By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) _ The state that pioneered the quickie divorce is witnessing a potentially ugly breakup that has the governor of Nevada fighting to get back into his own mansion.
Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons filed for divorce last week after moving out of the 23-room official residence. With his [...]

[Read more →]

By APRIL CASTRO and MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writers
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) _ Dozens of mothers from a polygamist retreat were bused away from their children Thursday, their legal efforts to stay united rejected as Texas officials sort out their massive custody case.
Two buses took the women from the San Angelo Coliseum, where they had [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve just become aware of some websites that help you sell the jewelry your ex gave you after you’ve broken up.  Some might say, what a great idea!  Would you really ever wear the stuff again?  How would your current boyfriend feel if you wore those fantastic diamond earrings from the ex while you’re kissing [...]

[Read more →]

By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) _ More than 400 children taken from a polygamous sect’s ranch will undergo DNA testing this week, an attempt to determine who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place.
Officials plan to begin taking DNA samples Monday at the coliseum in San Angelo where [...]

[Read more →]

By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) _ The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church’s ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter.
On Thursday, a judge was scheduled to hear from their attorneys, along with [...]

[Read more →]

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) _ Sean Penn and his wife, Robin Wright Penn, have withdrawn their divorce petition.
A Marin County Superior Court commissioner has dismissed the divorce proceedings between the couple, who call the community of Ross, Calif., their home.
Neither attended Tuesday’s hearing, and no comment has been released on the latest development.
The dismissal came [...]

[Read more →]

By:  Liane Galardi, Esq. 
A DNA test costing less than $150, with confidential results available from the lab within days, is the first to be sold over the counter. Utah-based Identigene offers the test and promises peace of mind to those who need it.  
The collection kit costs about $30 and there is an additional $119 [...]

[Read more →]

BELLE VERNON, Pa. (AP) _ A woman in western Pennsylvania is charged with endangering her two children for allegedly ignoring warnings and sending the kids to school with lice.
Authorities in Belle Vernon, Pa., say Nicole Lynn Holmes remains in jail Wednesday awaiting a preliminary hearing.
School officials in the town south of Pittsburgh told police the [...]

[Read more →]

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A state appeals court has dismissed a lawyer’s challenge to the order that gives Britney Spears’ father control over much of her life.
Attorney Jon Eardley, who claimed to represent the 26-year-old pop star, filed an appeal March 11 challenging a court decision that made James Spears a co-conservator of his daughter’s [...]

[Read more →]

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) _ Paul McCartney was ordered Monday to pay Heather Mills $48.6 million to settle their divorce.
A document released by the Family Court said the judge awarded Mills a lump sum of $33 million plus the assets she currently holds worth $15.6 million.
”I’m so, so happy with this,” Mills [...]

[Read more →]