AP - Joseph Shabalala’s strong deep voice rings out clear and haunting. A choir of voices join him, rising into a harmony of sound. “This is the way we do,” sings legendary South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. “This is the way we do.”

AP - Is will.i.am angling for a job in a Barack Obama White House?

Reuters - Soul singer Amy Winehouse will face no
further action in connection with an alleged attempt to pervert
the course of justice, British police said on Friday.

Reuters - The architects of British punk have been
quietly passing on the baton to a new generation in a tiny
London bar, but the secret is out and about to hit America.

AP - Jury selection will begin in New York next week in the trial of a 26-year-old rapper accused of shooting an acquaintance over missing money.

AP - Police are no longer investigating Amy Winehouse on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband, her spokesman said Friday.

Reuters - Troubled British soul singer Amy
Winehouse missed her husband’s court appearance on Friday,
during which he denied a charge relating to a pub brawl.

AP - Jury selection will begin in New York next week in the trial of a 26-year-old rapper accused of shooting an acquaintance over missing money.

AP - Public documents show Michael Jackson has repeatedly failed to make mortgage payments on a Los Angeles home that has been used for years by his family.

AP - Four more aspiring singers failed to convince viewers that they have what it takes to win the star-making talent contest “American Idol.”