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....

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....

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers' bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident's effort to preserve the site....

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....

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....

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....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) conquered Philadelphia's annual gustatory gorge-fest by eating 337 chicken wings in a half-hour before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX....

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop - he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked up the skill after watching trained dogs do the job....