Reuters - The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a second week on Thursday, while box office champ "Hannah Montana: The Movie" accounted for six tunes on the tally.

AP - Lineups for the Newport folk and jazz festivals indicate both are returning to their roots.

AP - The hip-hop world is a less bling-bling place these days.

AP - A sequel has been greenlit for Matt Giraud on "American Idol."

Reuters - An international orchestra of some 90 musicians who auditioned on the YouTube video-sharing Web site will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall on Wednesday after rehearsing together for three days.

AP - Criminal charges have been dropped against Nate Dogg, who was accused of stalking and threatening his estranged wife.

AP - Country music star LeAnn Rimes will help start a new tradition at the Kentucky Derby this year.

AP - Jim Jones is starting a new movement in hip-hop, or at least trying to.

AP - In a week, Susan Boyle has gone from karaoke and her local church choir to global fame and an invitation to the Oprah Winfrey show.

AP - The YouTube Symphony got to Carnegie Hall.

E! Online - UPDATE: The charges were dropped April 15, with prosecutors saying that the alleged victim, Nate Dogg's estranged wife, never contaced them.

AP - Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim stirred a sold out Cairo Opera House Thursday with a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, drawing ovations in his first visit to Egypt.

AP - He never sang to the feds, but it turns out Al Capone had a song in his heart. All it took was a stint in Alcatraz to bring it out.

E! Online - Jared Leto wants kids in need to have more than a so-called life.