Music

A potential merger between Universal Music Group and EMI could mean one company would control around 40 percent of recorded music. [Sarcasm alert] Which is great, since major labels have proven again and again that they really like their own consumers ...

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Culture

For the first time in U.S. history, non-white births outnumbered white births. Data taken over the last year (up until July) found that 50.4 percent of all births were to mothers whose race was something other than white. Experts estimate that minorities will comprise more than 50 percent of the overall population by around 2040 ...

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Music

The Cornerstone Festival, which has been one of the longest-running festivals for Christian music, has announced that 2012 will be its last year. Festival organizers say the decision was reached for many reasons, including the difficult economy and changes in the market ...

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Weird

Honda has introduced a prototype "mobility device" (which is either supposed to mean a motorized scooter or a Segway-like device ... it's unclear which) that moves however you lean and tilt. And it basically looks like a dust buster with wheels and a seat. But if you think a Segway would be great without all the standing, maybe you'll be into it ...

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Culture

The FBI has opened an investigation into JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States. The investigation comes only a week after the bank announced it had suffered a $2 billion trading loss due to bad investments. No one is entirely sure what the FBI is looking for, though experts say the Bureau only looks for criminality, not civil or security infractions ...

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