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Ed McMahon settles toxic mold lawsuit, accepts $230,000\nLOS ANGELES -- Former "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon settled a lawsuit against the last of several defendants he sued for toxic mold that allegedly sickened him and his wife, killed his pet and made his Beverly Hills mansion unlivable.\nMcMahon, 80, agreed to accept $230,000 to resolve the dispute, court documents revealed Monday. He had sued American Equity Insurance Co., two insurance adjusters and several cleanup contractors for $20 million last year, claiming his 8,000-square-foot mansion was ruined.\nThe other defendants made settlements over the past few months. The settlement reached Friday was paid by Controlled Environmental Solutions.\nMcMahon filed the lawsuit in April 2002 claiming that a plumbing pipe in his home ruptured in July 2001, flooding his den. The company he hired to clean the mess, Alliance Environmental Group, allegedly painted over the stachybotrus chartarum, and didn't tell him about the mold.\nSoon afterward, McMahon claimed he and his wife got sick and their sheepdog, Muffin, developed respiratory illness and died. The couple moved -- per doctor's orders -- in September 2001, and rented another home at $23,000 a month. Toxic mold later was found in McMahon's master bedroom.\nThe case had been scheduled to go to trial this week.\nBody identified as that of ex-'COPS' producer\nPORTLAND, Ore. -- A body found on an Oregon beach was identified Monday as that of reality TV pioneer Paul Stojanovich, a former producer of the long-running series "COPS," officials said.\nThe remains were discovered Sunday about a mile from where Stojanovich fell from a bluff on March 15. They were identified through dental records.\nStojanovich and his fiancee were hiking when he slipped while stopping to pose for a picture. He broke his fall part way down by clutching a tree limb, but then plummeted to the surf.\nStojanovich was an early producer of "COPS," which premiered in 1989, and aired its 500th episode last season. It has been nominated for four Emmy Awards.\nThe 47-year-old was a Sacramento native who moved to Portland in 1993. \nHe began his career in TV as a news cameraman for KRON-TV in San Francisco, developing skills he would use in producing the Emmy Award-winning documentary "Narco."\nHe also produced "American Detective" and "World's Scariest Police Chases"