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Tulsa's David Cook was named this year's American Idol tonight. Of a total of 97 million votes being cast, Cook won the contest by more than 12 million votes over Utah teen David Archuleta. Cook becomes the second Oklahoman to win American Idol. Checotah's Carrie Underwood won the show in 2005. After the jump, some of Cook's best performances on the show. [...]

Tulsa's David Cook was rushed to the hospital after American Idol last night due to heart palpitations and high blood pressure. He was released a few hours later. From TMZ.com : As we first reported, Cook was not feeling well during the day and his condition worsened after his performance. Cook was examined by show medics who determined his blood pressure was "far too high." Cook was urged to leave for the hospital during the show, but he wanted to wait it out. After [...]