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LITTLE ROCK — Adele’s voice has given her the biggest success this year - and the most trouble. The singer will have throat surgery and has now canceled all tour dates and promotional appearances for the rest of the year. Columbia Records announced Friday that the “Rolling in the Deep” singer will have surgery “to alleviate the current issues with her throat.” A full recovery is expected. Earlier this month, the 23-yearold canceled a U.S. concert run becauseof a hemorrhage in her vocal cord; she also canceled concerts in June because of laryngitis. The statement said that doctors have ordered the Grammy winner to rest her voice and “completely recuperate before looking to schedule any work commitments.” Adele’s 21 is the best-selling CD of the year in the United States; it’s sold over 4 million units.

British judges have upheld the 16-month jail sentence for the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour for a violent rampage during student protests last year. Charlie Gilmour was one of thousands of students who demonstrated in December against rising university tuition fees. He was among a group that broke away from the main demonstration and attacked the convoy that carried Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla. Gilmour also was photographed hanging from a Union flag on the Cenotaph, a memorial to British war dead. The 21-year-old Cambridge University student pleaded guilty to violent disorder but challenged the length of his sentence. The Court of Appeal said Friday that the sentence was neither “manifestly excessive (nor) wrong in principle.”