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Citizens voiced concern about memorializing the troubled grunge musician

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.


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Show taking place Aug. 28 in Los Angeles

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Brown and Lil Wayne are returning to the MTV Video Music Awards stage, while Adele will make her first appearance.


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Singer heads to the Web to address rumors about relationship

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.


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Move comes two weeks after Netflix announced price increases

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.


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Pianist calls jazz a 'metaphor for freedom'

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.


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Sexual assault a huge problem in central African country

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.


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Attorney worried about the effects of Nancy Grace and other pundits

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.


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He has also been ordered to pay $1.1 million in unpaid taxes

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.


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18-year-old blends hip hop with Haitian form of merengue

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.


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Rapper has been in Arizona prison since December

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.


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