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County music singer Miranda Lambert has a lot to be thankful for, and after making history for being nominated for a whopping 9 Country Music Awards (the most for a female in the history of the CMAs), Lambert says that she?s having he best year ever! Lambert announced the nominations for the CMA Awards Wednesday (Sep [...]

In "Parallel Play," Tim Page gives a touching, though never sentimental, account of a precocious and often painful Connecticut childhood out of step with his peers. It wasn't until 2000, when he was 45, that he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

When Miranda Lambert set a record for female acts by picking up nine awards nominations this week from the Country Music Association, no one was more surprised than her. But that wasn?t the only shock-a-roonie of the two-day nominations announcement. Lady Antebellum achieved something that?s never been done before, Steel Magnolia and The Band Perry each accomplished something that?s probably ...

Miranda Lambert got nine Country Music Association nominations Wednesday, the most for any female country artist. Among the nominations was the Entertainer of the Year award. Lambert will perform at t