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Ratings show 'Idol' decline

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:46 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — For the past decade, the "American Idol" season finale has been one of television's biggest events of the year. Now it's not even TV's biggest event of the week.

The Nielsen company estimated that 14.3 million people watched Candice Glover's victory over Kree Harrison in last week's final episode of the season. Both the CBS drama "NCIS" and comedy "The Big Bang Theory" had more viewers last week.


The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:46 PM

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 20, 2013

Top Songs:

1. "Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)," Ryan Lewis, Macklemore

2. "Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell), Robin Thicke

3. "Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)," P!nk

4. "Come & Get It," Selena Gomez

5. "Mirrors," Justin Timberlake

6. "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons

7. "Cruise (Remix) (feat. Nelly)," Florida Georgia Line


Judge promises more openness in Chandra Levy case

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:45 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge promised more openness Tuesday after months of confidential post-trial proceedings in the case of murdered Washington intern Chandra Levy, disclosing for the first time why a key prosecution witness could be discredited.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys were in court again Tuesday for a hearing in the case of Ingmar Guandique, who was convicted of Levy's death and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Defense attorneys have said they intend to request a new trial for Guandique based on the information about the prosecution witness.


IRS official Lerner to take 5th at hearing

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:44 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key figure in the Internal Revenue Service controversy plans to invoke her constitutional right not to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Lois Lerner is the director of the IRS division that handles applications for tax exempt status. That division was responsible for giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax exempt status.


The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:38 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.

Each machine has a set of features designed to draw gamers away from rival consoles. There's one thing all three have in common, though: They are about more than gaming and include entertainment services such as television, movies and music.


Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:32 PM

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.

Three federal lawsuits backed by the Southern Poverty Law Center were filed Tuesday in Mississippi and Texas on behalf of 83 people who worked for Signal International LLC after the 2005 storm slammed into the coast.


Police search for kidnapped girl; suspect found dead

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:31 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive search is underway for a 15-year-old girl who was abducted yesterday from an Iowa bus stop.

Authorities say the man who is suspected of taking her and another girl has been found dead.

Dozens of federal, state and local authorities are searching by air, land and water for Kathlynn Shepard. She and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a bus stop yesterday afternoon after accepting a ride from a stranger. The younger girl was able to escape.


Portland, Ore., voting on water fluoridation

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:29 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water.

Voters had weeks to make their choice in the mail-ballot election. It's now too late to rely on the postman, so drop boxes have been placed across the city to accommodate those who waited until the final day to make a decision, as well as people who didn't want to pay for postage.


Decision time for Portland fluoridation

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:22 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The final ballots are getting dropped off Tuesday in Oregon as Portlanders decide for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water.

If voters say no, Portland will remain the largest U.S. city yet to approve fluoridation to combat tooth decay.

Voters in Portland twice rejected fluoridation before approving it in 1978. That plan was overturned two years later, before any fluoride was ever added to the water.


Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

POSTED BY: Associated Press
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 04:22 PM

ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. farmers who could only watch helplessly this spring as storm after storm left their fields a muddy mess took to their tractors en masse last week and planted a record amount of corn acreage, even in areas where conditions are still far from perfect.


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