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37 min ago | NBC Philadelphia

After Anonymous Hacking, Boston Cops Release Quirky Video

The international anarchist-activist group Anonymous, which uses the iconic Guy Fawkes mask as an insignia, recently defaced the Boston Police Department website.

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Related Topix: Anonymous, Life, Holidays, Guy Fawkes Day, Offbeat

4 hrs ago | Q102.com

Adele, Foo Fighters win big at the 54th Grammy Awards

Adele cleaned up at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, winning in every category she was nominated in: Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Song of the Year and Album of the Year, and Short Form Music Video.

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Related Topix: Dance, Adele, Grammy Awards, Music!, Music, Foo Fighters, Black Entertainment, Kanye West, Hip-Hop, Celebrities, Rap, Jay-Z

Sun Feb 12, 2012

KGOT-FM Anchorage

Nicki Minaj stuns Grammy crowd with bizarre performance

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night were full of show-stopping performances, the oddest of which came from Best New Artist nominee Nicki Minaj .

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Related Topix: Dance, Nicki Minaj, Hip-Hop, Music, Grammy Awards, Music!

SavannahNow

Investigators seek answers to Houston's death

Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names gathered for a Grammy Awards show that felt as much like a memorial as a celebration.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Waiting to Exhale, Celebrities, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment

KHEY-AM El Paso

Taylor Swift, Adele, Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Skrillex win early Grammys

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards air live February 12th at 8/7c only on CBS. Check out a list of winners below.

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Related Topix: Music, Grammy Awards, Music!, Dance, Foo Fighters, Adele, Celebrities, Lady Gaga, Coldplay

4029TV.com

Houston's Death Sets Somber Tone For Grammys

The sudden death of Whitney Houston casts a pall over the music industry's biggest night, the Grammy Awards, but the show will go on Sunday with a "respectful musical tribute," show producers said.

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Related Topix: Grammy Awards, Music!, Music, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, The Beach Boys, Dance, Adele, R-N-B, Rihanna, Hip-Hop

101.5 The River

Take a look back at some of the best moments from Whitney's incredible career.

Whitney Houston was arguably one of the greatest female vocalists to share her voice with the world.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Celebrities, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Grammy Awards, Music

WYFF-TV Greenville

Grammy Producer Speaks On Show's Changes, Houston Tribute

Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Grammy Awards, tells CNN that the ceremony will pay tribute to Whitney Houston, with Barb Dehgan, the vice president for The Recording Academy, confirming that Jennifer Hudson will take part in the tribute.

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Related Topix: Music, Grammy Awards, Music!, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Entertainment

KSFO AM 560

Beyonce, Jay-Z Could Have Made Millions from Baby Pictures

Blue Ivy Carter could have appeared on any magazine cover, netting her megastar parents, Beyonce and Jay-Z, millions of dollars.

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Related Topix: The Carter Family, Country, Dance, Black Entertainment, Jennifer Lopez

Sat Feb 11, 2012

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

Reactions to Whitney Houston's death

Second, I would like to say, I love you Whitney. The hardest thing for me to do is to come on this stage." - Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown, performing a show in Southaven, Miss., hours after her death.

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Related Topix: Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Bobby Brown, R-N-B, Lionel Richie, Entertainment

This is Guernsey

Singer Whitney Houston dies aged 48

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Celebrities, Drugs

Click2Houston

Singer Whitney Houston dies at age 48

Feb. 10, 2007: Houston attends the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Related Topix: The Preacher's Wife, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Action Movies, Celebrities, Bobby Brown, R-N-B

680News

RedOne, hit songwriter-producer for Lady Gaga, tells stories on BMI panel with Rev Run, others

Producer RedOne says his goal in music was to "find the next Madonna or Britney ." Then he met an unsigned artist named Lady Gaga.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Lady Gaga, RZA, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop

WOKY-AM Greenfield

Coldplay, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Katy Perry and Alicia Keys all performed at the event in L.A.

Paul McCartney capped off an incredible week on Friday night as stars including Katy Perry and Coldplay paid tribute to the legend at the MusiCares' 2012 Person of the Year gala.

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Related Topix: Magical Mystery Tour, Comedy Movies, Crazy Horse, Musical Movies

The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

Grammy Awards: Adele's return from vocal cord surgery is on pace

Adele's surgeon, Dr. Steven Zeitels, says her performing three months after the operation is normal and that the condition isn't so uncommon.

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Related Topix: Dance, Adele, Grammy Awards, Music!, Music, Best of 2007, Entertainment

Toronto News.Net

Four kids burnt to death

Four children were burnt to death when a fire razed a house in Pakistan's Multan city, police said.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, World News, Pakistan, Asia, North Korea, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Fri Feb 10, 2012

WPLJ-FM New York

Hear Katy Perry's New Song from "The Complete Confection"

The Complete Confection, the deluxe version of Katy Perry 's Teenage Dream album, will include three new tracks, and now a snippet of one of them is available online for your listening pleasure.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Katy Perry

The Wichita Eagle

Clive Davis gala is white-hot; Kinks to perform

In this Feb. 13, 2011 file photo, producer Clive Davis shares a moment with singer Whitney Houston performs at the pre-Grammy gala & salute to industry icons with Clive Davis honoring David Geffen in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Related Topix: The Kinks, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Beverly Hills, CA, Aretha Franklin, Soul, Carlos Santana, Mumford & Sons

WTVF Nashville

Madonna on M.I.A.'s Super Bowl middle finger gesture: "I wasn't happy about it"

Nashville News, Weather & SportsMadonna on M.I.A.'s Super Bowl middle finger gesture: "I wasn't happy about it" Viewers weren't the only ones taken aback by M.I.A. 's middle finger gesture during Madonna 's Super Bowl halftime show.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Madonna

KRAV-FM Tulsa

Will.iam: Obama isn't a 'magic man'

Will.i.am said he hoped to raise $1 million for his charity that benefits needy students at a concert Thursday night.

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Related Topix: William, Stacy Ferguson, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Entertainment

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