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Finnish police detain Lambert after brawl

HELSINKI

Finnish police say they detained Adam Lambert after he assaulted people who tried to break up a fight between the former “American Idol” star and his boyfriend in downtown Helsinki.

Detective Superintendent Petri Juvonen said the fight spread from a popular gay bar early Thursday into the street where Lambert was suspected of hitting two people who tried to break it up.

Juvonen said that Lambert’s boyfriend, “Finnish Big Brother” star Sauli Koskinen, also was held for questioning.

He said no weapons were used, no one was seriously hurt and that it was not “a very serious incident.”

Colbert offers $500K to pay for primary

COLUMBIA, S.C.

Comedian Stephen Colbert says he will pay half a million dollars to help fund South Carolina’s first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary.

The Palmetto State native wrote in an op-ed Thursday in The State newspaper in Columbia that his super PAC will bridge the gap after state Republicans refused to contribute anything above candidates’ filing fees.

Earlier this month, Colbert offered Republicans $400,000 if they’d name the contest after him. The party said no, and Colbert says he started working with state Democrats to get an advisory referendum on the ballot.

McCready’s mom wants grandson back

FORT MYERS, Fla.

The mother of country singer Mindy McCready wants her grandson back.

Gayle Inge and her husband, Michael Inge, said Thursday in a news release that their 5-year-old grandson, Zander, should be returned to them in Florida.

Under Florida law, Inge is Zander’s legal guardian. In November, McCready took the boy out of Florida without the permission of Florida’s courts. The singer and her son were found in Arkansas.

Associated Press