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Miserly Burger King charges hurt kid for ice By Jennifer Roy/ Daily News Tribune Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - Updated: 10:35 AM EST Ice does not appear on Burger King’s menu, but it should after a Newton teen limped into the Moody Street fast-food restaurant last week looking for some cool relief of a sore ankle. John Michael Jasset staggered into the restaurant about 5 p.m. last Thursday after being hit by a car. He was thrown from his bike and also scraped his knee, arms and hands, his mother, Cheryl Jasset, said. But when he asked for some ice...

The home of the King of Rock 'n' Roll joined the homes of presidents past and present in becoming a National Historic Landmark Monday. Graceland, where Elvis Presley died in 1977, joins the White House, Mount Vernon and Monticello in receiving the country's highest designation for historic properties. "It would be difficult to tell the story of the 20th century without discussing the many contributions made by this legendary, iconic artist," Interior Secretary Gale Norton said during a ceremony at Presley's famous Memphis mansion. "It didn't take Americans and the rest of the world long to discover Elvis Presley," Norton...

"Before Elvis, there was nothing" -John Lennon All sorts of 1956 50th anniversary stuff coming out this year. Elvis is more alive now than when he was living.

WHEN ELVIS PRESLEY STROLLED onto the stage for his last performance, there was something different about him. His face had swelled, and his gut was pregnant with obesity. His hair and signature sideburns overran his head and face, and his movements, karate kicks, and hip swivels, were no longer crisp or energetic. He could still sing--he never lost that--and he still had a charismatic stage presence, and he could still send fans into a frenzy. But for years leading up to his death, it seemed the brightness that once shone from this superstar came more from his sequin-adorned jumpsuits than...

The King Articles and Photos by Teagan Clive IronMan Magazine Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003 Campaigning for governor is just a little different from trying to win a bodybuilding title. In the political arena you’ve got to keep your clothes on (most of the time), flex your brain, define your positions and share your ideas with all kinds of people, many of whom might vehemently disagree. Knowing all this, Arnold has poured himself into a brand new mold. "He’s quite a chameleon," observed one of the King’s colleagues, "and he loves a challenge." He’s traded in his Eddie Bauer clothes for...

Saturday is the 26th anniversary of the death of singer Elvis Presley, and thousands of people gathered at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee, to remember the music legend. About 5,000 Elvis fans were lined up when Graceland's gates opened Friday night for the annual overnight candlelight vigil past the singer's grave. Thousands more later joined the procession which continued until early Saturday. AP Beverly Swain, from Lexington, Tenn., attends a candlelight vigil to Elvis Presley's grave at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Officials in Memphis estimate about 35,000 people took part in this year's Elvis Tribute Week. Some came many...

November 24, 2002The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Psalm: Sunday Week 50 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading IEz 34:11-12, 15-17 Thus says the Lord GOD:I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flockwhen he finds himself among his scattered sheep,so will I tend my sheep.I will rescue them from every place where they were scatteredwhen it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep;I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out,the strayed I will bring back,the injured I...

We've been staring at that pitiful Elvis impersonator for months. Time for him to go.

Two nights ago, about ten-thirty, your author was finally overcome by the amount of work to be done and stepped away from the veritable mountains of writing, web page construction and correspondence to bike ride around the neighborhood, in hopes of clearing the cobwebs. Approximately three blocks from Camp TGO rest two sets of train tracks, and as they came closer the lights began to flash, the gates easing down. Patience prevailed as the traffic passed, but once the last car whizzed by I carried on across, only to look to my right and see another train, rapidly approaching. This...

Celebrating Elvis' life 25th anniversary of the King's death is mostly parties, parades 08/16/2002 By MICHAEL PRECKER / The Dallas Morning News MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Death anniversaries tend to be somber affairs, as we remember those we loved and admired. There's no parade in Dallas on Nov. 22. Ceremonies in New York on the day John Lennon was killed, or here in Memphis on the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, are tearful and melancholy. In the land of Elvis, things are different. "Sure, it's sad that he's gone," says Fred Chamberlain, a 39-year-old fan. "But...

Posted on Mon, Apr. 22, 2002 It's now or never to sell Elvis By DAVID M. HALBFINGERThe New York Times MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The King may be immortal, but his fans are not. That is the essence of the problem facing the Elvis industry, which has hummed along quite nicely without him for 25 years, selling and reselling songs, movies, posters, books, clothing and every other imaginable form of merchandise, souvenir and retail experience related to or inspired by the King of Rock 'n' Roll. The cashing-in is about to crest this year, the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's...