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Clay Aiken, the runner up in the second season of American Idol, and his best friend Jaymes Foster welcomed Parker Foster Aiken at 8:08 a.m. on 8/08/08.

The baby weighed six pounds, two ounces and 19 inches long. Clay and Jaymes say they will raise Parker together adding that they have no plans on getting married

Congratulations to Clay Aiken and Jaymes Foster! Couldn’t be a better day and time.

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Good day!

• Comcast got hacked. Hackers remain at large.
• Christian Dior drops Sharon Stone after her remark on China. Apparently, the apology didn’t work.
• Taxi driver is banned because he can’t use apostrophes. Isnt’ this ridiculous? Oops!
• Clay Aiken helps best friend to make a baby. How thoughtful he is.

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Clay Aiken is in line to be named to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, the White House said Wednesday.

Aiken, a Raleigh native who gained fame as a runner-up on “American Idol,” once worked as a YMCA counselor.

The committee’s Web site said it advises the president on issues pertaining to people with intellectual disabilities. The committee was established in 1961 by President John Kennedy as the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation.

A White House press release said President Bush intends to make the appointment. Officials did not say when.

The singer’s new album, “A Thousand Different Ways,” is due out later this month.

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