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>> dreamed of being a songwriter, musician. so, for a summer he spent some amount of time out in l.a. pretending he was going to sell his music to companies and all that stuff. >> certainly had a grandiose view of himself, an exaggerated view of his accomplishments as a composer and as a musician. >> he didnt do anything. he sat and watched tv in his apartment. he didnt go anywhere. >> he seemed like such a lost soul. he goes out to hollywood expecting something and just ends up in a room by him...

He did for a while, attending texas tech off and on for a few years, but never graduating. mostly he spent time in his room, alone, writing gloomy poems and playing his guitar. ♪ >> dreamed of being a songwriter, musician. so for a summer he spent some amount of time out in l.a. pretending he was going to sell his music to companies and all that stuff. >> certainly had a grandiose view of himself, an exaggerated view of his accomplishments as a composer and as a musician. >> he didnt do anythi...

They will be presented later this year. a pair of by a tigers were presented at the national zoo. today we got our first look at the moms fussed over them. the cubs appear quite healthy and the zoo keepers are excited by their birth because sue mat ran tigers are critically endangered. fewer than 500 live in the wild. ark tress karen black has died, the cause was cancer. black appeared in more than 100 movies including the classic "easy rider." she was nominated for an oscar for her performance ...

Lee lewis and was the first producer to record royors by son. clement helped integrate country music by introducing charlie pride. he used to say "if were not having fun, were not doing our job." jack clement was 82. and these dogs are honing a special talent that has put them in great demand. that story is next. how that feels. ou know copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 ho...

Next six days before moving to other weed infested pastures. among 65,000 buried at congressional cemetery, 19 senators, 71 house members, two vice presidents, fbi chief j. edgar hoover, composer, john phillip sousa. uncle sam wants to help you diversify your neighborhood, whether you like it or not. doug mcelway talks about a new interactive effort some say is a huge overreach. >> i think when you spread the the wealth around, it is good. >> reporter: five years since those words, housing and...

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His music to companies and all that stuff. >> certainly had a grandiose view of himself, an exaggerated view of his accomplishments as a composer and as a musician. >> he didnt do anything. he sat and watched tv in his apartment. he didnt go anywhere. >> he seemed like such a lost soul. he goes out to hollywood expecting something and just ends up in a room by himself, going to see this movie over and over. the "taxi driver" movie. >> investigators soon realize that the movie "taxi driver" is a ...

All right. everybody. time for "the mix." a new orchestra in thailand, its getting a lot of play around the world. >> okay. >> very interesting orchestra. the musicians are elephants. >> you dont say? >> i do say, the thai elephant orchestra. this comes courtesy of npr, by the way. apparently its just what it sounds. its a group of former work elephants with nowhere to go. theyve been assembled and trained to play percussion instruments, holding mal nets -- mallets in their trunk, sometimes trum...

>> certainly had a grandiose view of himself, an exaggerated view of his accomplishments as a composer and as a musician. >> he didnt do anything. he sat and watched tv in his apartment. he didnt go anywhere. >> he seemed like such a lost soul. he goes out to hollywood expecting something and just ends up in a room by himself, going to see this movie over and over. the "taxi driver" movie. >> investigators soon realize that the movie "taxi driver" is a central influence on hinckleys life. so muc...

This year in the southeastern suburbs. >> from beirut to washington, john palmer was the rare soul in the rough and tumble news. smart, brave, and always courtly, a southern gentlemen in the trench coat of a dashing foreign correspondent. >> paris without the eiffel tower is like a frenchman without wine. >> he covered wars and politics in the feet and from the anchor desk on "today." >> in the news this morning -- >> the pride of tennessee, he got a break in atlanta in 1960. two years later he ...