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THE COFFEE BREAK - Friday, May 16, 2008
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Syesha Mercado was the latest contestant voted off of the
TV singing competition series "American Idol" by viewers.
Remaining finalists David Archuleta and David Cook will
compete for the "Idol" title in next week's finale.
"I don't know what to say," People.com quoted Mercado as
saying when host Ryan Seacrest encouraged her to comment
upon learning she had been eliminated from the show. "I
just want to say, thank you."
Alicia Keys's "If I Ain't Got You" was the last song Mercado
sang on the series.
"We're going to have a real humdinger," "Idol" judge Simon
Cowell said of next week's finale.
What are your thoughts on the "American Idol" final two?
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Meowing kittens alert humans to fire
Residents of a Jacksonville, Fla., boarding house gutted by
an early morning fire credit two kittens with saving their
lives. Lisa Kimmerle said the kittens were meowing so
loudly they woke her up early Tuesday, WJXT-TV reported.
Then she heard popping noises and realized something was
wrong. By the time she was out of bed, flames were
shooting up the stairwell. She and other second-floor
residents were able to get onto the roof, and a neighbor
helped them to the ground. No one was injured in the fire,
which gutted the building. "God woke the kittens up, and
the kittens woke us up," Kimmerle said. Both kittens
survived, although one disappeared for several hours after
the fire.
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Courthouse murals go up 70 years late
Seventy years after a federal judge declared two murals too
controversial for his New Jersey courtroom, copies of the
banished artworks have been installed. The murals by New
Jersey artist Tanner Clark were meant to suggest the
importance of federal courts in protecting children, with
one showing kids playing basketball and the other a child
injured in an industrial accident, The Star-Ledger of
Newark, N.J., reported. U.S. District Judge Guy Fake feared
that the murals might influence juries. The murals are long
gone. Clark's son, Caleb, said that they were left behind
by mistake when his family moved years ago. But two years
ago, the historical society at the courthouse found good
photographs in the National Archives and hired two artists
to reproduce them as exactly as possible. "People joke
that the wheels of justice turn slowly. This is the perfect
example of that," said Michael Weinstein, a lawyer who
heads the historical society's art committee. Tanner
Clark, who died in 1997, always regretted that the murals
weren't hung as intended, Caleb Clark told The Star-Ledger.
"He put two years of his life into them and really was
torn up when they didn't get accepted," he said.
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Han Solo and Princess Leia get hitched
A British couple obsessed with "Star Wars" said they decided
to tie the knot dressed as Han Solo and Princess Leia as an
homage to the epic saga. Not only did groom Bramwell
Brightey, 33, and bride Tamsyn Lofts, 29, attend the
matrimonial event decked out in "Star Wars" duds, some of
their guests jumped on board as well, sporting Chewbacca,
Obi Wan Kenobi and Stormtroopers costumes, The Sun reported.
"We didn't want a traditional wedding, I get bored sitting
in churches and listening to hymns and readings, so it
would've been a bit hypocritical of us to have it in a
church as we're not big church-goers," Brightey said. The
Epsom, England, newlyweds said they even decided to model
their cake after Yoda and replace the traditional first
dance with a lightsaber battle.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reader Comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What are your thoughts on the school not allowing a student
into her prom because of her inappropraite dress?
"She knew the guidelines and signed a paper agreeing to
them so she should have been kicked out."
"Did you see the dress? Britney would have been too
embarrassed to of worn it in public. Don't girls like her
have parents? She just as well have worn a sign saying "I'm
a slut, let's have sex"."
"i hate to say it,BUT,she did look like a hooker.if that
"gown"was any shorter it would have been a belt.there was
no way i would have let my daughter leave the house in
that "dress""
"I think that school was right in not letting that young
girl into the prom. Young ladies these days seem to like
wearing less and less. It makes them look sexually active.
It attracts the wrong kind of attention and they usually
don't realize this until they are much older. When it's
too late."
"Maybe it will do her some good to hear "No""
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