Miss Alabama Crowned Miss America, Wins $50,000
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Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring medical student, won the Miss America contest on Saturday and said she would work to regain public respect for the event.
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Matt Caddell caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone from John Parker Wilson with eight seconds left, lifting Alabama to a 41-38 victory over No. 16 Arkansas last night for the first major win of the Nick Saban era.
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Jermareo Davidson scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, leading No. 19 Alabama to a 90-55 rout of Division II Alaska-Anchorage in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday night.
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R&B singer Mary J. Blige was the  top winner at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on  Monday, taking home nine prizes, while "American Idol" champion  Carrie Underwood was honored for album of the year.
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Miss Rodeo North Dakota Ashley Andrews had goals of beating cancer and winning the Miss Rodeo America crown. She accomplished both.
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No. 18 Alabama jumps out to a 45-21 lead early in the second half and cruises to a 68-57 victory over New Orleans on Saturday night.
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ARLINGTON, Texas - In the largest payout for residential property acquired for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, the Arlington City Council has agreed to give a 72-year-old woman $2.75 million for her house and 4 acres.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Skimpy swimsuits, a shortened telecast and a last-woman-standing talent competition couldn't help Miss America's TV ratings...
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Lauren Nelson, an aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America on Monday night, the second year in a row that a Miss Oklahoma has won the crown.
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Preliminary results gave victory to Alu  Alkhanov in Chechnya's presidential election Sunday, with the  Moscow-backed policeman winning more than 50 percent of the  vote, the region's acting president was quoted as saying.
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Alabama holds Mississippi State without a field goal for nearly 15 minutes of the first half in a 98-49 victory, the Bulldogs' worst loss in 50 years.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Kenneth Darby rushed for 197 yards and scored two touchdowns, on a run and on a pass, as Alabama beat No. 24 Southern Mississippi, 27-3, yesterday for its first win against a ranked opponent in nearly two years. Southern Miss (4-1) had been averaging nearly 29 points per game, but the Crimson Tide (5-2) limited it to ...
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The annual Miss America pageant will return to the Las Vegas Strip for its 2007 contest, organizers said Thursday. The crowning will air live on Country Music Television from the Aladdin Resort &amp; Casino on Jan. 29, organizers said.
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Vijay Singh won the Chrysler Championship by five strokes over Jesper Parnevik and Tommy Armour III, becoming the first golfer to win at least $10 million in a season.
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Anchorage, AK (Sports Network) - Will Conroy scored 18 points and Nate Robinson was named tournament MVP, as 22nd-ranked Washington beat 18th-ranked Alabama, 79-76, in the final of the Great Alaska Shootout.
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Contestants in this year's Miss America pageant made their debut in Atlantic City on Sunday, dressed in fashions from the 1950s.
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A 22-year-old student who said she hopes to become a cosmetic surgeon was crowned the winner yesterday in China&#39;s first pageant for such &quot;manmade beauties.