''American Idol'' recap: Bottom-three suspense From Entertainment Weekly TV Watch readers, Kristy Lee Cook will live to strut the newly renovated Idol stage again presumably in an incongruous blouse-jeans combo and take another vicious swing at the Lennon-McCartney songbook next week. Kristy Lee, one that gave me just a little consolation: ''I don't think our ears can handle hearing Kristy sing her version of 'Eight Days a Week' again, so hopefully she'll stay and either David H. Nadia H made the day's funniest comment by arguing that ''if Kristy Lee was just...

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Early Doors - Your morning briefing From Yahoo! Eurosport The more astute among you may have noticed that Early Doors wasn't particularly verbose first thing this morning. Early Doors is of the old-school mould, and would prefer a return to the days when fathers-to-be sat in a waiting room, reading magazines about tobacco pipes and lawn mowers, spared from the gory horrors of childbirth. Early Doors favours any changes to a sport in which a man can become world champion without actually overtaking anybody, and feels a similar system could be used...

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SPLASH at Wave Maker 4 Pool From PRInside.com (Pressemitteilung) Sixteen boys from Woodstown-Pilesgrove Cub Scout Pack #7238 completed a badge while learning about water safety by participating in a basic safety course run by Clarence Gardiner. Clarence is the founder of a local volunteer organization, SPLASH, that was put together to provide canoeing and kayaking instruction for Scouts and other organizations. Gardiner's children, Lauren and Brad, both scouts in different troops, are also very active in SPLASH. Much of the equipment that SPLASH uses is...

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WE'RE KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED From thisisgloucestershire.co.uk If they win, headteacher Dr Anne Maddison says they will put the cash towards extra-curricular activities and days out for all 62 pupils who go to the school. Dr Maddison says the money would help fund days out and school-based activities for the children, who are aged five to 16 and have moderate and complex learning difficulties. Such experiences would include having a go at new leisure activities such as canoeing or rock climbing, going to London to learn about British heritage as well as...

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Ten amazing adventures under $1000 (2008 edition) From SmarterTravel.com With the tallest mountains in North America, 33,000 miles of coastline, 16 national parks and preserves (some larger than entire states), geological features ranging from glaciers to volcanoes, and wild animals like bald eagles and grizzly bears, Alaska is arguably the top adventure destination in the United States. Alaska Outdoors, a small locally based company, bucks that trend and runs tours for families and other groups with an emphasis on low-impact travel-both on the environment and on...

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