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Rapper 2 Chainz robbed at gunpoint in San Fran
Police say platinum-selling rapper 2 Chainz was robbed in San Francisco just hours before he was scheduled to perform at a concert. Sgt. Dennis Toomer says the hip-hop star, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, was walking with five members of his entourage near downtown on Sunday afternoon. They were ...
'Internship' film focuses on Google's good side
This scene isn't in the movie, but it might have been fitting if "The Internship" had ended with stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson wearing ruby red shoes while clicking their heels and dreamily whispering, "There's no place like Google; there's no place like Google." The new comedy depicts Google ...
Man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry
Like most people who signed up for Florida's official Burmese python hunt last winter, Mark Rubinstein slogged a couple times through the Everglades without ever seeing one of the elusive snakes. Something else caught his eye, though. In the dirt along a levee, about 10 miles deep into the wetlands, ...
Lenny Kravitz, Nelly to appear on CMT Awards
The CMT Music Awards are known for cross-genre mashups and this year will be no different as Lenny Kravitz and Nelly prepare to perform. Rocker Kravitz will join co-host Jason Aldean, while rapper Nelly will team with Florida Georgia Line on their crossover hit "Cruise" during Wednesday night's awards show ...
Duncan: Options possible for funding pre-K plan
The Obama administration is open to considering more than one option to pay for a national expansion of early learning programs and will work with Congress and states to find the money necessary, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday. Duncan was in Atlanta to promote President Barack Obama's proposal ...
GMC TV changes name to UP to reflect programming
First it was Gospel Music Channel, then it became GMC when it expanded beyond music programming. Now the cable channel said it's changing its name again, but not its identity. Beginning Saturday, the 8-year-old channel will be reintroduced as UP. Don't call it a "rebranding," said Charles Humbard, the channel's ...
Five Stairsteps singer Clarence Burke Jr. dies
Clarence Burke Jr., lead singer of the group the Five Stairsteps that sang the 1970 hit "O-o-h Child," has died. He was 64. Burke died on Sunday — a day after his birthday — in Marietta, Ga., where he lived, said Joe Marno, his friend and manager. The cause of ...
Andre 3000's mother dies 1 day after his birthday
Andre 3000's mother died in her sleep early Tuesday at her Georgia home, a representative for the rapper at the firm Sunshine Sachs said Wednesday. Sharon Benjamin-Hodo was 58. She died in Rex, Ga. No other details were provided. Benjamin-Hodo was the founder of The Starlight Camp, a program that ...
Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta
Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Dunwoody police spokesman Timothy Fecht says officers arrested Cozart after responding to a call about illegal drug activity at the Le Méridien hotel just north of Atlanta Monday afternoon. ...
Hundreds attend funeral for slain Ga. officer
Hundreds turned out for the funeral of a slain Georgia police officer whose killing prompted a days-long manhunt for a suspect who surrendered live television. WSB-TV reports that an honor guard lined the streets of Athens on Sunday as the body of Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian was escorted to the ...
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