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Once they were a community staple, but in recent years many piano stores have been playing their swan songs. back in the peak year of 1909 over 364,000 pianos were sold in this country. but in recent years sales have

Theres lots of food and water. and you can go for a swim in the cement pond, if you want to. >> glor: the "beverly hillbillies" ran for nine seasons on cbs beginning in 1962. douglas died of pancreatic cancer at age 82. senate democratic leader harry reid is home from the hospital tonight following an odd accident inside his vegas home. while reid was working out, his office says an elastic exercise band snapped, hitting him in the face. he fell, breaking severalribs, and bones near his right ey...

>> that is amazing. i adore -- ♪ so beautiful to me ♪ ♪ cant you see ♪ ♪ if i had a hammer, id hammer in the morning ♪ ♪ id hammer in the evening ♪ >> the hell we have lived through and lived through still have sharpened our senses and toughened our will. ♪ ♪ here comes the story of the hurricane ♪ >> drive right center field, base hit, there it is. a star for the ages for tony

Were down for much of christmas eve and christmas day in what is a believed to be a distributed denial of service, or ddos attack. servers were overwhelmed and shut down. >> its about as common an attack as you can have. >> reporter: steven laff is a cyber-security expert. he says these kinds of hackers are not likely after money. >> one, theyre trying to teach this company a lesson, that you need to have better protection. or they may be doing it for sport. yeah, theyre just idiots. >> reporter...

And cher in the cast. its been mired in a long hollywood development process. what is refreshing, i think, the movie is incredibly faithful to the broadway show compared to the other big musical of the season "annie" which tries to reinvent everything to disastrous ends. i think theyve managed to bring into the woods to the screen in a version that will satisfy fans who are familiar with the show but it will also introduce a new generation that doesnt know the material and doesnt really know ste...

♪ >> brown: paul mccartney called the performance mind-blowing. he died after a long battle with lung cancer. he was 70. next, they were dropouts headed for trouble. look at them now after getting a second chance. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. proven better on pain.

Feeling of having stuck in your head a song. [ singing ] >> reporter: that is what this story is about. the music we cant shake off. >> that is where the magic comes in. >> reporter: mary leonard and marg are the founders of giving voice chorus. inspired by what stuck with them. >> we both had parents with alzheimers. my father. >> my mother. >> and we decided to work together. >> reporter: which is why the twin cities now has a choir for alzheimers patients. >> she knew something was wrong with...

Its kind of close to the sun, but this contest has some rules. the name has to be an artist, a writer, or a composer that has been famous, though, for more than 50 years and who has been dead for at least three years. that rules out john lennon. he already has a crater. that name wont fly. heres some suggestions. how about frank sinatra, hunter s. thompson, or maybe frank zappa. i dont know. >> could i name one after you? >> i have to be dead. i got to be dead. >> all right. well, dwoept want th...

>> reporter: among the applicants was cedric turner. >> im looking for a job here. >> reporter: turner, who is 40, works full time in a call center but wants to be a concierge. >> i think i can provide, you know, good hospitality, good customer service to the guests. >> reporter: marriotts scott blaylock has 700 positions to fill for the new hotel, which will be the biggest in austin. >> accounting, sales, event planning, weve got jobs for just about anything anybody might want in the hotel busi...

Home. >> pick a line and just go ahead and get started. >> all right. thank you. >> youre welcome. >> when 17-year-old crista hopkins arrived at sunburst youth challenge academy in july, she was a year behind in school and looking to learn from the mistakes she made back home. >> i was really disobedient. id always talk back to my teachers and also to my dad. i just want a life-changing experience. i thought i can get that from here. >> lets go! >> reporter: in the past four months shes overcome...