Bali volcano rumbles to life, disrupting flights

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KARANGASEM, Indonesia — A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has rumbled to life with eruptions that dusted nearby resorts and villages with ash and forced the closure of the small international airport on neighboring Lombok island as towering gray plumes drifted east. Mount Agung erupted Saturday evening and […]

Family of murdered military pilot seeks justice

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Major Karl Hoerig was found shot dead in his Newton Falls, Ohio, home in March 2007. His family and friends immediately suspected his second wife, Claudia. At the time, the couple was going through a rocky patch. Hoerig’s friends say he was getting ready to seek a divorce. “The way […]

Was Johnny Appleseed for real?

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AN APPLE A DAY may or may not keep the doctor away, but it’s a sentiment shared by just about everyone our Mo Rocca has been visiting:  At the Johnny Appleseed Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., there’s no such thing as a bad apple. There you can indulge in apple […]

REM reflects on 25 years of “Automatic for the People”

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R.E.M.’s “Automatic for the People,” released 25 years ago last month, is considered by many critics to be one of the best albums of all time. This month R.E.M. re-released the record including a deluxe anniversary edition with 20 previously unreleased demos. “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Anthony Mason sat […]

Passage: Della Reese and David Cassidy

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It happened this past week … the loss of two performers of different styles and generations.    Della Reese died last weekend at her home in Los Angeles. Della Reese and Roma Downey in “Touched by an Angel.” CBS A popular singer beginning in the 1950s, Reese branched out to […]

Stella McCartney: Fashion with a conscience

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FASHION FORWARD is a phrase synonymous with “cutting edge” — and it’s a term that definitely describes the celebrity designer Alina Cho has been watching:  Buckingham Palace, 2013: Stella McCartney, the daughter of music royalty (yes, her father is Sir Paul) was recognized as fashion royalty, when Queen Elizabeth II […]