Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2003 with 121 to follow.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- As the U.S. population ages, a potentially deadly condition known as an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which largely is the result of aging, is bound to grow more prevalent.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that singer James Brown, actress Carol Burnett, singer Loretta Lynn, director Mike Nichols

NASHVILLE, May 22 (UPI) -- Jeff Bates' story is the reason people chase dreams.

Eddy Arnold's No. 1 single "One Kiss Too Many" is charted, 1949. Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias' "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" single goes gold, 1984.

Singer-songwriter Beck says he will start his latest summer tour in the suburbs of the nation's capital in late May.

Norah Jones fans who came to the uptown New York club Makor Wednesday to see her guitarist Adam Levy play with his band got a very pleasant surprise when the singer herself stepped up to the mike.

Doctors in Nashville say Johnny Cash has been released from a local hospital after yet another bout with an infection.

The New York Post reports the Dixie Chicks are upset by hate mail and threats from right-wingers who are agitated by Natalie Maines' observations about the invasion of Iraq. Page Six reports the group members believe they're in danger of bodily harm.