Hawaii musician pleads no contest in molestation (AP) AP - A popular Hawaii entertainer has pleaded no contest to molesting two girls in the 1990s and has been sentenced to a year in jail. Loved and loathed, Lana Del Rey set to face the music (Reuters) Reuters - Rarely has a pop star just starting out been so loved and loathed as Lana Del Rey, the 25-year-old who has filled acres of newspaper column inches even before her debut album "Born to Die" hits shelves next week. Country music star Merle Haggard home from hospital (Reuters) Reuters - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist said. Peter, Paul and Mary bassist Dick Kniss dies at 74 (AP) AP - Dick Kniss, a bassist who performed for five decades with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," has died. He was 74. Country star Merle Haggard home from hospital (Reuters) Reuters - Country music singer Merle Haggard was resting at home in Northern California on Friday after a long stint in a Georgia hospital, his publicist Tresa Redburn said.
A federal judge sentenced Colton Harris-Moore, whom authorities dubbed the Barefoot Bandit, to 6½ years in prison for an infamous string of thefts and burglaries.
GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up to be a pivotal primary in that state.