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In the end, Candace Clark didn't get a Jussie Smollett deal. Clark is accused of making a false police report. Her case made headlines in April, when the judge overseeing it blasted prosecutors for treating her differently than the "Empire" actor who was accused of staging a hate crime attack. Smollett was also charged with disorderly conduct, but in a case that, Judge Marc Martin said, was far more "egregious" than Clark's -- and yet he had his charges abruptly dropped earlier this year without any formal conditions.

USApple’s 2018 production forecast, as reported in its annual Production and Utilization Analysis, is as follows: 1) Gala, 2) Red Delicious, 3) Granny Smith, 4) Fuji, and 5) Honeycrisp. Measured in 42 pound units, Gala production is estimated to jump from 49.5 million units in 2017 to 52.4 million in 2018, edging out Red Delicious, whose production is expected to decrease from 57.9 million in 2017 to 51.7 million in 2018. The Gala, which originated in New Zealand in the 1930s, has increased in popularity because consumers like its taste, texture and sweetness; growers like the variety because...

Tiger Woods did not suffer facial lacerations from a car accident. They were inflicted by his wife, Elin Nordegren -- according to a conversation Woods had Friday after the accident. Tiger has yet to be formally interviewed by the Florida Highway Patrol -- that should happen this afternoon. But we're told Tiger had a conversation Friday -- with a non-law enforcement type -- detailing what went down before his Escalade hit a fire hydrant. We're told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source,...

BECKLEY, W.Va. A West Virginia school board is backing a decision to ban an honor student from wearing a skirt with the words "It's all about Juicy" printed on the backside. The principal of the high school had told the girl the slogan was sexually suggestive and forbidden under school policy. However the sophomore protested, saying the words referred to the clothing manufacturer, Juicy Couture. Nichoel Hawks says the school has a double standard. During her appeal she showed pictures of male students wearing shirts featuring Hooters, "Big Kahunas" and "Big Johnson."