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Facebook IPO Set to Help Bono Become World’s Richest Rock Star

Hats off to Bono! it looks like he will follow no more, at least not in terms of financial portfolios, thanks to some shrewd investment in Facebook. The U2 frontman is one of many who cash in once Facebook goes public Friday (May 18) with their Initial Public (Stock) Offering (IPO).

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Donna Summer Dead: David Bowie Describes Her Influence on His Music

After a long battle with cancer, disco icon Donna Summer succumbed to the illness today (May 17) at age 63. Her music influenced a long line of her fellow performers, and you might be surprised to learn David Bowie was among those artists.

Blues Version of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” is No Joke [VIDEO]

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook.  I thought it was a joke and knowing her sense of humor, I clicked expecting a laugh.   I did laugh, but it was out of shock! This guy is pretty amazing.

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Axl Rose Injures Leg While Dancing on a Table

Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses injured his leg in Moscow by falling off a table he was dancing on to celebrate the opening of his band’s European tour.

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Heroic 12-Year-Old Rescues Younger Siblings from House Fire

When fire engulfed 12-year-old Justin Jackon’s Milton, FL, home on Sunday at 2AM, his mother was at work and his father was out of state. So if anyone was going to save his four younger siblings, it was going to have to be him.

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Mick Jagger Hosting SNL This Weekend

This weekend is the season finale of Saturday Night Live and Mick Jagger is going to serve as the host of the show. 

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Van Halen Postpone Over Thirty 2012 Tour Dates

Van Halen have postponed over 30 dates on their 2012 North American tour, beginning with their show scheduled for July 7 at Uncasville, Ct. and ending with their planned Sept. 25 performance in Milwaukee.

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Students Won’t ‘Like’ This — Elementary School Threatens Expulsion If Kids Use Facebook

A while back, we told you about the Jewish girls’ school in Brooklyn that instituted a Facebook ban for its students, saying using the social media site violated its religious tenets.

Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.


Popular Music Today: Who is Your Favorite?

Denny and I talked on Bob FM about popular rock bands, and whether or not rock could ever capture what it had in the ’60s and ’70s.  I have to admit, my favorite bands got started in that era.   Pink Floyd,  Queen, Led Zepplin,  just to name a few.  But who is your favorite today?

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Disco Legend Donna Summer Dead at 63

Disco legend Donna Summer has died after a battle with cancer, TMZ is reporting. She was 63 years old.