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• 7. NYC MAYOR HELPS ELECT JACKSON REPLACEMENT
• Former Illinois legislator Robin Kelly, who favors strict gun control, was helped by Michael Bloomberg's super PAC in the race.
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• 8. WHY OFFICIALS SUSPECT MISSING BOATERS ARE A HOAX
• The Coast Guard found no registration of the boat described and no one reported a family of four missing.
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• 9. GETTING YOUR COMPUTER TO TALK TO YOUR COFFEE MAKER
• Machine-to-machine communication, or the "Internet of Things," is getting a lot buzz at this year's wireless trade show.
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• 10. HOW TO EAT FAMILY-STYLE IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA
• Philadelphia charter school students pass serving dishes around circular tables, use real plates and silverware and bypass French fries for fennel salad.
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AP News in Brief
Pope greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for final time; thousands on hand to bid farewell
• VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI is greeting pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for the final time before retiring, waving to tens of thousands of people who have gathered to bid him farewell.
• Benedict was driven around the square in an open-sided vehicle, surrounded by bodyguards. At one point he stopped to kiss a baby handed up to him by his secretary.
• St. Peter's was overflowing and pilgrims and curiosity-seekers were picking spots along the main boulevard nearby to watch Wednesday's event on giant TV screens. Some 50,000 tickets were requested for Benedict's final master class on the Catholic faith, but Italian media estimated the number of people actually attending could be double that.
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