Just when you think you think "AI" can't bore into our brains any further, this 'familas dust-up' comes down the pipe line:

"Apparently the mother and son were discussing 'Idol' -- while drinking, according to court records -- when the mother, Jan M. Chagnon, told [Cory K.] Favreau that Katharine McPhee would have a successful career despite losing in the finale to Taylor Hicks. Favreau then allegedly stood up, made a nasty comment to his mom and then struck her with [an] object attached to a bicycle chain" (defamer)

Forget red-state blue-state fracas', this is the kind of altercation we Americans can sink our teeth into. AI has a possible spinoff here, at the very least a documentary.