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11 hrs ago | KOSY-FM Salt Lake City

Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's Born: August 15, 1933 in Bloomington, IN Similar Artists Biography Though his name is unfamiliar to most, Bobby Helms rules the airwaves every year around December 25th.

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Related Topix: Bobby Helms, Country, Pop/Rock, Bloomington, IN

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WOIO

Other Murders: Possible Sowell Connection

Anthony Sowell's arrest appears to be opening old wounds. East Cleveland is now investigating three murders from the 80's. All three women were murdered during the time Anthony Sowell lived there.

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Related Topix: East Cleveland, OH, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Metro, Pop/Rock

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KMVT Twin Falls

Students Bring Life to Jackson's Thriller

On December 2nd, 1983, Michael Jackson released a song that soon launched into world-wide popularity, and had a profound effect on popular culture.

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Related Topix: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

Tue Nov 03, 2009

DM Review

a Sas Story

In the early days, SAS was a mainframe-only product, but I liked it anyway. It's PL/I-like syntax resonated with me, then a PL/I programmer.

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Related Topix: Programming Languages, Science / Technology, Pop/Rock, Computers

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Own A Song: SongVest To Auction Royalties From Enuff Z'Nuff's "Fly...

New Music Industry Revenue Model Allows Fans To Receive Royalties When Their Favorite Band Does; "Music Memorabilia With A Paycheck" Auction November 21-28 At SongVest.com MADISON, WI, November 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SongVest, the company that reinvented music memorabilia by auctioning song rights directly to fans, has announced their next ...

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Related Topix: Hard-Rock, Enuff z'nuff, Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 02, 2009

FishBowlNY

Sue Simmons Admits To Drinking On The Job

Sue Simmons on on LX New York with fellow guest Andy Cohen , discussing her former drinking days Sue Simmons , the WNBC-4 anchor who gained infamy for using the F-bomb on live television almost two years before Jenny Slate , confessed last week on WNBC's new show LX New York that in the 80's it wasn't unusual for her to show up to work a little bit ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

String of bank robberies "worst since 80's" says former FBI agent

Friday's fatal shooting of a bank robbery suspect by the Rusk County Sheriffa s Department draws a deadly close to a month with six bank robberies.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Exeland, WI, Eau Claire, WI

WTRF-TV

Elderly Man Homeless After Home Collapses in Flushing, Ohio

A World War II Veteran was left homeless Wednesday night after his home collapsed in Flushing on East High Street.

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Related Topix: Flushing, OH, Pop/Rock, American Electric Power, Energy, Lafferty, OH, Email Spam

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KFVS12

The Breakfast Show Update

This morning on The Breakfast Show you will see something on our air you have not seen since the 80's. Heartland News is up and running with a Poplar Bluff bureau and we'll be talking live this morning with Tyler Profilet .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Detroit Free Press

Brian McCollum's big gigs: Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers

Hornsby has proved a versatile figure since emerging on '80s pop radio with plaintive piano hits like "The Way It Is," logging road time on the jam-rock circuit, making his way into bluegrass, dipping his toes into Hollywood and now penning material for a Broadway musical.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, The 13th Floor Elevators, Flint, MI

Wed Oct 28, 2009

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Two found dead in Henry Co. home

The Henry County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of two elderly people, found in a home Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Spencer, VA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Local - Sweden's News in English

In defence of the eighties generation

Lazy, self-entitled and spoiled. These are just a few of the choice adjectives employed to describe the generation born in the 1980s, the first generation since Hemingway's to be characterised as 'lost.' But how accurate is this stereotype and, moreover, are members of the 80s generation really to blame for Sweden's ailing job market, asks The ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Social Security, Personal Finance

The Age

Alec Baldwin slams Renee and stuns audience.

Gallery sponsor: [insert name] Trash Talk TV - Too thin for Baldwin Alec Baldwin's afraid to work with Renee, 80's flick 'Cocktail' to be made into a musical, and has Amy remarried Blake? It must be Trash Talk time again.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sun Oct 25, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

Morrissey hospitalized after collapse

Morrissey, the former front man for the 80's alternative rock band The Smiths collapsed while performing at a show last night.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Smiths

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Examiner.com

Orlando weather forecast:Warm,humid and tropical for Saturday

Plan for periods of rain and thunder storms Saturday as we have increase moisture coming from the west and east expect a 30% chance of rain and thunder storms for your area.

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Related Topix: Weather, Florida, Pop/Rock, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Fleen

a oeReading Cult Propaganda Through A Film Of Animal Urine Is The New Fox Newsa

Gary If Chris Onstad wrote nothing more than alt-text for Achewood , it would still be better than most of what's on the internet.

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Related Topix: Film, Pop/Rock, Propaganda, The Cult, Thanatos, Video Games

The Wharf

"Only one small minor point - With The Pride isn't a new track. It's from the album Parade. ..."

It's like 1984 all over again, as the ladies flock to relive their school disco days with the reformed purveyors of smooth 80s pop/soul. REVIEW The air was thick with nostalgia at The O2 last night as Spandau Ballet continued their triumphant reunion tour.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Spandau Ballet

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Associated Content

Favorite 80's and 90's Prince Songs

Prince is an icon of our time. With hit records that will last for a life time, he will always be cherished by his adoring fans.

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Related Topix: Purple Rain, Music!, Drama Movies, Prince, Pop-Funk, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Kiss

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Firstshowing.net

Another Musical for Adam Shankman with 'Rock of Ages'

Director/choreographe Adam Shankman is no stranger to Broadway musicals as he brought the peppy 60's musical Hairspray to the big screen back in 2007.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, John Waters, Grease, Pop/Rock, John Travolta

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Song of the Day: Cool'R's 'Freak Girl'

Every day The Oregonian Music Blog will post a song of the day for you to enjoy.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

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