
PITTSBORO, N.C. -- A former aide to past presidential candidate John Edwards has avoided jail again in a dispute over a tape that allegedly shows Edwards and his lover in a sexual encounter.

NEW YORK -- Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods. No subject is sacred for creators of the Comedy Central cartoon.

NEW YORK -- New York City officials have discovered a widespread scam in which thousands of taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million.

WASHINGTON -- She's believed to be the only woman coaching a high school varsity football team.

LOS ANGELES -- A coroner's official says authorities have recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death.

MIAMI -- Devotees of a Miami man who claims to practice a traditional African religion say they were sickened when they drank the mucus of a giant African snail.

ORLANDO, FL -- Newly released documents show an ambulance crew that responded to golfer Tiger Woods' car crash wouldn't let his wife ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police in Ohio say a man in a Walmart store punched children with a key protruding from his fist and told investigators it was a thrill.

LOS ANGELES -- A billboard company is offering to save the property beside the Hollywood sign from development if the city of Los Angeles settles a lawsuit against the firm.

BROOKFIELD -- An Norhteast Ohio woman who had her 97-year-old mother and 200 animals taken from her filthy home has been prohibited from having pets for five years.
When Americans go to the movies, we know what to expect: Multiplex. Popcorn and soda. Barely comfortable seats. Middling sound and picture quality. We can do better staying home, and yet, despite the recession, we keep going -- and going.
LONDON -- A British court has barred a far right, anti-immigrant political party from accepting new members until it stops discriminating against nonwhite people.

NEW YORK -- A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip.

COLUMBUS -- Police in Ohio say a man accused of striking children in the head with his fist and keys at a Wal-Mart store told them he did it for the thrill.

CINCINNATI -- The head of the Cincinnati school board imposed a TV blackout of this week's meeting after a raucous session at the last one.

CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg sentenced Steven McClairn to eight years in prison Thursday for putting his 7-year-old daughter in a clothes dryer and turning it on to punish her.

NORWOOD, Ohio -- The biggest headache for a driver who crashed his sports car into a wall along an Ohio highway could be the repair bill.
Just when you think you've seen it all, a new invention gives "inhaling your food" an entirely new meaning.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media.

NEW YORK -- Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.