winner

You're looking at the face of a dog who could walk into our building, pretty much demand anything that she'd like--and get it immediately.

Jim Kasten, 79, from Shawano, Wisconsin, has won his very own backyard dive bar after entering a contest hosted by Miller High Life beer.

And if that weren't enough (and it wasn't), he also won a $10,000 Instant Ticket prize. Oh, and did I mention that this was all in the same week?

A 24-year-old Powerball winner from Wisconsin didn't forget where he came from. And, on Mother's Day, he decided to go out and try to share the wealth a little bit.

I remember when my dad turned 60 years old. I asked him how it felt to be that age, and he pointed out that it didn't really matter to him what the number was, he was just happy to keep having birthdays (he got 24 more). He also said that after turning 40, the time between birthdays seemed to shorten from a year to about 6 months.

Congratulations to Benji Bear, a senior at Auburn High School here in Rockford, for bringing home the gold, in a big way. From a Scholastic press release: Benji Bear of Rockford, IL is set to follow in the footsteps of some of the nation’s greatest creative leaders including Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon and Zac Posen...