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...scorned. So she sang karaoke at the pub and cared for her ailing mother until the day she died. "Mum was my life," Boyle said. "She was the one who said I should enter Britain's Got Talent. We used to watch it together. She thought I would win." Boyle arrived center stage, with her awkward dignity and eyebrows like live mice, and even then fame mocked her with the nickname the Hairy Angel...
...win at the psychology of saving? A big part is understanding where the money goes. If you're part of a typical American household, 12% of your spending is on food. That's a big chunk, but smaller than the 18% that goes for transportation and the 34% that pays for housing. Cataloging expenses using software like Quicken or Mint.com or jotting them down, may be annoying, but it can be life-changing. "It gets people thinking when they realize they spend five times as much on their car as they do on recreation," says Robert Manning, a consumer-finance...
...judges love Lambert, but they are also routinely stumped: "Confusing and shocking and sleazy!" shouted Kara DioGuardi after Lambert seduced Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Feeling Good." Lambert might just be too weird for a show this big. But win or lose, it won't matter: after producing plenty of singers, American Idol has found its first star...
...give her a new personal record in the event. “That just shows how versatile Claire is,” Christensen said. “Claire can run anything.” Freshman Nico Weiler continued his dominance in the pole vault, running away with the win by a tenth of a meter by clearing the 5.15-meter bar. “Nico’s really a competitor,” Saretsky said. “He’s got a great perspective of what this meet means. The conditions weren’t ideal...
...Read: "Russia Moves to Ban Criticism of WWII Win...