zEN mAN (observing President Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC tonight....and the awesome audience...and Gabby Giffords, and Mary K. Blige and Scarlett Johansson and Jill Biden and Sasha and Malia and Michelle and Caroline Kennedy and Sandra Fluke and many more women (and Nuns) and even though she died of Alzheimers a number of years ago......I saw my mother...Mary....in the front row of the most magnificent mixed audience imaginable (a stark contract to the ivory skinned audience off the RNC)...and she was waving a little American flag and she had on a silly Obama hat and there she was crying for Obama and our country ....If she was alive today she would be right there with all the hopeful women (and men) who do not want to see our country taken over by sick, cynical and selfish...self serving and arrogant conservatives....Fuck republicans to hell...vote for Obama...pass it on!)
Froma Harrop: "A Modest Proposal: Raise the Medicare Age to 95" (Creators Syndicate)
Raise Medicare eligibility to 95. This makes a great deal of sense. Without health coverage, 80-year-olds are likely to die sooner and put less stress on the program's finances. Sure, those 95 and up use a lot of medicine, but there are few of them. The money saved on octogenarians would more than cover those bills and free up extra for more tax cuts
Scott Burns: Who Lost During the "Lost Decade"? (Asset Builder)
Contrary to popular belief, the young, not the old, were the big losers during the "lost decade." Indeed, a comparison of net worth changes by age group shows that those 20-39 years old in 2010 have significantly lower net worth than their peers had in 2001. … Older people generally gained in real net worth while younger people lost real net worth. So we're talking about different directions, not one group losing or gaining more than the other. We're talking about real losses versus real gains.
Ben Child: Bruce Willis to fight Apple over right to leave iTunes library in will (Guardian)
"Lots of people will be surprised on learning all those tracks and books they have bought over the years don't actually belong to them," solicitor Chris Walton told the Mail. "It's only natural you would want to pass them on to a loved one. The law will catch up, but ideally Apple and the like will update their policies and work out the best solution for their customers."
Amanda Hahn and Chris Holmes: The 8 Creepiest Cases of Identity Theft of All Time (Cracked)
Identity theft is one of the most widely committed crimes in the world, affecting millions of people a year in varying degrees of severity, ranging from a few unwanted pizzas on your credit card bill to landing on an international watch list for political assassins. Sometimes the crimes are so elaborate and the consequences are so strange and unpredictable that it almost makes us want to cancel all our credit cards, forfeit all our licenses and live in a hole in the earth with pillowcases full of cash, surviving entirely on boiled tree roots and stale urine.
Roger Ebert: "Review of 'The Laughing Policeman'" (R; 3 stars)
"The Laughing Policeman" is an awfully good police movie: taut, off-key, filled with laconic performances. It provides the special delight we get from gradually unraveling a complicated case. It's almost the kind of movie, indeed, to blast loose a detective-novel fan from Ross Macdonald.
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
Anacin is the trade name of several analgesics manufactured by Insight Pharmaceuticals. Its flagship product contains acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine.
Anacin was invented by William Milton Knight and was first estimated to be used in 1916 as stated in the patent. Anacin is one of the oldest brands of pain relievers in the United States, first beginning sales in the 1930s. Anacin's mascot at the time was Ana Anacin, who was found in a number of ads of this product.
Anacin is one of the earliest and best examples of a concerted television marketing campaign created for them in the late 1950s by Rosser Reeves of the Ted Bates ad agency. Many people remember the commercials advertising "tension producing" situations, and the "hammers in the head" advert with the slogan "Tension. Pressure. Pain."
A later Anacin advert (in 1962) featured a mother trying to assist her grown daughter with various chores, such as preparing a meal. "Don't you think it needs a little salt in it?", mother would say, only to have her nerve-racked daughter shout, "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!" As the mother wilted, the daughter would emote and rub her head, with her inner voice saying, "Control yourself! Sure, you're tired, you have a headache, but don't take it out on her!"
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mj was first, and correct, with:
The wail of a frustrated housewife
With a splitting headache was used to promote Anacin pain reliever (aspirin boosted with caffeine) as family therapy.
Alan J said:
Anacin
Charlie responded:
Anacin.
But then there's
BttbBob is communing with nature.
Marian replied:
Anacin
Adam answered:
Oh, the mind reels. Turns out to be Anacin aspirin.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The product was Anacin, which, as an animated graphic described it, fought
your headache three ways - it got rid of the hammer in your head, the
static in your cerebellum and the cracking steel balls in your cranium.
Barbara , my college roommate, wrote:
The answer is Anacin pain reliever.
As I remember it, the setting for the ad is a kitchen in which a woman is
cooking something on the stove. An older woman comes into the kitchen and
says, "Don't you think it needs a little salt?" And then the younger woman
gets angry and delivers the famous line.
I couldn't find the ad on YouTube, but did see a couple of other ads for
Anacin that involved (1) a husband yelling at his wife and (2) a mother
yelling at her child. The ads tell you that Anacin contains aspirin and an
"extra ingredient". Turns out the extra ingredient is caffeine - no wonder
you feel better fast!
Dale of Diamond Springs replied:
In the 1960s there was a famous commercial in which a woman was cooking something, and when her mother suggested that it could use more salt, the woman came completely unglued and screamed, "Mother, PLEASE! I'd rather do it myself!" The product was Anacin! What came after that - the daughter rubbing her head while her voiceover said, "Sure you've got a headache. You're tense, irritable. But why take it out on her?" What a neatly encapsulated little drama of mother-daughter resentment. Anacin, which, as an animated graphic described it, fought your headache three ways - it got rid of the hammer in your head, the static in your cerebellum and the cracking steel balls in your cranium. Be Sociable, Share! What the fuck are neuritis and neuralgia?
Neuritis or Neuralgia?
Sally said:
I think that, "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!" was used to sell the pain reliever, "Anacin."
This WAS a great pain reliever until they took out one of the ingredients - forcing people to doctors where they could get Oxycodone to replace it - and become addicted, mumble, grumble.
PS: The DNC convention has been SO great for the past 2 nights. The Hate Patrol can say what they want, but the Big Dog still has it!! By the time Mr Clinton finished, and the President came on stage to embrace him - I was crying. For the first time, in a long time, I had hope. Mr Clinton spelled it all out, step by step, item by item, and was not afraid to attack Misters Romney and Ryan, calling them out for the liars they are!
As President, Mr Clinton would never have allowed the Right to besmirch him the way that President Obama has... IMHO, the President needs to grow a pair!
I am still on a high from last night...
PPS: JoeS, did you see the large Union presence at the DNC last night? Hopefully, you were not watching the, 'game' instead of the Convention? Go Union!!
MAM wrote:
Anacin
PS Am putting a donation for the E-Page in to PayPal tonight.
And, Joe S answered:
I believe that was toilet paper, quite possibly Delsey Wondersoft Toilet Paper, if memory serves.
Looking forward to the end of the humidity festival.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with the FRESH'Stand Up To Cancer', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNDave (from 8/29/12) are Michelle Obama and the Chevin.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Kunal Nayyar and Lauren Miller.
NBC starts the night with the FRESH'Stand Up To Cancer', followed by a RERUNGrimm', then 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Matthew Perry, Meghan McCain, and OneRepublic.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Tom Brokaw, Guy Fieri, Bar Refaeli, and Divine Fits.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/12/12) are Guy Pearce, "Beware of Mr. Baker", Lee Fields and the Expressions.
ABC opens the night with the FRESH'Stand Up To Cancer', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 9/4/12) are Jamie Foxx, Cat Deeley, and Imagine Dragons.
The CW offers a FRESH'America's Next Top Model', followed by a RERUN'Nikita'.
Faux has the FRESH'Stand Up To Cancer', followed by a RERUN'Bones'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', 'Coma' (part 1), followed by 'Coma' (part 2).
AMC offers the movie 'Rambo III', followed by the movie 'First Blood', then the movie 'Rambo: First Blood Part II'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 2 - James McAvoy, Joanna Lumley, Nancy Dell'Olio, John Bishop, Arctic Monkeys
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 7 - Ep 7 - Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Marcus Brigstocke, Eric Idle
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 2 - The Shakespeare Code
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 3 - Gridlock
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 2 - D-Place
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 3 - Ep 1 - La Parra de Burriana
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Sebastian's
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 8 - Lido Di Manhattan Beach
[4:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 5 - The Rebel Flesh
[5:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 4 - Ep 21 - Daybreak, Part 1
[6:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 4 - Eps 22 & 23 - Daybreak, Parts 2 & 3
[8:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
[10:00PM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
[12:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
[2:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
[4:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'House Party', followed by the movie 'Soul Plane', then the movie 'Soul Plane', again.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', followed by the movie 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart it's a Democratic Convention wrap-up.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Ed Rendell.
FX has the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', followed by the movie 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine', again.
HBO offers a FRESHBill Maher - guests include:
Christine O'Donnell, David Simon, Steve Schmidt, Jim VandeHei, and Katerina vanden Heuve.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Bunk
[6:30AM] Bunk
[7:00AM] Paperhouse
[9:00AM] Chapter 27
[10:45AM] Dark Mirror
[12:30PM] Paperhouse
[2:30PM] Chapter 27
[4:15PM] Dark Mirror
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Jessica Stays Over
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Secret Boyfriend
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Blackout
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Army Buddy
[8:00PM] The Gate
[9:45PM] Cursed
[11:45PM] The Gate
[1:30AM] Cursed
[3:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Paul Rudd Wears a Red Lumberjack Flannel Shirt
[4:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Ed Helms Wears a Grey Shirt & Brown Boots
[4:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Elizabeth Banks Wears a Red Dress
[5:00AM] Action-Mr. Dragon Goes to Washington
[5:30AM] Bunk (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] MAN SHOPS GLOBE - Tunisia (Episode 7, Season 1)
[6:30A] Kassim the Dream
[8:00A] The Pool
[9:35A] Return To Rajapur
[11:10A] Kassim the Dream
[12:40P] The Pool
[2:15P] Return To Rajapur
[3:50P] Kavi
[4:10P] Garage Days
[6:00P] ALL ON THE LINE - Gemma Kahng (Episode 4, Season 1)
[7:00P] ALL ON THE LINE - Dana-Maxx (Episode 5, Season 1)
[8:00P] Secretary
[10:00P] Blue Velvet
[12:05A] Spider
[1:45A] Secretary
[3:45A] Blue Velvet
[5:50A] The Trenches (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'The Hills Have Eyes', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
Actor and cast member Steve Buscemi and his wife Jo Andres attend the season three premiere of HBO's show "Boardwalk Empire" in New York, September 5, 2012.
Photo by Andrew Burton
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced a range of presenters for the 2012Primetime Creative Arts Emmys on Thursday, including "Web Therapy" star Lisa Kudrow, "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks and "NCIS: Los Angeles" star Chris O'Donnell.
Similar to past presentations, the awards will be presented by pairings of showrunners and the talent on their programs, meaning that Kudrow will present with "Web Therapy" executive producer Dan Bucatinsky, Hendricks will be paired with "Mad Men" honcho Matthew Weiner, and O'Donnell will be matched with "NCIS: LA" boss Shane Brennan.
Also on hand to present at this year's ceremony: Jennifer Morrison, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis of "Once Upon a Time"; Martha Plimpton and Greg Garcia from "Raising Hope"; "Silas Weir Mitchell and Jim Kouf of "Grimm"; Morena Baccarin and Howard Gordon from "Homeland"; "American Horror Story" star Frances Conroy and co-creator Ryan Murphy; and Padma Lakshmi, Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of "Top Chef."
The 2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys will be held Saturday, September 15th. Reelz Channel will air the ceremony Sat., September 22 at 8 p.m.
Monty Python's Flying Circus actors (L-R) Carol Cleveland, former colleague Barry Cryer, actor Terry Jones and Michael Palin pose outside the Angel pub in Highgate, north London September 6, 2012. A blue plaque organised by friends and family was unveiled to former Monty Python star Graham Chapman following news that English Heritage had dropped plans for an 'official' Blue Plaque to the star, due to budget cuts. Chapman drank, wrote and was barred from the Angel pub in the 1970s.
Photo by Olivia Harris
The film academy's board of governors voted Wednesday to present honorary Academy Awards to stuntman Hal Needham, documentarian D. A. Pennebaker and arts advocate George Stevens, Jr. The group also announced that producer and philanthropist Jeffrey "Sparky" Katzenberg will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Needham has more than 300 feature films to his credit as a stunt performer and coordinator. The academy recognized him in 1986 for a camera car and crane he developed that allowed greater versatility in shooting action sequences. He also directed such films as "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannonball Run."
Pennebaker has been making documentaries for six decades and was nominated for an Oscar for 1993's "The War Room."
Stevens is the founding director of the American Film Institute and co-founded the Kennedy Center Honors, which he has produced for 34 years.
The four honorees will receive their Oscar statuettes at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 4th annual Governors Awards dinner. The private ceremony is set for December 1 in the Ray Dolby Ballroom, just upstairs from Oscar's home at Hollywood & Highland's Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Lady Gaga's famous meat dress has made its way to the nation's capital, along with Loretta Lynn's song about "The Pill" and other relics from music history.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is opening a national tour for an exhibit about pioneering women in rock 'n' roll, tracing the evolution of women artists and their impact on music. It opens Friday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Curator Meredith Rutledge-Borger told The Associated Press the exhibit, "Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power" is inherently political, in part, as it highlights many "first ladies of rock" who have spoken loud and clear on women's rights, gay rights and other issues through their music.
More than 250 artifacts represent 70 women who were "engines of change and creativity," she said, each helping to redefine who could make rock 'n' roll. It features items from Cher, the B-52s, Donna Summer, Stevie Nicks, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna's provocative outfit from her "Blonde Ambition" tour. Other items date back to jazz singer Billie Holiday, first blues recording artists Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey and country music trailblazer Mother Maybelle Carter.
Lynn's country song, "The Pill," was considered so controversial in 1975 that her record label delayed its release for three years. Lynn later recounted that doctors told her the tune was pivotal in rural acceptance of birth control.
Musician Tom Petty (C), wife wife Dana York (R) and daughter director Adria Petty arrive for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, September 6, 2012.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital and pronounced "in great health" after feeling light-headed during a TV appearance Thursday morning.
"After medical evaluation and a round of tests, Tom was pronounced in great health and has been discharged," said NBC News President Tom Capus in a statement released about 1 p.m. EDT. Capus expressed gratitude to the Carolinas Medical Center for Brokaw's excellent care.
Hours earlier, the network had reported that Brokaw felt "light-headed" on the set of the news-talk program "Morning Joe," which originated this week from Charlotte. "Out of an abundance of caution," he was taken to the hospital for examination.
At about 10 a.m., Brokaw offered his own diagnosis with this Twitter post: "All is well Early AM I mistakenly took a half dose of Ambien and made less sense than usual. Made a better comeback than Giants..." Ambien is a brand name for a sleep-inducer.
Music mogul Quincy Jones testified Thursday that he never told "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis that casino mogul Steve Wynn had threatened to kill the soft-porn producer and have him buried in the desert.
The Grammy-winning record producer shook his head repeatedly under questioning before a jury as an attorney described Francis' accusations, which Jones called fiction.
Francis says Jones told him that Wynn had threatened to hit him over the head with a shovel and have him buried in the desert. Francis also says Jones showed him a stack of emails supposedly detailing the threats. Francis said under oath that Jones told him Wynn was a gangster and "old Vegas."
"That sounds like a line from 'Scarface,'" Jones said. He added that he would like to see the emails Francis claims he displayed.
Francis acknowledges he never read the emails and didn't ask Jones, who is his next-door neighbor, to let him read them.
Singer songwriter James Taylor waves his hat towards fans after a sound check at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.
Photo by J. Scott Applewhite
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc on Thursday won a court order temporarily blocking a producer of pornographic DVDs from selling and advertising titles with names similar to those of the company and its ice cream flavors.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ordered Caballero Video to stop selling 10 DVD titles in its "Ben & Cherry's" series and to remove references to the products from the Internet.
Kaplan issued his temporary restraining order one day after Ben & Jerry's sued Caballero, accusing the North Hollywood, California-based company of trademark infringement.
Ben & Jerry's sued over the sales of such titles as "Boston Cream Thighs," "Chocolate Fudge Babes" and "Peanut Butter D-Cups," which it said were rip-offs of its Boston Cream Pie, Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Peanut Butter Cup flavors.
In addition, the complaint said the DVDs' packaging mimics Ben & Jerry's packaging, including such images as puffy white clouds and grazing cows, while also featuring images reflecting the DVDs' content.
Actress Ashley Judd reads off the Tennessee vote totals during the roll call vote for the Democratic presidential nomination during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 5, 2012.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst
Radio talk show host Glenn Beck isn't backing down from his public attack onAmerican Airlines.
For a second straight day, Beck on Wednesday used his show to complain that a flight attendanttreated him rudely. Beck claims it was punishment for his conservative views.
"These big, stodgy airlines that think they can treat people like garbage - they can't," Beck said during a 14-minute segment he devoted to the topic. He suggested that such poor service could explain why American had to seek bankruptcy protection, yet insisted that he wasn't trying to hurt American or urge fans to boycott the airline.
Beck said a flight attendant fawned over other passengers in first class but spoke only one word to him, and slammed a can of soda on his tray without opening it as he did for others. As for evidence of political bias, Beck said the man loudly told other passengers "how he was so proud of the very liberal cities in America." However, Beck acknowledged that his wife, seated across the aisle, didn't notice anything unusual.
Director Robert Redford (R) and his wife Sibylle pose on the red carpet during a screening for the movie "The Company You Keep" at the 69th Venice Film Festival September 6, 2012.
Photo by Tony Gentile
The New Orleans Museum of Art says it's closed because water from soil saturated by Hurricane Isaac is seeping into the basement, administrative offices and other areas.
The Times-Picayune reports that a statement from the museum says it has maintained climate control in the building, but cannot open it to the public to maintain proper conditions during work to assess and fix the damage.
Museum representatives have said that no artworks were damaged by Isaac or the below-ground leaks. No reopening date has been issued.
Seepage into the basement of the century-old building was a major hurdle in its recovery from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
An Aston Martin V12 DBS coupe which featured in the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" is the top attraction at a charity auction marking the 50th anniversary of "Dr. No," the first 007 film, Christie's auctioneers said Thursday.
The car, a black 2008 model, is expected to sell for at least 100,000 pounds ($160,000) at an invitation-only auction on Oct. 5. Proceeds will benefit Barnardo's, a British children's charity.
Other items in the Oct. 5 sale include special editions of all of the Bond books by Ian Fleming, estimated to sell at least for 10,000 pounds; an Omega "Planet Ocean" watch worn by Craig in the yet to be released "Skyfall" (6,000 pounds); and the blue swimming trunks worn by Craig in "Casino Royale" (3,000 pounds).
The online sale includes a silk wrap dress worn by Halle Berry in "Die Another Day" (2,000 pounds); a pre-production replica of a BMW Z28 roadster from "The World Is Not Enough" (25,000 pounds); a clapperboard and director's chair from "Golden Eye" (800 pounds); a model of the space shuttle from "Moonraker" (8,000 pounds); a belt with a gold bullet buckle worn by Christopher Lee in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1,000 pounds); and a first edition of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" autographed by Ian Fleming (4,000 pounds).
Vladimir Putin flew on a motorized hang glider to lead a flock of young Siberian white cranes in flight, a characteristic stunt for Russia's action-man, animal-loving president that was tarnished by reports that endangered chicks had died while scientists were setting up the trip.
Dressed in a white costume meant to imitate an adult crane, Putin was taking part in a project to teach the endangered birds who were raised in captivity to follow the aircraft on their southern migration to Central Asia.
The flight in the hang glider proved to be a test of Putin's leadership skills. Only one crane followed Putin on his first flight, which he attributed to high winds that caused the hang glider to travel faster than usual, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. On the second flight, five birds followed Putin, but after a few circles only two had stuck with him for the full 15-minute flight.
Putin's moment dimmed, however, when a biology student at the station claimed online that two chick cranes died and several others were hurt in the hurry to be ready for Putin's arrival.
Russian biologists say there are less than 20 Western Siberian white cranes left in the wild worldwide.
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
1. (1) Kenny Chesney / Tim McGraw; $4,384,494; $88.87.
2. (2) Roger Waters; $2,316,991; $112.40.
3. (3) Cirque du Soleil - "Michael Jackson: The Immortal"; $1,683,362; $110.60.
4. (4) Dave Matthews Band; $1,408,298; $54.95.
5. (5) Phish; $1,143,659; $54.39.
6. (6) Enrique Iglesias / Jennifer Lopez; $1,066,408; $77.80.
7. (8) Drake; $807,036; $53.72.
8. (7) Brad Paisley; $801,757; $46.26.
9. (9) Jason Aldean; $741,578; $37.74.
10. (10) Nickelback; $692,325; $65.86.
11. (11) Rascal Flatts; $635,328; $36.10.
12. (12) Iron Maiden; $634,286; $55.04.
13. (13) The Beach Boys; $564,354; $65.52.
14. (14) One Direction; $515,974; $42.53.
15. (15) Lady Antebellum; $474,058; $38.26.
16. (16) Wiz Khalifa / Mac Miller; $454,817; $26.14.
17. (17) "Vans Warped Tour"; $440,373; $31.87.
18. (18) Blue Man Group; $400,910; $56.93.
19. (19) Il Divo; $360,006; $88.24.
20. (20) John Mellencamp; $345,769; $78.74.
The Rev. Herman "Preacher" Dennis, who turned a Mississippi Delta grocery store into a folk-art castle that became a roadside attraction, has died. He was 96.
Jefferson Funeral Home in Vicksburg said he died Tuesday. The Vicksburg Post reports (http://bit.ly/QfH8VL) Dennis died at Covenant Health and Rehab.
Margaret's Grocery started as a modest store off U.S. Highway 61. Margaret Rogers Dennis had owned it nearly 40 years when she married "Preacher" in 1984, and he said he'd build a monument to her and their faith in God.
During the 1980s and '90s, the couple used concrete blocks, foam balls and other common items to turn the store into a castle. Hand-painted signs displayed phrases about the Bible. Though deteriorated, it was still standing this summer.
Denali, a male gray wolf, walks between trees at the Alaska Zoo on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. The 6-year-old wolf is one of two candidates for zoo "president" in a fundraiser that matches the timing of the U.S. presidential race. He's running against Ahpun, a polar bear, and ballots are $1.
Photo by Dan Joling
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc on Thursday won a court order temporarily blocking a producer of pornographic DVDs from selling and advertising titles with names similar to those of the company and its ice cream flavors.
