Rising in rock: Imagine Dragons making moves
NEW YORK -- When he first started working with Imagine Dragons, music producer Alex da Kid was looking for some inspiration for the Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

LONDON -- Justin Bieber apologized Tuesday to his young fans -- and their outraged, overtired parents -- after they accused him of taking the stage inconsiderately late for a concert in...
NEW YORK -- When he first started working with Imagine Dragons, music producer Alex da Kid was looking for some inspiration for the Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler has been identified as one of the people hospitalized in two crashes along Interstate 65 in central Kentucky.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- An Atlanta man has been charged with killing the 11-year-old stepson of pop star Usher in a boating collision last summer.
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police are seeking leads after someone in a black, four-door sedan with tinted windows opened fire on a crowd of people surrounding the tour bus of rapper French Montana after a concert in Philadelphia.
UNDATED -- If you spend a lot of time listening to Pandora on your mobile phone - you may be forced to cut back, or pay up.
LOS ANGELES -- George Lopez is taking over as master of ceremonies of the annual Playboy Jazz Festival.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Federal authorities say platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is in a New York City jail with a July release date.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Black Keys, Sheryl Crow and Public Enemy are among the musical acts scheduled to perform at the Beale Street Music Festival in May.
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock-star status, died Wednesday after a fight with bone cancer. He was 78.
CLEVELAND -- The story of The Rolling Stones is so huge it takes 2 1/2 floors of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to tell.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Family and friends have gathered for the funeral of country music star Mindy McCready in her Florida hometown.
NEW YORK -- First-time dad Nick Lachey knows all about rocking a baby to sleep. Now he wants to help other kids get their rest.
DUBLIN, Calif. -- A sheriff's department spokesman in Northern California says a Dublin police officer stopped and then arrested MC Hammer because the '90s rap star was driving a car with expired registration and refused to get out of the vehicle.
LOS ANGELES -- Jermaine Jackson has a new, brighter surname -- Jacksun.
BOSTON -- Boston-based Jordan Knight is getting ready to go back on tour with New Kids on the Block!
NEW YORK -- Put on your suit and tie: Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z are hitting the road together.
CHICAGO -- Cleotha Staples, the eldest sibling in the influential gospel group The Staple Singers, has died. She was 78.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Songwriters Hall of Fame is saluting 1970s and `80s rock `n' roll with its 2013 induction class.
LONDON -- Kevin Ayers, an influential singer-songwriter who co-founded the band Soft Machine, has died in France, his record label said Thursday. He was 68.