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From the beginning, Thumbscrew has had a thing for off-kilter rhythms and shifting accents. This new album is filled with idiosyncratic tunes — music befitting of the idiosyncratic band.

The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Democrats' push to pass the bill comes while they still control both chambers of Congress.

President Obama grants a new round of clemencies to nonviolent drug offenders, pushing the total for his administration past 1,000.

Sinéad O'Connor, the acclaimed Irish singer who had one of the biggest hits of the early '90s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," has died. She was 56.

President Bush faces tough negotiations Sunday, when he's due to meet Vladimir Putin at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Among the topics of discussion will be the impasse on locations for a U.S. missile defense system.

The 2010 Nicki Minaj album Pink Friday brought vibrant new shades to hip-hop.

In 2001, CNN acquired a vast stash of audiotapes from a house in Kandahar that once belonged to Osama bin Laden. The tapes, bin Laden's personal collection, provide a rare glimpse into the minds and lives of al-Qaida militants.

In Chicago, immigrant-rights activists use the Labor Day weekend to campaign for legal status for undocumented workers. They're marching from the city to the western suburbs, for a rally Monday. Chicago Public Radio's Michael Puente reports.