Fire Destroys Johnny Cash Home

C Goodman

The lakeside home of late country singer Johnny Cash was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The blaze started after 1 pm CST at the home in Hendersonville, TN. Fire crews arrived on the scene quickly, but the structure was already engulfed in flames. A few hours later, there was almost nothing left of the home that Cash and his late wife June Carter Cash had lived in since the late 1960s. By the end of the day, only brick chimneys and the steel frame remained. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The property was purchased by Barry Gibb, a member of the Bee Gees, in January 2006. Gibb and his wife, Linda, had said they planned to restore the home on Old Hickory Lake and hoped to write songs there. Gibb's spokesman, Paul Bloch, said the singer and his family are "both saddened and devastated by the news."

Imus Pisses Off Rutgers With "Nappy-Headed Ho" Comment

(New York) - Radio talk show host and MSNBC personality Don Imus has ticked off Rutgers University.

On his "Imus In The Morning" show Thursday, he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."


The conversation with fill-in sports anchor Sid Rosenberg came the morning after the Women's NCAA Championship game.

Imus started out talking about the Rutgers team as, "some rough girls from Rutgers. They got tattoos," and then went on to call them "some nappy-headed hos."

He compared them to the Tennessee team, saying "The girls from Tennessee -- they all looked cute."

The conversation then went on to compare the game to "the jigaboos versus the wannabes." Media Matters reported that the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, made that comment.

Imus has more to say about those remarks, according to the New York Times. Imus said people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing."

A Rutgers spokesperson issued a statement saying, "We agree with Mr. Imus that this was, in his own words, an 'idiot comment.' We are very proud of the success of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Coach Stringer and the Rutgers players are outstanding ambassadors for this great institution."

WNBC contributed to this report.