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...Rice was rooting for fellow Birmingham native Taylor Hicks and will soon send him a congratulatory letter, says a State Department official. The Alabama connection helps explain why she has long been glued to the show: last year's runner-up Bo Bice is also a 'Bama boy, as was the winner of the second Idol competition, Ruben Studdard. But Condi is also part of nationwide Idolmania, as Tuesday night's competition drew some 32 million viewers - the biggest audience of the show's five seasons...
...Clarification: In the article "Dodging a Bullet in Costa Rica", TIME described presidential election runner-up Otton Solis as having been "backed by the radical and increasingly popular left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez." While the Chavez government favored Solis' candidacy, Solis insists he distanced himself during his campaign from Chavez's more radical anti-U.S. policies. As Solis himself wrote in an email to TIME, "I am sure you know that I have been highly critical of Chavez populism and gut antagonism towards the USA. It seems that you have fallen into the cold war extremist?s view...
...together a playlist that kept the tension in the room at a fever pitch. “Anything to pump that adrenaline.” Eventually the tournament whittled its way down to the final three. Falling just one four-token chain short of the championship match, second runner-up Joshua D. Samuelson ‘06, a former Crimson photo executive, described the moment when he realized that his dream was over. “I was red and all of a sudden I noticed all the red chips trapped at the bottom amongst a sea of black chips?...
...into the office pools, to figure out the preferences of the 6,500 Motion Picture Academy members. Yet of all the pop-cultural horse races, from the Super Bowl to American Idol, the Oscars are the one we know the least about. Only the winner is announced, not the runner-up or the margin of victory. It's as if all you knew about the 2000 election was, "And the Presidency goes to ... George W. Bush...
...crashed into the side of the rink. In obvious agony, the tiny 20-year-old hobbled to the side before returning a couple of minutes later. The pair went on to perform a nearly flawless routine, even though Zhang Dan was so sore she could barely complete her runner-up victory lap. "We are the offspring of dragons," a tearful Zhang Hao, 21, told reporters. "It was just like fighting in a battle. We will cherish this silver medal...