Mother Attacked By Son Over ‘American Idol’ Dispute

The Associated Press reports a man in Plattsburgh, New York faces felony charges for allegedly striking his mother in the head after the two disagreed about the fate of a ‘American Idol’ season five runner-up Katharine McPhee. Jan Chagnon told her 24-year-old son Cory Favreau that McPhee would have a successful career despite losing to show winner Taylor Hicks, prompting Favreau to stand up and strike his mother in the head with a sharpened, cross-shaped object attached to a bicycle chain.