4 Don't mess with Texas cupcakes.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

For opening day of Texas' 84th Legislature, 181 cupcakes were delivered to the Capitol, one for every lawmaker. They were gifts from new Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who had called a press conference to grant cupcakes "full amnesty." Pundits called it a publicity stunt, since legislation protecting cupcakes is already on the books. In 2004, when childhood obesity was big news in the state...