Hot Breaking News about 2012 Jazz Fest to include Eagles Tom Petty John Mayer host of Louisiana acts

The headliners range from Tom Petty and Al Green to Foofighters and Ne-Yo.

Mission Bay businesses say they want a postponed summer music festival to continue but not in its current form. Last week Jazz and Blues Streetfest organisers announced the annual event wouldn't go ahead in 2012 because of ongoing court action by the

(The Jazz Fest's full lineup is listed here.) However, obviously, getting someone off that list is going to be a lot more difficult. That said, SunFest had both Rodrigo y Gabriela and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals on a list of artists they floated on

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Eagles, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, the Foo Fighters and John Mayer are among the headliners to perform at next year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. It will be the first year the Eagles and Tom Petty play Jazz Fest,

First: the schedule for the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival goes online at midnight (we'll have it here on Blog of New Orleans). The dates of this year's Jazz Fest are Apr. 27-May 6, 2012. So check back here at midnight CST for the scoop.

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Hot Breaking News about Derek Jeters Parting Gifts

By DANIEL BARBARISI In the first moments after the Yankees' season ended, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada stood at their lockers in the far side of the cavernous Yankee clubhouse, each surrounded by a horde of media. As they've done routinely for more

By DANIEL BARBARISI In the first moments after the Yankees' season ended, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada stood at their lockers in the far side of the cavernous Yankee clubhouse, each surrounded by a horde of media. As they've done routinely for more

Katie Couric's a single woman, Derek Jeter needs to work on not being an awful cad, and Mitt Romney and Chris Christie had a very big night last night.

Today: Katie Couric's a single woman, Derek Jeter needs to work on not being an awful cad, and Mitt Romney and Chris Christie had a very big night last night. Katie Couric has apparently said good luck and goodbye to Brooks Perlin, her "boy-toy

AP NEW YORK — A ball that Derek Jeter fouled off during the at-bat that produced his 3000th hit is up for auction by Lelands.com. Want to get the scoop on everything in pinstripes? ESPNNewYork.com has you covered. Blog Jeter homered in the third

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Hot Breaking News about New planet similar to Earth discovered How far is 600 light years away

Such a planet might scoop up gas and dust to build an atmosphere, which it could lose as it moves closer to its sun. Thus it could shift from a gas planet to a terrestrial planet. Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets, all of them Jupiter-size

A new planet discovered by NASA is the right distance from its sun to have water and possibly, life, the agency has announced. The planet, called K

New Planet Kepler-22b Might be Earth's Twin. NASA Ames Research Center scientists announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, a new planet that just might be earth's twin. Located approximately 600-light-years away from

Some stars in our galaxy could harbour planets with thick layers of diamond in their mantles. They may sound like prime real estate but new lab experiments sugg.

LOS ANGELES — New views of the massive asteroid Vesta reveal it is more like a planet than an asteroid, scientists said Monday. Since slipping into orbit around Vesta in July, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has beamed back stunning images of the second

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Hot Breaking News about Bears Not Interested In Favre

Brett Favre Would Answer The Phone If The Bears Called, According To Lamest Scoop Ever Brace yourselves. ESPN is all over this one: The Bears haven't contacted the 42-year-old Favre, who has spent a good portion of his

A bloodied but smiling figure emerged. "Hello, Martz," the figure grinned. "I've been expecting you." "He-hello, Brett. We need to have a talk." The rest will become history. BRETT FAVRE WILL NOT DIE! HE WILL NEVER DIE! ESPN WON'T LET HIM!

RealSkipBayless Seriously, would Texans have better chance of getting to Super Bowl w/ rookie TJ Yates or Brett Favre at 41? Not even close. Favre. VictorOchoDiaz Getting a kick hearing @ESPN_FirstTake guys urging Houston Texans to sign Brett Favre.

Poor Brett Favre. For almost three whole months his name was never floated in connection with some team in need of a 42-year-old gunslinger. But Jay Cutler's broken thumb provided a potential opening for a quarterback in

Brett Favre Would Answer The Phone If The Bears Called, According To Lamest Scoop Ever Brace yourselves. ESPN is all over this one: The Bears haven't contacted the 42-year-old Favre, who has spent a good portion of his

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Hot Breaking News about NASA New planet just about right for life

NASA has found a new planet outside our solar system that's eerily similar to Earth in key aspects.

new planet discovery. new planet discovery. Yet the second we discover that there might can be found another spot out there whoever average temperature is actually 72 levels, we get all excited that it's “another Earth.Inches We don't also

NASA announced Monday the discovery of Kepler-22b, the first planet the Kepler spacecraft has discovered in the habitable zone, an area with a distance from a star where temperatures will permit the existence of liquid

Such a planet might scoop up gas and dust to build an atmosphere, which it could lose as it moves closer to its sun. Thus it could shift from a gas planet to a terrestrial planet. Astronomers have found 18 new alien planets, all of them Jupiter-size

New Planet Kepler-22b Might be Earth's Twin. NASA Ames Research Center scientists announced the discovery of Kepler-22b, a new planet that just might be earth's twin. Located approximately 600-light-years away from

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