5Top: Ways ‘Idol’ pimps out its favorites

Ryan Seacrest may love to say that America is in control of “American Idol,” and viewers’ votes are what ultimately decide, but the finalists’ fates can be influenced by the gods: the show’s producers. One of the many ways they not-so-subtly promote particular contestants is by choosing the order in which the finalists perform every night. Fans have affectionately or not-so-affectionately nicknamed the final performance the “pimp slot,” because that’s where the show puts contestants it wants to promote and play up. The reasoning is simple: Viewers definitely remember the last performance, and not just because more viewers tune in during the second half-hour. Voting opens nearly immediately after that person sings, and of course, that person and their phone number also appear last in the recap that closes out each performance show.

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The public prosecutor's office in Arnhem has confirmed media reports that it allowed an escaped convict to go on leave, without knowing he is a violent and dangerous man who is likely to escape.

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Like Gillibrand, most of those who prefer to keep ACORN's money flowing regularly enjoy the support of its close affiliate -- the union-backed Working Families Party.

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Which leads me around to my point: If soliciting a fictional teenager for sex is a violation of the law, then CERTAINLY, aiding and abetting the importation of fictional teenagers into a US sex ring, is a crime at least as heinous.

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"When I saw these videos, I couldn't help thinking, this is the Abu Ghraib of the Great Society," said Breitbart, who put the videos on BigGovernment.com.

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"Just because he's a United States Senator doesn't make his mouth a prayer book."

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All told, ACORN reported fully $11 million in direct public support in 2007 -- and its various front groups likely get tons more.

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Fortunately, public officials (even on the left) are taking note. A Senate amendment to keep ACORN from getting federal housing grants passed 83-7 yesterday (shamefully, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was among the seven). The Census Bureau cut its ties with ACORN.

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Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) introduced an amendment to the HUD and Transportation appropriation bill to strip ACORN of all federal funding. A week ago, Johanns wouldn't have gotten the amendment to the floor.

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Genius!!! Still Going with the Isolated Incident Defense ACORN??

Just like good chess players, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles had to have known their opponents moves well ahead of their own.

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Second ACORN Prostitution Event, ACORN SEVERED updated Fri Sept 11

UPDATE: CENSUS SEVERS TIES WITH ACORN FOR CENSUS Music: Elvis Presley- Suspicious Minds It seems there are some problems for Obama's favorite community organizer, ACORN, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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The husband of Sen. John Ensign's former mistress made "exorbitant demands for cash and other financial benefits" through an attorney, an aide to the Nevada Republican said Friday.

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Sara talks about being sent to prison for life for killing her pimp when she was 16 years old.

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Jasmine Caldwell was 14 and selling sex on the streets when an opportunity arose to escape her pimp: an undercover policeman picked her up.

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A 27-year-old Australian man who pimped a 16-year-old girl so he and his girlfriend could afford their apartment, would pay the schoolgirl with chicken nuggets...

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A Brisbane man who pimped out a 16-year-old schoolgirl rewarded her with chicken nuggets after she had sex with middle-aged men, a court has heard.

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A Stockholm-area businessman has been charged for using the internet to pimp Swedish school girls for violent group sex.

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Tim Edwards calls himself the "world's first online bum."

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Here's a tax tip you don't hear often: Don't forget to report illegal income from prostitution and other nefarious activities.

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Ever wanted to live the exciting life of promiscuity and rampant debauchery? Well fear not, now there is an interactive site allowing you to pour yourself into your own little slinky avatar, and dress, act, and present yourself in all the slutty glory just bubbling for so long un …

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Canadian gold company partakes in Baluch loot

Baluch nationalists have termed the "community meetings" organized by the managers of the $65 billion Reko Diq Copper-cum-Gold Project in Baluchistan as a mere eyewash and have vowed to boycott all such meetings, urging an end to the loot and plunder of their natural resource …

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Rumors have been running amuck that Katt Williams got slapped up in the club in Detroit after his did his NYE show with Steve Harvey. Here's the deal according to Katt when he called in to Detroit's Dr.

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I think it is a telltale sign of the times when lowly journalists are in the habit of throwing shoes at the commander-in-chief of the most powerful nation in the world.

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Mike Tyson's abandoned Ohio mansion is not only one of the finest examples or early-American pimp but it's hard to find someone with that taste with enough money to buy a multi-million dollar mansion.

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police pulled him over early Thursday in midtown Manhattan for driving a car without license plates. He was hauled off to jail after a search of the vehicle turned up a handgun, authorities said.

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Laptops were never the most exciting addition, style-wise, to one's office or bedroom. Bite-sized computers came in three colours – grey, slightly grey, or black.

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