Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Facebook Announces New Mobile Game Publishing Effort

Screen Shot 2013-07-30 at 7.36.42 AMA few weeks ago, we reported that Facebook was experimenting with becoming a mobile games publisher by offering distribution to studios in exchange for a cut of revenue. Today, Facebook is formally announcing that effort at the Casual Connect conference in San Francisco, and they’re putting a call out for developers that are looking to participate. They didn’t disclose the revenue share they’re asking for. The company says its publishing experiment is “a new pilot program to help small and medium-sized developers take their mobile games global.” The thinking is that it’s become prohibitively expensive for new mobile developers to find an audience, as the top grossing charts have become a lot more stable over the last year. With more than 800 million mobile users every month and more than 260 million people playing games on Facebook, the company says it’s in a unique position to help developers target high-quality gamers. Already, they’ve racked up about 10 developers, including educational game maker Brainbow, Kiwi (which said it just raised $9 million led by Sequoia Capital yesterday) and the U.K.’s Space Ape, which is run by veterans of social game maker Playfish, which sold to EA for at least $275 million in cash. While sources hinted to us that the program was really for indie developers who have fewer resources to compete with the multi-million-dollar marketing budgets of big studios, there are a few larger ones in the program. Gameloft, which is a publicly traded French gaming company worth $652 million, was also in the program with a game called Kingdom & Lords. Facebook is embarking on mobile app publishing at a time when it is trying to figure out how much revenue it can wrest from the app ecosystem it supports with access to the social graph and ads. The company said 41 percent of its advertising revenue in the most recent quarter came from mobile platforms — or about $656 million. This is up from virtually nothing in the same quarter a year ago, when Facebook only started to turn on sponsored stories in the mobile news feed. If you annualized that, Facebook’s mobile ad business is now worth at least $2.6 billion per year. Yet, the company hasn’t been able to tap into the rich in-app purchase revenue that game developers generate on Android and iOS. That’s because Apple and Google both control the world?s two major smartphone

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Macau aims for another Vegas staple: boxing

MACAU (AP) ? A Chinese fighter's victory at a Macau showdown brings the world's top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches.

Macau, which long ago eclipsed Vegas as the world's top gambling city, is now looking to add to its allure by holding the kind of boxing bouts that Las Vegas is known for.

The tiny Chinese enclave near Hong Kong is hosting a series of high-profile bouts this year featuring a pair of Asian stars: Chinese two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming and Philippine fighter Manny Pacquiao.

Zou made his professional debut in April, winning the "Fists of Gold" match at Macau's Venetian resort. He returned for a second installment of the series on Saturday night, defeating his Mexican opponent in a unanimous decision at the Cotai Arena.

Zou's rise has helped boost boxing's popularity among fans in China, where the sport was banned until the mid-1980s. Chinese fans, mostly subdued for the six preliminary "undercard" fights, rose to their feet for the main event, calling out "Jia you!" ? Chinese for "Let's go!" ? and stomping their feet as Zou fought a six-round flyweight match with Jesus Ortega.

Now all eyes are on the "Clash in Cotai" in November, featuring Pacquiao for the main event and Zou on the undercard. Organizers say it'll be the biggest professional boxing match ever held in China. It'll also be the first outside of the U.S. since 2006 for the Filipino superstar, who has lost his two last bouts.

Boxing's emergence in Macau is another reminder of how the global gambling industry's center of gravity has shifted to the East thanks to rising incomes in China. The former Portuguese colony, now a semiautonomous region of China, overtook the Las Vegas Strip in 2006 as the world's most lucrative gambling market. Last year it raked in $38 billion in gambling revenue, six times more than the Strip. But authorities want Macau to be known for more than gambling and see big events as a way to turn the city, which has a lingering reputation for seediness and corruption, into a broader tourist destination.

Zou's celebrated trainer, Los Angeles-based Freddie Roach, left no doubt about how the focus has changed in the boxing world.

"I think I've got a new home," he said at a press conference last week, referring to the Venetian, the flagship casino resort of billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Macau casino arm, Sands China Ltd. "Macau has become the capital of the boxing world."

For promoter Top Rank, it's a chance to get a head start on bringing the sport to the huge, untapped market in China. Boxing was banned under Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong for being too violent and too Western. It wasn't until 1986 that the ban was lifted.

The sport is nowhere near as popular in China as soccer or basketball, but Top Rank boss Bob Arum sees a vast potential market of new fans. Key to his plan is Zou, who became a celebrity in China after winning a gold medal in the Beijing Olympics and another at the London Olympics.

Zou "has energized people who follow sports in China," said Arum. "The number of people who watched his last fight in China was quite remarkable, anywhere between 100 million to 200 million homes based on the surveys we've had done. That's outstanding. Most countries don't even have that many people."

Top Rank put on a Vegas-style production for the Macau fights, complete with spotlights, scantily-clad "ring girls" and announcer Michael Buffer, best known for his catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" Arum said production costs for a Macau show amount to $500,000, about the same as for bouts in Vegas.

Arum said he envisions Top Rank, which organizes 60 boxing shows a year, eventually holding four to six a year in Macau. Las Vegas, in comparison, is hosting a dozen pro bouts this year.

For Arum, the big prize in bringing boxing to China is the potential for pay per view profits that would dwarf those in the U.S.

Zou's fights were carried on state broadcaster CCTV. Arum had hoped to offer the Pacquiao fight on pay per view but he said lining up a deal with potential partners has been harder than expected. China's broadcasting industry is dominated by state-run broadcasters while premium cable and satellite channels have little role to play.

One idea had been to offer the November fight for $5 in China on smartphones. That's a fraction of the $50-$60 typically charged to see a live bout on cable in the U.S but the sheer numbers of potential viewers in a country with more than 1 billion people would make up the difference.

"We were hoping to do pay per view in China but we are not anywhere near ready to do it yet. That's something for next year and the year after," he said.

"Once we get that going, it could be a monster," said Arum.

Even if Chinese pay per view doesn't take off, Macau will still remain a viable boxing venue because for non-American fighters it will represent a bigger purse. They won't have to pay U.S. taxes of about 40 percent on their earnings.

That would be a substantial incentive for someone such as Pacquiao, who would only be subject to lower tax rates in the Philippines or Macau on the $25-$30 million that Arum said he's expected to earn from the November fight.

The biggest upside from the fight nights, however, may be for the casino. It benefits directly from more visitors, which will help raise gambling revenue. The Pacquiao fight will be an especially good chance to reel in the high-rolling mainland Chinese VIP gamblers that have supercharged Macau's casino industry.

It also gives casinos another way to circumvent the advertising and promotional restrictions that come with mainland China's ban on casinos.

"The boxing in Macau without doubt helps promote Sands China or the Venetian brand in China," said Aaron Fischer, head of gaming research at brokerage CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. "Marketing of casinos is illegal in China and hence gaming companies will have to indirectly promote the integrated resort by marketing the non-gaming facilities like the hotel, conventions or by marketing the various events like boxing matches."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/macau-aims-another-vegas-staple-boxing-070336646.html

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Scientists develop 'mathematical jigsaw puzzles' to encrypt software ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]UCLA computer science professor Amit Sahai and a team of researchers have designed a system to encrypt software so that it only allows someone to use a program as intended while preventing any deciphering of the code behind it. ... of the two most prominent conferences in the field of theoretical computer science. Sahai has also presented this research in recent invited talks at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The real challenge ...

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WN: China orders audit of government debt - BBC

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Small Businesses Face 'Major Extreme Weather Challenges ...

US small businesses ? which employ 60 million Americans, or about half of the workforce ? are particularly at risk from extreme weather and climate change and must take steps to adapt, according to a report from Small Business Majority (SBM) and the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC).

Climate Change Preparedness and the Small Business Sector says the retail, tourism, landscape architecture, agriculture, roofing, and small-scale manufacturing sectors are more vulnerable to the financial implications of climate change than their larger corporate counterpart.

The report finds:

  • Lacking access to the capital and resources of large corporations, small businesses can suffer lasting economic damage as a result of a single extreme weather event. For example, of the 60,000 to 100,000 small businesses negatively affected by Hurricane Sandy, up to 30 percent are estimated to have failed as a direct result of the storm.
  • An estimated 25 percent of small- to mid-sized businesses do not reopen following a major disaster.
  • The median cost of downtime from a small business affected by an extreme weather event is $3,000 per day. Small businesses? physical assets tend to be more concentrated: a single building or factory could represent most of the book value of a small business, whereas large businesses benefit from greater geographic diversification.
  • The majority of small businesses have not closely analyzed the potential economic losses from extreme weather events or other climate-related risks, in part due to a lack of resources to do so. In fact, 57 percent of small businesses have no disaster recovery plan, and for those small businesses that do have continuity, or risk management plans, 90 percent spend less than one day a month preparing and maintaining them.

According to the?National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2011 and 2012 were the two most extreme years on record for destructive weather events, which caused a total of more than $170 billion in damages, much of that to businesses.

The majority of small businesses operate out of a single physical location. According to the US Small Business Administration, up to 90 percent of small businesses get the majority of their business from within two miles of their front doors. This makes small businesses more vulnerable to loss compared to larger companies that have backup resources at alternate facilities or branch locations.

As a result, small businesses will be more heavily impacted by technological or telecommunications failures, the absence of employees, power failures, supply chain interruptions, and rising insurance costs. Direct damage from extreme weather events such as flooding, sea level rise, storm surge, and drought will impact small businesses more severely than a larger business with more financial and human capital, the report says.

According to a June poll by Small Business Majority, one-third of small business owners report they have been personally affected by extreme weather, and 57 percent believe extreme weather events are an urgent problem.

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PPI insurance complaints may have peaked - ombudsman

By Matt Scuffham

LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Ombudsman Service is starting to see a decline in the number of complaints it receives about mis-sold loan insurance but levels remain very high, Chief Financial Ombudsman Natalie Ceeney said.

Britain's biggest banks are expected to this week set aside hundreds of millions of pounds more to compensate customers mis-sold the insurance but Ceeney's comments will raise their hopes that the worst is behind them.

The industry has already set aside more than 14 billion pounds to compensate customers mis-sold payment protection policies (PPI), which were meant to protect borrowers in the event of sickness or unemployment but were often sold to those who would have been ineligible to claim.

Ceeney said the ombudsman, which steps in where customers and their banks can't reach an agreement, is now receiving 2,000 new cases every working day compared with 3,000 at its peak six months ago.

"I think somewhat inevitably the people who care most about complaining and trying to get compensation do so first. In any complaints cycle the numbers rise and you subsequently see them fall. I suspect we're on the downward curve," Ceeney told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

Ceeney cautioned it was difficult to predict future trends.

"Will it fall to 1,000 in six months? I just don't know. The interesting thing about PPI is none of us know where it's going to go," she said.

Despite the ombudsman working with banks to improve their complaints handling procedures, Ceeney said 78 percent of cases were being resolved in the customer's favour.

"We should be seeing uphold rates at 20 to 25 percent because banks should know what they're doing now. These are now so well trodden. When customers do complain it should be handled properly," she said.

Barclays is expected to add to the 2.6 billion pounds it has set aside for PPI costs, when it becomes the first UK bank to report results on Tuesday. Lloyds, which has set aside 6.8 billon pounds already, the most of any bank, is also expected to increase its provision on Thursday.

Lloyds ended a contract with Deloitte in June after problems were uncovered in the way a call centre operated by the business services firm handled customer complaints about PPI.

"Too many of the banks have not taken enough care on PPI complaint handling. Most of the big banks have outsourced it. The problem if you outsource is that you have to pay huge amounts of care to make sure your outsourcers are working to the right standards," Ceeney said.

According to figures from Britain's financial regulator, 50 million PPI policies were sold and only around 15 percent of people who had the policies have claimed for compensation.

Ceeney also said the ombudsman had seen a sharp rise in complaints about payday lenders although the numbers remained relatively low, which she blamed in part on the stigma felt by those who had used payday lenders.

(Reporting by Matt Scuffham; Editing by Rhys Jones and David Evans)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fos-reveals-decline-insurance-cases-170831707.html

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Oil spill reaches Thailand resort island

Oil has washed up on a resort island in Thailand as a result of an oil spill.

BANGKOK, July 29 (UPI) -- Oil from a leaking pipeline has washed up on a resort island in Thailand, a Thai lawmaker says.

The spill occurred early Saturday when the pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemistry, a subsidiary of Thai state-owned oil and gas PTT Public Co. Ltd., sprung a leak about 12 miles off the coast of mainland Rayong province, The Nation newspaper reports.

About 13,000 gallons of oil leaked into the sea, the company said. By Sunday night, the oil slick had reached the western side of Samet Island, covering about 2,000 feet of beachfront, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reports.

But Satit Pituthecha, a Democrat member of Parliament for Rayong, said Monday the amount of spilled oil was greater than the 13,000 gallons PTTGC had reported and accused the company of "hiding the truth," Xinhua reports.

Pituthecha said the spill had caused severe damage to Rayong's environment and that it would take at least six months for its tourism sector to recover.

Thailand's National News Bureau reported Monday at least 70 percent of the oil spilled off Rayong coast has been cleaned.

PTTGC admitted it had underestimated the scope of the spill.

"As the highest ranking executive at PTTGC, I admit to being guilty in causing damage to the environment and will pay for the damage," the Bangkok Post reported the company's chief executive, Anon Sirisaengtaksin, said at a press conference Monday.

"We underestimated the problem, and we thought we could control the oil spill, but it sneaked out of the contained area," Anon said.

He said the company expects the area to be cleaned up and restored by Thursday.

Greenpeace called on the Thai government Monday to review its energy policy and to put an end to oil exploration and drilling in the Gulf of Thailand.

Thailand imports more than 60 percent of its total petroleum needs and nearly 85 percent of its crude oil consumption, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says.

The government plans to construct an oil pipeline and storage facilities between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand to facilitate transportation of crude oil imports from the Middle East to Southeast Asia.

In 2009, PTTEP Australasia, a PTT subsidiary, was involved in an oil spill considered one of Australia's worst oil disasters, in the Montara oil field in the Timor Sea off the northern coast of Western Australia.

PTTEP Australasia Chief Executive Ken Fitzpatrick, in announcing last month that oil production had begun from the Montara field, said that since the spill, the company "has transformed safety processes and environmental systems" which were validated by five independent reviews commissioned by the Australian government.

Source: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/07/29/Oil-spill-reaches-Thailand-resort-island/UPI-70171375130201/

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Monday, July 29, 2013

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Music News Headlines - Yahoo! News

Music News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/music/ Get the latest Music news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Music news, including analysis and opinion on top Music stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:17:06 -04005Music News Headlines - Yahoo! 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It&#039;s 100 percent false,&quot; said a Navy nurse known as &quot;Ensign Lodowick&quot; at the detainee hospital where real names are protected for security reasons. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 16:17:06 -0400Reutersrappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rappers-force-feeding-video-riles-u-medics-guantanamo-201706008.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oliU.Rp8sZC87Sx9Uoz6dg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-26/14bacafe-744b-43a8-8763-99dd23b8ca30_mosdef.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Mos Def" align="left" title="Mos Def" border="0" /></a>By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done the rounds at the Navy base. U.S. medics who perform the real thing on hunger-striking prisoners say they&#039;re not impressed. &quot;It&#039;s ridiculous. It&#039;s 100 percent false,&quot; said a Navy nurse known as &quot;Ensign Lodowick&quot; at the detainee hospital where real names are protected for security reasons. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Singer Frank Ocean cancels Australian shows due to vocal injury<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 13:56:52 -0400Reuterssinger-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-frank-ocean-cancels-australian-shows-due-vocal-175652660.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SbWlATARJEFzwv7U6zyxlw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T175652Z_1_CBRE96P1DVB00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Frank Ocean arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American R&amp;B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour&#039;s promoter said on Friday. Ocean, whose debut album, &quot;Channel Orange,&quot; won a Grammy this year, began having vocal problems during his performance in Melbourne on Thursday, Live Nation Australia &amp; New Zealand said. &quot;It has subsequently been confirmed that Frank has suffered a small tear to one of his vocal chords and has received medical advice that he must rest his voice,&quot; the promoter said in a post on its Facebook page. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lady Gaga to perform at MTV awards for first time since surgery<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:21:27 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-perform-mtv-awards-first-time-since-194735325.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8VNpV9LvxyPpnCLustirQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T232127Z_2_CBRE96O1IZK00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-LADYGAGA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" align="left" title="Lady Gaga performs onstage during the Rolling Stones final concert of their &quot;50 and Counting Tour&quot; in Newark" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Lady Gaga will debut new music at the MTV Video Music Awards in August in her first performance following hip surgery, the network said on Thursday. Grammy-winning Lady Gaga, 27, will perform her first single from her upcoming new album &quot;ARTPOP,&quot; which is scheduled to be released in November. The new single will be released on August 19, ahead of the VMA show on August 25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'SNL' alum Fred Armisen to direct Kings of Leon concert livestreamBy Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fred Armisen, who left his longtime "SNL" gig last season, will direct a livestream concert by Kings of Leon on August 9. The concert, performed in London, will be livestreamed on Vevo and YouTube as part of American Express's "Unstaged" series, which pairs bands with notable directors. Wernor Herzog directed a Killers performance, for example; Gary Oldman directed Jack White. This won't be Armisen's first foray into music directing - he's an accomplished drummer and directed the video for The Helio Sequence's "Don't Look Away. ...http://news.yahoo.com/snl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:36:14 -0400Reuterssnl-alum-fred-armisen-direct-kings-leon-concert-233614289Wagner "Ring" in birthday year at Bayreuth channels U.S. South<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.htmlFri, 26 Jul 2013 17:19:42 -0400Reuterswagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagner-ring-birthday-bayreuth-channels-u-south-211942505.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/it4IDbj_2MYZ.SsKkQIlXg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-26T211942Z_1_CBRE96P1N9100_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A new production of Richard Wagner&#039;s &quot;Rheingold&quot; kicking off the &quot;Ring&quot; cycle on Friday for his 200th birthday year in the opera house he built in Bavaria moved the action from the Rhine to a sleazy motel in Texas where just about everyone was a crook. In his staging, Berlin director Frank Castorf channeled Wagner&#039;s 19th-century opera through the television series &quot;The Sopranos&quot; and the Texas oilman J.R. Ewing from &quot;Dallas&quot;, with elements of Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and playwright Tennessee William&#039;s seedy American South thrown in for good measure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'The Beatles' bring all their loving back to Broadway<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 08:37:14 -0400Reutersbeatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/beatles-bring-loving-back-broadway-123714033.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SM_FHyGT5WNN73I_TlA4vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T123714Z_1_CBRE96O0Z2H00_RTROPTP_2_STAGE-BEATLES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" align="left" title="James Fox, John Brosnan, and Reuven Gershon perform in the rock musical &quot;Let it Be&quot; in New York" border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Beatles - that is, a version of the Liverpool band that broke up more than 40 years ago - are back on Broadway, sending theater audiences dancing into the aisles and proving it&#039;s not just Paul McCartney who still believes in &quot;Yesterday.&quot; &quot;Let it Be,&quot; a concert-style celebration of the music of the Fab Four that opened in New York this week, is the latest stage show to take fans old and new back to the Beatlemania of the 1960s even as surviving members McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr perform and tour the world in their own right. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jay Z tops U.S. Billboard album chart for second week<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.htmlWed, 24 Jul 2013 22:30:28 -0400Reutersjay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-tops-u-billboard-album-chart-second-023028905.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mrRggB41sdHM68d6_CMPKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T023028Z_1_CBRE96O06Z000_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-JAYZ-CHARTS-BILBOARD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" align="left" title="Musician Jay-Z performs at Yankee Stadium during his &quot;Legends of the Summer&quot; tour with singer Justin Timberlake (not pictured) in New York, July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; on Wednesday topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the second week in a row. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 129,000 copies in its second week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, bringing its two-week total to 657,000 copies. Last week, it was the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was second on the chart with her &quot;Blessed Unrest&quot; album, selling 68,000 in its first week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty to hit-and-run charge<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:43:43 -0400Reuterssinger-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-chris-brown-pleads-not-guilty-hit-run-204343366.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z55XfbDR.aplaty09VH.Mw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T204343Z_1_CBRE96M1LLG00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CHRISBROWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" align="left" title="Singer Chris Brown and attorney Mark Geragos during a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&amp;B singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a hit-and-run charge in a case that could lead to jail time for the Grammy-winning performer, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokeswoman said. Brown had been on probation for assault, stemming from the 2009 beating of his then-girlfriend and fellow R&amp;B star Rihanna, when he was involved in a Los Angeles traffic accident on May 21. He allegedly rear-ended another vehicle and fled the scene. Lesser charges of driving without a valid license and driving without proof of insurance were dismissed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Tuvan throat singer Kongar-ol Ondar dies at 51By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - Kongar-ol Ondar, a Tuvan throat singer credited with popularizing the centuries-old musical tradition of his homeland to Western audiences, died on Thursday after emergency surgery to treat a brain hemorrhage, friends said. He was 51. Ondar died at a hospital in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, a Central Asian republic of Russia that borders Mongolia, said Sean Quirk, a longtime friend of the singer and manager of the Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Alash. "He is not replaceable," Quirk told Reuters by phone from his home in Tuva. ...http://news.yahoo.com/tuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 19:34:00 -0400Reuterstuvan-throat-singer-kongar-ol-ondar-dies-51-233400055Jackson's mother says he denied prescription drug problem<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 21:11:25 -0400Reutersjacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-010226386.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fV4DvlMyYw2fdjxbZBUX0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T011125Z_6_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson&#039;s mother testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Singer-songwriter Roy Harper rediscovers youth - and vice versa<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 10:19:45 -0400Reuterssinger-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/singer-songwriter-roy-harper-rediscovers-youth-vice-versa-141945700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vonruhxCWzH0pkV5AqrHRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-23T153852Z_1_CBRE96M17GU00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-ROYHARPER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" align="left" title="British musician Harper speaks to a reporter during an interview in London" border="0" /></a>By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his career, Harper has been &quot;discovered&quot; by the young - drawn by his complex, intelligent lyrics and his persona as poetic outsider. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Wagner's 200th anniversary gets an oil-themed "Ring"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.htmlThu, 25 Jul 2013 12:54:56 -0400Reuterswagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wagners-200th-anniversary-gets-oil-themed-ring-144108501.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ca4QQH9l_qr.lGjSbhFJvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-25T144108Z_1_CBRE96O14T500_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-BAYREUTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" align="left" title="Sculptures of German composer Richard Wagner are seen outside the Green Hill opera house in Bayreuth" border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The sometimes staid audience for the annual Wagner festival in the Bavarian opera house he built was bracing this week for a new production of his mythic &quot;Ring&quot; cycle inspired by American TV, Hitchcock&#039;s &quot;Psycho&quot; and the pursuit of oil. For a new production for the 200th anniversary of Wagner&#039;s birth, Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf said &quot;Rheingold&quot;, the first in the four-opera cycle, was set in Texas and opened at a motel on Route 66 - the road that snakes through America. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Lady Gaga is top earning celebrity under 30: Forbes<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 15:03:54 -0400Reuterslady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lady-gaga-top-earning-celebrity-under-30-forbes-190354207.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/atSCWpxqV2vcq7bdPZ8p4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T190354Z_1_CBRE96L1GZP00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-CELEBRITIES-EARNINGS-UNDER30.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" align="left" title="U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in Manila" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Avicii tops UK chart with fastest selling single of 2013LONDON (Reuters) - The Swedish artist Avicii hit the top of the British singles chart on Sunday with 'Wake Me Up', which became the fastest selling single of the year, the Official Charts Company said. The track by the 23 year-old DJ and producer, whose real name is Tim Bergling, sold nearly 267,000 copies to dislodge U.S.-Canadian singer-songwriter Robin Thicke from the top spot. The single is Avicii's second number one this year. ...http://news.yahoo.com/avicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 14:06:21 -0400Reutersavicii-tops-uk-chart-fastest-selling-single-2013-180621895'Autobahn to Bayreuth' - English soprano sings for Wagner's 200thBy Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - It's happened very fast for soprano Catherine Foster, who was a midwife before she became a singer and this week will be the first Englishwoman to sing Brunnhilde for Wagner's "Ring" cycle at the Bayreuth Festival, in the composer's 200th birthday year. Foster, a native of the mid-England city of Nottingham who made a drastic career switch in the mid-1990s, plays the warrior goddess who lets the gods burn but saves humanity in a new production by radical Berlin theatre director Frank Castorf. ...http://news.yahoo.com/autobahn-bayreuth-english-soprano-sings-wagners-200th-153058000.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 11:30:58 -0400Reutersautobahn-bayreuth-english-soprano-sings-wagners-200th-153058000Christina Aguilera tops list of worst 'Star Spangled Banner' renditions of all time<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XDdtEzpBXL6fcE.PS.4l5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T235600Z_1_CBRE96I1UHH00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STARSPANGLEDBANNER-WORST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - America has spoken. And it does not want Christina Aguilera singing its praises. iHeartRadio Insights asked the nation of all the renditions of &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner,&quot; which made you want to pack up for Europe the most? OK, the real question it posed was which performance was most cringe-worthy. The answer is Ms. &quot;Genie in a Bottle&quot; herself. Aguilera&#039;s rendition at the 2011 Super Bowl received an impressive (for futility) 35.9 percent of the vote. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:56:00 -0400Reuterschristina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-tops-list-worst-star-spangled-banner-235600134.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XDdtEzpBXL6fcE.PS.4l5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-19T235600Z_1_CBRE96I1UHH00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-STARSPANGLEDBANNER-WORST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" align="left" title="Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine&#039;s naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York" border="0" /></a>By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - America has spoken. And it does not want Christina Aguilera singing its praises. iHeartRadio Insights asked the nation of all the renditions of &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner,&quot; which made you want to pack up for Europe the most? OK, the real question it posed was which performance was most cringe-worthy. The answer is Ms. &quot;Genie in a Bottle&quot; herself. Aguilera&#039;s rendition at the 2011 Super Bowl received an impressive (for futility) 35.9 percent of the vote. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten to be named Icon of music<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YJ25TJmXavg5MjEAotCk_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144127Z_1_CBRE96H14TA00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JOHNNYROTTEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" align="left" title="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Johnny Rotten may not like it but he is starting to become Johnny Icon. The 57-year-old former frontman of the anarchic 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols is to receive an award for his contribution to music from the music rights organization BMI, although he angrily rejected previous honors. Singer-songwriter John Lydon, who went by the name Johnny Rotten as he belted out songs like &quot;Pretty Vacant&quot; and &quot;Anarchy in the UK&quot;, will be presented with BMI&#039;s Icon Award at a gala in London on October 15. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 10:41:27 -0400Reuterssex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sex-pistols-frontman-johnny-rotten-named-icon-music-144127091.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YJ25TJmXavg5MjEAotCk_Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T144127Z_1_CBRE96H14TA00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JOHNNYROTTEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" align="left" title="Johnny Rotten performs with the Sex Pistols during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Johnny Rotten may not like it but he is starting to become Johnny Icon. The 57-year-old former frontman of the anarchic 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols is to receive an award for his contribution to music from the music rights organization BMI, although he angrily rejected previous honors. Singer-songwriter John Lydon, who went by the name Johnny Rotten as he belted out songs like &quot;Pretty Vacant&quot; and &quot;Anarchy in the UK&quot;, will be presented with BMI&#039;s Icon Award at a gala in London on October 15. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jay Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' tops Billboard album chart<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8f9XVAMiFs2NK7b.obWMXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T234534Z_1_CBRE96G1U0700_RTROPTP_2_POLAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" align="left" title="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while besting industry forecasts. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 528,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, making it the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Industry forecasts had projected &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; to sell as many as 500,000 copies, according to Billboard. It is the rapper&#039;s 13th No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:45:34 -0400Reutersjay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jay-zs-magna-carta-holy-grail-tops-billboard-234534884.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8f9XVAMiFs2NK7b.obWMXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T234534Z_1_CBRE96G1U0700_RTROPTP_2_POLAND.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" align="left" title="American rapper Jay-Z performs during the Heineken Open&#039;er Festival in Gdynia" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z&#039;s latest album &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, while besting industry forecasts. &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; sold 528,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, making it the second-best debut week for an album this year behind Justin Timberlake&#039;s &quot;The 20/20 Experience.&quot; Industry forecasts had projected &quot;Magna Carta Holy Grail&quot; to sell as many as 500,000 copies, according to Billboard. It is the rapper&#039;s 13th No. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'Daily Show:' John Oliver asks why cable news is always using a thumping rock beatBy Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Oliver thinks that cable news needs an education in rock. "The Daily Show" substitute host used CNN's new morning show "New Day" as exhibit A in his tutorial on when to use the word "rock" and its accompanying rhythms. He noted that the program's daily news roundup "Rock Block" featured stories that decidedly do not rock; among them tales of Pentagon layoffs and a study on Alzheimer's disease. "I think we clearly have different ideas of what rocking it means, because mine involves leather pants and chainsaws," Oliver said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/daily-show-john-oliver-asks-why-cable-news-230703579.htmlFri, 19 Jul 2013 19:07:03 -0400Reutersdaily-show-john-oliver-asks-why-cable-news-230703579Psy goes 'Gangnam Style' to WME from CAA<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X4CAmk9Lhk322He_fRFdTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T213755Z_1_CBRE96H1O4500_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY-CAA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - WME has signed YouTube phenomenon Psy to represent in all areas, luring the Korean pop star from rival CAA, TheWrap has learned. Psy, who is managed by Scooter Braun, was previously at CAA with Braun&#039;s other star client, Justin BIeber. Psy became a household name when his exuberant music video for hit song &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; went viral and became the first YouTube video to cross one billion views. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 17:37:55 -0400Reuterspsy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/psy-goes-gangnam-style-wme-caa-213755511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X4CAmk9Lhk322He_fRFdTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T213755Z_1_CBRE96H1O4500_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-PSY-CAA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" align="left" title="South Korean rapper Psy poses during a news conference before his concert in Seoul" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - WME has signed YouTube phenomenon Psy to represent in all areas, luring the Korean pop star from rival CAA, TheWrap has learned. Psy, who is managed by Scooter Braun, was previously at CAA with Braun&#039;s other star client, Justin BIeber. Psy became a household name when his exuberant music video for hit song &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; went viral and became the first YouTube video to cross one billion views. ...</p><br clear="all"/>'Glee' stars Darren Criss, Jenna Ushkowitz among stars attending Nigel Lythgoe's dizzy feet 'Dance' gala<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/83PfGqUcgS4eNSjnIj1Ieg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T012811Z_1_CBRE96H043400_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MEDIA-DANCEGALA-GLEESTARS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Glee&quot; stars Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz are joining Christina Applegate, Minnie Driver, Jenna Elfman, and Anna Kendrick at the third annual &quot;Celebration of Dance&quot; Gala on July 27, the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Music Center announced on Wednesday. Applegate will present the DFF Inspiration Award to Chita Rivera, while &quot;Pitch Perfect&quot; star Kendrick will present Lionsgate&#039;s president of production, Erik Feig, with the DFF Impact Award. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 21:28:11 -0400Reutersglee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/glee-stars-darren-criss-jenna-ushkowitz-among-stars-012811552.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/83PfGqUcgS4eNSjnIj1Ieg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T012811Z_1_CBRE96H043400_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MEDIA-DANCEGALA-GLEESTARS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" align="left" title="English television and film director and producer Nigel Lythgoe arrives at the 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - &quot;Glee&quot; stars Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz are joining Christina Applegate, Minnie Driver, Jenna Elfman, and Anna Kendrick at the third annual &quot;Celebration of Dance&quot; Gala on July 27, the Dizzy Feet Foundation and the Music Center announced on Wednesday. Applegate will present the DFF Inspiration Award to Chita Rivera, while &quot;Pitch Perfect&quot; star Kendrick will present Lionsgate&#039;s president of production, Erik Feig, with the DFF Impact Award. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jackson's mother says he denied prescription drug problem<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y2wcPVK.lzeih9n9CfFK.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T234801Z_5_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of Michael Jackson testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 19:48:01 -0400Reutersmichael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michael-jacksons-mother-says-denied-prescription-drug-problem-224037719.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Y2wcPVK.lzeih9n9CfFK.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-22T234801Z_5_CBRE96I1OQD00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MICHAELJACKSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A courtroom sketch depicting the testimony of Katherine Jackson during trial in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of Michael Jackson testified on Monday in her wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live that the late pop star denied he was abusing prescription drugs when she confronted him in the years before his death. Katherine Jackson, 83, said under cross-examination that she and her family had heard rumors that the singer was abusing pain medications but never saw him under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the final years of his life. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Vienna Boys' Choir faces crisis over rent bill<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GcbPiOCfsPEelrgq.NnYiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T154027Z_1_CBRE96G17JJ00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRIA-VIENNA-CHOIR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" align="left" title="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (Reuters) - The world-famous Vienna Boys&#039; Choir faces a financial crisis that could put it out of business if it does not reach a deal over the rent for its concert hall and school. The choir, whose roots go back to the 13th century, may have to pay 200,000 euros ($263,000) per year to stay in the Augarten Palace after an agreement for it to use the building rent-free in exchange for renovation work was declared invalid. The Austrian Court of Audit said the deal amounted to an illegal subsidy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 11:34:59 -0400Reutersvienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-boys-choir-faces-crisis-over-rent-bill-153459042.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GcbPiOCfsPEelrgq.NnYiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T154027Z_1_CBRE96G17JJ00_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRIA-VIENNA-CHOIR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" align="left" title="File photo of members of the Vienna Boys&#039; Choir performing at their home in Vienna" border="0" /></a>VIENNA (Reuters) - The world-famous Vienna Boys&#039; Choir faces a financial crisis that could put it out of business if it does not reach a deal over the rent for its concert hall and school. The choir, whose roots go back to the 13th century, may have to pay 200,000 euros ($263,000) per year to stay in the Augarten Palace after an agreement for it to use the building rent-free in exchange for renovation work was declared invalid. The Austrian Court of Audit said the deal amounted to an illegal subsidy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Timberlake, Macklemore lead MTV Video Music Awards nominees<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/timberlake-macklemore-lead-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees-121804835.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0G3GCx201W3pKDZUtKCnjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T121804Z_1_CBRE96G0Y6E00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-CANNES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cast member Justin Timberlake poses during a photocall for the film &#039;Inside Llewyn Davis&#039; at the 66th Cannes Film Festival" align="left" title="Cast member Justin Timberlake poses during a photocall for the film &#039;Inside Llewyn Davis&#039; at the 66th Cannes Film Festival" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Justin Timberlake and hip-hop duo Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis each received six nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards, which were announced on Wednesday. Timberlake, 32, made his long-awaited return to music earlier this year with &quot;The 20/20 Experience,&quot; which has become 2013&#039;s best-selling album so far. Indie rapper-producer duo Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis have taken the music industry by storm in the past year, with hits including &quot;Thrift Shop&quot; and &quot;Can&#039;t Hold Us. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/timberlake-macklemore-lead-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees-121804835.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 08:18:04 -0400Reuterstimberlake-macklemore-lead-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees-121804835<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/timberlake-macklemore-lead-mtv-video-music-awards-nominees-121804835.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0G3GCx201W3pKDZUtKCnjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T121804Z_1_CBRE96G0Y6E00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-CANNES.JPG" width="130" heig

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US gas prices up 8 cents over past 2 weeks

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) ? The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped eight cents over the past two weeks.

The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.67. Midgrade costs an average of $3.85 a gallon, and premium is $3.99.

Diesel was up four cents at $3.93 gallon.

Of the cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, Charleston, S.C., has the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.34. Chicago has the highest at $4.10.

In California, the lowest average price was $3.83 in Sacramento. The highest was in Los Angeles at $4.04. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.97, an increase of two cents.

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