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Whitney Houston
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Carolyn Whigham, owner of Whigham Funeral Home, where the body of singer Whitney Houston is held since its arrival in New Jersey, talks to the media, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Newark, N.J. Whigham said funeral services for the late singer are set for Feb. 18 at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

The head of the Ray Charles Foundation is demanding the return of a $3 million gift given to Albany State University in south Georgia.

Whitney Houston Flags
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FILE- In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will order flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings Saturday in memory of Whitney Houston.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Dory Previn Shannon, who helped pen the score for the film "Valley of the Dolls" and the theme for "Last Tango in Paris," has died. She was 86.

amfAR NY Gala
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Singer Janelle Monae attends amfAR's New York gala benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 in New York.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Feb. 13, 2012:

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records, claiming the company has not properly paid him for digital downloads, ringtones and other uses of his songs.

People Lady Gaga Harvard
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, Lady Gaga arrives in the press room at the International Emmy Awards in New York. Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are among those scheduled to join Lady Gaga at Harvard University this month for the launch of the singer's Born This Way Foundation. The nonprofit is scheduled to be unveiled Feb. 29 at Harvard's Graduate School of Education before policy makers, foundation leaders and youth.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are among those scheduled to join Lady Gaga at Harvard University this month for the launch of the singer's Born This Way Foundation.

2012 Grammy Awards Press Room
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From left, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine of musical group The Beach Boys pose backstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

The reunited Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and Bon Iver.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

President Barack Obama's upcoming West Coast fundraising trip will feature a musical lineup worthy of Grammy gold.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Police say Whitney Houston's body has been taken to a Los Angeles-area airport for a flight to New Jersey.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The White House is opening its doors in an invitation to the blues.

APTOPIX 2012 Grammy Awards Show
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Chris Brown performs during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The White House says President Barack Obama's thoughts and prayers are with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter.

Whitney Houston
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Evelyn Rios cries after reading a poem she wrote and posted on a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston outside of New Hope Baptist Church, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. As a young girl, Houston sang in the choir at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston.

2012 Grammy Awards Press Room
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Adele poses backstage with her six awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. Adele won awards for best pop solo performance for "Someone Like You," song of the year, record of the year, and best short form music video for "Rolling in the Deep," and album of the year and best pop vocal album for "21."

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast made sweet music in the ratings, delivering for CBS its largest audience since 1984 and beating last year's viewership by 50 percent.

Warwick Postpones Whitney Houston
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FILE - In a Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 file photo, singer Dionne Warwick holds her trophy for "Musical Lifetime Achievement" during the 47th Golden Camera award ceremony in Berlin. Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at at The Palace Theater in Greensburg, western Pennsylvania after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston. Warwick's concert at The Palace Theater will instead be held March 2. Tickets for Tuesday night's concert will be honored for the new show.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Dionne Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at a western Pennsylvania theater after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The U.S. government says plenty of evidence supports a federal jury's conviction of Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges.

Music Waylon Jennings
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FILE-- In a June 1995 file photo Country music legend Waylon Jennings performs in Nashville. The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release later in 2012 for the first time songs that the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release songs the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.

2012 Grammy Awards Press Room
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Ryan Tedder poses backstage with the award for album of the year for "21" at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles.

Published Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

Grammy celebrants stepped out of the Staples Center and into tropical South America at the official awards-show after party.

People Adele
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In this magazine cover image photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and released by Vogue, singer Adele is shown on the cover of the March issue of "Vogue." The singer vows to "never" write a breakup record again and adds she's "done being a bitter witch."

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Adele's songs about breakups and heartache have made her a multi-Grammy award winner but she insists she's done with all that.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:

Fashion Edun Fall 2012 Backstage
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Models stand in line back stage before the Edun Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Fashionistas shivered visibly on Sunday in a makeshift event space along the blustery Hudson River, where the Edun fashion label, founded by U2's Bono and wife Ali Hewson, was displaying its Fall 2012 collection. But the models wore bright, African prints that made one feel, at least momentarily, in a much warmer clime.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this March 3, 1988, file photo, Whitney Houston poses with her Grammy at the annual Grammy Awards presentation in New York. Publicist Kristen Foster said, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, that singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

With an opening prayer and a moving tribute from Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy Awards played the part of impromptu memorial for Whitney Houston just a day after the six-time Grammy winner was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, singer Whitney Houston, right, sings with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown during a performance on 'Good Morning America' in Central Park in New York. Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Whitney Houston was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, and she had prescription drugs in her room, officials said Monday as the regal pop star's family made arrangements to fly her body home to New Jersey for a funeral at the end of the week.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The Roots saved some of their love for Whitney Houston.

Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala
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Diana Ross arrives at the Pre-GRAMMY Gala & Salute to Industry Icons with Clive Davis honoring Richard Branson, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother - not a music legend.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Voters in the German city of Duisburg ousted their mayor in a ballot Sunday prompted by persistent anger at his refusal to quit following the deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010.

APTOPIX Fashion L.A.M.B. Fall 2012
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The L.A.M.B. Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Singer and designer Gwen Stefani, one of the few celebrities who has stuck with her fashion brand for the long haul, offered a "That Girl" vibe at the New York Fashion Week show for her LAMB line.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Israel's Black Hebrew community is mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, who famously visited them in 2003.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele's trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston's death.

Obit Whitney Houston
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A coroner's van leaves the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

Obit Whitney Houston
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A coroner's van leaves the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

A coroner's official says Whitney Houston's body has been transported from the Beverly Hills hotel where the singer died and is awaiting an autopsy.

Obit Whitney Houston
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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Whitney Houston performs during the Billboard Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Dec. 7, 1998. Often referred to as the Queen of Pop music at her best, Houston ex-wife of singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at the age of 48.

Published Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this March 25, 2001 file photo, Bobby Brown and his then wife Whitney Houston arrive at Vanity Fair's Oscar party at Morton's in Hollywood on Sunday, March 25, 2001. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

Obit Whitney Houston
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FILE - In this March 25, 2001 file photo, Bobby Brown and his then wife Whitney Houston arrive at Vanity Fair's Oscar party at Morton's in Hollywood on Sunday, March 25, 2001. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

Obit Whitney Houston
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Alicia Keys, left, hugs Clive Davis at the loading dock outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday Feb. 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated at the event where her career was launched.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in East Orange, N.J. to gospel singer Cissy Houston on Aug. 9.

APTOPIX Obit Whitney Houston
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In this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Artist Whitney Houston performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

Whitney Houston's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

A collection of reactions to Whitney Houston's death:

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

A year ago, Clive Davis' glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.

Music Grammywatch Hudson
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In this Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 photo, singer Jennifer Hudson poses at The Pan African Film & Arts Festival's opening night premiere of Screen Gems' "Think Like a Man" in Los Angeles.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

If the whole singing and acting thing ever falls apart for Jennifer Hudson, you might find her working at a tattoo parlor.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

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

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

The Detroit symphony has set what it believes is a record for the most viewers of a live, online performance by a U.S. symphonic group.

Norway North Korea
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In this frame grab from a December 2011 video provided by Morten Traavik of the Barents Spektakel festival, North Korean accordion players perform "Take on Me," by A-ha, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Organizers of the Barents Spektakel festival said the five North Korean accordion players provided the soundtrack Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, as 250 Norwegian border guards formed a human canvas by holding up colored cards in shifting patterns — a tradition in the reclusive communist country.

Published Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

People Beyonce Jay-Z
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In this undated image released by Beyonce.com, Blue Ivy, the daughter of rapper Jay-Z and his singer wife Beyonce Knowles, is shown in a recent family photo. Photos of the 1-month-old were posted by her parents on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP Photo/Ed Burke for Beyonce.com) MANDATORY CREDIT

Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.

Music Grammywatch Clive Davis
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FILE - 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. The demand is overwhelming for Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy gala. The gala has featured performances from top acts like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana. This year, The Kinks will take the stage to play a medley of their hits, with the help of Jackson Browne and Elvis Costello. Mumford & Sons are hoping to arrive in time to get in on the performance, Davis said.

Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

The annual pre-Grammy Clive Davis gala is so hot this year that even Diddy is getting calls from celebrities who are trying to get on the bill - and in the seats.

LA Confidential Grammys Celebration
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Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Tony Bennett performed on the very first Grammy Awards, and as he returns for the 54th show this Sunday, the singer says it never gets old.

Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Rapper-rocker Kid Rock - incensed over a column questioning where the musician's "Made in Detroit" line of T-shirts actually are made - lashed out at the writer in an expletive-laced letter on the company's website.




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