An 8-year-old little girl with a compassionate heart and very loose tooth found a creative way to help people displaced by the hurricanes. Briton Nordmeyer of Brandon, South Dakota mailed her tooth to the Red Cross chapter in Sioux Falls, in hopes the tooth fairy would leave money with the charity instead of under her pillow.

Britney Spears is calling off the auction of her jewel-encrusted bra on eBay. The bra is one of numerous items Spears is donating for an auction to raise money to help hurricane victims. Spears says on her Web site she will withdraw the listing, because she doesn't want her bra to be sold on the basis of any untrue claim. She confirms she wore it for an HBO promotion. But, makes it clear she did not wear it onstage during a ". . . Baby One More Time" performance.

Ashlee Simpson sang, without backup tracks or incident on "Saturday Night Live" in her return to the scene of last year's lip-synch fiasco. Jessica Simpson's little sister belted out the song "Catch Me When I Fall", the only boost seeming to come with a brief echo effect on her vocal in the chorus. When she was done, Simpson smiled and hopped in relief. It was nearly a year after Simpson's embarrassing appearance on the same stage, where her voice was heard singing the wrong song when she held her microphone at her waist. The 21-year-old danced an awkward jig and then walked off the stage.

The House will redirect federal funds covering erectile dysfunction drugs to hurricane relief efforts. The bill's sponsor says the government will save $690 million over five years by prohibiting Medicare and Medicaid health care programs from subsidizing prescriptions for sexual performance drugs.

A contest sponsored by the Service Employees International Union is calling on Americans to share their ideas on how to help the economy grow and create better-paying jobs. The winning idea is worth $100,000 and two runners-up will claim a second prize of $50,000 each. SEIU President Andrew Stern says the country needs new ideas on strengthening the economy and compete in the fast-changing international marketplace - ordinary Americans are the best people to provide those ideas.