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Paul McCartney Regrets Marrying Heather Mills

Sir Paul McCartney has branded his marriage to Heather Mills one of the worst mistakes of the decade — and his life.

The Beatles legend wed the former British glamour model in 2002, but the couple separated in 2006, leading to a very public divorce battle. Poor Paul was forced to fork over $38.9 million of [...]

Eminem Top-Selling Artist Of The Decade; The Beatles Land Best-Selling Album

Eminem has scored the coveted title of Top-Selling Artist of the Decade after 32.2 million copies of his controversial albums between Jan. 2000 and Nov. 1, 2009, according to a ranking from Nielsen SoundScan. Em’s overall album sales can be largely attributed to both 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002’s The Eminem Show.

Em was [...]

Help Us Shape The Most Important Shows of The Decade List!

Help Us Shape The Most Important Shows of The Decade List!

As the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, JamBase is putting together a list of the most significant
musical events that have transpired over the past 10 years. And we need your help! While we have some clear ideas
about what our forthcoming Ten Most Important Live Events of the Decade list will contain, we also know
there’s a slew of great candidates out there, and we want you to chime in. Our comments section will be a virtual
roundtable to throw out ideas, support and comment on other’s suggestions, and generally help shape the list JamBase
will publish in late December. We’re resisting the urge to make ANY suggestions to avoid influencing what comes in.
The slate is blank and we heartily look forward to seeing how you folks fill it!

Please use the Comments Section below to share your ideas!


Next decade will be decade of infrastructure:Nath

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath today said the next spurt in economic growth is going to come from the infrastructure sector, particularly roads and highways.
“After the decade of Information Technology, the next decade of India will be the decade of Infrastructure. Within infrastructure, the road sector, which is already immense [...]

Level of Disagreement Among Economists About Inflation Highest in a Decade

As the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco notes in a letter published October 5, the disagreement among economists about the possibility of inflation in the long-term is higher than it has been in the past decade: Figure 1 Disagreement about the…

“This Is The First Decade On Record Where Household Income Has Declined”

As Illinois state treasurer of Illinois Alexi Giannoulias notes:Last week, the Census Bureau’s annual report on income, poverty and health insurance, revealed that in the last decade, media household income has actually fallen. The Census Bureau has b…

Mexico to destroy more than 79,000 weapons seized over a decade ago

The Mexican army and prosecutors say they have started destroying 79,074 firearms seized more than a decade ago, but will hold on to tens of thousands more weapons seized during the current offensive against drug cartels. The firearms being destroyed have all been held at government

Turkmen-Azerbaijani dispute latest Nabucco challenge

The unexpected renewal of the Turkmen-Azerbaijani dispute over three hydrocarbon fields in is the latest setback to the EU Nabucco pipeline project, says RFE. An argument over ownership of the Caspian fields had soured Turkmen-Azerbaijani relations for more than a decade. But over the last two years, representatives of the two countries – prodded by EU and U.S. officials – had been meeting regularly, reviving hopes that Nabucco could be realized.

Chris Kyle: Burning Up at My Bachelor Party

For goodness sakes, if my grandfathers could survive World War II, surely I can survive my bachelor party.

Artificial brain ‘could be built within a decade’

A leading scientist has claimed that an artificial brain could be built within a decade.
Henry Makram, director of research group the Blue Brain Project, has already created parts of a fully functioning rat brain and hopes to build a human one in the next 10 years.
He told the TED Global conference in Oxford that a [...]