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By The Associated Press – 9 hours ago
Today is Friday, May 16, the 137th day of 2008. There are 229 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie “Wings” won best production, while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.
On this date:
In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.
In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the first 5-cent piece, also known as the “Shield nickel.”
In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the 11 articles of impeachment against him.
In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.
In 1946, the Irving Berlin musical “Annie Get Your Gun,” starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley, opened on Broadway.
In 1948, the body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonica Harbor in Greece, several days after he had left his hotel for an interview with the leader of a Communist militia.
In 1960, a Big Four summit conference in Paris collapsed on its opening day as the Soviet Union leveled spy charges against the U.S. in the wake of the U-2 incident.
In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant.
In 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop released a report declaring nicotine was addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine.
Ten years ago: Real Quiet added a victory in the Preakness to his win in the Kentucky Derby. (However, Real Quiet later failed to capture the Triple Crown, losing the Belmont Stakes to Victory Gallop by a nose.)

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NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ — British sensation Leona Lewis has continued her record-breaking success as she conquers the U.S., with her album Spirit (J Records/SyCo Music) entering the Billboard album charts at #1 today with 204, 841 albums sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is the first time in music history that a British female artist debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and it’s the first time ever that a British artist overall has debuted on the chart at #1 with a first album. It is also the biggest female artist first album debut since Carrie Underwood in 2005, and had the biggest digital album sales week ever for a new artist. No stranger to record-breaking success, just two weeks ago, Leona broke the Hot 100 Chart record, becoming the first British female solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in over 21 years with her single "Bleeding Love," which to date, has sold over 1 million tracks stateside and returns to the #1 spot this week on the Billboard Digital Songs Chart.
For the first time, Clive Davis and Simon Cowell teamed up to sign Lewis to J Records/ SyCo Music (Cowell’s joint venture with Sony BMG), and together produced Spirit. Comments Clive Davis: "Leona Lewis will not be an overnight sensation. She is the real deal and this is just the beginning of a long and illustrious career." Comments Simon Cowell: "What Leona has achieved is simply incredible. This is the hardest market to crack and for her debut album to go in at number 1 is unbelievable."
Leona’s introduction to the U.S. market began when she performed at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Party in the new artist slot in February. Previously, Davis has presented artists such as Alicia Keys, Maroon 5, Jennifer Hudson, and Carrie Underwood in this role, identifying them as the next important new voice in music. Leona performed her worldwide smash hit "Bleeding Love" on the The Oprah Winfrey Show Monday, March 17th and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, March 24th. The video for "Bleeding Love," was selected for the coveted video channel programs MTV’s "Discover and Download" and VH1’s "You Oughta Know," and the track is the most played and most requested single at Top 40 and Rhythm Radio. Additionally, "Bleeding Love" was #1 most added and greatest gainer at Hot AC with the second highest single debut in Hot AC history, and was #1 most added at Mainstream AC stations its first week out. Online, Leona is the #1 most viewed artist of all time on Clear Channel’s "New!" program. Leona performed on Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, CBS Early Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, MTV’s "TRL", all the week of release and made multiple appearances on Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Access Hollywood, Extra!, CNN, and E!. Leona is scheduled to perform "Bleeding Love" on The Tyra Banks Show on April 17th and American Idol on April 23rd.

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CBS’s RETURN OF SCRIPTED HITS PUTS THE NETWORK BACK IN FIRST PLACE
CBS Places Number One in Viewers with its First Win and Best Delivery Since the Week Ending Jan. 13
CBS Is Just One Tenth of a Rating Point From First in Adults 18-49, Its Best Competitive Position Since the Week Ending Dec. 16, 2007
Network Posts Six of the Top 10 Programs Led By Scripted Hits “CSI,” “CSI: Miami,” “Without a Trace” and “Two and a Half Men”
CBS Sweeps Every Half Hour in Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
CBS Wins Monday in Adults 18-49 for the Second Consecutive Week
A Special Tuesday Broadcast of “CSI: Miami” Posts CBS’s Best Ratings in the 10:00 PM Time Period Since Feb. 2003
“Cold Case” Posts Increases Over Last Week’s First-Run Return
CBS was Number One in viewers and adults 25-54 and just -0.1 of a rating from first in adults 18-49 led by the return of the Network’s scripted hits and an assist from Saturday’s coverage of the NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL FOUR, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending April 6, week 28 of the 2007-2008 television season.
CBS returned to the winner’s circle in viewers for the first time since the week ending Jan. 13. CBS also was first in adults 25-54 for the first time since the week ending Dec. 23, 2007 and finished just -0.1 of a rating point out of first in adults 18-49, its best competitive position since the week ending Dec. 16, 2007.
For the week in viewers: CBS (11.53m) topped FOX (9.62m), ABC (7.61m) and NBC (6.29m). Season-to-date, CBS is second in viewers (10.50m), behind FOX (11.40m) and ahead of ABC (9.21m) and NBC (8.41m).

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PARKER, Ariz. (AP) — Crews searched a rugged area of western Arizona on Saturday for the student pilot of an F-16 that crashed during a training exercise.
The single-engine fighter based at Luke Air Force Base went down Friday south of Alamo Lake, a remote area about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix, said Mary Jo May, a base spokeswoman. The cause was not known.
The wreckage was spotted late Friday in an area accessible only by helicopter and was confirmed as the F-16 early Saturday, May said.
Search teams found a parachute and some of the pilot’s gear about 150 feet from the impact crater Saturday, May said. However, an instructor pilot flying nearby when the F-16 went down didn’t see an open parachute.
The single-seat jet wasn’t carrying any weapons, May said.
The pilot, whose identity wasn’t released, was part of the 62nd Fighter Squadron, one of eight squadrons at the base located in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The base has about 185 F-16s.
There have been 17 other crashes of Luke-based F-16s since 1998. May said only one resulted in a fatality, killing a Singapore air force pilot during a training mission at an Air Force bombing range in southwest Arizona.

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