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Posted on: Thursday, December 25, 2008

DJ sues over S.C. plane crash

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Adam Goldstein

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LOS ANGELES — A celebrity disc jockey who survived a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina has sued several companies and the estates of the plane's pilots.

Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM, filed his complaint for negligence and breach of contract Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Goldstein and punk rocker Travis Barker, who has also sued the companies, were the sole survivors of the Sept. 19 crash.

Barker sued on behalf of the family of his bodyguard, Charles Still, and the widow of Barker's assistant, Chris Baker, filed her own lawsuit earlier this month.

Goldstein and Barker were seriously burned escaping the plane. The pair plan to perform together again for the first time since the crash at an event in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. They perform under the name TRVSDJAM.

ARMSTRONG BABY MADE 'NATURALLY'

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong's new baby was conceived naturally, a spokeswoman for his cancer foundation confirmed yesterday.

Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven consecutive years after overcoming testicular cancer, and his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, are expecting the baby in June.

"The baby was conceived naturally," Lance Armstrong Foundation spokeswoman Rae Bazzarre said in a statement.

Armstrong had three children with his ex-wife Kristin using in vitro fertilization with sperm he had banked before chemotherapy.

SIMPSON SISTERS HOLIDAY IN TEXAS

E!Online and the Waco Tribune-Herald report that Jessica and Ashlee Simpson are spending Christmas at the Waco, Texas, home of their maternal grandmother. Accompanying the sisters will be Jessica's boyfriend, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo; Ashlee's husband, Pete Wentz — and, of course, baby Bronx.

Jessica tells Fox's Pop Tarts celebrity column that she has become quite a diva domestica: "My personality is now more stay-at-home; right now I'm doing the Christmas tree and everything."

COUPLE HAS 18TH KID, PLANNING 19TH

TLC reality TV stars Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar told the world on Monday's "Today" show that they received their Christmas present early — in the form of their 18th baby, Jordyn-Grace Makiya, born a week ago via C-section.

Baby's home and "sleeping very well. ... She's a very calm baby," Dad said.

"Today" co-host Ann Curry was shocked to hear the couple is planning No. 19. She asked them if there isn't such a thing as too many babies.

Said Michelle: "Saying there's too many children is like saying there are too many flowers."

MOM REVIVES AS TWINS SAVED

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento family had its own Christmas miracle after doctors performed emergency surgery to save twins when they thought the mother was dying of a heart attack.

Theresa Fuavai-Fatu's heart stopped while she was at Mercy General Hospital last month after complaining of trouble breathing. The 40-year-old mother was just 29-weeks' pregnant.

Without a pulse, she underwent a C-section. As the doctor was closing the incision, the mother suddenly regained her pulse and opened her eyes.

Mother and the twin boy and girl, Marley and Myracle, are doing well. Their father is pro wrestler Sam Fatu.