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/ 25 May 2007

Doors break on through to rock’s hall of fame

At the top of a winding staircase, a larger-than-life photograph of Jim Morrison, shirtless, seductive and forever young, looms as the song Back Door Man pulses through the room. Forty years after making their recording debut, The Doors are being honoured with a comprehensive exhibit at the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

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/ 12 April 2005

Quiet rock concert raises awareness of hearing loss

Mick Fleetwood sometimes has to lean over at the dinner table and concentrate on what somebody is saying a few feet away. The 57-year-old drummer for Fleetwood Mac said his partial hearing loss is why he became involved in Monday’s experimental ”quiet” rock concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in which about 100 people took part — with mixed results.

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/ 29 October 2004

Ohio’s non-voters get a push

It took a good hour of trudging through the autumn leaves to the side doors of people’s homes, poring over voter lists and sheaves of pamphlets, and looking out nervously for dogs, before Grace Brookins struck gold. Robbie Phillips (68), a retired factory worker, was at home, was willing to answer the door to a stranger, and was inclined to vote for John Kerry.

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/ 6 January 2004

Ticket, please

Someone turned in a valid winning ticket for a -million lottery jackpot, the Ohio Lottery said on Tuesday, a day after a Cleveland woman claimed she lost the ticket outside the store where it was sold. An Ohio Lottery spokesperson said the winner would be revealed at a morning news conference.