Punk rock pioneer Asheton dies in home (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
CHICAGO -- Punk rock pioneer Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges, was found dead Tuesday in his Michigan home, police said. He was 60.

Stooges guitarist generated raw power (Detroit News)
Ron Asheton's hypnotizing, droning guitar sound helped make classics out of Iggy and the Stooges songs like "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "1969." Asheton was found dead early Tuesday morning at his Ann Arbor home, according to police. No cause of death has been released, although initial reports suggest that it was a heart attack. Asheton, a founding member of the iconic '60s band, was 60.

Stooges Strummer Ron Asheton Found Dead (E! Online)
The Stooges have lost a major source of their Raw Power. Ron Asheton, a founding member of the Iggy Pop-fronted rock band, was found dead Tuesday at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was...

Punk pioneer, Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies in home (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Punk rock pioneer Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges, was found dead Tuesday in his Michigan home, police said.

Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies (Detroit News)
Ron Asheton, whose hypnotizing, droning guitar sound helped make classics out of Iggy and the Stooges songs like "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "1969," was found dead early Tuesday morning at his Ann Arbor home, according to police. No cause of death has been released, although initial reports suggest that it was a heart attack. Asheton, a founding member of the iconic '60s band, was 60.

Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton dies (The West Australian)
Punk rock pioneer Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges, was found dead on Tuesday in his Michigan home, police say. He was 60. Asheton was found on his living room couch after a friend who had not heard from him for several days asked police to check on him.

Coastal Notes (Newport News-Times)
Leon Forrest will be on stage from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, in the Paradise Lounge at Richens at the Beach in Lincoln City. Forrest will play country, rock, folk, blues, you name it.

Family of rock's 'Big Bopper' plans casket auction on eBay (Dallas Morning News)
BEAUMONT – Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime in the next few weeks – almost 50 years after "the day the music died."

The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead at 60 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60.

Macworld Live Blog: Apple to Lift Copy Limits on iTunes Music (New York Times)
I’m reporting from the keynote speech by Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. We’ll keep updating this post for the duration of the speech, with the latest news at the top. Time stamps are New York time.