By LYNN ELBER – 24 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The grown-up rocker triumphed over the smooth-voiced kid as David Cook claimed the “American Idol” title Wednesday, and it wasn’t as much of a surprise as it seemed.While the judges all but crowned 17-year-old David Archuleta the night before, the voters […]

NEW YORK, May 15 /PRNewswire/ — With only a week before the finale of FOX’s American Idol, The Nielsen Company today reported data trends about American Idol and its contestants. Highlights include:– TV Ratings — People age 35-49 watched American Idol Season 7 the most, making up almost 29% of the total audience. […]

First prediction: Ryan Seacrest will face the camera and announce that more than 70 million votes have been cast and America has spoken.Second prediction: He will say the difference in vote totals between two of the contestants is among the closest ever in the seven long years that “American Idol” has been part of the […]

MICHAEL Johns doesn’t want to name-drop, but after rubbing shoulders with Demi Moore, Condoleezza Rice and Rupert Murdoch over the past month, it’s hard not to.Since his shock eviction from American Idol last month, the Perth-born 29-year-old’s life has been a whirlwind of publicity and A-list parties.Johns has performed and partied with Ashton Kutcher, Demi […]

If you’re a classical music aficionado envious of the “American Idol” viewers who get to vote on their favorite contestants, your time has come.Inspired not by “Idol” but by Popsearch 2007, an online talent search sponsored by the Boston Popsthe Van Cliburn Foundation has taken its competition into cyberspace with its first YouTube contest for […]

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March 31, 2008 12:34 PM EDTAmerican Water Works Company (NYSE: AWK) has filed an amended registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering of its common stock. The Company is offering 64,000,000 shares and expects the offering price to be between $24-$26 per share. The Company plans to list on the NYSE under […]

Business Briefly: Malaysia airline orders dozens of Boeing 737sMalaysia Airlines will acquire up to 55 new Boeing Co. 737-800 jets, and go ahead with previously-announced plans to buy six Airbus A380s despite delivery delays. Malaysia’s flagship carrier has placed a firm order for 35 narrow-body 737-800 aircraft, with an option for another 20 planes. The […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — An American financial analyst working for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has died of his wounds from an Easter Day rocket attack against the heavily fortified Green Zone, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.Paul Converse, 56, was hit when rockets fired by suspected Shiite militia fighters rained down on the U.S.-protected area in central […]

Paula Abdul has claimed she would like to adopt a child within the next three to five years, it has emerged.Citing an interview with Now, Digital Spy reported that the choreographer, singer and American Idol judge claimed she would like children within "the next three to five years" and explained she would like to adopt.However, […]