AP - Madonna says she had some explaining to do when her daughter, Lourdes, asked about that kiss with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.

AP - Britney Spears spent part of Mardi Gras with a group of students whose lives were upended when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area six months ago.

AP - Britney Spears spent part of Mardi Gras with a group of students whose lives were upended when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area six months ago.

AP - Pop star Britney Spears spent part of Mardi Gras with a group of Metairie students whose lives were upended when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area six months ago.

AP - Kevin Federline is ready for a backlash over his brand-new role as white-boy rapper.

AP - Still smarting from the shot seen 'round the world, Britney Spears says she rarely takes her baby son, Sean Preston, outside because she fears pushy paparazzi.

AP - Britney Spears, a Louisiana native, will celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans later this month when the devastated city hopes to revive some its old partying ways.

AP - Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta on Monday chided pop star Britney Spears as "irresponsible" for driving with her baby son on her lap as he announced a new initiative to improve child car seat safety.

AP - The chief executive and chairman of the board are switching hats in a shake-up at Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the powerhouse record company behind such pop stars as Britney Spears, OutKast and Travis Tritt.

Pop star Britney Spears admits she made a mistake by driving with her baby son sitting on her lap.

AP - Britney Spears has taken responsibility — well, some of it — for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap.

Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears said on Thursday she "made a mistake" by driving a car with her infant son in her lap, but the agency that photographed the incident denied her claim that paparazzi were hounding her.

E! Online - Britney Spears has shouldered some of the blame for her latest oops moment.

AP - Britney Spears has taken responsibility — well, some of it — for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap.

AP - Authorities were investigating an incident in which Britney Spears was photographed driving with her infant son on her lap but didn't intend to pursue charges against the pop diva, officials said.

Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears, reacting to a furor over photos showing her driving a car with her infant son in her lap, insists she's a good mother and that the incident was the result of "frightful encounter with the paparazzi."

E! Online - Britney Spears is up to her shoulder restraint in controversy.

E! Online - Britney Spears is up to her shoulder restraint in controversy.