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T.G.I. Friday’s is moving in to four Las Vegas casinos, hoping to replicate the success of its Orleans Hotel location on Tropicana Ave, about 2 miles north of the Las Vegas Strip. The new locations will open in the Aliante Station Casino, the Gold Coast, Sam’s Town, and the Suncoast (the latter three all [...]

R.E.M. will re-release its debut album Murmur with bonus material including a second disc recorded live in 1983 at Larry’s Hideaway in Toronto. The new packaging will include the remastered original album, the 16-track live disc and commentary by the album’s producers and IRS label executive Jay Boberg. The album’s release coincides with [...]

Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled today to legalize same-sex marriage in that state, joining neighboring Massachusetts and distant California.  The state has an existing civil unions law, but eight couples sued on the basis that the law was inherently discriminatory and set up inequality for a minority group.  Four of Connecticut’s seven supreme court justices agreed [...]

Depeche Mode has signed a new long term deal with its long time record label Mute, with a joint distribution deal with EMI in the United States. The band has finished its next studio album with a tenative release date of April 20, 2009 and plans to support the album with a world tour.
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Ben Folds will record and release 10 songs from his current tour for sale on iTunes the day after the recording.  Each track will be recorded from a different show and uploaded to iTunes with original cover art.  At the end of the tour, Folds plans to package them together a digital live album.
Excluding two [...]

Burger King, the second largest fast food chain in the U.S., has eliminated trans fat cooking oils from all restaurants.  The restaurant had set a November 1 deadline to remove trans fat from all baked items in its stores nationwide.
Though the hysteria over removing trans fat has largely subsided, in the wake of people not [...]