'3 Doors Down' Singer Recovers From Wreck (AP)

February 11, 2006

Lead singer Brad Arnold of the rock group 3 Doors Down  performs at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18, 2005. He  is recovering in his Biloxi home from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on a rain-soaked Mississippi road earlier this month. Arnold, 27, was a passenger in the car driven by his wife, Terika, when the accident occurred on Feb. 1, 2006, according to the band's Web site.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - The lead singer of 3 Doors Down is recovering at home from injuries sustained in a one-car accident on a rain-soaked Mississippi road earlier this month.


Norah Jones and Co. express love of country (Reuters)

February 11, 2006

Norah Jones performs at the Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit in New York, September 17, 2005. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - When you have snared a trophy case full of Grammy Awards in one sitting, including ones for album of the year and best new artist, it is a little hard to fly under the radar.


Turin Throws Big Party to Start Olympics (AP)

February 11, 2006

Fireworks light up the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Clive Rose, Pool)AP - TURIN, Italy — Mix in some song, dance and a squealing Ferrari, and cap it off with some opera. That's amore — for the Turin Olympics.


Gelb Era at Met to Open With 'Butterfly' (AP)

February 11, 2006

Peter Gelb, the newly appointed General Manager of Lincoln Center's Metropolitan Opera, poses for a portrait, in a  Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 photo, in New York. The new impresario taking over the Metropolitan Opera is wasting no time putting a more cutting edge on the company scrapping plans for a 'three tenors' gala to open next season by substituting a controversial production of Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' directed by Oscar winner Anthony Minghella. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, file)AP - The new impresario taking over the Metropolitan Opera is wasting no time putting a more cutting edge on the company — scrapping plans for a "three tenors" gala to open next season by substituting a controversial production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" directed by Oscar winner Anthony Minghella.


Oldies good to Manilow (Reuters)

February 11, 2006

Reuters - Barry Manilow went back to the '50s to deliver his first No. 1 record in almost three decades.

Click Five's sweet pop-rock clicks with teens (Reuters)

February 11, 2006

Reuters - Delighted squeals greeted the Click Five as they warmed up to the strains of "Shout It Out Loud." But the traditional ear-ringing cheers were reserved for dreamy singer Eric Dill, who strategically took the stage last. Throwback all the way.