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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose.
But the airport actually gets an outsize share of international visitors.Of course, many of them are accidental tourists who would rather not be here at all.Because the airport is on the far northeastern edge of the U.S., incoming trans-Atlantic flights confronted with terrorist threats or unruly passengers are often diverted to Bangor, population 33,000.The latest such incident happened Tuesday and involved a French passenger who caused a security scare when she told a US Airways crew she had a surgically implanted device. The jet had been traveling from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., with 188 people aboard."The general public might not know exactly where Bangor, Maine, is on the map," said interim airport director Tony Caruso. But "in the aviation industry, the Bangor, Maine, name is well known, and we have a well-earned reputation for handling these types of situations."It's the last major...Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future.Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued hi...
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