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i have melody with me in ashtabula harbor. where did you get the name from, and is it because you're kind of heartfelt, everything you put in here? - i actually fell into the name i was working with a lady, and she had chosen a name. she just quit working with us and i kept the name. i never changed it. - [natalie] it's a cute name! - but yes, some of the stuff is made directly by me, or by local people, so we do put our heart into it. - [natalie] there's a lot of heart and soul that goes into something like this. this section is probably the most exciting for me. as you walk in here, you walk into the store and it smells fabulous. what all is up here? - [melody] this is all our bath care products. we've got fizzies, lotions, scrubs, body washes, bubble baths, salts, lip balms, body balms, you name it. then, on the other side over here, we've got soaps. we make all of this stuff here in the store. - so how do you, i know that you can customize things. what can be customized scrubs, the body washes-- - [natalie] are these the l

our cbs news financial contributor melody hobson is with us. melody, oil closed today at $26.55 a barrel. what's happening? >> well, oil is basically getting hit by china's shrapnel. the real story is china, and the slowing growth in that country, which has affected all commodities, especially oil, caused a glut, which is out there, that has only been exacerbated by the fact that we've gotten pretty good at oil production in the united states as well. so that's really the story, the china slowdown is the story. >> you know, the dow is off a little over 8% from the beginning of the year. what does this mean for the average investor? >> well here, i want to be a voice of caution, because we're seeing these headlines that say, "$1 trillion in stock market value lost." but let's put it in perspective. the typical person is exposed to the stock market through their 401(k) plan. the average 401(k) plan balance in this country is about $91,000. two-thirds of it is in stocks, one-third in bonds. that means, on average, the typical person has lost about

[laughter] professor wood: i hope you recognize the melody of "hail columbia."ted this verse for the rough music performance because i thought it complemented the effect. there may be a storm, but they will break apart on the rock that is adams. adams has his eyes fixed on you. this pointention at we do not always know which versus or versions of a song were song at a particular -- ses or versions of the song was sung at a particular point. early versions gave voice to federalist triumphalism. it is hard to imagine that staunch jeffersonians could have failed to ink -- to be encouraged or uplifted, never mind what the medical men might have said. and we should not be surprised that when a jeffersonian first to go over the president the and the senate in 1801, they did not " as over "hail columbia well. they chose songs that gave voice to their own, equally partisan message. "jefferson and liberty was written to celebrate jefferson's inauguration. the contrast was pointed. the jeffersonian tone is far john tear. it is dancing music, and our march. openly hostile

melody gliniewicz is out of jail this morning. at the capitol.. capitol..democrats introduced legislation that would repeal a 2005 law granting the gun industry immunity from civil bill say they want to crack down on negligent sellersa& and hold the industry accountable for better product safety. "the standards of negligence are the same, whether you're coming after a negligent gun dealer or a negligent automaker. we're not asking for any special treatment for the gun industry. we're asking for the special treatment they enjoy today, the immunity they enjoy, to be removed." removed."opponents of the repeal say they believe it will lead to frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers. right now, the university of iowa will be paying more than 200-thousand dollars, to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit, filed by a former track coach. coach.mike scott, was already working as a volunteer assistant, when he applied for an open assistant coaching position. position.scott says he was warned by another coach that administrators wanted to hire a female

(positive melody) (video reel clicking) - i participated in the vocalist in residence program here at marlborough, which is a program in which you audition and they pick four people to participate in the program. and it's where opera singers that have been hosted by the school, they're artists in residence here and you have four master classes with them where you learn unless we had the change here. (opera singing) (piano melody) - [voiceover] marlborough has quite an elite program, so you better believe april has the chops to be there. - my name's ernie scarborough and i'm the vocal music teacher here at marlborough. i've known april since she's been in the seventh grade. i had her in class, and then in the eighth grade she joined one of my choirs, and in the ninth grade she joined the next choir, and in the 10th grade she auditioned for, and got into, chamber choir, which is our top choir. - [voiceover] music is a gift and a passion for april, and something she'll carry with her for life. - [april] i definitely want to have music with me throughout my life. i always want to keep it

[laughter] professor wood: i hope you recognize the melody of "hail columbia."ffered from the previous performance. i selected this verse for the rough music performance because i thought it complemented the taunting effect. adams is the rock on which the storm will break in this version. there may be a storm, but they will break apart on the rock that is adams. adams has his eyes fixed on you. i want to mention at this point that we do not always know which versus or versions of a song were sung at a particular occasion. whether the singers aimed to celebrate or to intimidate, early performances gave voice to federalist triumphalism. it is hard to imagine that staunch jeffersonians could have failed to be encouraged or uplifted, never mind what the medical men might have said. and we should not be surprised that when a jeffersonian first took over the presidency and the senate in 1801, they did not take over "hail columbia" as well. they sought to replace it with songs that gave voice to their own, equally partisan message. the first we will here tonight, jeffe

our cbs news financial contributor melody hobson is with us. melody, oil closed today at $26.55 a barrel. what's happening? >> well, oil is basically getting hit by china's shrapnel. the real story is china, and the slowing growth in that country, which has affected all caused a glut, which is out there, that has only been exacerbated by the fact that we've gotten pretty good at oil production in the united states as well. so that's really the story, the china slowdown is the story. >> pelley: you know, the dow off a little over 8% from the beginning of the year. what does this mean for the average investor? >> well, here i want to be a voice of caution because we're seeing these headlines that say, "$1 trillion in stock market value lost." but let's put it in perspective. the typical person is exposed to the stock market through their 401(k) plan. the average 401(k) plan balance in this country is about $91,000. two-thirds of it is in stocks, one-third this bonds. that means, on average, the typical person has lost about $6,000 this year. that

it's also a fitting way to remember his stepdaughter melody. >> huge hockey fan. if it was a friday night, we'd have pizza and puck nights. that was one of her favorite things. >> reporter: she shared his passion for hockey right up until her death last july. she was just 35 when she died from a respiratory illness, and the rink is named after her. >> i just thought the greatest thing would be to do a tribute. >> reporter: but there's a problem. cohen's property is in an agricultural reserve. thousands of acres are protected montgomery county green space. as such, there are limits and

cnn has learned individual number 1 is his wife, melodie.later, he types to a person identified by investigators as individual number 2. "you are borrowing from that other account. when you get back, you'll have to start dumping money into that account or you will be visiting me in jail. the $1,600 and $777 all came from there." cnn has learned individual number 2 is his son, d.j. according to family attorneys, lieutenant gliniewicz had been depositing his own money into the explorer post bank account. >>> up next, a shift. a massive shift. so just over a month after he died, that's when you were starting to think this may be something -- >> something different, yeah. yeah. soup and sandwich and somewhere to go, and clean and real and nowhere to be, and warmth and looking good, and sandwich and soup and inside jokes, and dan is back! good, clean food pairs well with anything. the clean pairings menu. 500 calories or less. at panera. food as it should be. on location with the famous, big idaho potato truck. our truck? it's touring across amer

cnn has learned individual number 1 is his wife, melodie.later, he types to a person identified by investigators as individual number 2. "you are borrowing from that other account. when you get back, you'll have to start dumping money into that account or you will be visiting me in jail. the $1,600 and $777 all came from there." cnn has learned individual number 2 is his son, d.j. according to family attorneys, lieutenant gliniewicz had been depositing his own money into the explorer post bank account. >>> up next, a shift. a massive shift. so just over a month after he died, that's when you were starting to think this may be something -- >> something different, yeah. yeah. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step

psalms also uses a kind of shorthand because the melodies were easy to recognize. just a couple of measures could evoke a whole set of political beliefs. quite a different experience from listening to speech. through various modes of performance songs could evoke many different kinds of emotions. the chief political factions of the day practiced and sang their own songs. such uses of music were not unique to the early republic that can be found across many different times and places. if there were ways in which music played a special distinctive role in u.s. culture. the discipline of musicology can help us discover this. musicologists study music in many different ways. most fundamentally for our purposes historical musicology teaches us that sounds do not sound the same across historical eras and cultures. the key approach for us tonight then is to remember that the song lyrics were not really text but were embedded in the sound of the music making. this reflected folk practices of long standing. it also stems from views about over and sound that were too well re

melodie gliniewicz's t at $50,000. geoff: a controversial plan could dry up the niagara falls. why some are hoping the falls turn to a trickle. chris: a cold day today and tomorrow. a warming trend arrives for the weekend. ? try delsym twelve hour cough liquid. while its extended release medicine lasts for 12 hours. try delsym . hershey's miniatures. we pour 'em! we pass 'em! we pick 'em! delicious fun for everyone. man (sternly): where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. i'm good all day. [announcer:] mucinex keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. let's end this chris: a cold start to the day today. 38 degrees. some showers south of f wn, downtown lawrence is dry. heading towards columbia, a few andrews and franklin, some fog back in the mounta31, hendersonville. cool in greenville at 38. anderson, 43. the wind is out of the northeast. a cool breezwarming up to the lower 50's. spartanburg will have a high temperature around 5s.in asheville, a little bit m

hillary clinton: well, melody, they are too old to tell them. that i know does not work. >> i think that this is a group of young people who have a lot of questions, and understandably so. i have heard this from young people across iowa, who are quite worried and trying to figure out what the best way forward for them as -- if. s. i understand that because there continues to be questions about how we will provide enough good how we can deliver on the american promise for the young people. -- for the young people. that has let i have been spending my entire adult life on. look at what i am proposing to make college affordable, to pay down debt -- it is realistic and product best practical. it frankly is affordable. if you look at what i want to do to build on the affordable care act, one of the important aspects is to keep young people on their parents policy until they are twice six -- 26. it is also important to stress my economic plan, which is to create more good job, particular in dust particularly -- particularly in clean, renewable energy.

authorities say melodie served as an adviser to the fox lake police explorer post her husband ran. more steps are being taken to help the people of flint, michigan .. suffering because of the city's lead water poisoning. today... governor rick snyder announced the state executive office will remain in flint until the problem is the city's mayor is also taking steps to protect the community. she's asking the state to make sure no one pays for water they can't drink. mayor karen weaver/ flint, michigan - "i have told governor snyder that flint residents should not have to pay for water they did not and are not using. i appreciate, i want everybody to know i appreciate the federal government stepping up but this does not replace the state stepping up giving the funds for our residents to fix this issue" meanwhile ... we're learning just how bad the drinking water in flint is ... as virginia tech students share findings they call "shocking." virginia tech professor marc edwards led a team of faculty and students to independently test water samples in flint and detroit. this after peopl

our cbs news financial contributor melody hobson is with us. melody, oil closed today at $26.55 a barrel. what's happening? >> well, oil is basically getting hit by china's shrapnel. the real story is china, and the slowing growth in that country, which has affected all commodities, especially oil, caused a glut, which is out there, that has only been exacerbated by the fact that we've gotten pretty good at oil production in the united states as well. so that's really the story, the china slowdown is the story. >> you know, the dow is off a little over 8% from the beginning of the year. what does this mean for the average investor? >> well here, i want to be a voice of caution, because we're seeing these headlines that say, "$1 trillion in stock market value lost." but let's put it in perspective. the typical person is exposed to the stock market through their 401(k) plan. in this country is about $91,000. two-thirds of it is in stocks, one-third in bonds. that means, on average, the typical person has lost about $6,000 this year. that sounds a

melody gliniewicz is now out of jail tonight. right now, michigan's governor is launching a series of steps to help the residents of flint. the city has been without *safe drinking water since last year.the governor is now forming a committee to monitor the city's recovery progress. environmental and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit demanding the city and state replace all lead water pipes in flint - at no cost to residents.it could cost nearly 55-million dollars to repair ose pipes. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. right now, the university of iowa will be paying more than 200-thousand dollars, to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit, filed by a former track coach. coach.mike scott, was already working as a volunteer assistant, when he applied for an open assistant coaching position. position.scott says he was warned by nother coach that administrators wanted to hire a female coach.under the agreement the university does not have to admit to the discrimination. develo

but melodie' s attorneys say she was a victim of her husband' s secret actions. sheree: a tornado did some major damage this morning in miami, florida. the national weather service confirms an ef-1 tornado touched down in broward county. the storm tossed cars, managed -- mingled roofs, and knocked down several trees. at least one person was hurt. meteorologists say a tornado in on, -- might sound odd, but this year' s el storms early in the year. kevin: no severe weather concerns around here, certainly not in the short term. cold weather to get through tonight and tomorrow, or i should say tomorrow night and early friday, the four things warm-up for the weekend. a milder thursday coming our way, at least during the daytime . we could see some flurries tomorrow night. and this is what everybody has been waiting for -- 50' s and maybe even some 60' s for highs as we get into next week. specifically, what you need to know about for thursday, sunshine is back across the area . a decent amount of sunshine. it will be a breezy day, and there will be some late flurries

melody is a victim of her husband's secret actions and looks forward to her day in court to show the world her innocence. melody is charged with misuse of charitable funds and money laundering, if convicted she could face up to seven years in prison. for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> all right, our thanks to alex for that. >>> coming up, so many use features like siri to answer our questions. we'll try them out next. scan your mylowe's card at check out and get reminders each season to change your air filters. so you can relax and your family can breathe easy all year long. save 15% when you buy 4 or more select filtrete filters from 3m. my trainer didn't believe me that trop50 could taste so good and still have 50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? no. trop50. tastes so good you won't believe alright.. big smile! hey, honey! how'd it go? thanks, dad! mcdonald's happy meal. with fresh, delicious cuties. adventures from $599, plus up to $300 to spend at sea. come seek the royal caribbean. >>> back now at 7:39 with a closer look at virtual assistants like si

melodie gliniewicz turned herself into police... officials say her husband, fox lake police lieutenant joe gliniewicz, staged his suicide to appear he was gunned down in the line of duty. melodie is accused of helping him steal money from a youth program. officials say they used the funds for a trip to hawaii, and more than 400 restaurant bills. the hunt is still on for three escaped inmates in california... but investigators say five people have been arrested in connection with the prison break. the orange county sheriff says she definitely believes the inmates had outside help and that the investigation is the trio escaped friday and there's been no sign of them since. 1:53 "it's every sheriff's nightmare. you don't ever want to have an escape from any jail. they do happen and you certainly don't want maximum security prisoners who are a danger to the public to get out of your jail, so it's not good day." 2:08 a 200-thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to the escapees' arrests. all senators who showed up

our cbs news financial contributor melody hobson is with us. melody, oil closed today at $26.55 a barrel. what's happening? >> well, oil is basically getting hit by china's shrapnel. the real story is china, and the slowing growth in that country, which has affected all commodities, especially oil, caused a glut, which is out there, that has only been exacerbated by the fact that we've gotten pretty good at oil production in the united states as well. so that's really the story, the china slowdown is the story. >> you know, the dow is off a little over 8% from the beginning of the year. what does this mean for the average investor? >> well here, i want to be a voice of caution, because we're seeing these headlines that say, "$1 trillion in stock market value lost." but let's put it in perspective. the typical person is exposed to the stock market through their 401(k) plan. the average 401(k) plan balance in this country is about $91,000. two-thirds of it is in stocks, one-third in bonds. that means, on average, the typical person has lost about