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Last of FAMU hazing suspects to appear in court

The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual has a date in court.Darryl Cearnel has an arraignment Tuesday in state court in Orlando. Full story

Exercising Mind, Body, Spirit

Drums, Luzerne County- "Last summer my mom passed away and I just found myself reevaluating my life, and I found that the only thing I wanted to do that really kept me sane was my yoga practice," says Maya Kowalcyk. Maya turned to yoga in a time of tragedy. The former high school English teacher is Full story

Blue Mass honors fallen officers

About 70 people gathered inside the Church of St. Andrew in Newtown Township awaiting the procession of officers while bagpipes and drums echoed outside. Full story

Former roommate pleads 'no contest' in Florida band hazing death

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A former roommate who insisted he tried to protect a Florida college drum major from a fatal hazing ritual in 2011 accepted a plea deal on Friday to avoid facing worse charges at a trial that had been set for next week. Full story

Police pipe band visits the plaza

   NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums band visited the TODAY plaza to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and play songs for the crowd. “We’re the oldest and largest police pipe band in the United States,” bandmaster Sgt. Brian Coughlan told TODAY’s Lester Holt and Erica Hill.

Baby-naming contest revealed to be hoax

   A woman who claimed last week that she won a $5,000 Internet contest to let online voters choose her baby’s name appears to have been pulling a hoax. TODAY and other programs covered the story, but the website’s owner now says they hired the woman, who is a professional actress, to make the false cl

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Musician Tito Puente Jr plays the drum while performing with his band at the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival at Pigeon Island National Landmark May 11, 2013. Picture taken May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva (ST LUCIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Musician Tito Puente, Jr plays the drum while performing with his band at the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival at Pigeon Island National Landmark
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German Chancellor Merkel tries to play a drum after she attended a performance at the Johann-Gottfried-Herder secondary school in Berlin
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