Rumors reached the U. S. that French women had been sexually active with black American soldiers, which University of Florida historian David Colburn argues struck at the heart of Southern fears.

Rumors of a mine construction soon reached the Confederates, but Lee refused to believe or act upon it for two weeks before commencing countermining attempts, which were sluggish and uncoordinated, and were unable to discover the mine.

Rumors circulated that head writer Richard Culliton was planning to kill off Phoebe and that Warrick would be dropped from the show for budgetary reasons ( General Hospital had done this twice to Anna Lee, who had played matriarch Lila Quartermaine ).

Rumors of a Rage Against The Machine reunion were first heard on January 22, 2007.

Rumors quickly arose of a Guns N ' Roses reunion, however, McKagan stated that they " just here to play.

Rumors of a reunion started in 1999 and were confirmed with the 2000 release of Hadas, although further work by the group has been sporadic.

Rumors persist of a Jawbreaker reunion, but they have been continually dispelled by the band members.

Rumors of a reunion of the original band, and possibly some new material, continued to swirl, as the band played a few charity concerts in the mid-2000s.

Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years.

Rumors have persisted that he appears somewhere on the legendary album, and while Richards concedes that it is very likely he is among the chorus of singers on " Sweet Virginia ", to this day nothing has been substantiated.

Rumors circulated in the Federation that the Enterprise's broken hull was displayed on Romulus, to boost the morale of Romulan fleet academy students.

Rumors that Larry Wachowski was transitioning gender spread in the early 2000s, though neither sibling had spoken directly on the subject.

Rumors abounded as early as the team's second season that the Lightning were on the brink of bankruptcy and that the team was part of a money laundering scheme for the yakuza ( Japanese crime families ).

Rumors of his proof began to circulate in March 1984, but many mathematicians were sceptical, because de Branges had earlier announced some false results, including a claimed proof of the invariant subspace conjecture in 1964 ( incidentally, in December 2008 he published a new claimed proof for this conjecture on his website ).

Rumors fly on the wind about the disappearance of the King.

American heavy metal band Vicious Rumors had a track named " Ship of Fools " on their 1990 self-titled album.

Rumors circulate among Indians that Callendar actually tortured an injured Indian by putting pepper instead of antiseptic on his wounds.

Rumors of a railroad to be built through southwestern Minnesota had circulated in the 1850s, and even though no survey had been taken for the railroad, the town of Gretchtown had been created-at least on paper-to serve as a stopping point.

Rumors premiered at the Old Globe Theatre ( San Diego, California ) on September 22, 1988.

Rumors opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 17, 1988 and transferred to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre where it closed after 535 performances and eight previews.

* August 31: 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede: Rumors of a suicide bomber lead to a stampede on the Al-Aaimmah bridge ; about 1, 000 people die.

Rumors suggest that development work on the next generation rotary engine have been given a lower priority and will proceed at a slower pace, due to limited engineering resources and tightening emission regulations, making development of a high performance rotary engine a lower priority compared to the next generation MX-5.

Gooden was arrested on December 13, 1986, in Tampa, Florida after fighting with police .< ref > A report clearing police of misconduct in the arrest helped start the Tampa Riots of 1987 .< ref > Rumors of substance abuse began to arise, which were confirmed when Gooden tested positive for cocaine during spring training in.

Rumors spread that the studio, Fox Searchlight, had forced changes on Romanek that seriously altered the film from how he had intended it.

Rumors and the popular belief of a faked death still run rampant however, largely based on the fact that prior to Morpheus ' assassination a few select redpills were sent an email stating that he would likely " fade away " and hide.

In a July 2010 interview for The Village Voice, Big Boi revealed that he is working on the follow-up album to Sir Lucious Left Foot, entitled Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, stating that he is " maybe about six songs into it ".

On June 9, Big Boi announced via Twitter that he will be releasing " Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors " on November 13.

Rumors circulated that Democrats were looking to replace him on the ballot for 2006's Congressional race against Iowa GOP Senate leader Jeff Lamberti, but Boswell's return to work and apparent good health have put an end to the speculation.

Rumors circulated that Scott was blaming the whole incident on Seward who had somehow manipulated Lincoln into acquiescing with the seizure.

Rumors began to circulate in January 2005 that Team Sleep had broken up due to a falling out between Chino Moreno and DJ Crook.

Rumors of breakup gained momentum when the band's website was taken offline in July 2008, and then confirmed by the band several months later with the following statement: " After a decade ’ s worth of touring, rocking, partying, more touring, more rocking, then even more touring, the time has come for us to pack it up and say goodbye ," the band wrote to its fans in a MySpace message in January.

Frankenheimer kicked off 1958 with The Last Man ( January 9, 1958 ), an Aaron Spelling revenge drama, followed by The Violent Heart ( February 6, 1958 ) from Daphne du Maurier story of romance on the French Riviera, Rumors of Evening ( May 1, 1958 ) about a World War II pilot obsessed with USO entertainer and Serling's Bomber's Moon ( May 22, 1958 ) about a World War II pilot accused of cowardice.

Rumors of a bug fix for the NTSC version were put to rest when Atari formally announced the retirement of the Atari 7800 on January 1, 1992.

Rumors began to circulate that Farah will return to Days as Mimi in January 2012 when OLTL's last television episode is aired.

Rumors began to surface at the end of season 3 that Judge would leave the show, but they were quickly and firmly denied.

Rumors have started about a House Connection 3 being in the works.

Rumors also surfaced that Wright will be directing a post-credits scene for Iron Man 3 in which Ant-Man confronts Chen Lu.

Rumors of an impending WWE buyout of the WCCW video library began to spread on internet message boards the following year, and on June 5, 2006, the company issued a press release announcing that the purchase had been finalized.

Rumors once again arose in September 2006 that Stern would be returning, and were once again denied by Stern and Sirius.

Rumors were rampant in late 2006 that the Spirit would leave Lynn, but in November the team confirmed that it would return for a fifth season at Fraser Field, set to begin on May 25, 2007.

Rumors of a sequel brewed in 2006 with questions of Anthony Anderson returning.

* 30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead ( with Steve Niles ), published by Pocket Star, ( 2006 )

Rumors of cancellation circulated after midseason replacement The New Adventures of Old Christine opened in the show's time slot in March 2006.