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Top Stories: March 10, 2010

2010-03-10
• Actor Corey Haim Dead at 38 • Kate Nash Talks My Best Friend Is You • OK Go Split With EMI, Form New Label • Lady Antebellum Retake Number One • U2’s Spider-Man Loses Evan Rachel Wood • New Music Report: Gorillaz • News Ticker: DMX, Lady Gaga, Stars • Watch Exclusive New Runaways Clip • Beastie Boys Delay Hot Sauce to [...]

New Music Report: Gorillaz

2010-03-10
This week Rolling Stone’s Daniel Kreps breaks down the Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach in our New Music Report. Kreps admits he didn’t immediately hear anything as instantly grabby as Demon Days‘ “DARE” or Gorillaz’s “Clint Eastwood” on their new disc — the closest relation here is the single “Stylo,” a catchy electro number that features Mos [...]

OK Go, EMI Split Days After Arrival of Video Hit “This Too Shall Pass”

2010-03-10
Just two months after OK Go released their new album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky on EMI, the band has announced its split from the label by “mutual agreement.” OK Go are creating a new label, Paracadute Recordings, to promote and distribute the disc. “We’d like to thank the people who have worked [...]

Kate Nash Talks “My Best Friend Is You,” Announces Spring Tour

2010-03-10
After releasing her hit 2007 debut Made of Bricks, Kate Nash got sick of her career. “Touring and doing loads of work all the time was a drag, and I became unenthusiastic about it,” says the British indie-pop singer. “I took a lot of time off so that I could do, like, normal things: hang [...]

On the Charts: Lady Antebellum Retake Number One From Sade

2010-03-10
Photo: Winter/Getty The Big News: After spending the last three weeks at Number Two, Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now recaptured the top spot from Sade’s Soldier of Love in its sixth week on the Billboard 200, selling 126,000 copies to push past the platinum mark. After a three-week reign, Soldier of Love settled into Number [...]

My boy is learning it in music class. RT @cbernardi: Such a great song. Wavin' Flag - K'naan | Music Video | VEVO http://bit.ly/9ymKGQ

2010-03-10
My boy is learning it in music class. RT @cbernardi: Such a great song. Wavin' Flag - K'naan | Music Video | VEVO http://bit.ly/9ymKGQ

RT @STF_oficial: Ministros devem julgar hoje (10) ADI 4180, contra lei que prevê inclusão do Brasília Music Festival no calendário de eventos oficiais do DF

2010-03-10
RT @STF_oficial: Ministros devem julgar hoje (10) ADI 4180, contra lei que prevê inclusão do Brasília Music Festival no calendário de eventos oficiais do DF

@jorgecerda sii too much pressure, too much fashion, too much emo music and therefore depression

2010-03-10
@jorgecerda sii too much pressure, too much fashion, too much emo music and therefore depression

RT @embassymusic: *NEW* Embassy Music Board - Zombies ( We Up ) - http://twtmuzik.net/songs.php?tms=19158

2010-03-10
RT @embassymusic: *NEW* Embassy Music Board - Zombies ( We Up ) - http://twtmuzik.net/songs.php?tms=19158

The next breed of music games: play real instruments http://music.nitews.com/2d25a

2010-03-10
The next breed of music games: play real instruments http://music.nitews.com/2d25a

Actor Corey Haim dies at age 38

2010-03-10
Haim had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, Police Sgt. William Mann said.

Haim dizzy, stumbling with flu before death

2010-03-10
The actor had been suffering from flu-like symptoms for several days before finally stumbling in front of his mother at her Los Angeles apartment early Wednesday morning.

Simon declares Bowersox to be ‘the one to beat’

2010-03-09
She was her usual strong self this week, nailing Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason,” and the judges noted that her big selling point was that she knows herself and who she is as an artist.

Ben’s hunger for power is never ‘Lost’

2010-03-10
A dash of manipulation? Check. A pinch of schemes? Check. A helping of lies? Check. These key ingredients usually make for a tasty Ben-centric episode, and “Lost” offered them in enticing amounts Tuesday night — along with a side of redemption.

Letterman ends Leno’s brief winning streak

2010-03-09
Monday's "Late Show with David Letterman" beat "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, the demographic groups that matter most to advertisers.

Jihad Jane, American who lived on Main Street

2010-03-10
The woman who dubbed herself Jihad Jane is an American who lived literally on Main Street and said she was "desperate to do something" to help Muslims.

Expert: Worries for Chrysler

2010-03-10
2010 has been a difficult year for Chrysler, experts say, with sales off 3 percent and half of those sales to fleet customers, a fact that could hurt the company later.

Air traffic perfect storm for NYC

2010-03-10
Flying in and out of New York -- which is usually no picnic -- is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix.

Grads rally for fired teachers

2010-03-10
Graduates of a Rhode Island school vilified for low performance descended upon campus Tuesday to support the school's fired teachers. They also had a message for President Obama: Don't bash our school.

IRS: $1.3 billion unclaimed for '06

2010-03-10
Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service.