AP - After spending his youth mired in harrowing brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan's ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country.

Reuters - The "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often thought of as the unofficial second national anthem, may have launched its final hockey game, according to the company that controls use of the song.

AP - Jewel has been honored by the Recording Industry Association of America with a career milestone plaque commemorating sales of more than 18 million albums in the U.S.

Reuters - The Museum at Bethel Woods brings the Age of Aquarius into the age of the Internet for $13 a ticket. Seniors over 65 -- which would account for many of those who attended the August 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair -- pay $11.

E! Online - Yes just said no to touring.

AP - There's a good reason why Dwight Yoakam hasn't performed at the Country Music Association's annual festival in 20 years.

E! Online - Look who David Cook is taking out to the ballgame.

AP - After spending his youth mired in harrowing brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan's ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country.

E! Online - Pete Wentz turns 29 today, but you might want to skip the presents. As the rocker told E!'s Jason Kennedy, he's not a fan of marking the occasion.

Reuters - Stevie Wonder will tour Europe for the first time in more than a decade, organizers said on Thursday.

Reuters - The "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, a mainstay of Canadian households for 40 years and often thought of as the unofficial second national anthem, may have launched its final hockey game, according to the company that controls use of the song.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.