Changes WordPress "Posts" to be called "News Items" instead.

news-items-instead-of-posts.php

<?php
/*

news-items-instead-of-posts.php

Changes WordPress "Posts" to be called "News Items" instead. 

Copy this code into your theme's functions.php file.

See comments here: http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/post-formats-vs-custom-post-types/

*/

add_action('admin_menu','change_post_menu_label');
function change_post_menu_label() {
  global $menu;
  global $submenu;
  $menu[5][0] = 'News Items';
  $submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'News Items';
  $submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add News Item';
  $submenu['edit.php'][16][0] = 'News Item Tags';
  echo '';
}
add_action('init','change_post_object_label');
function change_post_object_label() {
  global  $wp_post_types;
  $labels = & $wp_post_types['post']->labels;
  $labels->name = 'News Items';
  $labels->singular_name = 'News Item';
  $labels->add_new = 'Add News';
  $labels->add_new_item = 'Add News Item';
  $labels->edit_item = 'Edit News Item';
  $labels->new_item = 'News Item';
  $labels->view_item = 'View News Item';
  $labels->search_items = 'Search News Item';
  $labels->not_found = 'No News Items found';
  $labels->not_found_in_trash = 'No News Items found in Trash';
}