President Barack Obama thanked Stevie Wonder for creating "a style that's uniquely American" as he presented the singer-songwriter the nation's highest award for pop music.
As police probe whether one of their own leaked a picture of a bruised and beaten woman that appears to be Rihanna, the image is sparking a discussion of the impact it could have on the issue of domestic violence.
It seemed like just another dead-on-arrival "American Idol" audition: Nick Mitchell lunged into the popular Fox singing competition's New York tryout, performing not as his unassuming self, but as a saucy character he'd named Norman Gentle.
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