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Ralph Stanley 87, is a Virginia-bred bluegrass icon whose music has influenced a flood of successful musicians over the years, but his brand seems to be losing fans and record sales to younger, sure-fire country hit makers: the formulaic mashups. (Associated Press)

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Former Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad, left, listens while his wife Tammy, right, responds to a question during a news conference where he told about his ordeal of swimming nine miles to shore after he fell off his boat while fishing last week off the South Florida coast, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Plantation, Fla. Konrad fell off his 36-foot-boat while fishing alone. The boat was on auto pilot and floated away. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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FILE - This Oct. 5, 2009 file photo shows Joan Rivers posing as she presents "Comedy Roast with Joan Rivers " during the 25th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. The New York City clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure is losing its federal accreditation. The federal Centers for Medicare Services says Yorkville Endoscopy no longer meets the conditions to be a supplier of ambulatory surgical center services. Rivers died Sept. 4 at age 81. The city's medical examiner found she died of brain damage due to lack of oxygen after she stopped breathing during an endoscopy days earlier. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

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Emergency personnel watch as fireworks ignite at the scene of a fiery crash that closed both sides of Interstate 90, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, between mile markers 88 and 92 in eastern Kalamazoo County, near Galesburg, Mich. State police say at least one person has died in the series of crashes involving roughly 150 vehicles, including at least two semi-trucks carrying fireworks and other hazardous materials. Authorities are blaming snow, wind and poor visibility in the crash. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Mark Bugnaski) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT

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Armed securtiy forces fly overhead in a military helicopter in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, Friday Jan. 9, 2015. French security forces swarmed this small industrial town northeast of Paris Friday in an operation to capture a pair of heavily armed suspects in the deadly storming of a satirical newspaper. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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People are evacuated outside the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office, in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Masked gunmen stormed the offices of a French satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing at least 11 people before escaping, police and a witness said. The weekly has previously drawn condemnation from Muslims. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A pedestrian walks past stuck city buses during a heavy snowstorm in the District. Slick roadways restricted the movement of Metro busses Tuesday, with drivers sticking to snow routes that included mostly major arteries. (Associated Press)

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This June 26, 2007 file photo shows a sign depicting U.S. Forest mascot Smokey Bear on a fire danger sign in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., as smoke from a wildfire rises behind it. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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Riverside County firefighters reportedly spent two hours Saturday morning rescuing a naked woman who had gotten stuck in her ex-boyfriend's chimney. (Twitter/Riverside County Fire Department/Jared Hazelaar)

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Like all Volvos, the 2015 Volvo S60 is all about style, luxury and the art of being. Volvo has put much attention into constant consumer safety, and in this S60 it is no different. The Volvo S60 has received excellent crash test scores, but even better you still get a strong engine and quality design. (Photo by Rita Cook)

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National Edition News cover for January 4, 2015 - 700 miles of U.S.-Mexico border still insecure, congressional investigators say: In this Sept. 5, 2014 photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent pears out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight near the Texas-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Since illegal immigration spiked in the Rio Grande Valley this summer, the Border Patrol has dispatched more agents, the Texas Department of Public Safety has sent more troopers and Texas Gov. Rick Perry deployed as many as 1,000 guardsmen to the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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National Edition News cover for January 3, 2015 - FEMA paid storm bills for privately insured: A parked car is surrounded by the ruins of a house north of Port Charlotte, Fla., early Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, after Hurricane Charley moved through the area Friday. (AP Photo/J.Pat Carter)

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A new watchdog report unearthed that FEMA officials have been aware of hurricane insurance discrepancies as far back as 2010 but continued to pay for bogus claims.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical workers stand outside the emergency ward of the No. 1 People's Hospital of Shanghai after a stampede caused casualties among people who took part in New Year's celebrations in Shanghai, early on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. The report says the death and injuries occurred at the city's riverfront Bund area, which can be jammed with spectators for major events. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Ting) NO SALES

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In this image released by the Italian Navy, smoke billows from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. Fighting high winds and stormy seas, helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated the last of hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania. (AP Photo/Italian Navy, ho)

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2. Crazy by Patsy Cline - Country singer and recording star Patsy Cline is shown in this undated photo. Patsy Cline died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963. (AP Photo)