Mes: septiembre 2019

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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...

(AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank – Yasser Arafat’s body may be exhumed to allow for more testing of the causes of his death, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, after a Swiss lab said it found elevated levels of a radioactive isotope in belongings the Palestinian leader is said to have used in his final days. Arafat’s widow, Suha, called for an autopsy in the wake of the lab’s findings, first reported by the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera. In an interview with the station, she did not explain why she waited nearly eight years to have the belongings, including a toothbrush and a fur hat, tested. At the time of his death, she refused to agree to an autopsy. The Palestinian leader died at a military hospital outside Paris in November 2004 of what French doctors called a massive brain hemorrhage — weeks after he fell violently ill at his West Bank compound. Doctors, including independent experts who reviewed his medical records on behalf of The Associated Press, have been unable to pinpoint the underlying cause of the hemorrhage. Speculation has lingered in the Arab world that he was killed by Israel, which viewed him as an obstacle to a peace treaty. Israeli officials have vociferously denied any foul play. Francois Bochud, who heads the Institute of Radiation Physics in Lausanne, Switzerland, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his...

“Skating with Celebrities” star Kristy Swanson got her assault charge put on ice. It was withdrawn Wednesday in the Ontario Court of Justice at the request of a prosecutor, according to the Crown attorney’s office and Swanson’s lawyer. “The Crown and I worked together in the best of all parties to resolve the matter,” Swanson attorney Constance Baran-Gerez said. “I am thrilled and excited that the charge has been dropped,” Swanson said. “This never should have happened and our family can move on.” The case stemmed from a June confrontation between Swanson and the ex-wife of her boyfriend and skating partner, Olympic medalist and former world champion pairs skater Lloyd Eisler. Swanson is a 37-year-old former Playboy model who starred in the 1992 film “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Britney: “It’s Sad How Cruel Our World Can Be” 2Britney Spears phoned in to Ryan Seacrest’s morning radio show 102.7 KIIS FM on Wednesday to chat about her latest child custody troubles and her new album, “Blackout,” that hit stores this week. When asked about media criticism, Britney Spears replied, “It’s sad how people … how cruel our world can be. But at the end of the day you got to know in your heart that you are doing the best that you can.” Seacrest then asked if she felt she was doing the best she could with her sons. Spears...

(CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that a roadside bombing Sunday in eastern Afghanistan killed six American service members – a blast which the Taliban claimed responsibility for on Monday morning. The statement from Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the soldiers died when their tank ran over a bomb around 8 p.m. Sunday in Wardak province, south of Kabul. NATO would not disclose the nationalities of the service members killed, but officials confirmed to CBS News correspondent David Martin that they were American. Wardak provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and wounded three insurgents. More in Afghanistan: The way forward Afghan donors offer $16B in development aidU.S. declares Afghanistan major non-NATO allyFirst NATO truck crosses Pakistan border after 7-month closure Also in the east, authorities said a chief prosecutor in Ghazni province was assassinated Monday morning as he drove to work. The Taliban routinely target Afghan government officials. In addition to the six U.S. deaths, bombs and attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO authorities said. The civilians, including women and children, were killed in three blasts in Arghistan district, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. Kandahar province spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said one bomb exploded...