AP - Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading halfway through the Daytona 500 on Sunday, five years after his father died on the final lap of the same season-opening race.

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 - With a chance to send the United States to the Davis Cup quarterfinals, Andy Roddick wanted to pace himself and make sure he finished the job. After growing nauseated and losing his opening match two days earlier, Roddick had a methodical, straight-set win over Romania's Razvan Sabau on Sunday to move the Americans into the next round against Chile.

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.

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."

AP - Britney Spears defended photographs showing the pop star driving with her infant son on her lap, saying she was dodging the paparazzi.

Britney Spears defends holding her baby son on her lap while driving, saying she was escaping photographers.