Former U.S. President Carter wins Grammy Award
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Jimmy Carter became the second  former U.S. president to win a Grammy Award when he was honored  in the spoken-word category on Sunday for the audio-book  version of his bestseller "Our Endangered Values: America's  Moral Crisis."
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A change of heart by the State Department wasnât in time for Amy Winehouse, the British singer, to make the trip to Sundayâs Grammy Awards.
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"You know it's been 43 years since the first and only time that a jazz artist got the album of the year award. I'd like to thank the academy for courageously breaking the mold this time. Â Herbie Hancock, on winning a Grammy Award for "River: The Joni Letters."
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Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never go, go, go a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit Rehab via satellite from London.
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WASHINGTON - Former President Carter says despite changes designed to eliminate voting problems in Florida, where the disputed 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred votes, conditions for a fair election in that state still don&#39;t exist.
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Ray Charles' posthumous duets album won six prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, boosting its prospects of winning the top categories during the televised portion of the event scheduled to be held later in the day.
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Led Zeppelin and  Janis Joplin--who amazingly never won a competitive   Grammy--lead the list of recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement   Grammys, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.
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Chicago native Kanye West swept the Grammy categories Tuesday, receiving 10 nominations for his work this year as a rapper, producer and songwriter.
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Influential rock bands The Doors  and the Grateful Dead will receive lifetime achievement Grammy  Awards next year, along with jazz saxophone player Ornette  Coleman and the late opera singer Maria Callas, organizers said  on Tuesday.
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As he approaches 80, Jimmy Carter could be enjoying retirement &#151; teaching Sunday school, relaxing with family and reflecting on a life that's taken him from the peanut fields of Plains, Ga., to the White House and back. Instead, Carter continues to use his status as a former president to promote peace, health and voting initiatives across the globe at a sometimes startling pace for his age.
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For perhaps the first time, two Las Vegas-raised bands have been nominated for Grammy awards on the same day. On Tuesday, &quot;Hot Fuss,&quot; the debut album by the Las Vegas group the Killers, was nominated for best rock album.
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Vince Carter has to listen to his favorite tunes on his own time.
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Rapper-producer Kanye West capped off a breakthrough year by grabbing 10 Grammy nominations when the nominees for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards were announced on Tuesday, December 7th.
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Former "American Idol" champion  Carrie Underwood was named best new artist at the Grammy Awards  on Sunday, further enhancing the star-making power of the smash  hit TV talent show.
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Former President Jimmy Carter welcomed Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards to Georgia on Wednesday, embracing the fellow Southerner as kindred spirit on poverty and the environment.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige was the  top winner at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on  Monday, taking home nine prizes, while "American Idol" champion  Carrie Underwood was honored for album of the year.
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The Dixie Chicks , Mary J. Blige and the Red Hot Chili Peppers won multiple honors on Sunday at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.