Counting candles in dog years
If you have a dog, do you buy it a birthday present? Eighty percent of dog owners do. Here are some treats given by the more than 45 million people who own dogs:
2 millionprepare a meal
1.9 milliongive the dog a cake
1.1 milliongive him ice cream
699,000sing "Happy Birthday"
660,000have a party with other pets
Source: American Pet Product Manufacturers and American Pet Associations
'DUKES' RAKES IN $30M
Despite less-than-enthusiastic reviews for anything other than how Jessica Simpson fills out her Daisy Dukes, "The Dukes of Hazzard" topped the weekend box office with an estimated $30.6 million. "The Wedding Crashers" took second with $16.5 million. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" took third with $10.6 million, besting "Sky High."
final word
"I remember when I was watching the runaway bride. Now this woman was missing for 30 minutes ... and they already had a posse together and a $100,000 reward. Meanwhile, there's a black woman missing for a year in D.C. and ain't nobody (looking)."
D.L. Hughley | comedian, talk-show host