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Don’t breathe a word of this. Because nobody’s supposed to know. But the real reason Charles Laquidara and WBOS parted ways was because the station believed the Boston radio legend was being too political - and he wouldn’t sit for censorship. Laquidara resigned his gig as host of a daily one-hour music show called “Back Spin” after catching heat from station suits for airing his way-left-of-center views on the prez, the war, etc. Our spies in the studio say that after Laquidara played Neil Young’s new tune “Impeach the President,” he was reprimanded by his boss, who told him something...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) - Movie bad guy Steven Berkoff has played a nemesis to stars ranging from Eddie Murphy to Sylvester Stallone. ...Berkoff met his match in U.S. immigration officials and was deported before he could take the stage, apparently for a visa violation. Berkoff was sent home Tuesday after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service agents at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on allegations that he had violated the stipulations of a previous work visa issued in 1997, Summer Festival Director Evy Warshawski and Berkoff's American agent, Joe Ajlouny, told The Ann Arbor News...