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Lonely Elderly Pianist Places Ad, Drums Up 80 Musicians to Jam

This 95-year-old jazz piano player is booked solid since placing an online advertisement asking musicians to join him for a jam session. Edward Hardy tickled...

Homeless Families Treated To 5-Star Dining at Chez Le Church

Volunteers transformed a nondescript church room with plain walls into a fancy restaurant where waiters in white starched shirts served a Thanksgiving feast to the...

Going His Way? Robot is Hitchhiking Across the U.S. And Needs a Lift

We’ve all been warned not to pick up hitchhiking strangers — and few of them are stranger than this dude. But trust us, it’s perfectly...

New York’s First Disability Pride Parade Draws 3,000 to Celebrate

Nearly 3,000 people gathered in New York yesterday for the city's first ever Disability Pride parade, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the signing of...

Disability Pride Parade Tomorrow in New York City is First One Ever

At noon on Sunday, July 12, New York City’s first ever Disability Pride parade will commence at Madison Square Park, traveling down Broadway to Union...

Ozzy Osbourne Sends Big Check to Kids After Seeing Their “Crazy Train” Cover

Rock star Ozzy Osbourne was so blown away after seeing some Kentucky kids playing a unique version of his signature song that he sent...

‘Guitars Over Guns’ Keeps Kids Off Mean Streets With Celebrity Jams

Chad Bernstein, a premiere Latin, funk and jazz artist, has played with the likes of Shakira, Pharrell, Jennifer Hudson and Pitbull. But most notably he...

Dachshund and Goliath: Persistent Wiener Saves St. Bernard Pal (Video)

A little dachshund’s persistence is being hailed in the rescue of his 180-pound buddy, Jazzy. After Razor the weiner dog would not stop making a ruckus,...

Rocker Jack White Rescues Music Archives of Paramount Importance

At the root and heart of so much great American music were the blues and jazz players that came out of the Mississippi Delta...
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Illinois Teen Pulls Woman From Path of Moving Train

A high school student from West Frankfort, Illinois is being hailed a hero after pulling a grandmother off the railroad tracks in the path of...

Pro Basketball Team Signs 5-yo Boy w/ Leukemia to One-Day Contract

The Utah Jazz signed 5 year-old JP Gibson, who is suffering from leukemia, to a one-day contract and brought him on the court to...
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Amtrak Gives Free Rides to Writers Who Want to Work on Trains

It all started with an innocent comment by writer Alexander Chee, when he said in an interview that he likes to work while riding...
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Father, Quincy Jones, and Daughter Rashida Stand Up to Cancer

In honor of Father’s Day, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s newest inductee, Quincy Jones, is lending his talent and support to the...
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John Mayer’s Spring Tour will Benefit U.S. Troops

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician John Mayer launches his first U.S. tour in two years on April 9, with 18 concerts that will...
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Tribute: Cold War Hero of ‘Velvet Revolution’ Vaclav Havel (1936-2011)

Playwright, poet and politician Vaclav Havel led the charge to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia proving the power of the people to overcome...
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Defying Parkinson’s With Dance (Video)

The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn't be more different: Parkinson's disease and dance, one slowly taking away,...
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Meet the 22 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2011, From Science to Music

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Tuesday named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011 who will each receive one half million dollars...
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12 of The Greatest Things to Love About America

What makes America great? On this, the 235th birthday of the nation's founding Declaration of Independence, it seems like a question we need to...
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Motown Legends Take the Stage at White House Event (Video)

The White House celebrated Black History Month Thursday night with a tribute to the legendary Motown Records. Hosted by the President and First Lady,...
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$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses – No Strings Attached

The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced yesterday and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school...