AP - Busted for what police said was a rock of cocaine on the driver's seat of his car, William Balfour could have been spending the past few months behind bars for a parole violation.

AP - Trick-or-treaters won't find the light on outside Bruce Springsteen's New Jersey mansion this Halloween.

AP - Opening statements have started in the murder retrial of Phil Spector, the eccentric musical genius accused of killing an actress at his hillside castle five years ago.

AP - Shakira revealed Wednesday that she is, in fact, expecting. But it's not what you may think.

E! Online - The Jonas Brothers are taking their dreamy selves to the big screen, with a little help from a seriously flatulent canine.

Reuters - Fire the cannon, and hail Australia's most successful rock export.

AP - The convicted felon suspected in the slayings of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew was arrested after police allegedly found crack cocaine in his car in June, but authorities declined to return him to prison on a parole violation, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

AP - Never mind the auction block — here's the Sex Pistols.

AP - Michael Caine will co-host the 2008 Nobel Peace Concert honoring this year's laureate, organizers said Tuesday.

AP - A drug charge against Barenaked Ladies singer-guitarist Steven Page was significantly reduced Tuesday by an upstate New York court.

AP - Guitarist Duane Eddy picked his rumbling "Peter Gunn" instrumental and Rolling Stone Keith Richards jammed with The Crickets on "Not Fade Away" as a host of musicians and producers were honored during the Musicians Hall of Fame induction ceremony Tuesday.

AP - Britney Spears' father will maintain indefinite control of her personal and financial affairs after a court commissioner extended the arrangement beyond 2008.

AP - The death of actress Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector's hillside castle stunned Hollywood five years ago. It is a distant memory now as Spector, the eccentric musical genius behind some of rock 'n' roll's biggest sounds, goes on trial for a second time.

Reuters - She's only on the second single from her gold-certified "Little Voices" album, but Sara Bareilles is thinking about her next release "all the time."

Reuters - In a hail of faux-cannon shots and fireballs, AC/DC treated several thousand fans and industry insiders to a "final dress rehearsal" for their upcoming world tour in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sunday.