Tonight on 'Idol' 'Everybody's boyfriend' versus 'the girl next door'

"Everybody's boyfriend" and the "girl next door." That's the way American Idol executive producer Ken Warwick describes the two teenagers who'll compete for this year's Idol title to USA TODAY's Bill Keveney. Keveney spoke with Lauren Alaina and Scotty...

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Lockheed Martin to lay off 300 in South Carolina

Aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corp. Said Thursday it will cut 300 jobs at its Greenville, S.C. aircraft maintenance facility after it did not get a $104 million U.S. Navy contract. Company spokesman B.J. Boling said Thursday that layoffs would...

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'Basketball Wives' Scores Second Season

"VH1 viewers connected strongly with these three new series this year, and we're so happy that we can continue to share these real-life stories from the worlds of music and celebrity," said VH1 Executive Vice President, Original Programming &...

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UFC 130 Fight Card Results: Frank Mir vs Roy Nelson

A welterweight bout between highly ranked Thiago Alves and up and coming Rick Story was the second bout on the UFC 130 pay-per-view card. Alves, did not seem happy that the less experienced Story called him out. Alves has fought some of the best in...

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Doomsdayers put faith in Apocalypse now redux

It didn't take long for Apocalypse Now to add a whole bunch of one‑liners to the movie quote lexicon. Even before the mixed critical reception had coalesced into an iron-clad verdict, phrases from the screenplay by...

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More Midwest deaths...Suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan...Elizabeth Smart faces kidnapper

EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Violent storms that have killed seven people in Kansas and Oklahoma, continued their trek into Arkansas Wednesday morning, killing at least one person, for a total of eight. Emergency officials say the death happened in the...

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Elizabeth Smart has what Casey Anthony needs

Two days after her toddler daughter was last seen alive, Casey Anthony asked to borrow a shovel from a neighbor, reportedly to dig up some bamboo.  Casey, 25, is now on trial for first-degree murder in the death of her daughter. Caylee Anthony,...

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Smart gets justice at last: Rapist street preacher Mitchell gets life sentence

Fifty-seven year old Brian David Mitchell, who had kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in 2002 and had repeatedly raped her while holding her captive for 9 months, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a federal judge on Wednesday. Mitchell had kidnapped...

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Ed Schultz off MSNBC for vulgar criticism of Laura Ingraham

NEW YORK — MSNBC’s Ed Schultz is off the air for more than a week after calling a fellow talk-show host a vulgar term. On his radio show, the liberal commentator referred to conservative host Laura Ingraham as a “right-wing slut.” He was apparently...

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Perry Watch: Rumor du jour — Laura Ingraham says she’s been told that Perry’s going to run for president

WARNING: We do not vouch for the truth of any of the rumors that we repeat in this space. Texas Gov. Rick Perry insists he’s not running for president. And we believe him. But we feel you are entitled to hear what many of his conservative friends...

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'Idol': Haley Reinhart with Tony Bennett, plus Scotty McCreery with Tim McGraw

We return from commercial to a video tribute to Steven Tyler, a series of scats, bleeps and blue logos. "You should have seen the stuff we couldn't broadcast!" Ryan says afterward. Haley Reinhart gets a great duet partner, too -- Tony Bennett, for...

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