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In my opinion, the coolest news of the day is the following:

The annual Eurovision Song Contest is currently going on. If you're not familiar with Eurovision, it's a lot like American Idol. Each country in Europe selects a singer or band to represent them, and they compete in a singing contest. People phone in to vote, and the country with the largest population usually wins. Talent occasionally comes into play.

The whole thing is a very big deal, people take it very seriously. This year, there is a bit of a scandal. The Finns are very upset over the team that was selected to represent them. Even worse, this team has made it to the finals, and may even win the contest.

The band in question is Lordi.

It seems to me that if the people of Finland find it odd that Lordi is representing them, they have clearly not been paying any attention to the sort of music that has been coming out of their country for the past, oh, fifteen years.