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Singer Ke$ha out of rehab for eating-disorder treatment

NEW YORK

Ke$ha is out of rehab for an eating disorder.

The singer’s representative confirmed Friday that Ke$ha had checked out of the facility. She had entered treatment in January.

Ke$ha posted on Twitter that she’s “happy to be back!” She writes: “Feeling healthy & working on tons of new music.”

The 26-year-old vegetarian pop star thanked fans “for all the love & support u have given me.” She said she entered rehab to “learn to love myself again, exactly as I am.”

Ke$ha, whose real name is Kesha Rose Sebert, is the performer of such tunes as “Crazy Love,” “Die Young” and “Timber” with Pitbull. She starred in the MTV reality series “My Crazy Beautiful Life.”

‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ becomes a W.Va. state song

CHARLESTON, W.Va.

Singer John Denver never called West Virginia home, but his 1970s hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads” is one of the state’s official songs.

Forty-three years after it first hit the airwaves with the words “Almost Heaven, West Virginia,” the Legislature approved a resolution Friday designating it as one of four state songs.

The song has resonated with residents for decades. It’s played after every West Virginia University basketball and football game. Denver sang it in person at the dedication of Mountaineer Field in Morgantown in 1980.

Associated Press