Judges save Matt Giraud on ‘American Idol’ while Jennifer Hudson returns

Judges save Matt Giraud on ‘American Idol’ while Jennifer Hudson returns It was an “American Idol” first. The night someone was to be voted off… someone got saved instead. Matt Giraud, who viewers ultimately decided was not worthy of the competition, was given a second chance by the foursome of chatty “Idol” judges Wednesday night. […]

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Obama addresses economy, tax plan on filing day

President Obama touted his tax cut Wednesday as an important component of his plan to right the U.S. economy and put working families on a more prosperous path. “My administration has taken far-reaching action to give tax cuts to the Americans who need them while jump-starting growth and job creation in the process,” Obama said

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All in the Facebook family: older generations join social networks

Penny Ireland’s family is so scattered around the world that Facebook, the popular social networking site, has become the family’s No. 1 way to communicate. “We call it our living room,” the 56-year-old mother said by phone from her home in Houston, Texas.

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Serena loses World No.1 spot to Safina

Dinara Safina will go to the top of the world rankings in place of Serena Williams after the American’s shock defeat at a tournament in Spain, the WTA announced on its official Web site www.sonyericssonwtatour.com. Williams went down 6-4 3-6 6-1 to Klara Zakopalova at the Andalucia Open in Marbella which means the Russian will go to world number one in the ranking lists released on April 20. Safina is only the second Russian woman, after Maria Sharapova, to claim the top spot and it will match the achievement of her brother Marat who was the top men’s player in the world in 2000

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NY gunman fired 98 shots in about a minute, police chief says

The gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant services center fired 98 shots in a minute or so, the police chief in Binghamton, New York, said Wednesday. Jiverly Wong, a 41-year-old Vietnamese immigrant from an ethnic Chinese family, fired 87 shots from a 9 mm pistol and 11 shots from a .45-caliber handgun, Chief Joseph Zikuski told CNN.

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Russian spacecraft lands with space tourist

The Soyuz spacecraft landed back in Kazakhstan early Wednesday after a six-month trip to the International Space Station — carrying a Russian, an American and a space tourist. “Search groups have reported that the spacecraft landed within a planned area

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