ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) -- The City Council in Aberdeen, Wash., voted 10-1 against a resolution to rename a bridge after the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Brown and Lil Wayne are returning to the MTV Video Music Awards stage, while Adele will make her first appearance.
NEW YORK (AP) -- After the birth of her sixth child, Lauryn Hill wants to clear up two things: Rohan (RO'-han) Marley didn't abandon her while she was pregnant, and he's not the baby's father.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Now playing: Movies at Walmart.com. The world's largest retailer on Tuesday started streaming many movies the same day they come out on DVD, in a second bid for a share of popular movie rental and streaming website Netflix Inc.'s business and just two weeks after Netflix announced new price increases.
PARIS (AP) -- Jazz great Herbie Hancock is being named UNESCO's new Goodwill Ambassador, and he says he expects to use his music to build bridges across cultures and promote excellence and literacy.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Cindy McCain is teaming up with actor Ben Affleck to try to bring more attention to violence against women in Congo, as well as that country's upcoming presidential election.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An attorney for Michael Jackson's doctor says the jury in his involuntary manslaughter trial should be sequestered to prevent contamination by TV pundits - specifically Nancy Grace.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns, and said a combination of youthful inexperience, bad advice and an inability to manage fame and fortune lead to his financial troubles.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian President Michel Martelly says his 18-year-old son has released his first album. Sandro Martelly is being called "Ti-Micky," which means "Little Micky" in Haitian Creole. That's to distinguish him from his father who was known as "Sweet Micky" before he became president in May.
PHOENIX (AP) -- The rapper known as DMX will have to spend at least an extra week in an Arizona state prison for failing a drug test.