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Singer-songwriter Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the 1960s folk-rock band the Association, has died. He was 83. Kirkman’s death was confirmed on Sunday through a statement on the Association’s official Facebook page: “We’re saddened to report that Terry Kirkman passed away last night, RIP Terry. He will live on in our hearts and in the music he so brilliantly wrote.”

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Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a reality show star. Bass, who formed 'N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity. "I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," he tells the magazine. 'N...

Gummed-Up Painting Taken To The Lab That Helen Frankenthaler painting damaged last week when a 12-year-old boy affixed a wad of gum to it in the Detroit Institute of Arts has been taken to the conservation lab. "Museum officials said they are optimistic that the picture will make a full recovery. But in contrast to comments earlier this week in which relieved officials said decisively that the 1963 painting, 'The Bay,' would be fine, the museum issued a more tempered statement. Gum Boy Gets Slammed The 12-year-old boy who stuck gum on a valuable painting during a school visit to...

A chewing gum which the makers say can help enhance the size, shape and tone of the breasts has proved to be a big hit in Japan. B2Up says its Bust-Up gum, when chewed three or four times a day, can also help improve circulation, reduce stress and fight ageing. The gum works by slowly releasing compounds contained in an extract from a plant called Pueraria mirifica.

TORONTO -- A dad-and-daughter team from Edmonton glued together a win in a national Sun Media competition to build a race cart out of bubble gum and household refuse. Six teams of two chewed their way through the competition at The Toronto Sun yesterday, using gum as the glue to keep things together. Winners of The Sun's Kart Racer contest found themselves in a sticky situation as the kids, aged eight to 14, raced to win the $3,500 kart used in the Alliance Atlantis movie Kart Racer. The teams were chosen from Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto and had...