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You know how to do the car seat tango: Pop it in, drive around, pop it out, lug, lug, lug.

The same goes for big-box baby stores. This week downtown Manhattan gets its first such retail oasis, J&R Jr.

From the origin of Occupy Wall Street movement, the Social Justice Program of St.

TIM WILKINS,EDITOR Why have so many "Girls Gone Wild?" If you've ever stayed up past midnight watching cable television, chances are you've seen the advertisements for the "Girls Gone Wild" series of videos in which normal, ordinary young ladies strip off various articles of clothing for the camera.

As Nipplegate instructed us, the Superbowl halftime stage is seen in America as almost hallowed ground, a football altar where only our most sacred pop stars may tread.

The White House just released a list of 29 songs that will be heard at President Barack Obama 's campaign stops and events between now and November 6.A The list runs the gamut from R&B slow jams that includeA Al Green 's "Let's Stay Together" - which he just serenaded the country with last month at a fund-raising event at New York's famed Apollo ... (more)

At 39, the Rev. Claude "Dusty" Burns has evolved from being a simple parish priest - at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Evansville's southeast side - to something of an Internet phenomenon.

Drama: that's what singing on television was about this week. The biggest deal was the rivalry that heated up when The Voice , the moment's most promising American Idol rival, gave NBC its highest Nielsen rating since 2007.

She's a drummer, a producer, a vocalist and a mom. Terri Lyne Carrington knows a lot about transformation.

Why would Beyonc trademark her baby's name? Are we about to see an onslaught of Blue Ivy products? - Squawk, via the inbox Well, the baby already has a spot in music history thanks to her debut on Billboard , so would a line of Blue Ivy binkies and booties really shock you - binkies and booties decked out in, well, blue ivy? Here's what I can tell ... (more)

Das Racist's wiliest rhymer is also their most caustic joker. On his first solo mixtape, Himanshu snipes at the NYPD , Whole Foods and his own success with a grown-up stoner's finesse.

Hip-hop act War~Dub wraps their raps in social commentary, and they've been spilling ink on the Clay Willey issue.

"Males a distinct minority at HBCUs" is the title of a recent article in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution .

A couple of weeks ago I blogged a post by author Will Entrekin about why he felt Amazon's Kindle Select program was a very good deal.

Love & Hip-Hop star Emily Bustamante is a sucker for love, let's face it. After last night's Reality Check reunion, Em took to Twitter and posted a photo of her and rapper boyfriend/baby-daddy Fabolous .

The hottest video on YouTube right now is a 5-minute spoken-word composition titled "Why I Hate Religion, But I Love Jesus." Recorded by 22-year-old Seattle resident Jefferson Bethke, the clip has been viewed more than 18 million times since it was posted on Jan.

When we were in school, it was usually around this time that we were encouraged, or in some people's case, forced, to do a Black History project or report.

If a CD drops on a Tuesday, and there's no one around to hear it, does it really make a sound? That's basically the question the record industry has been grappling with in the age of digital downloading.

For anyone who has ever squeezed into the sausage skin of a leotard, hobbled funk-less through a hip-hop combination or been chastised for poor posture in a ballet class, comedian Jen Childs has a soft spot for you.

She took the year off to work full time at Lincoln's Commonwealth Electric. Why?A An injury forced her father, who had helped pay for Nicole's college, to take early retirement.