Mom in central China gives birth to 15 pound baby
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.
- Ex-CA mayor admits stealing mixer to make pizza
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.
- Probation, not A for effort, for Pa. grade hacker
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.
- Judge: Buy wife flowers, then take her to dinner
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.
- Butterfingers stunt tweaks Patriots' dropped pass
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.
- Alaska man accused of trying to extort gov't
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities in Alaska say a man threatened to teach "crackheads" how to make "electromagnetic distortion devices" unless the state paid him $85,000.
- Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.