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The Library of Congress recently announced the 25 newest additions to its ever-growing vault of American musical works. There are some highly deserving entries in the collection, such as Isaac Hayes’ soundtrack to Shaft, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Fortunate Son and U2’s Joshua Tree, but there was one major oversight. On a list that included Buck…

A body discovered early Sunday morning by a man fishing in a lake in Indiana is believed to be that of missing Kalamazoo doctor Teleka Patrick, MLive.com reports. Police have yet to officially identify the body, but Jim Carlin, a private investigator hired by the family to aid in the search for missing doctor, believes…

Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Dante Cunningham is again in trouble with the law. He was arrested Sunday on suspicion of making terroristic threats, his second arrest in less than a week. Cunningham, 26, was charged Thursday with felony domestic assault in an incident involving his girlfriend. The woman told police that Cunningham attacked her during…

Chiwetel Ejiofor, still glowing from his best actor Oscar nomination for 12 Years a Slave, is rumored to be the front-runner to play the villain opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond movie, according to The Wrap. Sony and MGM, which are partnering on the next Bond film, and Ejiofor’s reps are being tightlipped…

There are a million tales I could tell about the joy, agony and angst of being single. If not a million, then definitely a thousand. OK, hundreds. But today you get this one—said in my best Sophia Petrillo-from-The Golden Girls voice. Picture this: Washington, D.C. Present day. A young woman is sitting at the bar chatting…

Pharrell Williams, known almost as much for his signature mountain hat as his music, took some merciless ribbing on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Guest host Anna Kendrick took to the stage in one sketch, donning an outfit of leprechaun green, the color of Pharrell’s famous hat. She and Vanessa Bayer played two adoring—if somewhat…

Before 8-year-old Relisha Rudd went missing over a month ago, she longed to leave the bleak surroundings her family called home. She called the homeless shelter at the former Washington, D.C. General Hospital, where her family has lived for two years, a “trap house,” or a dismal place with bedbugs and no playground, the Washington…

The Lorraine Motel represents a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated after stepping onto a second-floor balcony at the motel in Memphis, Tenn. In 1991, the building was transformed into the National Civil Rights Museum, eventually showcasing memorabilia such as the bus…

Detroit police on Saturday arrested two teens in connection with the brutal beating of a 54-year-old man, who was attacked after exiting his pickup truck to check on a child whom he had just struck last week, the Detroit Free Press reports. Detroit police spokesman Sgt. Michael Woody said the teens, who are from Detroit,…