JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday....

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet....

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman....

DENVER (AP) -- The college student accused of "glitter bombing" Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses has been fired from his unpaid internship with state Senate Democrats....

BEIJING (AP) -- A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The former mayor of a Los Angeles suburb has pleaded guilty to stealing a commercial food mixer from the local school district so he could make dough for his home pizza oven....

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort. It got him probation....

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges....

BOSTON (AP) -- People aren't quite done piling on New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker for a dropped fourth-quarter pass that helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl....