Teenager Melanie Oudin won her two singles matches to lead the USA to a 4-1 victory against host France on Sunday.

DIY maven Todd P is heading to Monterrey, Mexico to host a music festival at a drive-in movie theater on the side of a mountain (pictured). As previously reported , MtyMx: All Ages Festival of Art and Music overlaps with SXSW on Saturday, March 20, and runs through Monday, March 22. It promises up to 25 bands per day, and the line-up is already looking quite impressive. They've got: No Age ...

Photo by Frank Lyon Congratulations, MGMT ! You released a hit album, got nominated for a couple Grammys, and became international style icons. What are you going to do now? Why, as Spin reports , you're going to release a new record April 13 on Columbia ! And it's called Congratulations ! As previously reported , Spacemen 3's Peter "Sonic Boom" Kember produced the album, while Jennifer Herrema ...

REYNOSA At least six people were killed amid a barrage of grenade blasts and gunfire in a residential neighborhood on the citys southwest fringe early Monday morning, officials said. The bloody confrontation between Mexican army soldiers and...

rocky trading session on Wall Street that saw the blue-chip index close below 10,000 for the first time since early November. Shares of the home improvement retailer traded higher after a Morgan Stanl...

When splenetic backpack-rapper and slam poet Sage Francis recruited Will Oldham to appear on his 2005 song "Sea Lion", it was borderline shocking. Even though they tended to play the same venues, indie rappers and indie rock bands didn 't have a lot to do with each other. Since then, the two worlds have moved ever closer to one another. And on May 11, Anti- will release Li(f)e , an entire album ...

Well, it's that time. Last year, Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted gun ownership . This morning, he'll be formally sentenced to a year in prison, based on a deal he struck with Manhattan prosecutors. After he officially enters his guilty plea this morning, he's expected to turn himself in and immediately begin his prison term, as MTV explains . That MTV piece explains what could face Wayne ...

Most of the universe knows Graham Nash primarily as the former frontman of the British Invasion band the Hollies or as the least famous member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. But the freak-folk scene, a scene that loves to pay respects to forgotten forbears, is about to bestow tribute-album shine upon Songs for Beginners , Nash's 1971 solo debut. On May 25, Grassroots will release the tribute ...

In spite of being a two-time world champion with an unbeaten record of 26-0, with all victories coming under the limit, many questions still remained about the legitimacy of Edwin Valeros power punching ability and overall boxing skill.

F-LO: It turned out that Valero did beat DeMarco. It also turned out that not one camp was wrong, but both.

Photo by Paige Parsons MP3:> Erykah Badu: "Window Seat" On March 30, Universal Motown will release New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh , the new album from Erykah Badu . Last week, Badu posted "Jump Up in the Air and Stay There" , a web-only bonus track, on her website. And this weekend, Badu posted the first piece of music we've heard from the album proper to her Twitter . "Window Seat ...

In front of nearly 8,000 mainly hostile fight fans, lightweight king Edwin Inca Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) of Merida, Venezuela, kept his WBC lightweight crown, as well as his KO streak, intact as he stopped former interim WBC champ Antonio Tony DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico in a much-anticipated 12-round championship fight .

Corinthians have big ambitions for 2010. There is so much interest in their season, and with that, the inevitable hyperbole follows. To my mind, the big question for Timao (Big Team) is one that has faced them before whether they can gel as a team.

Photo by Michael Alan Goldberg You know who tours a lot? Mastodon . Mastodon tours a lot . Last year, they followed Crack the Skye with a European tour opening for Metallica , as well as a North American trek with Kylesa and Intronaut , then another with Converge, High on Fire, and animated death- metallers Dethklok . You'd think all that work would earn them a nice, long break, but no. At the ...

Miami Dade College Provost Rolando Montoya, Ed.D, has been named to the board of directors of Bank of Florida - Southeast, a $547 million-asset bank with six financial centers in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Lowe's Companies, Inc., the worlds second-largest home improvement retailer, announced today the opening of the first stores in Monterrey, Mexico as part of its international growth strategy.

MEXICO CITY (AP) Omar Bravo and Javier Hernandez scored second half goals as Chivas beat Queretaro 2-0 on Sunday to equal their best tournament start in club history.

CLEARFIELD A Utah company famous for its outdoor products like storage sheds, folding tables and basketball hoops is...

Once again WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero won by knockout. This time, in the second defense of his green and gold belt, he dispatched interim champion Antonio DeMarco in the ninth round on Saturday night at the Arena Monterrey.

Florida State announced yesterday it will vacate 12 football wins and a 2007 mens track national championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more victories and placings across 10 mens and womens sports.

Mexican export-assembly factories expect production to recover next year to levels achieved before the global financial crisis, according to the Mexican National Maquiladora Association.

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican mining and railway company Grupo Mexico SAB (GMEXICO.MX) said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Kansas City Southern de Mexico, or KCSM, on interconnection and...

REYNOSA At least six people were killed amid a barrage of grenade blasts and gunfire in a residential neighborhood on the citys southwest fringe early Monday morning, officials said.

This year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival takes place June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee. Many bands will play this festival. But instead of just putting them all on a handy .jpg and letting it ride, the folks at Bonnaroo are turning the unveiling into an all-day online event. Head over to the Bonnaroo website and MySpace , where they're announcing the line-up from noon to 9 p.m. Eastern time ...

Retail chain rallies after Morgan Stanley boosts rating. Rival Lowe's keeps pace after opening first stores in Mexico.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican entrepreneur is luring U.S. drug addicts to plush rehabilitation centers south of the border, even as shoddier Mexican clinics earn a reputation for attracting cartel shootouts.