Spears' teen sister announces pregnancy

People

Britney Spears' sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," told OK! magazine that she's pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge. "It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she said. Spears, who is 12 weeks along, is a high school student in Louisiana.

In trouble again

Amy Winehouse was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband. The 24-year-old singer was questioned, released on bail and told to return to a London police station in early March, authorities said. Her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was ordered held in custody last month on charges of trying to interfere with a witness' testimony in a case in which he is accused of assaulting a barman in June. Winehouse has been dogged by reports of continued drug use amid a flurry of canceled concert dates.

Sold!

Magna Carta moves on

A copy of the Magna Carta was auctioned Tuesday for $21.3 million at Sotheby's auction house in New York. Bearing the seal of King Edward I and dated 1297, it is one of 17 known copies of the historic tract that defined human rights as the foundation for liberty and democracy as it is known today. It was sold by the Perot Foundation, created by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, which paid $1.5 million for it.

Season's greetings

Santa, baby!

A Santa Claus at the Danbury (Conn.) Fair mall said a woman groped him, according to a complaint filed over the weekend. The woman was charged with sexual assault and breach of peace and released on a promise to appear in court on Jan. 3.

Treasures

Arbus photos' fate

The entire archive of New York photographer Diane Arbus — known for her images of dwarfs, nudists and carnival performers — has found a home at the city's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Passages

Frank Morgan, 73, a jazz saxophonist whose claim to the mantle of the celebrated Charlie Parker was clouded by his heroin addiction, died of colon cancer and kidney failure Sunday in Minneapolis.

Joel Dorn, 65, a record producer who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack Monday in New York.

St. Clair Bourne, 64, a prominent independent documentary filmmaker whose work focused largely on black social and political issues and cultural figures such as Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes, died after brain surgery in New York Saturday.

Today in History

1777 : Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.

1843: "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.

1957: Meredith Willson's play "The Music Man" opened on Broadway.

Today's Birthdays

Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens, 87. Actress Cicely Tyson, 74. Actor Tim Reid, 63. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey, 63. Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After), 63. Actress Jennifer Beals, 44. Actress Kristy Swanson, 38. Actress Alyssa Milano, 35. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, 27. Rapper Lady Sovereign, 22.

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