A $20 bill mysteriously printed on top of an ordinary fruit sticker sold Friday for $25,300, an auction company official said. The flawed note bears a red, green and yellow Del Monte sticker next to Andrew Jackson's portrait. The buyer at the Orlando, Fla. , auction did not want to be identified. The 1996 bill originated at a U. S. Treasury Department printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, but how the fruit tag found its way onto the paper of the greenback is unknown.

The United States Census Bureau released 2005 state population estimates and their correlating percentage change from 2004. Those calculated include all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Topping the most-populated list is California with 36,132,147 residents. Texas comes in second with 22,859,968, New York's 19,254,630 in third, 17,789,864 in Florida fourth, and rounding out the top five is Illinois with 12,763,371.

A former Texas sheriff is heading to federal prison for extorting money from drug dealers. Conrado Cantu, the former sheriff of Cameron County, faces more than 24 years in prison. The county is located along the Texas-Mexico border.

U. S. Border Patrol agents are balking at wearing their uniforms, which bear the labels "Made in Mexico. " "It's embarrassing to be protecting the U. S. -Mexico border and be wearing a uniform made in Mexico," says T. J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council.

Clark, Texas is renaming itself in a campaign that provides its residents with free TV. In exchange for renaming itself DISH, Texas, 55 homes will receive free Dish satellite equipment and basic service for the next decade.