'Idol': Lots of burnin' love for Crystal on Elvis night

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'AMERICAN IDOL'

Anointing Adam Lambert as mentor of Elvis night was inspired, despite the runner-up's lack of experience. He egged Chicago's Crystal Bowersox to switch to electric guitar for her update of "Saved," and she killed it. Ellen Degeneres has officially run out of nice things to say about her.

Mount Prospect's Lee DeWyze is still Bowersox's main competition. He sang "A Little Less Conversation" as if he'd marinated his voice in bourbon. Impeccable. Kara DioGuardi said she'd like to see a more playful side of the deadpan DeWyze, which would be a tall order.

"What do you want, kittens?" taunted Simon …

The Stigma of Conviction: Coram Nobis, Civil Disabilities, and the Right to Clear One's Name

I. ABSTRACT

In the 1954 case of United States v. Morgan, the Supreme Court revived the ancient writ of coram nobis by making it the sole mechanism for post-incarceration judicial review of federal convictions. It appeared that coram nobis was well on its way to taking its place as a vital part of the American system of collateral review. Where the writ of habeas corpus provided unlawfully convicted prisoners with a way to challenge their conviction, coram nobis offered a similar avenue of relief for those who were no longer in federal custody. But the promise of modern coram nobis has been held in check by a restrictive doctrine known as the civil disabilities test. In most federal …

British eatery bombing suspect has home searched

British police and intelligence officials searched a house in southwest England on Friday to try to determine what drove a young Muslim convert with a history of mental illness to walk into a busy restaurant with two bombs.

Armed officers raided the home of 22-year-old Nicky Reilly in Plymouth late Thursday. Police said Friday that the search was continuing.

Reilly was in a hospital under armed guard and being treated for facial injuries after a device he was carrying blew up Thursday in a bathroom at Giraffe, a popular family restaurant in Exeter, 180 miles (290 kilometers) southwest of London and about 40 miles (60 kilometers) from his home. Another explosive …

Hotel in four-star accolade

A North-east hotel has been awarded four-star status.

Staff at the Macdonald Pittodrie House Hotel are celebratingafter the hotel was given an extra star by the AA.

The historic 27-bedroom hotel, near Inverurie, is mid-way througha year-long …

VACATIONS AT HOME

Taking a vacation can be as simple as staying right where you are.

Announce your plans to everyone around you and find at least two days--a weekend maybe, or better yet three to five days--and take a vacation at home. Here's how:

Unplug your phone and e-mail. You really need a break, not a bit of a break. If you stay attached, you'll run the risk of getting pulled back in.

Clean your house before you "leave." Otherwise, the disarray will pull at you. Have the basics done--floors, kitchen, bathroom. Don't worry about all those messy drawers. Maybe you'll decide to rent a bunch of movies and sit on the floor one drawer at a time sorting through its contents. Organize …

Driver for rock group dies en route to Iowa gig

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rock band Widespread Panic says its bus driver suffered a fatal heart attack en route to a gig in Iowa.

A statement on the Athens, Georgia-based group's website says Tom Torrisi fell ill Thursday morning as the charter bus was traveling on Interstate 35 south of Ames. The bus went off the highway, and the band's merchandise manager took the wheel.

The band says one …

Track Cycling World Championships Results

Results Thursday from the world track cycling championships at the Ballerup Velodrome:

Men

Keirin

1. Chris Hoy, Britain.

2. Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysia.

3. Maximilian Levy, Germany.

4. Teun Mulder, Netherlands.

5. Francois Pervis, France.

6. Sam Webster, New Zealand.

4k Individual Pursuit

1. Taylor Phinney, United States, 4:16.600.

2. Jesse Sergent, New Zealand, 4:18.459.

3. Jack Bobridge, Australia, 4:18.066.

4. Alexander Serov, Russia, 4:21.263.

5. Rohan Dennis, Australia.

6. Vitaliy Shchedov, Ukraine.

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