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GUITARIST SCOTTY MOORE is dead at 84

MUSIC   RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS GUITARIST SCOTTY MOORE IS DEAD AT 84 From left: Scotty Moore and Elvis Presley Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (December 27, 1931 – June 28, 2016) ( Variety) – Scotty Moore , the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist whose fluid picking propelled Elvis Presley ’s first recordings for Sun Records, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to Memphis newspaper the Commercial Appeal . Moore was a member of a local country combo in Memphis when he was drafted by Sun owner Sam Phillips to support with the young, untested teenage singer on his debut recordings. His crisp, flowing, melodic guitar lines, heavily influenced by Chet Atkins’ early work but also infused with deep blues feeling, highlighted the singles issued by Sun during Presley’s rise to fame in 1954-55. Moore went on to work behind Presley after he moved to major label RCA in 1956, appearing on such major hit...

Guns N' Roses: Arrowhead Stadium 1st Time in 24 Years

MUSIC   RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS AXL ROSE and SLASH on Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses : Band Plays at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., for 1st Time in 24 Years Axl Rose filled in with AC/DC earlier this year but is back for the "Not in This Lifetime" reunion tour, which started in April and includes Slash. Alice in Chains will also play the Kansas City show. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The sonic stylings of hard rock will ring through Arrowhead Wednesday night when Guns N' Roses takes the stage. The popular band is playing Kansas City for the first time in 24 years. You can expect a lot of screaming, both on the stage when Axel Rose sings and in the stands as fans cheer the band on. With all the drama behind the scenes over the years involving this lead singer and his bandmates, no one thought they’d never see a Guns N' Roses reunion tour in their lifetime,which is why the tour is titled, "Not In This Lifetime." A to...

Freight Cars and Containers Texas Train Crash

NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWS STORIES Crews Continue Fighting Fire At Texas Train Crash, 3 Still Missing DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP)  — Crews continued to work trying to smolder a fire at the scene of a train crash that happened Tuesday morning in the Texas panhandle. Three crew members are still missing and one hospitalized after head-on train collision between new freight trains in Panhandle, Texas. The impact of the crash caused several box cars to derail and burst into flames, leading authorities to evacuate residents in the area. The two Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway freight trains were on the same track when they collided about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. Each train carried two crew members; one man jumped before the collision, according to BNSF spokesman Joe Faust. That man was in stable condition at an Amarillo hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, said Sgt. Dan Buesing of the Texas Department of Publ...

Lenny Dykstra Can't Keep His Mouth Shut

SPORTS   RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS The outspoken baseball all-star details the journey from two World Series to a prison sentence in his new memoir. ​ There's no such thing as a brief conversation with Lenny Dykstra. Wendy, the waitress in the restaurant of The Ritz-Carlton is learning this firsthand as she tries to take his dinner order. Before giving his order, he wants to know where she's from. When she tells him she's from China, Dykstra—a former entrepreneur, former proprietor of a car wash chain, and self-appointed stock market adviser—is excited to drop a bit of knowledge he's picked up about the region. "China, there's a lot of action there," Dykstra says. "A lot of money there. Did you know there's more millionaires in China than there are people in this country? This is not factual, 'cause I haven't checked, but I believe that there's more millionaires in China than there are people in this country. There...

Airport Attack in Istanbul 2nd this year

NEWS STORIES   RECAPPING NEWS STORIES Passengers were moved outside and vehicle traffic blocked after a bomb attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. Crime scene investigators go to work after an attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. Children and their relatives embrace as they leave Ataturk airport in Istanbul. Forensic police work the explosion site at Ataturk airport. Turkey is vulnerable to growing terror attacks The bombing at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday is the latest in a wave of terror attacks in Turkey as it grapples with growing unrest spilling over from the civil war raging in neighboring  Syria . No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack at the airport, but Turkey has been a target of both Islamic State terrorists and Kurdish separatists during the past year. The growing terrorist threat heightens the risk of destabilizing a NATO member and critical U.S. ally in the war against the Islamic...

Victor Frankenstein

Movies   Recapping Past News Events The character of Frankenstein was born in Naples (according to the 1831 edition of the novel) and raised in Geneva. He was the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort, who died of scarlet fever when Frankenstein was 17. He describes his ancestry thus: "I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation." Frankenstein has two younger brothers—William, the youngest, and Ernest, the middle child. Frankenstein falls in love with Elizabeth Lavenza, who became his adoptive sister (his blood cousin in the 1818 edition) and, eventually, his fiancĂ©e. As a boy, Frankenstein is interested in the works of alchemists such as Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus, and he longs to discover the fabled elixir of life. He loses interest in bo...