Usher loves the top spot
By The Associated Press: Weekly charts for the best-selling recorded music in the United States as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. (Platinum signifies more than one million copies sold; gold signifies...

TI gets to go to Easter services
ATLANTA (AP)T.I. didn't get to host a Thanksgiving gathering at the suburban home where he is under house arrest, but he will be able to attend Easter services. A federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday that the 27-year-old...

China stifles problem websites
HONG KONG (AP): China will shut down or punish dozens of video-sharing websites for carrying content deemed pornographic, violent or a threat to national security under rules that tighten Internet controls, a regulator said Friday...

Portmore Festival Queen profiles
Thirteen girls are down to contest the Miss Portmore Festival Queen crown. The grand coronation show will take place at the Portmore HEART Academy on April 6. Last week we presented some of the contestants, here are some more.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 23-29:
March 23: Comedian Marty Allen is 86. Singer Ric Ocasek (The Cars) is 59. Singer Chaka Khan is 55. Actress Amanda Plummer is 51. Actress Hope Davis (About Schmidt) is 44. Actor Richard Grieco is 43. Country drummer Kevin Griffin of Yankee Grey...