Larry Howe of Vicious Rumors was considered as a replacement.

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.

According to Yevgeni Borisovich Pasternak, " Rumors that Pasternak was to receive the Nobel Prize started right after the World War II was over.

Rumors and more at the time indicated the Deering was a victim of piracy, possibly connected with the illegal rum-running trade during Prohibition, and possibly involving another ship,, which disappeared at roughly the same time.

Rumors alleging that Diocletian's death was merely being kept secret until Galerius could come to assume power spread through the city.

Rumors that he had bribed the board and concern that he would be likened to Jack Dempsey, who had received negative publicity for failure to serve in World War I, led Greenberg to be reexamined, and he was found fit to serve.

Rumors of Falk's dementia plagued the actor in the final years of his life and exacerbated when, in late April 2008, Falk was photographed by paparazzi looking disheveled and acting animated in the streets of Beverly Hills.

Rumors spread about his incredible strength – a strength that was the size of his temper.

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 spread that the deaths were a deliberate act of revenge for an Israeli shopper that was stabbed to death by a Palestinian in Gaza four days earlier.

Rumors surfaced in early 1994 that Cobain suffered a drug overdose and that Nirvana was breaking up.

Rumors circulated at the time claiming that the reason for the name change back to ‘ Sav-on ’ was due to " Osco " having the same pronunciation as the Spanish word " asco " ( oss-ko ) which means " nausea " or " disgust ", a considerable factor within southern California ’ s heavily Hispanic market.

Rumors of cash payments were floated, but no evidence was ever found to support the claim.

Rumors circulated that the accident was, in fact, a deliberate act of revenge for the stabbing of the businessman.

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 that the band was originally known as Dragonslayer, after the 1981 movie of the same name, were denied by King, as he stated, " We never were ; it's a myth to this day.

Rumors had been circulating in the press for several weeks that Presley, who had begun his career at Sun Records, was ready to move to RCA Victor to help launch him nationally.

Rumors of a David Lee Roth reunion re-emerged and on January 3, 2006, Roth explained during an interview that he spoke to Alex Van Halen the previous week and a reunion was " inevitable ".

Rumors floated that Smohalla was preparing for battle.

Rumors were that the change was to happen September 1.

Rumors say that an English translation was made in the 15th century by an unknown scribe, but the consensus is that they exist only in manuscript form.

Rumors abound the real reason for the marriage was for Ike Turner to avoid paying alimony and child support to Lorraine Taylor.

Rumors and speculation about the 1958 and 1963 conclaves may have received added attention because it was under the Popes who were then elected that the Second Vatican Council was held and its decrees were implemented.

Rumors spread that maybe " Stevie Wonder " should be traded.

Rumors spread among fans of albums being recorded and then shelved.

Rumors spread that Shevkal wanted to occupy the throne for himself and introduce Islam to the city.

Rumors spread in the territory about the motives for the troop movement.

Rumors spread at an American Society of Equity meeting in Bismarck that a state legislator named Treadwell Twichell had told a group of farmers to " go home and slop the hogs.

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

Rumors spread to Kamarpukur that Ramakrishna had become unstable as a result of his spiritual exercises at Dakshineswar.

Rumors quickly spread that Vanderjagt would be released by the Cowboys before the regular season began.

Rumors spread through the South that 30, 000 Northerners were descending on Kansas, and in November 1854, thousands of armed pro-slavery men known as " Border Ruffians ," mostly from Missouri, poured over the line in an attempt to steal the election to Congress of a single territorial delegate.

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 begin to spread, and several people believe Hector and Theodora to be lovers.

Rumors spread that the person behind the dismissal was Leah Hager, wife of the rebbe, who died more than ten years ago ; she was the most important woman in Vizhnitz holding great influence over her husband.

Rumors of the planned event spread to the local Spanish authorities who acted swiftly and put an end to what would be the last major uprising in the island to Spanish colonial rule.

Rumors spread that more massacres were coming soon.

Rumors of Crazy Horse's desire to slip away and return to the old ways of life started to spread at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies.

Rumors spread that his brother Kublai founded a de facto independent ulus ( district ) and perhaps took for himself some of the tax receipts that should by rights be coming to Karakorum.

Rumors spread that Yoong was to be replaced by either Alonso, who was Renault's test driver or Bryan Herta and Justin Wilson.

Rumors also spread that Barzani was given a rank in the Red Army, which appears to have been false.

Rumors of a secret military supplement to the treaty soon spread.

Rumors of the new law quickly spread throughout the area and the colonists seemed on the brink of revolt.

Rumors of police censorship spread quickly ; Morante ignored the request and performed the play as planned.