“We cannot let burn pit exposure veterans be the ‘Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange’ of our generation” Source
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Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar despite U.S. pressure
The ship was detained for over a month in Gibraltar for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria Source
Saturday Sessions: Molly Tuttle performs “Light Came In (Power Went Out)”
Singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle began playing guitar when she was eight. The California native joined her family band at 15, and then started a solo career, releasing her first album “When You’re Ready” just this spring. In her national television debut, Tuttle performs three songs off the new album. Source
Man taken into custody after rice cookers trigger bomb scare
Police have not identified the man but consider him a person of interest Source
The Dish: Superstar Israeli chef Eyal Shani on his revolutionary approach to dining
Eyal Shani is a bona fide superstar chef in his native Israel, and a regular judge on the country’s version of “MasterChef.” He’s turned his casual pita restaurant Miznon into a global phenomenon, with locations in Tel Aviv, Paris, Vienna, Melbourne and two in New York. In April, Shani opened up a second location of his high-end eatery HaSalon in New York, after the restaurant revolutionized the dining scene in Tel Aviv. Dana Jacobson reports. Source
Saturday Sessions: Molly Tuttle performs “Take the Journey”
Singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle began playing guitar when she was eight. The California native joined her family band at 15, and then started a solo career, releasing her first album “When You’re Ready” just this spring. In her national television debut, Tuttle performs three songs off the new album. Source
Saturday Sessions: Molly Tuttle performs “Messed With My Mind”
Singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle began playing guitar when she was eight. The California native joined her family band at 15, and then started a solo career, releasing her first album “When You’re Ready” just this spring. In her national television debut, Tuttle performs three songs off the new album. Source
Sarfraz Manzoor on new Bruce Springsteen film “Blinded by the Light”
Sarfraz Manzoor fell in love with the music of Bruce Springsteen while growing up in working-class England. His story is the basis for the new movie “Blinded by the Light,” which will be in theaters nationwide this weekend. “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason met up with Manzoor at the place that helped launch Springsteen’s career, The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to discuss the Boss’ influence on his life – and what it was like to meet him face-to-face. Source
How “burn pits” in Iraq and Afghanistan may have put veterans at risk
Over 1.5 million American troops were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan between 2001 and 2011. Many returned with visible scars of war — but for some, their injury is hidden. At some of the military bases throughout those regions, waste materials were disposed of in giant so-called “burn pits,” and breathing fumes from those fires appears to have damaged the health of countless veterans. Barry Petersen reports. Source
Inside the California car auction known as “Woodstock on Wheels”
At Monterey Car Week – which has been called “Woodstock on Wheels” — visitors can catch a glimpse of some of the most rare and expensive cars in the world. And some, who have a lot of money to spend, can also come away with a new set of wheels. Nearly $400 million worth of prime automotive hardware could change hands at six different auction houses. That includes a 1994 McLaren F1, considered the world’s first supercar, which sold last night at RM Sotheby’s for a record $19.8 million. Jamie Yuccas reports. Source