‘American Idol’ crowns a winner

LOS ANGELES — Scotty McCreery won the “American Idol” battle of the fresh-faced country crooners Wednesday, pulling in more of a record 122 million-plus viewer votes than competitor Lauren Alaina. McCreery, 17, of Garner, N.C., and Alaina, 16, of Rossville, Ga., represent the first all-country finale and the youngest duo ever to compete on “Idol.”

Glass prepared for informal, yet swift, justice

District Judge Jackie Glass says her informal role of a drug court judge is what prepared her to replace Nancy Grace as host of the TV show “Swift Justice” this September, not the fact that she presided perhaps with a heavy hand over O.J. Simpson’s high-profile armed robbery trial in 2008.

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