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Singing dentist wins $2 million music contract (Reuters)

Reuters - An opera-loving dentist is ready to swap his drill for a microphone after winning a four-album recording contract worth about $2 million.

Report: Alex Rodriguez has split from wife (AP)

AP - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod? (AP)

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world — each a chatty bunch — buzzing with questions about the two "friends."

Ex-Whitesnake Guitarist, RIP (E! Online)

E! Online - Mel Galley, the former guitarist and backing vocalist for White Snake in its early-'80s incarnation, has died at the age of 60, the band confirmed on its website.

NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 - maybe (AP)

AP - Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe.

Headstone Swiped from Joy Division Singer's Grave (E! Online)

E! Online - Ian Curtis wasn't around long but he left quite an impression.

Donna Summer adds sweet sounds to summer tour (AP)

AP - Donna Summer says she approached her summer tour like a chocolate-chip cookie.

Suze Rotolo: Bob Dylan's muse in a freewheelin' time (Reuters)

Reuters - It's not easy living with having been the muse and lover of any great artist, let alone someone with demigod status like Bob Dylan.

Top musicians out of tune with EU royalties plan (Reuters)

Reuters - New EU competition rules on the collection of royalties have hit a wrong note with top songwriters such as Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who have threatened to pull their songs off the airwaves if they go ahead.

Kylie Minogue receives OBE (Reuters)

Reuters - Kylie Minogue, the former soap actress who become one of the world's most famous female recording artists, was honored for her services to music on Thursday.

Priestley says music industry 'a mess' but works (AP)

AP - Jason Priestley says he got a crash course on the Nashville music industry while directing a reality series about the Canadian band the Road Hammers.

ZZ Top hitches ride with Rick Rubin for comeback (Reuters)

Reuters - Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond.

Alejandro Escovedo has another breakthrough album (AP)

AP - Ask his fellow musicians about Alejandro Escovedo, and you'll hear nothing but praise. Yet he's never been a household name, and even among rock fans, his work, though influential, is not widely known: He's been more of an aficionado's musician.

And We Thought Boy George's U.S. Tour Was Canceled! (E! Online)

E! Online - If Boy George had to call off his American summer concerts due to visa restrictions, how did paps snap him strolling in Beverly Hills yesterday with a young boy-toy?

Lindsay's B-day Goal: Happy, Healthy, Rihanna-y Year (E! Online)

E! Online - Lindsay Lohan's private life has gone through some rather public growing pains over the past few years. And now, newly 22 years of age, the only growing she wants to do in public is of the professional variety.