LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Phil Spector's Los Angeles retrial -- on charges he fatally shot actress Lana Clarkson -- painted him as a serial abuser in opening statements.

NASHVILLE, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Kenny Chesney, George Strait and Sugarland have agreed to perform at "The 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards" in Nashville, ABC said Monday.

LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in the murder retrial of Phil Spector plan to add to their witness list a woman who says the music producer threatened her with a gun, records show.

NASHVILLE, June 9 (UPI) -- Organizers estimate tens of thousands of country music fans attended Nashville's CMA Music Festival, which ran from last Wednesday through Sunday.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Country star Alan Jackson's wife Denise Jackson is surprised at the success of her book about their life in Nashville and their native Georgia.

LOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied a request by Phil Spector's defense to dismiss or reduce charges against Spector in an actress' death.

LOS ANGELES, June 5 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles coroner, after four days of cross-examination, maintained his conclusion that the death of an actress in Phil Spector's home was a homicide. Attorneys for the music producer charged in the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson tried to discred

LONDON, May 30 (UPI) -- Britain's most prestigious private school has rejected a call for its help in running London's city academies.

LOS ANGELES, May 29 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles coroner who examined the body of Lana Clarkson told the jury in the trial of Phil Spector that the actress died at the hand of another.