Twins arrive early

Atlanta – Nancy Grace is now the mother of twins, after doctors induced labor two months before her due date.

Grace, host of legal affairs talk show “Nancy Grace” on CNN Headline News, gave birth to a boy, John David, and a girl, Lucy Elizabeth, on Sunday, said CNN spokeswoman Janine Iamunno.

John David weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and Lucy Elizabeth weighed 2 pounds, 15 ounces.

Grace, 48, had developed pulmonary edema – fluid in the lungs – and doctors told her it would be better for her health, and that of the children, if labor was induced, CNN said.

Grace, a former prosecutor with the Fulton County District Attorney’s office, plans to return to hosting her CNN show as soon as possible, Iamunno said.

Grace’s husband, David Linch, is an Atlanta investment banker.

Presidential bid dropped

New York – Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for the White House.

His announcement came after the South Carolina Democratic Executive Council voted last week to keep the host of “The Colbert Report” off the state’s primary ballot. The vote was 13-3.

Colbert poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central show.

“Although I lost by the slimmest margin in presidential election history – only 10 votes – I have chosen not to put the country through another agonizing Supreme Court battle,” Colbert said Monday. “It is time for this nation to heal.”

Colbert had said he would run only in his native South Carolina, a key primary state. He said he planned to run as a Democrat and a Republican. Colbert, 43, later declined to file with the GOP, which has a much higher filing fee ($35,000) than the Democrats ($2,500).

Aguilera’s secret is out

New York – Christina Aguilera says she’s expecting a baby, finally confirming what has become obvious over the past few months.

The 26-year-old singer told Glamour’s U.K. edition that her plans for New Year’s Eve involve a new baby.

“That’ll be about the time I enter into mommyhood so I’m hoping to have started a beautiful family with my husband!” Aguilera says on the magazine’s Web site.

Aguilera and music executive Jordan Bratman married in 2005.