Tone-deaf 'terror suspect' auditions for Idol (VIDEO)

It's not everyday that the judges of the world's most popular talent quest get to see a Canadian tone-deaf terror-suspect audition for a spot on the show. Turns out, the judges of Canadian Idol (the Canadian equivalent of American Idol) were granted such an experience.

I wasn't actually joking about the terrorist part:

"Hiva Alizadeh, 30, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26, appeared in court after their arrests on Wednesday in Ottawa. They are to appear again, by video, next Wednesday. Dr. Khurram Syed Sher was taken into custody in London, Ontario, on Thursday. All three are Canadian." Reports the Associated Press. "Sher, 28, appeared on the reality show "Canadian Idol" in 2008 singing a comical version of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated," complete with dance moves that include a moonwalk."

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Hostage crisis involving sacked policeman unfolds in Manila (VIDEO)

A Filipino angry at being fired from the police force was holding hostage 15 Hong Kong tourists and their driver on a bus in downtown Manila on Monday.

The gunman, identified as Rolando Mendoza and armed with an automatic rifle, had said, via a handwritten note, that a "big deal" would happen after 3 p.m. (3 a.m. EDT), but the deadline passed without incident. A ninth hostage, a Filipino, has since been released, and negotiations continued as the stand-off stretched to almost eight hours and rain began to fall. [Read the full article here]

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