Apple releases tool to remove free U2 album from iTunes library

NEW YORK (AP) - Some iPhone users are not happy that U2's new album, "Songs of Innocence," was automatically added to their iTunes music library, free of charge. In response, Apple has released a special tool that lets people remove the album from their collections.

U2 played at an Apple event last week that included the unveiling of the iPhone maker's new smartwatch and updated iPhone models. In a surprise move, the Irish rock band performed at the event and put out its 11-song release.

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the new album would be given to the company's 500 million iTunes users. The release showed up in users' iTunes music libraries. The company said Monday that 33 million iTunes account holders have accessed the free album.

But some iTunes users took to Twitter to complain and ask how to remove it. While it was already possible to delete the album, Apple's tool makes it possible in one step.

Miss America brushes off red cup criticism

By WAYNE PARRY/ Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The new Miss America says there are more important things for people to worry about than her little red cup.

That was the message Monday from Kira Kazantsev, of New York, as some social media users panned her use of a plastic cup during the talent portion of Sunday night's pageant finale in Atlantic City.

Kazantsev told The Associated Press she realizes everything she does now will be scrutinized and commented on. But she says she performed Pharrell Williams' "Happy" while tapping a cup on the floor because that's what she wanted to do, regardless of what anyone else might think.

"There are so many more important issues in this world that people should be worried about than my plastic cup," she said Monday morning after taking the traditional dip in the Atlantic City surf the morning after winning the crown. "However, as Miss America, everything I do is scrutinized and I understand that. That's part of the job.

"I hope people understand that's just part of who I am, and I wanted to present myself that way I wanted to," she said.

Her pageant causes include eliminating sexual assaults in the military, and preventing domestic violence. The Hofstra University graduate plans to attend law school with the $50,000 scholarship she won in the pageant.

Kazantsev said her talent portion was inspired by the 2012 movie "Pitch Perfect," in which Anna Kendrick's character auditions for an a cappella group by performing rhythmically with a cup.

Bathed in midmorning sunshine Monday on the Atlantic City beach, Kazantsev filmed a number of video promos in which she asked fans to follower her on sites including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Yet those sites continued to send forth disapproval from many users over her choice of material for the talent portion, with many users deriding it as lightweight and silly.

Some social media users were even more virulently critical of last year's winner, Nina Davuluri, the first Indian-American to win the crown, directing racist taunts at her.

Kazantsev is not particularly concerned with the online reaction to her own performance.

"It's unconventional; and sometimes people aren't as open to change as some would like," she said. "It's just something different and I hope people take it as a positive. If they can appreciate that and be happy with what I did, then that's all I can ask."

Kiss raises $1 million for Oregon museum

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) - The band Kiss shed the makeup and pulled out acoustic guitars to raise money for the renovation of the Oregon Military Museum.

The Oregonian reports the $2,500-a-ticket gala Sunday night in Lake Oswego raised more than $1 million.

The museum is named for the father of lead guitarist Tommy Thayer. He is Brig. Gen. James B. Thayer, now 93, a World War II hero who liberated a Nazi death camp.

The museum is at the Oregon National Guard's Camp Withycombe in Clackamas. The renovation is expected to cost $15 million, and half has been raised.

An auction Sunday included one of Kiss member Paul Stanley's guitars, fetching $20,000.

The paper reported the band did a 14-song set, closing with an unplugged version of "Rock and Roll All Nite."