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TIME RUNS OUT ON ‘IDOL’ HOPEFUL KRISTY LEE COOK

She cried — but she also faced elimination with country grace and a sense of humor.

Kristy Lee Cook, the 24-year-old from Selma, Ore., who sold her horse to pay to get to the "American Idol" audition, was cut from the show Wednesday, leaving only six contestants in the competition: David Archuleta, Carly Smithson, Jason Castro, David Cook, Syesha Mercado and Brooke White.

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