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Moisés Arellanes Fausto of Montéz De Durango is in stable condition after being shot in the head by unknown assailants in Durango. (via People en Español) Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly named Mexico City as the location of the attack.

Apple has announced iTunes will cut the prices of some songs and remove copy protection (which prevents songs from being copied or moved to different devices) from all of its music. For an extra 30 cents, users can remove copy protection from each of their previously purchased songs.

Watch Lil Wayne rock his reading glasses in a sports debate with ESPN's Skip Bayless.

Barack Obama is reportedly considering CNN and CBS medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.

Jay-Z + Radiohead = Jaydiohead. (via Daily Swarm)

Cuba has opened access to an electronic archive of photographs, letters and manuscripts by writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived on the island for 20 years.

Listen to the official version of "Crack a Bottle," Eminem's new single featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.

President Bush has designated three Pacific island areas (a total of 195,280 square miles) as national monuments to protect them from commercial fishing, calling it the "largest area of protected sea in the world." (via Foreign Policy)