Mario Charges Dropped

Prosecutors have dropped misdemeanor assault charges against R&B singer and former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Mario.

The artist had been charged with second-degree assault for allegedly shoving his mother into a wall at their Baltimore home, but a spokesman for the Maryland state’s attorney’s office says his mother changed her story on the witness stand Nov. 2, saying she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she called police and that her son never laid a hand on her.