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Etta James, the American singer known for her unique style in the genres of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz, died on Friday at the age of 73.

Etta James, legendary blues singer with classics like At Last, Something's Got a Hold on Me and The Wallflower, is dead at age 73 after a battle with terminal cancer leading up to her death. James died at a California hospital Friday, as confirmed by her longtime friend and manger Lupe De Leon, who said she died from the complications of Leukemia, which she was diagnosed with in 2010, with her husband, Artis Mills, and sons by her side. Here are some of her best songs ...

Sundance Film Festival 2012 kicks off on Thursday at Park City Utah, where independent film makers will be given the opportunity to shine in front of vast, open-minded and artistic audiences.

All told, 600 people are believed to have been executed in Iran last year.

Alicia Douvall and 16 Breast Implants: Can Still Feed Newborn, Says ‘No’ to Surgery [PHOTOS]

Republican Congressman and presidential frontrunner, Ron Paul, along with former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee - Barney Frank, has previously campaigned for a bill to end marijuana prohibition.

Internet addiction may cause chemical changes in the brain, much like the way addiction to alcohol or gambling does, a new study out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found.

Researchers found for the first time brain that changes in Internet-addicted people are similar to addicts of alcohol, marijuana and even cocaine.

The Jarawa people may be at risk from outsiders but interestingly the primitive tribe is said to have survived the greatest of natural disasters. Not a single Jarawa died from the devastating tsunami of December 2004.

Nine months after marrying into the Royal family Kate Middleton has finally chosen the charities she will be supporting and will officially become a volunteer for the Scout Association, St James's Palace has announced.

Carnie Wilson recently made her debut on the reality-television show Celebrity Wife Swap, trading places with actress Tracey Gold.

Rachel Uchitel, perhaps Tiger Woods' most infamous mistress, took to Twitter to reveal that she is pregnant with her first child with husband Matt Hahn.

Rachel Uchitel has officially proven she is pregnant with her husband Matt Hahn by tweeting her five-month baby bump.

Lucky for Tiger Woods, Rachel Uchitel is five months pregnant from her husband Matt Hahn, but it seems she has expensive taste.

The Humane Society is facing heat for euthanizing the cat of a reformed heroin addict after it had been brought in for medical treatment and was put down because the owner could not pay upfront.

Companies working to develop a pure hydrocodone drugs have abuse experts and drug control advocates warning that the product will be highly addictive. Drugs like Zohydro, which opponents are already calling the next OxyContin, will be 10 times as strong as Vicodin, and the first time pure hydrocodone will be sold legally in the U.S.

The son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas was sentenced on Wednesday to an additional 4 and a half years in prison for taking drugs while jailed on separate offenses of possessing and dealing narcotics.

The freshly unemployed actor denies having been a male prostitute in real life

The second Scarlett Johansson steps out into the spotlight with a member of the opposite sex, she is rumored to be dating him. But now having been spotted several times with U.K. rocker Dan White, the Daily Mirror is convinced the couple are officially dating.

To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe.

To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe. Recently, his company had a hundred engineers working on apps for Apple's iPhone, another hundred on apps for Google's Android, and only one or two on apps for RIM's BlackBerry.