LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Pop and rock music legends bested their younger chart-topping competition on the concert trail in 2012, according to data released by trade publication Pollstar. Pop matriarch Madonna, 54, led all competition, grossing some $296.1m in ticket sales in her 88-show world tour. ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US Army will effectively end within two years the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to serve beyond their enlistment date, in a break with the former Bush administration. A stretched military had relied on the "stop-loss" provision to field troops for ...






