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The third congressional hearing into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups got off to a tense start Wednesday when a key witness gave a defense of her own actions but declined to answer questions, triggering outrage among some Republican lawmakers.

Tonight, New Weather - consisting of the Midget's guitarists/keyboardists/vocalists Amber Rossino and Sean Curley, plus Tomory Dodge - will be road-testing some material from their new self-titled full-length . The prevalent mood here is deep, hypnotic, and exploratory - imagine Stereolab if they were sponsored by NASA or Italian horror-film ... (more)

Your humble narrator was part of a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast for the better part of a decade.

The Ghana Federation of the Disabled says some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies are failing to release the two per cent Common Fund meant for Persons With Disabilities .

Chamber President Glenn Maloney opens a session on upcoming events in the city, including the return of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.

As a subgenre, a movement, a fashion statement, steampunk has worn a dozen garments and none of them fit exactly the same.

Crowd Rules #7 - Products with a Twist Tonight's entrepreneurs are out-of-the-box thinkers who have put unique spins on rather traditional products: Ninja Standing Desk, the portable standing desk that offers a healthy alternative to sitting all day; Acustom Apparel, the clothing company looking to revolutionize the custom tailoring business; and ... (more)

Flint native and dancer Anthony "JFreeze" Naylor Jr. is following in his mother's footsteps with his dancing career, but he's moving a lot faster: At 4 years old, he has already landed in a pair of commercials, and Tuesday, May 21, he appears on Fox TV's "So You Think You Can Dance." Anthony Naylor Jr.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News B Pothole Free, a state-of-the-art pothole repair solution franchise has expanded service into the greater Gulf Coast area of southern Florida.

Regional and state officials called Toll 49 a "major success" on Monday at the Council of Cities meeting and praised Smith County communities for cooperating in making it a well-traveled, alternative road way to take the traffic stress off of cities.

This week is full of visual arts openings and exhibits to help you stretch out your cultural appreciation muscle before Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto start on Friday.

"X Factor" viewers all over the Internet have had mostly negative reactions to the news that Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio have become judges on "The X Factor" U.S. As previously reported , Fox officially announced the news on May 20, 2013, that Rowland and Rubio have joined " The X Factor " U.S. judging panel as replacements for Britney Spears ... (more)

Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio are set to replace Britney Spears and Antonio "L.A." Reid as judges on Fox's "The X Factor" U.S. , according to what TMZ reported on May 19, 2013.

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Dead Can Dance have been 'dancing' on and off now for over thirty years and over the past twelve months have played to more people in more places than ever before.

The Stand in the Gap Coalition is looking to tackle the region's meth problem with the help of local politicians and officials.

SOUTH AMBOY - A steady drizzle kept the usual crowds away from the Memorial Day parade here Sunday, but it didn't drown out the sound of bagpipes, Civil War-era gunshot volleys and cheers from the damp sidewalk.

People collect water at a well in Garissa, Kenya, on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ken Oloo/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout When the governments of eastern Africa created the Intergovernmental Authority on Development more than 25 years ago, they hoped it would forge the cooperation needed to roll back the ... (more)

In a month's time it will be Bloomsday, which celebrates a day in the life of the fictional Leopold Bloom, the main character in James Joyce's famous novel Ulysses.

In the playfully faux-autobiographical "Kicking Me Out of the Band," Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson closes his solo debut by painting a comical portrait of a deluded former frontman whose hedonistic exploits get him booted from the band he'd founded.