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Down for the count?

2. For anyone who thought MTV’s Video Music Awards were down for the count, no longer relevant to the network some accuse of forsaking the video format - think again.

Tonight's show is going to be a “one-of-a-kind, must-see, one-night-only event,” MTV President Christina Norman told the Daily News. It will air live at 9 p.m. from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, featuring a huge array of performances.

Here’s how it's going to work. MTV is taking over the Palms, setting up in the Pearl Concert Theater, transforming the Rain nightclub to rock out and planting performers in decked-out suites in the Fantasy tower. “Foo Fighters have a suite, Fall Out Boy has a suite, Timbaland has a suite and Kanye’s going to have a suite,” said Norman. “And we’ve invited them to bring special guests, friends, and just jam in there all night. The best part about it is that the fans can visit the suites whenever they want to online.”

That means the bands will keeping rocking even when the main show’s cameras stop rolling.

- MTV brings Video Music Awards to Las Vegas, NYDailyNews.com, September 9, 2007.

3. Conservatives face difficult times in today’s political world and ever-shifting culture, but they will live to fight another day, concluded four scholars at a book forum Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

At the event, “The ‘Right’ Books: The Past, Present, and Future of Conservatism,” authors Donald Critchlow, Jacob Heilbrunn, Mark Smith, and John Samples praised the lifetime work of conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr., who died last week, Feb. 27, at the age of 82.