Singer from Gaza wants to be Arab Idol

Arab Idol is an over-the-top TV ratings smash in the Middle East, and a young crooner from a Palestinian refugee family, whom admirers have nicknamed “the Rocket”, is stealing the show. The surprise breakout of the second season is a 23-year-old Gaza Strip resident named Mohammed Assaf, whose patriotic folk songs and romantic ballads – with their themes of grit, longing and love – have propelled him into the final rounds.

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Mississippi River Flood Concerns Hurt Memphis Tourism

While television reporters delight in doing stand-ups while wading through water, the truth is, only a tiny percentage of the city of Memphis has been affected by flooding. But with images of the swollen Mississippi River driving tourists away from Beale Street, the city’s famed party strip is dry and far too sober

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The Ft. Hood Hero: Who is Kimberly Munley?

The west side of Killeen, Texas is like countless other places in America’s heartland, freshly carved out of prairie pastures with wide streets in bucolic neighborhoods like “Sunflower Estates” and “Bridgewood.” But on a glorious cloudless fall day, the flags at the home sales center nearby are at half mast in honor of the 13 fallen at Ft. Hood, victims of a gunman whose deadly attack was stopped thanks to a petite, long-haired blonde mom from the neigborhood.

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Atlanta ‘Housewives’ reunion postponed

Taping of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion special, scheduled for last week, has been postponed as the cast deals with the death of Kandi Burruss’ former fianc, Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, an NBC Universal spokeswoman told CNN Monday. The show is now winding down its second season on the network, and the two-part episode was expected to air on October 29 and November 5.

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