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German rock band Scorpions to end career - 01/24/2010

The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades. The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" among others, said on its Web site Sunday that "we agree we have reached the end of the road." It said it would end its career with a final alb

Guthrie show benefits Northampton fire victims - 01/23/2010

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has headlined a sold-out concert that raised more than $10,000 for the victims of series of arson fires in western Massachusetts. Saturday night's show at the Academy of Music also featured two local bands and other guests, and singer-songwriter Martin Sexton made a surprise appearance. Michael Kuse

Thousands mourn Pendergrass at Philly service - 01/23/2010

Thousands have paid their respects to R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass at a memorial service in Philadelphia. Pendergrass is best known as the singer of "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and other hits. He died Jan. 13 at age 59 after a battle with colon cancer. A 200-member gospel choir sang at Saturday's service at

Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon - 01/23/2010

Though the all-star telethon was titled "Hope for Haiti Now," for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims themselves. It took Haiti's own native son to lift Friday evening's despa

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