Ellen DeGeneres (dih-JEN'-ur-us) hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers.

Fans took to the Internet to express their pleasant surprise over the funnylady's debut as the singing competition's fourth judge. DeGeneres assumed her new post for Tuesday's episode chronicling the first round of "Hollywood Week," the cutthroat post-audition phase in which 181 contestants will be narrowed down to 24 semifinalists.

Most folks posting about DeGeneres on the social networking Web s

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The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex County district attorney's office said Tuesday.

The skater's brother, Mark, was arraigned in January on assault and battery charges in an incident involving his father, but the district attorney's office would not say if other charges might be filed against the younger Kerrigan in light of the medical examiner's finding.

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