Thursday,  September 6, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 051 • 19 of 33 •  Other Editions

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• The talk show host says a flight attendant treated him rudely; the airline says it's investigating.
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• 7. WHY BEN & JERRY'S IS HEADING TO COURT
• The ice cream maker says the creator of "Ben & Cherry's" X-rated DVDs has smeared its reputation.
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• 8. SON OF FAMED SEX RESEARCHER WILLIAM H. MASTERS IN TROUBLE AGAIN
• He's arrested for indecent exposure for second time this year.
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• 9. SINGER-SONGWRITER JOE SOUTH DIES
• Musician penned such hits as "Games People Play," ''Down in the Boondocks"

and "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden."
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• 10. A ROCKY START FOR SUPER BOWL CHAMPS
• Kicking off the NFL season, Dallas downs New York 24-17.
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AP News in Brief
A star turn from Bill Clinton fires up Democrats as Obama readies his big speech to convention

• CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- God is back in the Democratic platform and people rooting for President Barack Obama hope the dazzle is back in him.
• With war ending, the health care system recast and the creaky economy overshadowing all, Obama takes the stage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday to appeal for a second term before a huge prime-time audience. He's got several tough acts to follow -- his wife Michelle's crowd-swooning speech of a few days ago, former President Bill Clinton's rollicking turn on stage Wednesday night and his own soaring oratory of four years ago.
• Clinton, the one-time "comeback kid," offered a rousing defense of Obama's economic stewardship in a speech setting up Obama's moment to come. "He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for a more modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs," said Clinton -- the last president to

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