A new book written by author Hank Bordowitz reveals the lows singer Billy Joel sunk to over the years in a fight with depression and alcoholism. Joel reportedly drank furniture polish in a suicide attempt.

The woman responsible for setting off major fashion and musical trends in the early and mid-1980s is releasing a new acoustic album entitled, "The Body Acoustic. "The Body Acoustic will be released on Daylight/Epic Records on November 8th. The CD revisits songs like "Time After Time," "True Colors," "She Bop," "Shine," and more giving them a modern day extreme makeover.

The woman responsible for setting off major fashion and musical trends in the early and mid-1980s is releasing a new acoustic album entitled, "The Body Acoustic. "The Body Acoustic will be released on Daylight/Epic Records on November 8th. The CD revisits songs like "Time After Time," "True Colors," "She Bop," "Shine," and more giving them a modern day extreme makeover.

A judge overturned the expulsion a 14-year-old dismissed by the Pittsburgh school district in May for writing violent, profane rap lyrics. The court says the songs weren't "true threats" against the school, and therefore were protected by the First Amendment.

The authoritarian president of Turkmenistan has ordered a ban on lip synching performances across the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, citing "a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art," his office says Tuesday. President Saparmurat has outlawed opera and ballet and railed against long hair and gold teeth in the past, reports The Associated Press.