WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan — and crashed. His parents were charged with child endangerment. State police said the boy suffered only minor injuries and authorities drove him to school after he was evaluated at a local hospital for a bump on his head....

JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured. Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers...

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Talk about deep cleaning. An woman was recovering after spending more than a day lodged inside a vent at her home after falling in while vacuuming it. Ogden police Lt. Scott Sangberg said they came to the 55-year-old woman's house after family members called police to say they hadn't heard from her in more than a day....

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jolene Solomon is beginning the new year with her life, her mule named Lou and little else. The Southern Standard in McMinnville reported Solomon had just finished eating supper on New Year's Day when Lou's braying and acting up got her attention. Solomon, 63, who lived alone, stepped outside, she saw her...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A whopper about a devious baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday. The Burlington Liars Club bestowed its top award for this line: "My grandson is the most persuasive liar I have ever met. By the time he was 2 years old he could dirty his diaper and make his...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has yet to comment on Herman Rosenblat and his debunked story of meeting his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp. But a brief disclaimer has been added to her Web site, www.oprah.com, which still devotes substantial space to the Rosenblat romance. "On December 27, 2008, Herman Rosenblat admitted...

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Laura Bush, among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times, will, at last, tell her story. How much she will disclose remains a mystery. Bush has agreed to write a memoir with one of the world's oldest publishing houses, Scribner, the house of Ernest Hemingway, F....

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Inger Christensen's publisher says the Danish writer who built experimental poems, essays and novels around systematized and mathematical structures has died at age 73. Publisher Gyldendal says the reclusive writer died Saturday but has given no further details. Christensen was one of...

One Tree Hill didn't waste any time getting the drama, violence, and surprises going when it returned last night! Here's what went down: What's up with Peyton: She calls Lucas in LA with some big news -- they're going to have a baby! Phew. We were worried with those cancer-scare plotlines last month, and we're relieved that Peyton is for once...

It may be the new year, but most of the Upper East Side is far from happy on Gossip Girl. Between Chuck's downward spiral, Rufus and Lily's mystery child, and the usual Constance Billard schemes, no one was in a good mood this week. Can you blame them? Let's recap... Blair: ( polls) Blair's been busy trying to get into the Colony Club,...

You asked, and our own Jason C. got the answers! Jason took your questions to One Tree Hill's Bethany Joy Galeotti. Find out what she has to say about music, Broadway, why Haley started singing on the show, and what she wants to do next. It may not be what you think!