American Idol April 28 Top 5 Rat Pack review

The theater was alive with the sounds of Vegas circa 1965.

We didn't get a look at any ol' blue eyes, but American Idol's Top Five exceeded expectations on Rat Pack night, a tribute to standards made extra popular during the mid-'60s, when Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and their entertaining cohorts reigned in Sin City.

Jamie Foxx played mentor tonight and, thankfully, he left the vocal theatrics to his talented charges.

Kris Allen: The sweet-faced singer ditched the guitar and turned up the charm for "The Way You Look Tonight," even taking a little walk with the microphone at one point to further prove that he can both flirt with an audience and croon at the same time. He rocked his Seacrest-style suit and skinny tie and did a pitch-perfect rendition of the Oscar-winning wedding standard, which was already 30 years old by the time Sinatra got his hands on it. While the rest of the judges' panel gave Kris Allen high marks for his sexy take on "The Way You Look Tonight," Simon Cowell inexplicably described the rendition as "wet." Ryan Seacrest, not letting that comment slip by, asked: "What do you mean by wet?"

Cowell's cryptic answer: "Not dry." Meanwhile, Allen's father made a face.

And Cowell, ever the contrarian, took an opposite view of Allison Iraheta's bluesy cover of "Someone To Watch Over Me."

"I have a horrible feeling you could be in trouble tonight," he told Iraheta, noting a "mechanical" feel to her performance and a lack of confidence.

But Iraheta, who turned 17 Monday, drew rave reviews from Abdul, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi, who called Cowell "crazy."

"If that doesn't land you in the finals, I don't know what will," DioGuardi reassured Iraheta.

The judges were split on Matt Giraud. Jackson rated Giraud's "My Funny Valentine" as a "six out of 10," and DioGuardi — one of his biggest supporters — didn't feel he connected to the emotionally charged ballad.

But Abdul and Cowell begged to differ.

"It was the only believable authentic song I've heard tonight," Cowell told Giraud, who performed in the middle of the telecast. Cowell compared Giraud's vocal phrasing to that of Nat King Cole.

Jamie Foxx helped Danny Gokey channel his inner Frank Sinatra.

The Academy Award winner demanded that Gokey sing a few notes of "Come Rain or Shine" just inches away from Foxx's face, holding his gaze the entire time. Whatever he did must have worked — because Gokey wound up on Simon Cowell's good side after the acerbic judge criticized him for a lack of star power last week.

"What you had tonight was swagger and confidence," Cowell told the 28-year-old Milwaukee native.

Lambert was the final performer on the "Rat Pack"-themed show. He strutted down a neon pink-lighted staircase while seductively crooning "Feeling Good," which has been famously sung by Nina Simone and Sammy Davis Jr.

Indeed, as the popular Fox show winds down to the finale, it seems Lambert is destined for a spot in the showdown to win the title.

Paula Abdul stopped just short of declaring Adam Lambert the future winner of "American Idol."

Instead, she compared him to a certain Olympic swimmer.

The "Idol" judge praised yet another Lambert performance Tuesday night, telling the 27-year-old actor that each week "it's like watching the Olympics and you're our Michael Phelps."

Freddie Mac dead, Morgan Stanley posts loss

David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.

Kellermann, 41, lived in Hunter Mill Estates, a well-off neighborhood of large single-family homes with manicured lawns. County records show Kellermann's home is worth about $900,000.

The Fairfax County police responded to a 911-call at 4:48 a.m. at the suburban Virginia home Kellermann shared with his wife and a daughter. The police would not release the cause of death or say if a suicide note was found.

Kellermann's death is the latest in a string of blows to Freddie Mac, which owns or guarantees about 13 million mortgages and us the No. 2 mortgage finance company after sibling Fannie Mae. The company has been criticized for financing risky mortgage loans that fueled the real estate bubble, and its first government appointed CEO, David Moffett, resigned last month after six months on the job.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday and slashed its dividend as real estate investment losses and a debt-related charge wiped out trading gains.

Morgan posted a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $578 million, or 57 cents a share, for the first quarter, compared with shareholder income of $1.31 billion, or $1.26, in the comparable period last year. Analysts on average expected a loss of 9 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.

The bank cut its quarterly dividend by 80 percent to 5 cents a share from 27 cents. The move will save the bank an additional $1 billion a year.

"I guess this shows not all banks are alike. It looks like (Chief Executive) John Mack took less risk and missed out on a chance to pick up some trading revenue," said Matt McCormick, portfolio manager at Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel in Cincinnati.

The loss, the third in six quarters for the investment bank and brokerage, disappointed investors who were hopeful after strong trading results last week at rival Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N). Morgan shares were down 4.75 percent in midday trading.

"We remain cautious," Chief Financial Officer Colm Kelleher said in an interview, though he stressed Morgan Stanley has more than enough capital and cash on hand to go back on offense.

"We're ready to go when we see risk-adjusted returns," he said. "We've made no secret 2008 was hugely challenging for the industry and 2009 we always saw as a year of transition. An extra three months of being safe to me is not a mortal sin."

To the extent the bank would make acquisitions, it would focus on expanding or complementing its wealth management business, Kelleher said on a conference call.

Florida boat crashed into tug, relatives of a Sunday school teacher arrested

Five people were killed and seven seriously injured when a 22-foot pleasure boat crashed into the rear of a docked tug boat near St. Augustine Sunday evening, authorities said.

Three of the injured were airlifted from the crash site and all seven were taken to area hospitals, said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Joy Hill.

Hill was not sure whether those on the Crownline boat were tossed into the water during the crash. She said it doesn't appear anyone was aboard the 25-foot tug boat, which is registered to F&A Enterprises in St. Augustine.

The crash happened at 7 p.m. on the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Johns County near the Palm Valley Bridge, about 20 miles northwest of St. Augustine. The boat was carrying 12 people, according to Jeremy Robshaw of the St. Johns County Fire and Rescue. He told The Florida Times-Union newspaper that three of those injured were in critical condition, with the others in stable condition.

Robshaw said the pier was under construction and rescuers had to lay down planking before they could get to the crash victims. The victims names have not been released.

Relatives of a Sunday school teacher arrested in the killing of an 8-year-old girl found stuffed into a suitcase said Sunday they are baffled by the accusations against the woman they know as a loving, single parent.

"I just can't comprehend. There are no words," said Brian Lawless, the father of 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby, who is being held in San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping and killing Sandra Cantu.

Huckaby's grandfather, Clifford Lawless, who is pastor of the church, and others offered prayers for Sandra's family. Some churchgoers cried as Huckaby's uncle, 45-year-old Brett Lawless of Lakewood, gave a sermon preaching that faith was the only way to weather hardship.

Investigators searched the church last week after police said Sandra's body was found in Huckaby's suitcase in an irrigation pond. Huckaby's relatives said they still do not know why police searched the church or why investigators suspect her of the crime.

Brian Lawless said Huckaby lived for her 5-year-old daughter, Madison. Madison played often with Sandra, who lived down the street from where Huckaby lived with her grandfather. Huckaby taught Sunday school at her grandfather's church.

Sandra disappeared on March 27 and hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officials turned out to search for her. Pictures of the girl with dark brown eyes and light brown hair were posted all over Tracy, a city of 78,000 people about 60 miles east of San Francisco. Police said they received 1,500 tips.

Huckaby had been scheduled to appear in court on April 17 to check in with a county mental health program as part of a three-year probation sentence for a petty theft charge to which she pleaded no contest.

She was arrested late Friday, about five hours after she drove herself to the local police station at the request of officers.

Women are better at catching the scent of body odor than men

"It is quite difficult to block a woman's awareness of body odor. In contrast, it seems rather easy to do so in men," said Charles Wysocki, a behavioral neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

The researchers think women are more attuned to underarm stink because the biological data it contains helps them choose mates. The fact that most women are even better at smelling male body odor than female body odor seems to support this idea.

Wysocki and colleagues asked women and men to rate the strength of underarm sweat samples collected from both genders. When the scent was presented on its own, it smelled equally strong to both women and men. But when the researchers combined the body odor with other fragrances, the smell was often masked for men, though women could usually still detect it.

The new study, published in the Flavour and Fragrance Journal, fits in with other research on how women use their sense of smell romantically. A study published in December 2008 found that women can tell when a man is interested from the scent of his sweat. The scientists found that women's brains responded differently when smelling sweat samples from men who were sexually aroused and men who weren't.

The study tested 32 fragrances to see how well they could hide B.O. Among the male subjects, 19 of the fragrances did the trick, though among women, only two of the scents successfully overpowered the sweaty stench.

"Our studies indicate that human sweat conveys information that is of particular importance to females," Wysocki said. "This may explain why it is so difficult to block women's perception of sweat odors."

Strong earthquake struck central Italy, Mexico's death cult protests shrine destruction

A powerful earthquake struck central Italy early Monday, killing at least six people, causing buildings to collapse and sending thousands of panicked residents into the streets, officials and news reports said.

Officials said the death toll was likely to increase as dawn rose over L'Aquila and firefighters made their way through the debris. Rescue workers were trying to rescue people from collapsed homes, including a student dormitory where a half dozen students remained trapped inside, RAI state TV reported.

Several people were also reported missing in the area of the quake, which was felt in much of central Italy, including Rome.

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Television footage from the scene showed residents and rescue workers already hauling away debris from collapsed buildings and bloodied residents waiting to be tended to in hospital hallways.

"The situation is very serious because the quake affected buildings," said Luca Spoletini, spokesman for the national Civil Protection Department. He declined to give a death toll, saying rescue operations were under way.

Four children died in L'Aquila after their houses collapsed, the ANSA news agency said. Massimo Cialente, mayor of L'Aquila, told Sky TG24 that two other people were reported dead in the nearby small town of Fossa.

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics said the magnitude was 5.8, while the U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.3. The temblor struck about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Rome at about 3:32 a.m. local time (0132 GMT, 9:32 p.m. EDT), officials said. The Civil Protection Department said the epicenter was near the city of L'Aquila, in the mountainous Abruzzo region.

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About 200 worshippers marched Sunday to protest the government's destruction of "Death Saint" shrines, saying Mexico's fight against drug cartels has veered into religious persecution.

At shrines, chapels and small churches across the country, tens of thousands of people worship the Death Saint, which is often depicted as a robe-covered skeleton resembling the Grim Reaper.

"We are believers, not criminals!" the protesters chanted as they marched from a gritty Mexico City neighborhood to the Metropolitan Cathedral downtown.

It is popular with drug traffickers, and soldiers often find shrines to the saint during raids on cartel safe houses. But in crime-ridden neighborhoods, people of all walks of life believe the "Santa Muerte" protects against violent or untimely deaths. Devotees often use elements of Catholic rites, leaving offerings of candles or praying to the folk saint for protection.

Mexican law enforcement won't say it is targeting the "Santa Muerte." But last month, army troops accompanied workers who used back hoes to topple and crush more 30 shrines on a roadway in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. Many were elaborate, one-story, marble-clad constructions with electric lighting and statues of the skeletal Death Saint.

The sect's archbishop, David Romo, denounced the destruction as religious persecution and demanded a meeting with President Felipe Calderon.

Protesters carried statues and pushed makeshift shrines to the saint. Some brought their children, and one marcher carried a white puppy.

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