People: Lohan Admits to Relationship

COUPLED
HELD FOR RONSON
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed what the world has guessed: She's been dating Samantha Ronson "a very long time." The 22-year-old actress casually told the co-host of "Loveline" on Monday that she's been dating the 31-year-old DJ. The pair have appeared in public and have been photographed together but have never publicly commented about the extent of their relationship.

ANNOUNCEMENT
CLAYMATES HIT SNOOZE
Clay Aiken says the birth of his newborn son inspired him to acknowledge what many people already thought: He's gay. "It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken told People magazine. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way."

FREAKONOMICS
DOUGLAS SCHOOLS BERNANKE, ZETA-JONES ON FED BAILOUT
Michael Douglas fielded questions at the U.N. on world markets from reporters recalling "Wall Street." Douglas was asked to compare nuclear Armageddon with the "financial Armageddon on Wall Street."

H20
HOT MILKMAN FROM CRAFT SERVICES SOUGHT BY 7 MEN
Nicole Kidman said swimming in waterfalls might have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year. The 41-year-old Aussie, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of an Outback town during filming of "Australia" became pregnant.

» Pictured above: Also, sex with Keith Urban ups fertility.

QUALITY TIME
EXEC BITTEN BY LIZARD STILL MORE STABLE THAN STONE
Actress Sharon Stone has lost another round of custody proceedings over her oldest son. A judge denied her request for primary custody of 8-year-old Roan, who's been living with his father, newspaper executive Phil Bronstein. The couple divorced in 2004 after six years of marriage. The judge ruled Sept. 12 that Bronstein's home is more structured.

CHARITY
CLINTON, BONO SAY CRISIS IS NO EXCUSE TO IGNORE POVERTY
The U.S. financial crisis' making global waves is no excuse for governments and companies to walk away from helping the world's poor, former president Bill Clinton and rocker Bono said on Wednesday. As Congress debates a White House-proposed $700 billion bailout for the worst financial crisis since the Depression of the 1930s, Bono questioned why wealthy countries had not been able to come up with enough aid for the world's problems.

With contributions from The Associated Press
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