Name change News

Salzburg - The 104 residents of an Austrian town are tired of the jokes, the prank calls and people stealing their traffic signs. Now they want to change the name of their town from Fucking to Fugging but there is already another town with that name.

Washington - Infamously known for killing 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007, private security contractor Blackwater's name-changing continues, calling itself Academi, with a byline of Elite Training, Trusted Protection, and now wants back in Iraq.

Jimmy Draper, chairman of the 20-member task force appointed by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to study the possibility of changing the name of the church has said that the church was not considering removing "Baptist" in the name of the church.

Miami - A furor has erupted in the Miami art community over renaming the Miami Art Museum (MAM), thanks to a $35 million cash and art pledge to the museum by a South Florida real estate developer who Time magazine has called “the Donald Trump of the tropics.”

L.A. Lakers veteran Ron Artest is seriously considering changing his name, so much so he's started filing paperwork to officially become "Metta World Peace."

Jane Doe had survived domestic violence only to be violated by the Alberta government. The story of Ms. Doe broke in February about how Alberta published Jane and her daughter's "Unpublished Secure Name Changes."

The UK Daily Mail reports that the Middlesex Crusaders cricket club, who have played under this name for some 10 years, are changing their name to Panthers - prompted by protests from Muslims and Jews. However its CEO claims it's just 'economics'.

The Japanese government has authorised a name change for one of World war II's best known symbols. The island of Iwo Jima will now be called Iwo To which is the island's original name.

Baby Dannielynn has had her name changed by her biological father.