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Briefly: Flesh-N-Bone, home CD delivery, Neil's biographer

CNET reported that Oklahoma State University campus police, after receiving a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, confiscated the computer of a student who allegedly was operating a site for downloading MP3s.

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Rapper Flesh-N-Bone (aka Stanley Howse) of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony pleaded no contest to a charge of possession of a sawed-off shotgun, The Associated Press reported.

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According to Webnoize, certain Virgin Megastores in California and Maryland are experimenting with home delivery. For a $2.99 delivery fee, one can have an item delivered in 30 minutes. We hope the experiment fails: America doesn't need another reason not to leave the house.

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Rhino Home Video will release "The Cars Live" DVD on Oct. 24. The DVD features a 1979 concert in Germany and new interviews.

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Loretta Lynn has released "Still Country," her first album in 12 years. She told Rolling Stone that her follow-up to her autobiography "Coal Miner's Daughter" is due next spring.

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The L.A. Weekly reported that Neil Young 's biographer Jimmy McDonough has filed a $1.8 million lawsuit against subject: the writer spent seven years working on the authorized biography, only to have Young ultimately block publication. The suit seeks publication of the book, claiming breach of contract.


From staff reports, compiled by James Woster.