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Stephen Thompson looks at the biggest songs and albums of the week, and digs into the stories and trends beyond the Top 10.

"The enormity of the multiple leadership failures both in leading up to the insurrection, and in the Department's response to it, have convinced us there is no other choice," the union head says.

Take a seat for the grandest concert of the season, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 'Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy', masterfully performed by Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and Chorale Acadienne. Ode to Joy is widely considered to be Beethoven’s greatest work, and one of the most supreme achievements in the history of western music. In the field of symphonic music, there is no bigger revolutionary than Beethoven, whose works were heavily influenced by socio-political events of his time, as well as his own political views and engagement as an artist and enlightened citizen. Featuring Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chorale Acadienne.For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://acadianasymphony.org/.

Japan can call itself the world champion of baseball. The Japanese team captured the inaugural World Baseball Classic by beating Cuba 10-6 in the championship game San Diego.

It's the carrier's second consecutive year at the top of the annual Air Quality Rating report, with JetBlue coming in second. Overall consumer complaints dropped 15 percent last year from 2012.

The Obama administration recently filed a complaint against China with the World Trade Organization. Meanwhile the two campaigns are having an ad war in Ohio over Chinese trade. Part of the reason is that Ohio's manufacturing industry — especially for autos — is firing on all cylinders.

Slate contributor Timothy Noah analyzes the classic Cole Porter tune "You're the Top." The song was a catalog of the top of 1930s pop culture, but Noah wonders whether the then-current references will leave contemporary listeners bewitched, bothered and bewildered.

Also: Tracing the contradictory timeline of ex-White House staffer Rob Porter; South African President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote by parliament; and a Mt. Hood climber is killed in a fall.

The U.S. Capitol police union has said their leadership failed to protect them on January 6. The union wants acting Chief Yogananda Pittman and a half-dozen other officers to be held accountable.

Gen. Min Aung Hlaing calls for Myanmar to become a "well-disciplined democratic nation" and says the military will continue to play a leading role in governing. The statement comes as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a military parade.