Articles Posted December 2012
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Taylor Swift Leads Platinum, Gold Certifications
Although Taylor Swift‘s new album is titled Red, she’s now facing a colorful stack of gold and platinum certifications from the RIAA. Earlier this month, that album’s lead single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back…
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OFFSTAGE: Country Artists Welcome Babies of 2012
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) This could be its own little Nashville playgroup: Pearl, Magnus, Dylan, another Dylan,…
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Dobro Master Mike Auldridge Dies at 73
Mike Auldridge, a Dobro master and founding member of the bluegrass group Seldom Scene, died from cancer Saturday (Dec. 29) at a hospice near his home in Silver Springs, Md. His death came one day…
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OFFSTAGE: My Worst Day at Work in 2012
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) I wasn’t going to tell anyone this story, either because it’s kind of…
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Hopson Has Been Leader for Offensive Line
On a 2012 Sam Houston State football team where 34 players have combined to post an amazing total of 696 starts, the student-athlete with the highest career total is offensive tackle Kaleb Hopson.
While 15 offensive and defensive Bearkats each have 20 or more career starts, the fifth-year senior from Early, Texas, heads the list after his 48th career starting assignment in the Kats’ 45-42 semifinals victory at Eastern Washington that put SHSU into the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game for the second year in a row…
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Gene Watson Delivers the Hits the Way Fans Remember Them
Iconic country singer Gene Watson recently rerecorded a batch of fan favorites for Best of the Best, 25 Greatest Hits. The 69-year-old singer’s new collection reconfigures his brassiest (“Love in the Hot Afternoon”) and brightest…
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OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift Lands “Never Ever” on Rolling Stone List
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) In Rolling Stone‘s list of the 50 Best Songs of 2012, a Taylor…
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Gas Station Robbery
HPD Lieutenant Jim Barnes reports that 2:30 Friday morning officers responded to what was dispatched as a fight-in-progress at the TimeWise Chevron on State Highway 30 West . . . . GASSTA12-28-12 Officers continue to…
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Mayor Mac Woodward Looks Forward to New Year
The City of Huntsville is heading into a new year, and our mayor, Mac Woodward, is optimistic . . . . MACNEWYR12-28-12
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Commissioners’ Court Meets
Walker County Commissioners will meet for a special session at the courthouse at nine this morning. Purchasing Agent Mike Williford will discuss, for approval, the purchase of a 2013 F350 Horton Concept-3 ambulance from budgeted…
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