(CNN) -- The 56th annual Grammy Awards are kicking off in Los Angeles on Sunday night with performances from Lorde, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Madonna, Jay Z, Beyonce and more.…

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A Gary, Ind. woman admitted this week that she sold a baby eight times to a Gary man for sex and was in the room for all the meetings except for the last…

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COLUMBIA, Md. — Shots rang out at a popular shopping mall in this suburb between Washington and Baltimore on Saturday morning, sending shoppers running from stores and hiding under tables in the food court.

When police officers arrived, they found three people dead inside a skate shop on…

Mary J. Blige's father, Thomas Blige, is in critical conditon after being stabbed three times. His injuries include a wound to the neck. R&B star Mary J. Blige's father is in critical condition after being knifed in the neck by his former girlfriend, it's reported.

Thomas Blige, 63, was rushed to Bronson Methodist Hospital in…

A Superior, Wisconsin police officer slammed a woman against the hood of a squad car, slapped her and punched her twice in the face with his closed fist — and an attorney for his department said the brutal attack was “defensible.

What happened between Officer George Gothner and Natasha Lancour on the night of Jan. 5 in a bar parking…

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Jay Z always said The Notorious B.I.G. had the perfect prophecy and it's "mo money, mo problems" once again for 2014.…

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He confessed his penchant for gay prostitutes in a riveting radio interview four months ago, but Mister Cee remains adamant he’s not gay.

In a new interview with GQ magazine, The Hot 97 DJ described his interest in transgender hookers as an eccentric,…

“He want people to start calling him Bow Wow, but still acting like he got the ‘Lil’ in front of his name” Says one 106 & Park executive who witnessed Bow Wow being escorted off of the B.E.T. property.

Bow Wow real name Shad Moss was fired from 106 & Park just hours ago after an accountant discovered he used company funds to…

Bieber arrested along with Def Jam singer Khalil after they were drag racing on Miami Beach streets.

More details have emerged about …

Former Austin disc jockey Preston Lowe has died. He was 46.

A cause of death has not yet been released.

Lowe helped sign on 1370 AM in 1991. The station, which now features a talk radio format, at the time played urban adult contemporary music.

In 1998, he was on the launch team for 104.3 The Beat, serving as program…

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Apple has been hit with a hefty class action lawsuit courtesy of three men from Massachusetts who say the computer company illegally collected and then sold their customers’ personal information.

The lawsuit filed this week in the Boston office of Massachusetts…

(CNN) -- A 30-year-old Michigan doctor who has been missing for almost a month was accused in September of stalking gospel artist Marvin Sapp, court records show.…

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The much-anticipated BEATS MUSIC throws its hat into the ring TODAY (1/21), as a new competitor to existing services like PANDORA, SPOTIFY, RDIO and APPLE's iTUNES RADIO. The big difference for the newcomer is its subscription-only pay structure that looks to stand out with better content discovery.

On their blog, BEATS MUSIC explains,…

By Allison Geller, Courthouse News Service

Daniel Johnson is suing the Los Angeles sheriff’s department, claiming that two deputies Tasered his genitals until he could “smell is flesh burning” after they fined his father $1,000 for dropping a cigarette outside their home.

Courthouse News Service reports that Johnson, a…

Prosecutors tell News 4 they now know more than 30 people could have gotten HIV from a former student at Lindenwood University who allegedly knew he had the deadly disease. He is accused of knowingly giving it to others.…

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Few people would ask to be punched, kicked or shoved, but one woman said that would have been preferable to what her attacker did to her aboard the CTA Blue Line last week.

A 21-year-old college student…

According to All Christian News on Jan. 11, a pastor convinces his congregation that he has come up with a novel way to get closer to God.

Daniel Lesego, Pastor of Rabboni Centre Ministries, Pretoria, South Africa tells members of his church to eat grass.

Criticism of the bizarre behavior has been posted on the church's…