Clay Aiken Dons Santa Hat for U.S. Tour
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - "American Idol" alumnus Clay Aiken,  the most commercially successful graduate of the Fox talent  show series, is planning to tour the United States for five  weeks this holiday season backed by a full orchestra.
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Seville will host the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States in December, with the matches played on a clay court. The best-of-five series on Dec. 3-5 will be held at 22,000-seat Olympic Stadium
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - "American Idol" graduate Clay Aiken  will deliver a double whammy Nov. 16 with the release of a new  album and his first book.
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PITTSBURGH - One of Mark Milanak's students scored a touchdown when he got him a Christmas gift.  Russell Malloy, 10, honored his favorite teacher - a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan - by getting Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris to autograph a ball for the reading tutor.
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A federal judge on Thursday approved suspended Indiana Pacers star Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s bid to play on Christmas in a rematch of two NBA teams whose last game in November ended
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American Idol runner up Clay Aiken is to tour the US backed by a full orchestra.
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If he wants to get on, he better get a hat
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ST ANTON, Austria  - Less than a week after dominating the speed events at St Moritz, Sweden's Anja Paerson aims to achieve another hat-trick in St Anton, which hosts the last World Cup races before Christmas on Friday and Saturday.
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A staple for many big-league clubs, the winter caravan, is on display throughout the USA. For example, the Arizona Diamondbacks are touring the state with their 2001 World Series trophy while some of the New York Mets rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
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By Sherry Grindeland, Seattle Times  Dec. 15--When it comes to sharing the holiday spirit, Ricky Teegarden of Bellevue has it all wrapped up.
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Sorry Sean Payton. Your head coaching debut with the New Orleans Saints will be a little overshadowed by a Southern California/Rose Bowl mini-reunion featuring Reggie Bush, LenDale White and Vince Young.
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Santa Claus presents Christmas gifts to young patients in a pediatrics ward at Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam, Seoul, Monday after flying into town from the northern Finnish hamlet of Rovaniemi.
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NEW YORK It will be up to a federal judge to decide whether the Pacers&#39; Jermaine O&#39;Neal will play on Christmas Day. The NBA and the players&#39; union are due in court in New York this morning.
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Guitars autographed by music stars such as Britney Spears will raise money for Hurricane Charley victims. Plus other news in brief on Colin Firth and Spider-Man 2.
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When Mike Cameron played Santa Claus at the Mets&#39; Christmas party Wednesday at Shea Stadium, he delivered some bad news along with the presents: His left wrist was hurting.
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Santa strapped on his body armor and sidearm today and got an early start on his rounds, taking candy canes and holiday wishes to U.S. troops in Iraq. Santa is Army Maj. Harold Riggins of the 101st Airborne Division. His sleigh is an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
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These days, the Yankees know what it&#39;s like to wait for Santa Claus. They know they are getting something they have craved all year, a 6-foot-10 action figure with a bionic left arm and a turbo-charged fastball.