The actor, Andy Griffith, who played the sheriff of the fictional town of Mayberry, N. C. , has filed a case against a Wisconsin man that legally changing his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith in a failed attempt for a Grant County, Wisconsin post. The lawsuit claims that William Harold Fenrick, 42, broke trademark and copyright laws, in addition to the actor Andy Samuel Griffith's privacy. Fenrick used his new name - Andy Griffith - to run for sheriff in southwestern Wisconsin.

A Dutch woman has died next to the grave where she wanted to be buried. The Amsterdam resident carefully planned her own funeral after her husband died last year. It appears the 65-year old woman died from a heart attack while visited her family graveyard where her name had been inscribed. The date, however, had not yet been written on the grave.

There is a new sheriff in town and his name is Andy Griffith. The Wisconsin man formerly known as William Frederick is running for sheriff of the state's Grant County, under his new name, Andy Griffith. He told reporters that he hoped the name change would draw attention to the otherwise neglected election of county sheriff. "Nobody knows who's running or what the issues are, if there are any issues or how the people differ," Griffith said, expecting the reference to Mayberry's finest to turn heads.

An agency for pets called Hollywood Paws have been sued by more than a dozen owners of a Rottweiler and other dogs for not making their pooches into stars. They claim that the firm had charged them tens of thousands of dollars but failed to procure film and television auditions for their pets. "I lost a lot of money," said Rachel Armstrong, owner of Goliath the Rottweiler.

Debrett's, the publisher of the decades-old high-society etiquette book "Debrett's Correct Form," has come out with a new book on manners for the modern girl. "Etiquette for Girls" catches up with the times, but still insists there is "proper" behavior for young ladies of the 21st-century. There are, for instance, correct and incorrect ways to conduct an office fling, have an affair or gossip about celebrities. Jo Aitchison, the book's editor, tells Reuters, "It's a nod to the modern day. We're pulling Debrett's out of Victorian times and trying to make it relevant to today. "