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Mindy McCready (Photo: Frederick Breedon IV)More news has emerged regarding troubled country star Mindy McCready’s latest saga, which as of Thursday had her committed to rehab and her children removed from her home. A petition filed by McCready’s father has revealed serious issues in the singer’s life, including alcohol and prescription drug abuse, as well as erratic behavior.

According to a report from E!, who exclusively obtained the file, Tim McCready attested that his daughter had taken to her bed since the death of her boyfriend, David Wilson, last month. “Sleeps all day,” he reported. “Drinks all night and is taking Rx drugs.”

Furthermore, McCready’s dad detailed that his daughter is refusing to bathe, was not taking care of her two young sons, and is acting violently. “Screams about everything,” he recorded. “Trying to hit father. Is not making any sense of any conversations with anyone.”

The elder McCready also noted that Mindy is “very verbally abusive” to her older son, Zander, who is only 6 years old.

The judge in the case responded to this by ordering admission to an inpatient facility for up to three weeks, stating: “There is cause to find there is clear and convincing evidence that Respondent is in imminent danger of harm to herself or others, suicidal or gravely disabled."

February has arrived and it brings depression, loneliness and heartbreak with it. Valentine's Day is a cute and playful time for the lucky ones. (myself included -- I found my lovely wife 13 years ago), but I can still remember the pains of a broken heart. And although the memories of lost love seem so trivial today, at the time heartbreak seriously sucked. But it's true; everyone should have their heart broken at least once in their lifetime.

It builds character and forces you look closer at your potential mate the next time around.

So as we celebrate Valentine's Day this month, let's remember the sniveling masses that have been screwed over, dumped or otherwise had their hearts ripped out. I know that aying, "you'll get over it" doesn't help much, but trust me, it's true.

I've created this playlist especially for the broken-hearted. These are some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful tracks ever recorded, and they will help you take your self pity to places not previously known to mankind (or womankind).

Sometimes it's best to embrace the pain, wallow in your own emotional destruction and consume as much chocolate and alcohol as your body can take.

The other day a press release showed up in my inbox that I thought was huge news. Black Flag was reuniting! I opened the email and read it eagerly.

Well, it wasn't as good as it sounded. Although the reunion includes original members of the band it does not include Henry Rollins. No offense against the band's second vocalist, Ron Reyes, but most of us aren't interested in Black Flag without Henry Rollins. It's like the Beatles without John Lennon or The Rolling Stones without Mick Jagger.

So while the press release was nothing to get excited about it did inspire me to do this Black Flag Valentine's Day playlist. To qualify for the list there were only two prerequisites.

1. It had to be a Black Flag song.

2. The song title needed to work on a candy conversation  heart.

How I wish someone would make these and package them in a box with the Black Flag logo on the front. I'd buy a 1000 of them and keep them all for myself.

Happy Valentine's Day punks!

Last night, "American Idol" headed to Hollywood, but there was a twist this season: The boys and the girls were separated into two different categories, and only the male contestants performed this week. (Viewers won't get a chance to see the female Hollywood Week contestants perform until next Wednesday.) Another twist? The contestants weren't allowed to choose their teams for last night's group round, nor were they allowed to switch groups. My "The Day After" co-host Matt Whitfield and I weren't really feeling these format changes, and we have a hunch that many other "Idol" diehards out there were similarly disgruntled.

Equally disgruntling was the fact that so many of last night's boys had never had their initial auditions shown (a real editing disconnect, right there), and that many of last night's boys seemed to have poorer memory retention than a "Don't Forget The Lyrics" flunky. Simon Cowell would've never tolerated such amateur-hour antics (lyric-flubbing was always his biggest pet peeve on "Idol"), yet the NEW judges bizarrely put through many contestants who didn't even seem capable of recalling all the words to "Happy Birthday."

By Rachel Hoffman | omg!

Rock music is making its big return! The genre has been overlooked at the Grammys for the past two decades, but, this year, rock is fighting back and dominating the Album Of The Year category. The Black Keys, fun., Jack White, and Mumford & Sons, are leading the race for Grammy gold! You wouldn’t believe how long it’s been since there were this many rock bands in that category!

Check out the vid to hear the surprising deets about the genre’s Grammy comeback!

The 2008 race for the Democratic presidential nomination between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton was one for the history books. Now, their spouses are engaged in a contest that is similarly close, if perhaps a tad less consequential. Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton are competing for Best Spoken Word Album at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Obama is nominated for American Grown; Clinton for Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy. Both are books-on-tape released by Random House Audio.

This would be Bill Clinton’s second Grammy. He won for 2004’s My Life. This would put him in a tie with Barack Obama for most Grammys by a U.S. President. Obama won for 2005’s Dreams From My Father and 2007’s The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream. (The obvious difference: Obama won both of his Grammys before he became President. Clinton won his first after he left the White House.)