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A New York teenager was shot in the foot Saturday morning after he attempted to cut the line to buy a pair of Nike sneakers.

No seriously guys...single "Happy Birthday" is against the law! In 1988, a division of Warner Music Group bought the rights to "Happy Birthday" and began collecting somewhere around $5k a day in licensing fees.

Taylor Swift has hired a new publicist. The "22" singer has split with longtime PR spokeswoman, Paula Erickson, and hired Tree Paine to help deal with the ongoing media frenzy.

"Biggest hater of the decade @JayElectronica says Kendrick didn't say anything yet everyone who rapped on earth responded to what? His flow?" Bless said in one Tweet.

Record companies are using obscure state laws to take another legal whack at Pandora.

TAKE a look at the worst date ever. A woman took him home and the next thing she knew her dog, plasma TV and the man were all gone.

Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Mount Pleasant and & Valhalla this week: Mount Pleasant State Assemblyman Tom Abinanti sent a letter on Thursday, April 10, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Thomas Madison, executive director of the New York Thruway Authority, calling for dedicated car-only lanes on the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

When both of Flight CX780's engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok, tragedy looked certain to its pilots, who hadn't trained for such an emergency.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 -- Malaysia's concept of moderation or wasatiyyah mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is not only important for decision-makers but also for the man on the street, said Oman's Information Minister Dr Abdulmunim Mansour Said Al-Hasani.

Mychal Denzel Smith writes that the U.S. economy was built on a foundation of inequality for women and racial minorities, and that we must fight racism and sexism if we hope to close the wealth gap.

'AS AN author I'm a journalist. I can't just come up with a story and then write it.

Usually when we hear of a Chatwal hotelier in the news, it's often about Vikram Chatwal , the troubled hotelier behind The Dream Hotel brand.

Sony Music Entertainment and Zee Music Co today announced a world-wide deal under which the global music major will manage all digital assets for the Indian firm's upcoming Bollywood releases.

Exclusive: MIDI Mafia co-founder Bruce Waynne weighs in on the generational appeal of Hip Hop-infused R&B, as the JAZMIN Sisters reinterpret an SWV classic.

Nine-year-old Willie Myrick was abducted by a man right outside his home in Atlanta, but the child stayed safe by singing a Christian song.

Broadcast Music, Inc . and production team Flight School presented "The Super Producers Beat Summit" on April 16 at Terminal West in Atlanta.

Getting caught watching an adult film by your parents might have to be one of the most embarrassing moments in a person's life.

Look for it on What's Right Now every Friday. The Moment: The opening scene of Dior and I , an engaging new documentary that follows the designer Raf Simons at the moment of his arrival at the house in 2012, juxtaposes archival footage of Christian Dior in the late 1940s with scenes of Simons in the present.

High-speed trading firm Virtu Financial Inc, which has been pursuing an initial public offering, has received a letter of inquiry from the New York attorney general amid a wider probe of the industry, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

"Caribbean: Crossroads of the World" opens Friday at Perez Art Museum Miami. The revised exhibit has more than 180 paintings, sculptures, photographs and art installations - including 50 works not shown in New York.