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Muse: The ‘Twilight’ Band That Is In No Way A ‘Twilight’ Band

The Queen-obsessed space-rock ensemble is more than a vampire soundtrack, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Muse Photo: Dave Hogan/ Getty Images Like 90-something percent of the U.S

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Spotify, "the music piracy killer", is expanding to U.S.

It is so rare nowadays to see any cool web-based service to be first available in Europe rather than in the U.S. that Spotify is really worth mentioning even for just that (yes, we’d really, really like to get Hulu ..) . However, this music streaming service that has been dubbed as the “music piracy killer” and has received almost universal praise from its users, is finally planning to expand to the United States in Q3 or Q4 of this year.

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‘Harry Potter’ Author J.K. Rowling Writing A ‘Political Fairy Tale’

‘No one knows anything about it,’ writer happily reports, following years of high expectations.

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US officials confident of greater clean energy ties with China

Top US trade and energy officials said Thursday they were confident China and the United States would step up cooperation on climate change after meeting with Chinese leaders. US Trade Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, both ethnic Chinese, came to China seeking to open the Asian giant's markets to US green technology while urging Beijing to set hard targets on gas emissions. “Secretary Chu and I measured the success of this trip by answering the simple question of whether America and China can increase their cooperation in the development..

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Emmy Award Nominations: 30 Rock, Mad Men Dominate

Candidates for the 2009 Emmy Awards were announced this morning. 30 Rock and Mad Me n led their fields with 22 and 16 nominations, respectively. Sadly, there was no love for The Hills or The Bachelor in the Best Drama category, but here’s a full list of major nominees: Outstanding Comedy Series Entourage Family Guy Flight of the Conchords How I Met Your Mother The Office 30 Rock Weeds Tina Fey, seen here holding last year’s Emmy, and Alec Baldwin bring the funny to 30 Rock every Thursday night

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Michael Jackson’s Posthumous Global Record Sales Reach 9 Million

Since his death, the King of Pop has dominated charts in Europe and Australia, as well as the U.S. By Gil Kaufman Photo: Robyn Beck/ AFP/ Getty Images In life, Michael Jackson struggled for decades to reach the record-smashing sales he achieved with 1983’s landmark Thriller album. But since his unexpected passing on June 25 at the age of 50, the self-proclaimed King of Pop has once again become the most dominant musical figure on the planet.

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Why were (TEA Party) people not complaining during last 8 years?

“I guess I am sick and tired of people saying: “Why were these (TEA Party / Political Dissenter) people not complaining about things during the last 8 Republican years?” I have 2 answers. FIRST, I was. The..

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Los Angeles accused of criminalizing homelessness

Two major advocacy groups for the homeless on Tuesday ranked Los Angeles as the “meanest” city in the United States, citing a Skid Row police crackdown they say has criminalized poverty and homelessness there.

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Palin hits out at cap and trade economic damage

Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has advocated such things as more offshore drilling and using geothermal among other sources to meet energy needs.

Barack Obama Throws Out First Pitch at MLB All-Star Game

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