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  • Cat Stevens Nominated for Rock Hall

    09/15/2005 4:36:35 AM PDT · by Brainhose · 71 replies · 1,239+ views
    Fox News ^ | September 14, 2005 | Roger Friedman
    It had to happen eventually. Cat Stevens — now known as Yusuf Islam — has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My sources tell me he's a shoo-in, too. Stevens had several huge-selling popular records in the 1970s, until he became a Muslim and changed his name. Those hits were "Moon Shadow," "Peace Train," "Oh Very Young," a cover version of Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night," "Father and Son" and "Wild World." A decade or more ago, Stevens was roundly denounced for seeming to back the fatwa, or death sentence, placed by Iran's Ayatollah...
  • Document distraction [Cleveland Left-wing Rag Rips Rather; Call C-Twon Affiliate 1(800) 929-0132]

    09/17/2004 1:13:42 PM PDT · by Diago · 22 replies · 1,031+ views
    The Cleveland Plain Dealer & cleveland .com ^ | September 17, 2004 | Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial board
      Document distraction Alleged forgery drama has cost CBS some credibility, and has postponed - again - focus on today's issues Friday, September 17, 2004 CBS News, in the person of anchorman Dan Rather, has staked its professional reputation on the authenticity of over-the-transom documents purporting to show that, 32 years ago, the man who would become president of the United States had shirked his military duty. Shaky ground on which to place something so important. Such sourcing is always risky for a news organization. But when the object of the reporting occupies the White House, the consequences of...