According to CBS.Marketwatch.com, "The Federal Trade Commission will delay its ruling on the merger of America Online and Time Warner by up to three weeks, the panel said late Thursday."

Boyz II Men [ tickets ] will be the halftime act at the Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day football game.

The Associated Press reported that Billy Joel [ tickets ] and Elton John [ tickets ] are discussing a possible joint tour.

President Clinton paid tribute to U2's Bono for his work for third world debt relief. NME.com quoted the president as saying, "When we get The Pope and the pop stars all singing on the same sheet of music, our voices do carry to the heavens."

Buddah Records is re-releasing Lou Reed [ tickets ]'s 1975 double album "Metal Machine Music," described in "Encyclopedia of Rock Stars" as "four sides of white noise, whines, whistles, feedback and screams..." It was roundly damned when it first came out, but a couple of things we've read recently suggest that it's due for a critical re-evaluation.