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'Incredibles holds top spot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Santa Claus could not conquer *The Incredibles*.
The cartoon hit retained the top slot at the box office for a second weekend, taking in $51 million to fend off animated newcomer The Polar Express, a Christmas tale that debuted at No. 2 with $23.5 million.
The heist flick After the Sunset, with Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson, opened in third place with $11.5 million, studio estimates showed Sunday.
The Polar Express, based on the children's book about a boy's train trip to the North Pole, has grossed $30.8 million since opening Wednesday.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the movie features Tom Hanks in multiple roles, including Santa. With a reportedly $170 million budget, The Express needs strong holdover business through the holidays to avoid becoming a box-office train wreck.
The movie received wildly mixed reviews: Some critics called it a potential Christmas classic and others said its hyperrealistic human figures resembled dead-eved zombies.
"Momentum for us is on the
Distributor Warner Bros. is con-
climb, which is exactly what our strategy was, to get ourselves some money in the bank and have some great word of mouth before we really hit the holidays."
Warner Bros. head of distribution
fident The Polar Express will follow the usual pattern of Christmas family flicks, holding up well through Thanksgiving weekend and beyond, said Dan Fellman, the studio's head of distribution.
"Momentum for us is on the climb, which is exactly what our strategy was, to get ourselves some money in the bank and have some great word of mouth before we really hit the holidays," Fellman said. 1. The Incredibles, $51 million. 2. The Polar Express, $23.5 million. 3. After the Sunset, $11.5 million. 4. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, $8.9 million
BETTER BITES: Problem arose from labels falling off snack
5. Seed of Chucky, $8.8 million
BETTER BITE SNACK ITEMS
Ammo crosscutter
Snackwell Creme
Sandwiches
Sathers Fig Bars
Animal Crackers
Sathers Fig Bars
Saters Strawberry Bars
Rold Gold Pretzels
Snyder's Pretzels and Rold Gold Pretzels
K-Time Bars
Special K Bars
Special M
Nature Valley Crunchy
Granola Bars and
Chewy Trail Mix Bars
Nutrigrain Bars Oatmeal Crisps
Oatmeal Crisps
Honey Nut Cheerio Bars
- Honey Nut Cheerio Bars
- Original Rice Krispie Treat Bars
Iced Oatmeal Raisin Power Bar
Jack Link Jerky
Jack Link Jerky
Kippered Beef Stick
Kippered Beef Stick
Climbing Super Jord
Slim Jim Super Jerk Beef Jerky
Baked Lay's Chips
Baked Lay's Clips
Miss Molly's Lo Fat
Muffins
Breakfast Squares
- Pig Newtons
- Teddy Grahams
Teddy Graham
Dice Krieg Trout
Sunfrore Snails
Natural, Spiffy Trail mix
and Riseonfy Tidbits
Natural, Spiffy Trail mix and Pineapple Tidbits
Rice Krispie Treats
Sugar Creek Kettle Corn Popcorn
Sunbird Snacks
Lean Cuisine and Uncle Ben Rice Bowls
and Pineapple Habits Lean Cuisine and Uncle
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Grip 'N Go 2 percent
Lowfat Milk
Source: Better Rite program
Source: Better Bite program
Sometimes the label would be knocked out of view and a new item that was not considered a Better Bite was put into a healthier snack's place.
She said she anticipated that the problem would be remedied earlier than it had been.
Better labels were costlier and the program was unable to fund the $400 to $500 to purchase the new labels. Watkins Health Center, KU Dining Services and KU Memorial Unions helped pay the bill.
Chapman said she would have done something about the labels, maybe removed them altogether until new ones arrived, if she had known that it was such a problem with students.
But students weren't vocal about the problem of mislabeling, she said.
Elyse Fleck, director of purchasing for Treat America, said she was unaware that machines were mislabeled. She said she would work to fix the problem as quickly as possible.
The Better Bites program is exclusive to the University and Treat America, that provides almost 250 snack machines across campus and the KU Medical Center.
The Better Bites program is in the process of changing the labels since the problem was brought to the attention of
Snack breakdown
Chapman and Fleck last week.
Fleck said that the labels let people know what is a better
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Chapman said there were no official criteria for what would qualify as a Better Bite. She said if fat and calories were limited, it would eliminate a lot of choices.
choice, not necessarily a healthy choice.
"You still have to be smart," she said. "Fruit snacks have no fat but they're 100 percent sugar. You're still better off being an informed consumer."
Edited by Ashley Bechard
Wu-Tang Clan founder O.D.B. dies in studio Saturday
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The rap artist O.D.B., whose wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35.
O. D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, and was
dead by the time paramedics arrived, said Gabe Tesorio, a spokesman for O.D.B.'s record label, Roc-a-Fella.
The cause of death was not immediately clear, but O.D.B. had recently finished a prison sentence for drug possession and escaping a rehab clinic. He would have turned 36 on Monday.
O. D.B. – also known as Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt Mig, Big Gift
O. D.B. stood out even in the nine-man Clan, which featured such future stars as Method Man, RZA and Ghostface Killah.
Baby Jesus or his legal name of Russell Jones — was a founding member of the seminal rap group the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 1990s. With his unorthodox delivery — alternately slurred, hyper and nonsensical
He released hit singles such $ a^{n} $
Shimmy Shimmy Ya and Got Your Money, and appeared on remixes with artists such as Mariah Carey.
But as his fame increased, so did his erratic behavior, and fans came to expect the unexpected from O.D.B.
During the years, he was wounded in shootings and arrested on a list of charges, illegally possessing body armor, driving with a suspended license, shoplifting and threatening a former girlfriend.
He was sentenced in 2001 to two to four years in prison for drug possession, plus two concurrent years for escaping from the clinic.
He was released in 2003 and immediately signed with Roc-a-Fella.
Tesioro said O.D.B. had been working on his comeback
album for more than a year and was almost finished.
His mother, Cherry Jones, said she received the news of her son's death in a call, which she called "every mother's worst dream."
"To the public he was known as Old Dirty Bastard, but to me he was known as Rusty. The kindest most generous soul on earth," her statement said.
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