Christina Aguilera, Anita Baker cancel appearances at Thursday’s Prince tribute concert

Edit Pioneer Press 14 Oct 2016
Christina Aguilera will not perform at tonight’s Prince tribute concert at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center due to a “vocal illness.” According to a sign at the venue, Anita Baker has also pulled out of the show, although no reason was given....

Thailand’s new king is a kooky crop top-wearing playboy

Edit New York Post 14 Oct 2016
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn is set to assume the leadership role that he was born to take and had been held by his dad for 70 years. Even though the prince was educated at the prestigious Royal Military College in Australia and has a string of impressive titles, he’s shown little interest in leadership duties ... When Foo Foo died in 2015, the prince ordered four days of Buddhist funeral rites....

The Latest: Aguilera cancels Prince concert appearance

Edit The Oklahoman 14 Oct 2016
(AP) — The Latest on a tribute concert to the late megastar Prince (all times local). ... Singer Christina Aguilera has canceled her scheduled appearance at a tribute concert to the late Prince as she fights a "vocal illness." ... Aguilera said in a statement, "It is with a heavy heart that I cannot perform this evening and join the amazing talent onstage to pay tribute to the legend that was Prince....

Prince's sister hopes tribute concert brings closure to fans

Edit The Roanoke Times 14 Oct 2016
(AP) — A tribute concert to Prince featuring performers including Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera and Chaka Khan should help bring closure to grieving fans of the late "Purple Rain" superstar, Prince's younger sister said ... Paul as a public memorial to Prince, who died in April at his Paisley Park recording complex. "I want them to get some closure," Nelson said of Prince's fans ... Prince died of an accidental painkiller overdose....

Aguilera cancels Prince concert appearance

Edit The Oklahoman 14 Oct 2016
(AP) — Fans decked out in purple shirts and scarves — and the occasional raspberry beret — turned out to groove to a revival of Prince's 1980s Minneapolis Sound at a tribute concert honoring the late megastar Thursday night ... "It is with a heavy heart that I cannot perform this evening and join the amazing talent onstage to pay tribute to the legend that was Prince ... "I want them to get some closure," Nelson said of Prince's fans....

Racing: Payne lands top honour, but no Melbourne Cup ride

Edit The Times of India 14 Oct 2016
Payne got the nod for producing the most inspired moment in Australian sport in the past year when she became the first woman to win Australia's 155-year-old Melbourne Cup on Prince of Penzance at Flemington ... She is hoping for the chance to line up in another Melbourne Cup but currently has no ride ... Prince of Penzance will also not be running as he is currently injured and potentially retired....

Honey trapped by ISI, 2 Kutch men were passing on vital information

Edit The Times of India 14 Oct 2016
RAJKOT ... The duo identified as as Alana Hamir Sama (40), a resident of Kukma village of Bhuj taluka, and his associate Shakoor Sumra (38), resident of Sumrapor in Bhuj taluka of the district, were allegedly involved in sending sensitive information about movement of Indian Army and BSF troops to their Pakistan-based handlers ... The phone also contains audio clips of Alana's talks with the ISI handler ... RELATED. From around the web....

New sheriff ready for assignment at Prince George courthouse (Government of British Columbia)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris and Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond, on behalf of Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, announced today that Prince George will be receiving a new deputy sheriff as part of the 23 new deputy sheriffs slated to start work next week in communities throughout the province ... John, Prince George, Port Alberni, Oliver and Kamloops....

Graduating theatre students perform Tennessee Williams' classic (University of Tasmania)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
(Source. University of Tasmania). Third-year Tasmanian College of the Arts' (TCotA) Theatre students will take to the stage this month to perform one of Tennessee Williams' most profound plays ... 'This is the challenge for this group of young, talented actors - marrying the two ... Published on ... Original documenthttp.//www.media.utas.edu.au/general-news/all-news/graduating-theatre-students-perform-tennessee-williams-classic2 ... (noodl. 35813078) ....

Thais gripped by grief after beloved king's death

Edit Belfast Telegraph 14 Oct 2016
He said Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will succeed the king under the constitution, but had asked for more time to mourn with the nation before ascending the throne. No date has been set for his coronation. Most Thais have seen no other king in their lifetime and thought of Bhumibol, who reigned for 70 years, as their father and the embodiment of goodness and godliness....

The Latest: Prince sister hopes tribute concert helps fans

Edit The Tribune San Luis Obispo 14 Oct 2016
The Latest on a tribute concert to the late megastar Prince (all times local). 5 p.m. Prince's sister says she hopes a tribute concert to the "Purple Rain" superstar will ... ....

Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan headline Prince tribute concert

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 14 Oct 2016
Last night in Minnesota, music stars came out for Prince. Prince's sister Tyka Nelson described the concert at the ......

Japan's little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne

Edit Reuters 14 Oct 2016
TOKYO (Reuters) - When Prince Hisahito was born in 2006, ending a 41-year drought in imperial male heirs, Japan's government gladly dropped proposals that women might head the world's oldest monarchy, but a decade later the little prince remains the last hope for an unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne ... ....
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