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(CBS) There is a composer studying at New York’s renowned Juilliard School who some say is the greatest talent to come along in 200 years. He’s written five full-length symphonies, and he’s only 12 years old. His name is Jay Greenberg, although he likes the nickname "Bluejay" because, he says, blue jays are small and make a lot of noise. Greenberg says music just fills his head and he has to write it down to get it out. What’s going on in Bluejay’s head? Correspondent Scott Pelley spoke with him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay wrote a piece, "The Storm," in just a...

Bill Wingell for The New York Times Marla Olmstead with her painting "Ornaments." She has sold 24 paintings and put $40,000 away in savings. The artist has both her admirers and her critics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The hottest new abstract artist in town has reason to celebrate. This summer, she went from selling her work in a coffee shop to having her own gallery show. After a local newspaper's feature on her, about 2,000 people came for opening night - everyone from serious collectors to the artist's preschool teacher. She earned more money than she could comprehend. The...

City girl wows state Democrats STATE COLLEGE — Democratic State Committee members gathered Saturday at Penn State University to flesh out the state’s delegation to the party’s national convention in Boston. But the surprise main attraction was a speech by Cara Rosenthal, a 13-year-old girl from Williamsport who charmed the more than 250 adults with a combination of poise, spunk and humor as she proclaimed her allegiance to the party, criticized the Bush administration’s record on education and spoke out for women’s rights. ‘‘There may have been founding fathers, but there were also founding mothers,’’ Cara said in one of...

A sportswear giant is signing up children as young as three years old in a bid to market its products and capture the next generation of stars. Reebok has offered to pay the school fees of three year old Mark Walker, an amazing basketball talent.Walker can score baskets from 10 meters out using a full sized basketball with adult sized hoops.He is the most worrying example of a growing trend among sports companies such as Nike and Reebok.Freddy Adu, a 14 year old soccer player in the United States, has singed a contract with nike thought to be worth 1...

HOME > THE OTHER SIDE > STORY Get News by Email Print This Article Email This Article 12-year-old starts medical school May 02, 2003 HE hasn't even hit his teenage years yet, but Sho Timothy Yano is on course to fulfill his professional ambitions by the time he's 18 and perhaps make history in the process. With one degree already under his belt, the 12-year-old has just won a scholarship to study medicine at the University of Chicago, where he will combine his medical studies with a Ph.D., the university said yesterday. Sho is thought to be one of the...