Garth Brooks News

By Sam McManis McClatchy-Tribune News Service Undulating her hips hypnotically, Allison Miller can almost make you think the hoop spinning around her waist is suspended in air, defying gravity.

Looking back at 10 years of political storms, twisters, economic turmoil and a changing city skyline, it’s time to say goodbye to the ’00s.

ST. PAUL – The St. Paul Police Federation and Stillwater Police Department are teaming up to host a benefit for the husband and son of the late Stillwater Police officer Brienne Heroux, who died last month of complications from HELLP syndrome.

How do you describe bull riding? You can describe it several ways. One is crazy: a 155 lb. to 185 lb. guy riding a 2,000 lb bull. Bull riding is also a lifestyle. As Garth Brooks sang, “Well, it’s bulls and blood; it’s the dust and the mud; it’s the roar of a Sunday crowd.

While the major companies that specialize in recorded music regained control during the 2000s, outside forces affected the business like never before. Apple, Wal-Mart and Best Buy achieved a unique feat that affected consumers across the country: They determined the price. Certainly negotiations occurred, but for the first time in the 100-plus years of recorded [...]

The last time we headed into a new decade, it was the beginning of a completely new millennium, and it kicked off with a bang: The Judds reunited in Phoenix; Trisha Yearwood and Kenny Rogers performed for President Clinton in Washington, D.C.; Kenny Chesney opened for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill at the arena in [...]

Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week, selling another 510,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed a Dream” holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week, selling another 510,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. So far, the set has shifted 2,982,000 copies in America.

As early as 1992, just three years into his skyrocketing career, Garth Brooks began publicly mulling retirement from the music business. The subject continued to come up frequently, though few believed anyone that successful could walk away from it all. Garth did, in fact, go into hibernation following the release of an album in 2001, [...]

The inauguration of Barack Obama put an emotional start on 2009 as America installed its first African-American president, and country had a role in that event. But it was just the start of a relationship between country and the new commander in chief: Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Charley Pride and Alison Krauss + Union Station [...]