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Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 3rd, 2009 Marwan Riyadh, drumer from the Baghdad heavy metal band Acrassicauda, is greeted by two of his bandmates at Newark Liberty International Airport. Photo: Lisa WhitemanIf you watched “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” you know how the band Acrassicauda (”Black Scorpion”) became a target for extremists for daring to play heavy metal rock in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. A story in today’s New York Times describes the hell the band had been through i

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines is the target of a defamation lawsuit by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys slain in 1993.

Departing from major U.S. cities such as Kansas City, Mo., Atlanta, Ga., and New York, groups of faithful AC/DC fans hit the road as early as Friday morning. Their target: Wilkes-Barre and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Departing from major U.S. cities such as Kansas City, Mo., Atlanta, Ga., and New York, groups of faithful AC/DC fans hit the road as early as Friday morning. Their target: Wilkes-Barre and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.