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Usually on “American Idol,” the big shocker comes when someone unexpectedly goes home. Kris Allen may have made “Idol” history Wednesday as the first contestant to enlist that reaction by sticking around. The 23-year-old Arkansas native joined Allison Iraheta and Adam Corkery in becoming the latest additions to Season 8’s …

Great Britain and France have always had their cultural differences, but the latest military miscommunication between the two hardly has them shouting vive la difference! This one literally could have gone nuclear. A couple of elite nuclear submarines, the British HMS Vanguard and the French Navy’s Le Triomphant, collided in …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Ethics Wrangle The ethics investigation into House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel still is not done — despite promises from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Rangel is being investigated in at least four areas — including his failure to report income taxes …