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AP – The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.

AP – Two Nigerian singers won top awards Saturday as MTV held its first-ever music award program for Africa, with acts from across the world’s poorest continent being nominated for prizes.

AP – Punk musician Travis Barker on Friday sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing two friends.

Reuters – The day many rock fans never expected to see in their lifetimes is nigh.

Reuters – Guns N’ Roses fans in China will have to go underground to get their hands on a copy of the band’s first album in 17 years, “Chinese Democracy,” which will be released worldwide on Sunday.

Reuters – Every once in a while, urban bachata duo Xtreme will dial up the fans that leave their phone numbers on the group’s MySpace page.

Reuters – Franz Ferdinand’s 2005 album may have promised “You Could Have It So Much Better,” but the sales figures begged to differ — the band’s second album failed to match the transatlantic success of its self-titled predecessor.

Reuters – Assembling the White Zombie boxed set “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” was “weird” and somewhat bittersweet for band founder Rob Zombie.

Reuters – Grunge. Techno. Boy bands. Both President Bushes. These are just a few of the things Guns N’ Roses has improbably outlasted in the 17 (!) years since its last album of original music.

Reuters – Laura Pausini is mad, and she’s not going to take it anymore.

Reuters – As recording artists experiment with all manner of digital media to reach their fans, a few are engaging in a centuries-old practice — writing books.

E! Online – Maybe Britney Spears was just waiting for the madness to die down—and the music to get turned up.