Billboard.com -- Backstreet Boys At Work On New Album, Solo Discs (Billboard.com)
Backstreet Boys Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean are continuing to work on their first solo projects even as the group has started work on its sixth studio album.

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Lexar Releases FIPS Validated JumpDrive Solo USB Drive (I4U)
Lexar has introduced the latest flash drive in its JumpDrive line. The drive is called the JumpDrive Solo Vault with FIPS Validation. The FIPS validation certifies that the drive meets the requirements of the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 L...

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Local musician Andy Noyes releases first solo album (The Ashland Daily Press)
By DAN SATRAN JR. The County Journal Like the Crosby, Stills, and Nash refrain, it's been a long time coming: the first solo CD by Washburn guitarist and vocalist Andy Noyes.

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Solo show returns (The News & Observer)
Katja Hill's job frustrations in "Cornucopia of Me" may have come to a happy end with her gig as associate managing director of Durham's Manbites Dog Theater. But her solo show is still sadly relevant.

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