Rap mogul and fashion designer Sean Combs is dropping the "P" from his moniker "P. Diddy. " Combs says he now wanted to be known just as "Diddy" because his old name was causing confusion and he wants to "simplify things".

Talk about going directly to jail. Melissa Chavez thought she would be in the clear when she flagged down a Santa Fe police officer. Little did she know, the officer would drive her right to county jail. When the 26 year-old was picked up, the officer who stopped conducted a run of her rap sheet, which showed an outstanding warrant (for failure to comply with provisions of a prior criminal property damage charge).

Talk about going directly to jail. Melissa Chavez thought she would be in the clear when she flagged down a Santa Fe police officer. Little did she know, the officer would drive her right to county jail. When the 26 year-old was picked up, the officer who stopped conducted a run of her rap sheet, which showed an outstanding warrant (for failure to comply with provisions of a prior criminal property damage charge).

Linda Marks is a Florida psychic who has recently gained notoriety, not for her success as a psychic, but for her lengthy rap sheet. Marks was previously sued by over a dozen former clients who say she stiffed them out of over $1 million when they visited her Delray Beach business. She and her husband, James, pleaded guilty in December 2002 to reporting their car stolen to defraud their insurance company. They were placed on five years' probation.

The Associated Press reported the rescue of an 81-year-old woman trapped for six days after falling in her bathtub. According to officer Peter Jung, who found her Wednesday morning, she had no food in the room. "She couldn't move in the right way to do anything other than get handfuls of water out of the bathtub faucet," Jung said. "She was just glad we were there. "According to the report, it was a neighborhood newspaper carrier's concern over an unusual pile-up of papers outside the woman's home that triggered an investigation. A neighbor, Larry Nelson, knocked on the woman's locked doors and noticed the woman's car in her garage. "I got that funny feeling there was something wrong," he said. He contacted the woman's landlord, who called police. Nelson told Jung he hadn't seen the woman outside in a while, which was unusual. The officer forced his way inside the house. Nelson said the woman seemed alert. "I walked into the bathroom and she said, 'Hi Larry!'" he said. "I asked if she had heard me rap on the doors, and she said, 'Yes, but what could I do?'"I couldn't believe she was still alive. "The woman was taken to the hospital. Pleasant Prairie Police Chief Brian Wagner did not know her condition Thursday. "When we found her, she was alert and oriented, and she knew how long she had been there," Wagner said. Barker said many elderly in the neighborhood live alone. "Somebody has to watch out for them," she said.