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Let me get this straight. Undersecretary of State Richard Armitage, an anti-war voice inside the administration, leaks Valerie Plame's CIA status to the media, and Scooter Libby gets to serve 30 months in jail and pay a quarter-million dollar fine, and you think that's appropriate.

The only lie that Libby could have told to materially affect this case was to point the finger at someone other than Armitage or deny he knew who was the leaker, if he knew for certain it was Armitage. That never happened.

Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald knew long before he talked to anyone inside the Bush White House that the leaker was Armitage, but he wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in trying to lay the blame on a pro-war figure close to the president.

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The American Idol craze is coming to America's finest city.

"We want to make the biggest American Idol splash in history," says Cathy Anderson of the San Diego Film Commission.

The Film Commission was instrumental in bringing the Idol search to San Diego.

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Tracy Lawrence played first in a co-headlining capacity opposite Josh Gracin, much to the confusion of some of about 5,500 fans in attendance Monday night at the Greeley Stampede at Island Grove Regional Park Arena in Greeley.

Lawrence, a seasoned country music veteran of 16 years, played for 70 minutes for a crowd of people that was still trickling into the arena as the sun was setting, while the younger Gracin did not go on stage until after 10 p.m.

The order of performances seemed odd to many in the audience, as dozens of people, when asked, could not name a single Gracin song, and could only vaguely remember small details about him.

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Future Jordins and Rubens, listen up. Dallas has been added as a site for American Idol auditions.

Auditions for the seventh season of Idol are Thursday-Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

Seven cities will host Idol auditions. Men and women 16 to 28 years old (as of July 28) are eligible. There are restrictions; look for them at americanidol.com. Other audition sites:

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