Texas singer seeks to understand a tragedy (AP)

AP - "Forget his face? Of course I don't," Sam Baker sings, of a young German boy who died along with his parents on a train in Peru in 1986.

Singer Amy Winehouse grabs songs prize (Reuters)

Reuters - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse added another trophy to her growing collection on Thursday, winning the 2008 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically with "Love is a Losing Game."

Hip-hop DJ's lawsuit against Queens councilman sunk (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court says a city councilman did not defame a fired DJ when he called him a "sick, racist pedophile" for making sex-laced rants about a rival's young daughter.

Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples (Reuters)

Reuters - Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.

September date set for Spector's 2nd murder trial (AP)

AP - A judge who is waiting for a state Supreme Court decision on whether he will preside over Phil Spector's second murder trial went ahead Thursday and scheduled it to begin in September.