
Sarah Jessica Parker is auctioning three pairs of shoes from her Carrie Bradshaw days to raise money for a New York high school. Her "Sex and the ...

Rogers, Bare, Clement in Country Hall of Fame
The Country Music Hall of Fame recognized pioneers who are responsible for the genre's growing diversity by selecting its new class of Kenny Rogers, ...

White House celebrates the sounds of Memphis soul
President Barack Obama said he'd been looking forward to a White House celebration of Memphis soul music for one reason. "Let's face it, who does not ...

Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones. With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock ...

Gordon Stoker, member of Jordanaires, dies at 88
Gordon Stoker, a member of The Jordanaires vocal group that backed Elvis Presley, died Wednesday. He was 88. His son, Alan, told The Associated Press ...

APNewsBreak: Andy Griffith widow to raze his home
The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting ...

Show at London's V&A museum celebrates David Bowie
When did the modern era begin? With the Renaissance? With Elvis Presley? For a generation of music-loving Britons, it started on July 6, 1972, when ...

Sign says 'For Sale,' but Newtons intend to stay
The sign may read "For Sale" outside the sprawling southeast Las Vegas estate that Wayne Newton dubbed "Casa de Shenandoah." But Newton's wife, ...

'Bullitt' producer Robert E. Relyea dies
The film producer and director whose credits included "The Magnificent Seven" and "West Side Story has died. Robert E. Relyea was 82. A spokeswoman ...

Future dad Buble not worried about album sales
Michael Buble has sold millions of albums, but as he readies the release of his newest project, he's less concerned with his future sales, thanks to ...
Country singer Claude King dies at 90
Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain," has died.

Hendrix at 70: New album offers different look
Jimi Hendrix recorded everything. More than 40 years after his death, though, the tape is finally running out. "People, Hell & Angels," out Tuesday, ...

Van Cliburn, pianist and Cold War hero, dies at 78
For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name ...

SC court nixes James Brown estate settlement
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimillion-dollar estate of James Brown, saying a former ...

Acapulco rape case overshadows peak tourist season
The tourism world turned its eyes on Mexico after six Spanish women were raped by masked gunmen during a vacation in the long-troubled Pacific coast ...

Whitney Houston's mother has words for Bobby Brown
Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown. In "Remembering Whitney," the mother of the late Whitney Houston writes that from the ...

Review: 'Little Elvises' compelling, suspenseful
"Little Elvises" (Soho Press), by Timothy Hallinan Ever since Dashiell Hammett introduced us to Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon" 83 years ago, ...
Providence theater experiments with 'tweet seats'
Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something ...
Rhythm guitar player for Elvis Presley dies at 67
Rhythm guitar player John Wilkinson, who performed with Elvis Presley more than a thousand times, has died at his home in southwest Missouri. He was ...

Louisiana Hayride voice Frank Page dies at age 87
The man who helped introduce Elvis Presley to worldwide audiences through the Louisiana Hayride — the state's version of the heralded Grand Ole Opry ...

Cake-cutting, new exhibit mark Elvis' birthday
Elvis Presley fans from as far as Japan and Brazil gathered Tuesday in Memphis to sing "Happy Birthday" to the late rock 'n' roll icon on the day he ...

Utah school recasts musical with sexy Elvis songs
A parent who was "All Shook Up" about Elvis Presley songs in a high-school drama prompted educators to cancel the musical, deeming it too sexual.