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David Cook wins 'American Idol'

As expected, a David did win the seventh season of "American Idol." Just not the David some of us (ahem) predicted.

David Cook, Texas-born, Missouri-raised, and a former bartender who will never have to tend another bar in his life, won "Idol" Wednesday night, and it wasn't even close. Per Ryan Seacrest, 97.5 million votes were cast, and of those about 55 million votes went to Cook.

He...

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