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From garages to basements to a hole-in-the wall neighborhood bar, every musician started somewhere — played his or her songs for people in the hopes that maybe the right person could be listening and a career could be born. “Early Show” Contributor Ayla Brown has the story of one place where that is more likely to happen than just about any other. It’s called The Bluebird Cafe, and what makes this place so special is the people who sit in the audience, and the rich history of some pretty big singer/songwriters who have been discovered on its stage. They don’t call it music city for nothing. Nashville, Tennessee is the epicenter of country — one of the most popular forms of American music there is. For all the honky tonks and music bars that line the streets of downtown Nashville, there is one place that stands alone. “If you are a songwriter or a performing songwriter, you absolutely must come to The Bluebird. If you haven’t played the Bluebird, you really haven’t established yourself in town,” said music publisher Jennifer Johnson. The Bluebird Cafe — an unassuming little venue in a strip mall on the outskirts of town — is the place to play. Not because the stage is so great, Brown said, adding, “It’s not, it’s kind of small and cramped. And it’s not the acoustics. No, the...

(CBS/AP) CAIRO – The head of Egypt’s election commission says official results from the disputed presidential runoff vote will be released Sunday. Farouk Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Election Commission, confirmed the timing on Saturday. Results of runoff vote between the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Morsi and a Mubarak-era politician Ahmed Shafiq were postponed last week as both campaigns claimed victory. On Saturday Egyptian demonstrators continued their sit-in into a fifth successive day in protest against the disbanding of the Islamist-dominated parliament last week. They are calling for military leaders to rescind a constitutional declaration granting the generals sweeping powers and stripping the next president of much of his authority. More in After the Arab Spring There is widespread fear of renewed violence if the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi is not declared the winner. At stake is whether or not Egypt will emerge from the instability of the 16-month transition that followed Hosni Mubarak’s 2011 overthrow, or whether the power struggles will continue or even escalate to a more dangerous level. Ex-Mubarak P.M. claims victory in Egypt electionWorried U.S. tells Egypt’s military to cede powerThousands of Egyptians rally in Tahrir amid election turmoilEgypt president announcement delayed amid allegations of fraud and debate over who won The Brotherhood announced soon after polls closed Sunday that it had beaten rival candidate Ahmed Shafiq, an ex-air force commander who many...

No group has claimed responsibility for the killings, but al-Shabab has beheaded individuals in the past that it accused of spying for the U.S.- and U.N.-backed Somali government. Hardline militants in Somalia give out harsh punishments such as stonings and amputations to people it accuses of crimes. Militants have also banned movies and modern music, saying that those types of entertainment are un-Islamic. Islamic insurgents control much of Mogadishu and have been trying to topple the fragile government for three years. Somalia has not had an effective government for 18 years. Relatives and friends say the men have been missing for the last five days. “We suspect they were executed by al-Shabab militants because they had in the past received phone threats accusing them of helping to construct the former Somali parliament premise,” said a resident who spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears for 카지노 돈세탁 his safety. The al Qaeda-linked militants consider any Somali who works for the fragile government or with the African Union as apostates. “To slaughter a human being as an animal is a flagrant and brutal violation against international law,” said Ahmed Mohamed Ali, the head of a Somali human rights group. “Those behind such remorseless and shocking attacks will be brought to justice one day.” Elsewhere, clashes in central Somalia killed 12 people, mostly combatants, residents said. The fighting pitted al-Shabab...

(AP) TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s first nationwide elections in nearly five decades brought hints Sunday of an Arab Spring precedent: Western-leaning parties making strides over Islamist rivals hoping to follow the same paths to power as in neighbors Egypt and Tunisia. While final results from Saturday’s parliamentary election could still be days away under a two-tier selection system, unofficial and partial counts from Libya’s biggest cities suggested liberal factions were leading the Muslim Brotherhood and allies in a possible first major setback to their political surge following last year’s uprisings. If the Libyan trend holds — which is still far from certain — it would challenge the narrative of rising Islamist power since the fall of Western-allied regimes from Tunis to Cairo. It also could display the different political dynamics in Libya, where tribal loyalties run deep and groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood at times cooperated with the rule of Muammar Qaddafi. “Anyone with past ties with old regime is hated, even despised,” said Fathi al-Fadhali, a pro-Islamist Libyan political analyst who lived in exile for 카지노사이트 30 years. “Any political names associated with the regime are immediately politically burnt by that association.” Ultimately, the 200-seat parliament will face the task of forming a government — which could become tests of strength for Islamists and secular forces over questions such as women’s rights, the extent of traditional Islamic...