`American Idol' boots another finalist; 3 singers remain
Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. People:[Syesha Mercado][Jason Castro][Ryan Seacrest][Bob Dylan][Simon Cowell] 2008-05-07 Twin suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq
Twin suicide blasts ripped through a wedding party in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 66, an Iraqi army officer said. Nations:[Iraq] People:[David Petraeus][Robert Gates][Gordon Brown][Jalal Talabani] Activities:[Second Gulf War] 2008-05-01 'American Idol' boots another finalist; 4 singers remain
Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night. The tearful 24-year-old folkster from Mesa, Ariz., was eliminated as the Fox show trimmed the competition to the top four finalists. People:[Syesha Mercado][Jason Castro][Brooke White][David Archuleta][Neil Diamond][Paula Abdul] 2008-05-01 Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner
President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. People:[Hillary Clinton][Salman Rushdie][Stephen Colbert][Barack Obama][Ashlee Simpson][John McCain] Activities:[US Election 2008][Bush Admin.] 2008-04-27 Strike in Scotland closes major North Sea oil pipeline
Hundreds of workers at Scotland's only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil. Nations:[U.K.] People:[Gordon Brown] Activities:[2007 Oil Price Crisis] 2008-04-27 Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world
Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Megan Fox][Elisha Cuthbert][Victoria Beckham][Blake Lively][Lauren Conrad][Jessica Alba] 2008-04-24 Irish singer Smithson voted off American Idol
The music of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber marked the end of the road for "American Idol" finalist Carly Smithson on Wednesday after fans of the hit TV talent show cast the fewest votes for her rendition of "Superstar." People:[Syesha Mercado][Jason Castro][Carly Smithson][David Archuleta][Randy Jackson][Carrie Underwood] 2008-04-24 Pope worries that big powers control decision-making
Making a plea for human rights, Pope Benedict XVI warned diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that international cooperation needed to solve urgent problems is "in crisis" because decisions rest in the hands of a few powerful nations. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Ban Ki-moon] Activities:[2008 Pope Visit to U.S.][Church Sex Scandals] 2008-04-18 Clinton, Obama march toward Pennsylvania primary
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama embarked Thursday on a five-day march toward the pivotal Pennsylvania primary, as the endgame opens in the Democratic White House tussle. Nations:[U.S.] People:[John McCain][Gordon Brown][Barack Obama][George W. Bush][Hillary Clinton] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-04-17 Hadley: 'Cop-out' to skip Olympics start
It would be a "cop-out" for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China's "crackdown" in Tibet, President Bush's national security adviser said Sunday. People:[Gordon Brown][Angela Merkel][Hu Jintao] Activities:[2008 Tibet Riot][2008 Beijing Olympics][China-U.S.] 2008-04-13 World finance leaders tackle bank reform
World financial leaders facing the gravest economic crisis in at least a decade are pledging tighter control of banks and other financial institutions and hoping the U.S. slump is short. Nations:[U.S.][Germany][Italy][Japan][U.K.][France] People:[Henry Paulson][Ben Bernanke] Activities:[2008 U.S. Recession][2007 Global Credit Crunch] 2008-04-12 Inflation hits consumers worldwide
Gas pumps in the United States tell the same story as rice prices in Thailand: Inflation is a global phenomenon this year. Nations:[India][Indonesia][Egypt][Thailand] Activities:[Global Food Crisis][2007 Oil Price Crisis] 2008-04-11
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