AP - Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father.

Reuters - China's flamboyant pianist Lang Lang said his performance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was a message -- China is changing.

AP - Jonathan Groff races up and down the aisles through the audience, dripping with sweat, singing his heart out and shaking his long wig with manic glee.

E! Online - Looks can be deceiving. Apparently.

E! Online - David Archuleta's camp knows what works.

E! Online - So much for no more drama.

Reuters - Poor Elvis. Random sightings of the King of Rock 'n' Roll have tapered off in recent years, and now he has mysteriously disappeared from the upper echelons of a new list that ranks the artists with the most No. 1 hits on the U.S. pop singles chart.

Reuters - Randy Newman's musical world has always been populated with unsavory characters -- racists, rapists, sociopaths -- and dark themes that often belied the songwriter's gift for a compelling melody and a love for blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll.

AP - Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer Charlie Robison, have divorced.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Mary J. Blige has been sued in New York for $2 million by a company that says she stole some of the music she used on her latest hit album, including one used on an iPod commercial.

AP - A bar worker at a popular Times Square karaoke club was arrested Thursday after confessing to beating a woman to death with a pipe on the club's roof during an argument, police said.

Reuters - British rock trio The Police played their final concert together on Thursday and were joined by the real police -- the New York City police band.