Texas border town faces skunk infestation
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The residents of this border town are facing a stinky and growing problem these days: skunks. Eddie Ortega, the director of Del Rio’s Community Health Service Center, said there’s an unusually high number of the malodorous creatures running around these days….
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More than 1,000 gallons of gas vanish from station
PELHAM MANOR, N.Y. (AP) — Police say someone has stolen more than 1,000 gallons of gasoline from a station in New York’s Westchester County. Authorities said Thursday that the gas apparently was filched from five pumps sometime last weekend in Pelham Manor….
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Meet The Guitar Hero Of The Future: 8-Year-Old Yuto Miyazawa
By Rya Backer
Last night, while writing up everyone’s favorite weekly blog recap (”Project Runway”!), my second-favorite late night show, “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” played in the background. I listened passively to O’Brien’s banter, concentrating more on how to best convey the subtle nuances of genius that are Stella Zotis through written word, until something totally face-melting crawled into my ears.
I turned around only to see that these riffs and wails were coming not from a member of the Max Weinberg 7, but rather from the tiniest, adorablest little boy I’ve ever laid eyes upon. There he was, playing (and sometimes, singing!) such standards as Ozzy’s “Crazy Train,” the Eric Clapton-popularized blues classic “Crossroads” and Char’s “Smoky” (I didn’t know that one either).
That tiny, adorable fretmaster is Yuto Miyazawa. According to his Myspace page, my favorite prodigy was born on February 21, 2000, and his influences are “Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads … Eric Clapton, Kiss and Metallica.” What I’m trying to say is you’ll be hard-pressed to find a cooler 8-year-old (my nephew is 8, so don’t tell him I said that).
Anyway, I only have so many forums to reach out to people, and since Yuto probably doesn’t check my Facebook status, I’ll have to use this blog. Little man, if you’re still on these fair shores, let’s hang out? Let’s cut a package of you playing “Rockband”? Or better yet, let’s cut a package of you playing one of your real guitars; that instrument that’s physically about twice your size, yet is dwarfed by your ample talent?
Hopefully, you’ll be seeing more about Yuto on MTV News soon!
Jacob The Jeweler Sues Wyclef Jean Over Unpaid Bling Bills
By John Ochoa
Jacob “The Jeweler” Arabov, New York diamond and jewelry merchant known for supplying an all-star clientele of rappers with blindingly flashy bling, is suing Wyclef Jean, claiming the rapper owes him money for watches and jewelry he purchased between March 2002 and January 2006, according to The Associated Press.
Jacob and Company Inc. claims in papers filed Tuesday that the former Fugee bought $765,100 worth of goods and still owes close to $320,000, according to the report.
Last month, Arabov was sentenced to federal prison for two and a half years after lying to investigators about his role in a multistate drug ring.
Miley Cyrus’ Amps Would Make Jigglypuff Jealous
We’re doing “FNMTV” live tomorrow, which means today is load-in day, which usually means I sit around and drink coffee and have script meetings and stuff. And while all that is still certainly happening today (and none of it is particularly interesting), I had to send in this photo of Miley Cyrus‘ amps.
In case you didn’t know, Miley is on this week’s show (I can hear the “eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!” already), and her set is currently being loaded onto the “FN” stage. These amps are part of that set, and, as such, I am not particularly sure they’re even real amps. They look like something Pikachu would take on an arena tour. But they certainly are, um, colorful, and they’re baking in the SoCal sun as I type this.
I’m gonna go try to plug in and wail on “7 Things” now.
J.K. Rowling fairy tales to be sold for charity
LONDON (AP) — News alert for Harry Potter fans: A book of wizard fairy tales written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling is to be published for charity….
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