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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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The 25 best country songs of all time (+video)
Check out Country Music Television's rankings of the best country music songs ever released.
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9 musicians who have broken into the literary world
Here are nine other musicians who have published novels, short stories, poetry, and children’s books.
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Super Bowl 2013: The 7 best halftime shows of all time
For Super Bowl 2013, Beyonce will have some big shoes to fill. Here are the 7 all-time best halftime shows from past games.
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The 25 best musicians of the Rock era
Who took the top slots for the best artists in the Rock-and-Roll era? Check out the full list.
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Hound Dog
The story of two blues-crazed teens who became one of the best songwriting teams of the 20th century.
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Outpouring over Michael Jackson unlike anything since Princess Di
Nostalgia for a musical prodigy seemed to trump the pop star's dark side, as albums sold out and fans swamped social media with tributes.
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Opinion: Graduation calls for Alice Cooper, not old marching tunes
Pomp and circumstance is so 1901. Here's a better song list.
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Eurovision diplomacy: Israeli Arab-Jew duo hope to show that peace is possible – at least on a stage
Israel's image abroad is a bit tattered. Can Eurovision come to the rescue?
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'Pirate Bay' founders convicted by Swedish court
The four founders of the file-sharing website say they will appeal the jail sentence and fines. The site remains active.
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If we won't kowtow to China, can we at least be nice?
The Monitor's language columnist looks at a term with a sensitive history in East-West relations.
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Britons rally to save red phone booths
In the age of the cellphone, the beloved kiosks find new significance as a cultural icon.
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Microsoft's Songsmith a YouTube hit machine
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Opinion: How to warm US-Russia relations
The US should drop its schoolmarmish attitude and cooperate.
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For kids: School of rock 'n' roll
Music lessons at this school include rocking out onstage with a band.
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Horizon highlights – T'was the week before Christmas edition
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DVDs and CDs for the elementary crowd
From fairies to pandas and penguins, with a little Beethoven thrown in, these movies and music will keep children watching again and again ... and again.
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Best nonfiction books of 2008
The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best nonfiction books of 2008.
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Jazz in the spotlight
Some old-timers impress with their strengths and some one-of-a-kind talents display growing versatility.
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John Lennon: The Life
Philip Norman's new bio of John Lennon is a winner.
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Beatles, video game maker: We can work it out
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Reporters on the Job
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Beatlemania grips Israel, four decades late
In 1964, Israeli officials shunned the Beatles, embarrassing the nation. When Sir Paul McCartney takes a Tel Aviv stage Thursday, he'll relieve Israel of 44 years of cultural baggage.
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Reporters on the Job
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Why won't Sarah Palin talk to the press?
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Goodbye Raffi, hello hipster!
Kid's music gets a rock 'n' roll makeover that soothes adults.
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McCain and Obama - a tale of five (well, four) polls
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Noteworthy: The best in recent kids' CDs
From Brian Setzer's orchestral fun with classical music clichés to a Parents' Choice Award winner by Dr. Noize, these albums will delight young ears.
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Noteworthy: A roundup of recent pop releases
Neil Diamond sheds the schmaltz; Lenny Kravitz – inspired throwback or tired mimic?; Madonna delivers on dance; Santogold's belated debut.
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Quinceañera costs rising, Mexico City hosts a free party
Some 300 girls shared in one rite-of-passage party Saturday, which donors made possible.
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