N. Carolina-Charlotte Offers 'Idol' Course
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Clay Aiken sang his way to a runner-up finish on the television show "American Idol." Last season, fellow North Carolinian Fantasia Barrino won a lucrative recording contract by claiming the title.
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If we learned anything from Tuesday's installment of "American Idol," it's that Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell still get on each other's nerves. A lot.
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Two sites aim to teach you everything you want to know how to do, one video at a time.
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"American Idol," for all its success, is not above tinkering Â especially after last year's revolving door of celebrity mentors and Sanjaya Malakar's improbable run.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 10--HICKORY -- Doctors, teachers, trucking company representatives,  environmental specialists and government planners gathered at Lenoir-Rhyne  College on Thursday to discuss ways to improve the region's air quality.
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"American Idol" is poised to set  ratings records when Fox's talent show returns to the airwaves  with a four-hour season premiere on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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By Ronnie Gill, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 7--Entering the sixth season of "American Idol," it feels as if we've seen it all -- both off- and online.
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How can you spend your summer vacation, if you're 12 to 15: Go to "American Idol" camp.
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David Hasselhoff pointed to pal Simon Cowell&#039;s persuasiveness as the reason he decided to sign on as a judge on &quot;America&#039;s Got Talent,&quot; a new NBC reality show produced by the &quot;American Idol&quot; guru.
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Gov. Mike Easley has proclaimed Saturday as Fantasia Barrino Day in North Carolina to mark the day she makes her first major singing appearance in her home state since winning the "American Idol" title in May.
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Chris Daughtry wishes we would forget his shocking elimination from last year's "American Idol," a contest he was widely favored to win. It's kind of a touchy subject.
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LOS ANGELES  - A dominating ratings  performance from "American Idol" took Fox where it hadn't been  since last season's May 24 finale of the talent show -- atop  the weekly ratings among adults 18-49 without the help of  sports.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 1--Charlotte city leaders, both elected and appointed, will discuss issues of importance in a new cable TV show that makes its debut tonight.
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Some pop stars want fame and money. &quot;American Idol&quot; winner Taylor Hicks just wants to ride the tour bus. Hicks gets to do just that on the &quot;American Idols Live&quot; cross-country tour, which kicked off Wednesday in Manchester, N.H. The tour, which reunites Hicks with castmates from the fifth edition of the hit Fox show, ends Sept. 24 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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More than 8,000 "American  Idol" hopefuls auditioned for the hit talent show in  Birmingham, Ala., on Monday, hoping to follow in the footsteps  of two previous winners who hail from the southern city.
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Calling all future Taylor Hicks, Kelly Clarksons and Ruben Studdards: &quot;American Idol&quot; wants you.
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Roy Williams arrived from Kansas steeped in North Carolina tradition from his time as an assistant to Dean Smith. That didn't make it easier for his players to get used to the Tar Heels' new coach.