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“American Idol’s” Taylor Hicks will wedge a May 27 gig at Seattle’s Triple Door into his schedule during his run as the Teen Angel in “Grease” at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers had just picked up the pitcher who would win that season’s Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards and lead them to a World Series win.

“The way he’s singing that song now, he’s going to knock everybody’s head off,” Jamie Foxx says of Adam Lambert’s performance of Feeling Good, probably the least known song of the night. The song has a bouncy 6/8 feel, and Adam, dressed in a white suit, starts simply but quickly vamps it up. It’s flashy and sensual, and when Adam goes for the glory note — it’s spectacular — maybe the biggest, …

Veteran Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party on Tuesday, saying he has found himself increasingly “at odds with the Republican philosophy.”

In the wake of the recent outbreak of the Swine flu in neighboring Mexico and reported cases in Texas, Fort Bend Independent School officials have heightened their awareness regarding the disease.

Feroz Khan in the Swinging Seventies, with his flashy clothes and fast cars, cowboy boots, sunglasses and sideburns, could have given even Elvis Presley a complex… such was the Pathan actor’s flamboyance and raw sex appeal.

Former NBA player Jayson Williams has been hospitalized in New York for evaluation after authorities responded to a report of a violent, suicidal man inside his hotel room, the New York Post and WABC-TV are reporting.

Welcome to the wonderful little secret called unclaimed property: It could be an old paycheck, stock note, or inheritance that’s owed to you. When no one claims these valuables, they’re eventually turned over to a state— where they may languish for years. On “Dateline,” we showed how you may be able to find that forgotten treasure on your own. Use the links here to search state databases.

HUNTINGTON — Appalachia went black tie Saturday night at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center for the sixth annual Appalachian Film Festival awards.

Here’s how I sum up day one: Lots of chalk, with an odd tinge. But aren’t all drafts slightly odd? Don’t all drafts have Mel Kiper’s 73rd-rated safety going in the second round (Michael Mitchell, pick 47, to the oddball Raiders), or more UConn players (4) than Florida, Michigan, Oklahoma and Penn State players COMBINED (3) on day one? No veteran trades; Anquan Boldin and Braylon Edwards and …