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Universal Music Agrees to Settle for $12M in Spitzer's Payola Probe

ALBANY, N.Y. – Universal Music Group Recordings Inc., the world’s largest record company, has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a payola case that claimed the company provided vacations, electronics and other bribes to increase radio play for their artists, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday. The …

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Magician David Blaine Fails to Break Breath-Holding Record

NEW YORK – Magician David Blaine was pulled from an aquarium by divers Monday nearly two minutes short of his goal of setting a world record for holding his breath underwater. Blaine was trying to free himself from chains and handcuffs while bidding to break the record of 8 minutes, …

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Gore's Movie Promotion Sparks Presidential Speculation

WASHINGTON – Al Gore is running again. The former U.S. vice president is running to places including California, New York, Utah, Washington and France to promote a film — “An Inconvenient Truth” — chronicling his elaborate slide shows to educate people about global warming. But is he running for the …

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