September 3, 2002

'N Sync singer Lance Bass has been asked to leave Russia's cosmonaut training program and will not be the world's third space tourist, a Russian space official said Tuesday. 8:18:28 AM

Labels loosening up on CD copy locks. Even as record stores lobby for CD copy protection, the music industry, leery of consumer backlash and unresolved glitches with the technology, is playing a more somber tune. [CNET News.com] 8:13:03 AM