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...Manager Garry Blackburn thinks it's a challenge the industry can't escape. There are rumors that one of the bands he works with, the veteran British ska group Madness, is considering a deal with another national newspaper to release their upcoming new studio album. Blackburn won't confirm or deny, but says he's a big fan of the freebie. "If everybody takes a deep breath and considers what's going on, this is a wonderful opportunity," he says. "Yes, it means the industry will be dramatically different in a few years, but I don't think screaming like...
...Haneef on a special visa in September 2006, said the doctor had responded in March last year to an advertisement in the British Medical Journal for work in Australia. Haneef was working at a hospital in Liverpool, England, at the time and all appropriate checks had been done to confirm his qualifications. "He was a good employee who was interested in learning his emergency duties at the Gold Coast Hospital. He was regarded by the doctors as a model citizen and had excellent references," Beattie told reporters. Haneef earned his qualifications in India; he was engaged to undertake 10 weeks...
Davis is equally famous and infamous for his both-hands-on approach, personally choosing songs and producers for albums. Not long ago, when I was reporting a story on Davis' J label, I asked the then-head of A&R to confirm his title, and the executive smiled and said, "Cliveis the head of A&R." In recent interviews, though, Clarkson has made it clear that she wants to steer her own music and career. When it came to My December, that meant Clarkson penning songs with members of her own band and ignoring Davis' suggestions to collaborate with established...
...Mexican officials confirm that Mexico's major rival drug-trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels, "may be trying to negotiate a truce" and come to some agreement over control of territory, says a knowledgeable U.S. official. The two mafias could be coming to the table for two key reasons. First, "the violence has drawn too much attention and has really begun to hurt [their drug-trafficking] business," says Steven Robertson, a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). And second, Mexican President Felipe Calderon's popular but oft-questioned strategy of throwing the military at the cartels - some...
...Johndroe's statement appeared to confirm that a White House meeting on Guantanamo had been considered for Friday but was subsequently put off. The cancellation came after the AP reported on Thursday that the Administration was nearing a decision to shut the facility...