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Teen-pop idols N'Sync posted the sec­
ond-best debut-week sales numbers in
Fans around the world mourned the loss of legendary
history when they sold nearly 1.9 million
Beatle and guitarist George Harrison, who died at age
copies of their 2001 album "Celebrity."
58 after a long struggle with cancer. Not only a member
Who holds the best sales record? N'Sync
of the Fab Four and an acclaimed solo artist, Harrison
does, with their 2000 album "No Strings also "invented" rock philanthropy, fronting the first charity
Attached," which sold 2.4 million copies. concert in i971 to help the poor in Bangladesh.

This Little Piggy Paints
Ever since S m ith fie ld , a 3 -y e a r-o ld ,
1 5 0 -p o u n d pig, le a rn e d to p a in t (by ta kin g
a brush in his m o u th and d a u b in g n o n -to xic
paints fro m various buckets o n to a canvas)
his w o rk has been in high d e m a n d . Som e o f
his pieces have sold fo r up to $ 1 ,0 0 0 , all o f
w h ich has been d o n a te d to ch arity.

^ Two morning DJs were fired from Toy Yodas Are Fun to Drive
the Dallas, Texas rock station KEGL-FM A Flo rid a w aitress sued h er e m p lo y e r afte r
after falsely reporting that Britney Spears w in n in g a contest th a t o ffe re d a T o yo ta fo r a
was killed in a car crash that left her p rize . In ste ad o f a car, she w as b lin d fo ld e d
boyfriend, 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake, an d p resen ted w ith a "to y Y o d a " d o ll, as in
in a coma. The hoax caused widespread th e w rin k le d green c re a tu re o f "S tar W a rs "
panic throughout the teen pop fan com­ fam e .
munity.
Give Him a Break
Both old and new-school hip-hop An A u stralia n m a n , n ursing a bro ken leg,
and rap artists (including Grammy nom­ b ecam e a m illio n a ire w h e n he picked w in ­
inees Outkast and Ludacris) signed on n in g lo tte ry n u m b ers fro m his hosp ital id e n ­
to perform at the first-ever, three-day tific a tio n bracelet.
Beyond 2002 Super Festival in Miami's
Bicentennial Park. The event features Rent it Today
concerts, rap "battles" and extreme In a C a n ad ian c rim e spree, shop lifters hit
sports demonstrations.
AP Photo/Amy E. Conn AP Photo/Jim Cooper several B lockbuster stores, b u t th e only
item s th e y to o k w e re all 81 copies o f the
Sean C o n n e ry m o vie "F in d in g F o rreste r" and
12 copies o f A d a m S andler's "L ittle N ic k y ."

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What is your favorite new album?
◄ 1. Linkin Park, “In the End”
Singer Joey Ramone, the
front man for the 2. Creed, “Weathered”
Ramones, died at age
49, shortly after being 3. Ja Rule, “Pain is Love”
hospitalized for cancer.
Ramone is considered M y fa v o r ite a lb u m :
one of the the "fathers"
of punk rock.