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ABBA, Stooges to Rock hall

Dec. 16, 2009
CLEVELAND ABBA is dancing its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies and the Stooges. The list of the next class of inductees was released Tuesday by the Cleveland hall. ABBA and the Stooges made it in this time after being nominated previously but...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic