The lights have gone out on Paris. . . the Greek shipping heir that is. Paris Latsis has been given his walking papers from Hilton Hotel heiress Paris Hilton saying, "I didn't want to make a mistake. ""She feels that she's young and she wants to make sure it's right," actress Kyle Richards, Hilton's aunt, tells People

Barbara Roberts was faced with the decision to either care for her 18-month-old granddaughter, whose parents were stranded in New Orleans, or leave her with strangers to make her assembly line job. She decided on the former and was subsequently fired. Roberts says she wasn't even sure her daughter and son-in-law were alive when she called the Positronic Industries factory in Mount Vernon the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

Some good is left behind in Katrina's wake, as one Louisiana evacuee, Ashley Schexnayder, welcomes a miracle addition to her family in the midst of death and destruction. After a 23-hour journey, Ashley Schexnayder reached Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas to give birth to her newborn son, who she thankfully named Jeremiah Bayshore Schexnayder in honor of the doctors, nurses, and staff who came to her aid.

On Wednesday, a 25-year-old punk rock singer dies after jumping from a limousine into early morning San Diego Freeway traffic and striking at least 12 cars. According to police, the incident occured around 5 a. m. and caused a massive traffic jam in Costa Mesa, shutting down southbound lanes and clogging streets as commuters searched for alternate routes. Lanes were reopened by 11 a. m.

Police Officer David Salardino of Edison, N. J. allegedly posed nude in front of his hotel room to show off to people on the sidewalk. While Salardino apologizes for his actions, he has yet to admit to being nude.