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  • Associated Press Finance

    Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl's popularity wave

    Special LP releases, live performances and at least one giant block party are scheduled around the U.S. Saturday as hundreds of shops celebrate Record Store Day during a surge of interest in vinyl and the day after the release of Taylor Swift's latest album. There were no announced Record Store Day specials for the arrival of Swift's “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday, but her fans always anxiously look forward to the new albums and accompanying collectible LPs. In suburban strip malls and big city downtowns, indie record stores are often the first to recognize and promote emerging artists.

  • Associated Press Finance

    A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion

    As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. Mabil, who lived in Jackson with his wife, went missing in broad daylight on March 25 after going for a walk on a trail connecting the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum with other city landmarks. Bul Mabil said he is dissatisfied with the way authorities have handled the case.

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-Tesla's Elon Musk postpones India trip, sources say

    Tesla chief Elon Musk has postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and announce plans to enter the South Asian market, three people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. Reuters could not immediately determine why Musk postponed the trip. Tesla and Modi's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.