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• HMV under fire from investors over Waterstone performance
  ? Waterstone's now Britain's top bookseller with 300 outlets ? 9% drop in Waterstone's Christmas sales alarmed investors Rebel shareholders have opened fire on music shops chain HMV over its management of Waterstone's, Britain's largest books retailer. Investors want HMV chief executive Simon Fox to sell the book business if a turnaround strategy unveiled in March fails to boost returns by this ...



• September 1 - England Defeats Germany in Munich
  Against their biggest rival, Germany, and needing a win in FIFA World Cup qualifying, England defeated Germany 5-1 in Munich on this day in soccer history in 2001. It was only the second FIFA World Cup qualifying home loss for Germany ever.



• FYF Fest: The must-see acts and the maybes
  The FYF Fest marks the unofficial close of the outdoor rock 'n' roll festival season, bringing it to an end with dissonant guitars, vocal yelps, disaffected beach-bum punks and even a song or two inspired by the Civil War.



• Bloc Party's Kele Okereke adopts a solo platform
  Boxer rebellion When you've spent almost a decade confined to a band environment, it makes sense to name your debut solo record The Boxer . When you've spent almost a decade confined to a band environment, it makes sense to name your debut solo record The Boxer (Glass Note). Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke now envisions himself alone in the ring, possibly taking a beating, but also ready to ...



• FYF Fest: The must-see acts and the maybes, an hour-by-hour guide
  The FYF Fest marks the unofficial close of the outdoor rock 'n' roll festival season, bringing it to an end with dissonant guitars, vocal yelps, disaffected beach-bum punks and even a song or two inspired by the Civil War. Thirty...



• She Blinded Me With Scientists
  Brooklyn trio looks to increase its American audience Dichotomy looms so large for We Are Scientists that it's almost a provisional member. They're a California band that's lived in New York for nearly a decade. The members are inveterate smartasses in interviews and between songs on stage, although their finely honed sense of humor rarely comes through in the music in any obvious way (like, say ...



• Czech hunters frustrated over ?King of Poachers? walking free
  A court in Brno did not find enough evidence on Tuesday to convict a man dubbed ?the King of Poachers?. The man, who had more than 1,300 hunting trophies in his home, claimed he inherited them. The verdict has upset Czech hunters who say that under the current Czech law, it?s extremely difficult to convict poachers even if they are caught red-handed.



• Soccer Capsules: Alleged drug lord sheltered Cabanas' assailant
  MEXICO CITY (AP) ? An alleged drug lord being held by Mexican authorities says that for three months he hid the fugitive wanted in the shooting seven months ago of Paraguay footballer Salvador Cabanas.