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In what feels like it has to be the strangest, saddest story of the year, an L.A.-based recording artist is facing up to eight years in prison after being accused of swindling millions of dollars out of investors who believed they were helping fund the release of new recordings from rock legends for a charity compilation.

Hey, real fast.  The Lufkin Middle School "clothes closet" in running in short supply for children in need, and is seeking community donations.  The most notable items required are pants and polo shirts.   Due to uniform policy, polo's can be any solid color except for red.  Pants can be "navy", "black", or "khaki".

Kennedale, Texas in Tarrant County boasts a population of about 6,700.  According to the Internet driving distance calculator, it lies 200 miles north of Lufkin, and I'll bet it is not on the plotting coordinates of where you may spend your summer vacation. But one woman in town, Robin Evans, puts Kennedale on the map each year, and she doesn't do it for personal gain, but rather, in trying to ma

Former Journey singer Steve Perry has put a few pieces of band memorabilia up for auction to help the fight against Parkinson’s Disease.

We still don’t know when we’ll hear him play guitar again, but Eddie Van Halen is putting at least one of his axes to good use right now: he’s offering it up for auction, with the proceeds going to benefit the Drop in the Bucket charity — and the winner walking away with a true one-of-a-kind instrument. The guitar in question is a 1999 Wolfgang Translucent Cherry Sunburst 5A Flametop, autographed

Through the years, Motley Crue has spent a lot of time rocking Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif., with the legendary Whisky A Go-Go club among its many haunts. So if any band deserves to be honored at the 2011 Sunset Strip Music Festival, it’s the Crue. The tribute, set for Aug. 18, is going to involve real whiskey: special-edition bottles of Jack Daniel’s, with proceeds going to a charit

The metal super-group Whocares, which consists of Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, Deep Purple's Ian Gillan, former Deep Purple members Jon Lord and guitarist Linde Lindstrom, will release its debut songs "Out of My Mind" and "Holy Water" on May 6th, all for charity.