NEW YORK (Reuters) – Does a pickle or the Canadian band Nickelback have more fans? It may be a joke, but the answer might not have the band laughing -- a pickle.

A group on Facebook called "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?" hit its goal over the weekend, notching up 1.4 million fans. The post-grunge band Nickelback had 1.38 million on Facebook, but has since topped 1.4 million.

The group was started

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) -- Authorities in north Louisiana say two people in a pickup truck were killed when the truck ran head-on into a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins' band.

Cindy Chadwick of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office says five band members were treated for minor injuries in the Saturday morning accident.

Adkins was not on the bus. Chadwick says he drove to the scene after hearing

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) -- Authorities in north Louisiana say two people in a pickup truck were killed when the truck ran head-on into a tour bus carrying members of country singer Trace Adkins' band.

Cindy Chadwick of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office says five band members were treated for minor injuries in the Saturday morning accident.

Adkins was not on the bus. Chadwick says he drove to the scene after

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SYDNEY -- Australian band Men at Work copied a well-known children's campfire song for the flute melody in its 1980s hit "Down Under" and owes the owner years of royalties, a court ruled Thursday.

"Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition, and the song has been a favorite around campfires

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Natalie Portman was so determined to give an authentic performance as a soldier's wife in Brothers she contacted the families of troops serving in the Middle East. The actress plays a woman who falls for her brother-in-law while her husband is at war, and admits the research she completed before filming gave her a new insight into the lives of army families.

She tells Playboy magazine, "I spoke to many military wives, and that was really helpful. They were able to provide details more...

DENTON, Texas – The big sound emanating from a performance room on the University of North Texas' campus starting at 1 p.m. doesn't just come from any band.

It's the school's Grammy-nominated One O'Clock Lab Band.

The university band with a history of Grammy nominations has earned two more this year and for the first time, the 19 current band members — and 11 who have already graduated — will attend the

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BERLIN (AP) -- The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades.

The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" among others, said on its Web site Sunday that "we agree we have reached the end of the road."

It said it would end its career with a final album — "Sting In The Tail," to be released in March — and a tour that will start in

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