The iconic frog that has been the mascot for the WB Network since 1995, when the channel launched, has officially been fired. Network chairman Garth Ancier told the Television Critics Association, "In my opinion the frog is dead and buried. The frog was a symbol that was especially, in the extensive testing that we did, that perpetuated the young teen feel of the network, and that is not the image we want to put to our audience. "

The iconic frog that has been the mascot for the WB Network since 1995, when the channel launched, has officially been fired. Network chairman Garth Ancier told the Television Critics Association, "In my opinion the frog is dead and buried. The frog was a symbol that was especially, in the extensive testing that we did, that perpetuated the young teen feel of the network, and that is not the image we want to put to our audience. "

Mahatma Gandhi's family is pleading with the Indian government to force an Australian food take-out restaurant called Handi Ghandi -- "Great Curries. . . No Worries" -- to stop using the vegetarian pacifist to sell its food. According to its Web site ( www. handighandi. com ), the company sells a range of meat and vegetarian curries -- including beef, which is sacred to Hindus and forbidden.

A Halifax smoke shop that sells drug paraphernalia is targeted by Walt Disney Co. after adorning its building with a mural featuring the characters of the Seven Dwarfs. Sweet Leaf Smoke Shop owner Kenny Banks had the mural painted last summer, featuring Disney's famous Seven Dwarfs using a joint and a bong, among other drug equipment.

Danielle M. George All Headline News, Staff Writer Beijing, China (AHN)- Like clockwork, every Monday morning, Jin and a group of her friends meet in a park in Beijing to practice their favorite activity - break-dancing. Her friends call her "Auntie Cool". "Auntie Cool" is just one of the growing number of senior citizens in China. The UN predicts that by 2030, China will have 236m over-65s - and that by 2050, senior citizens will make up a quarter of the entire population. Jin is the kind of role model Chinese authorities were trying to find when they put on the first national beauty contest for the elderly, the Silver-Aged Beauty Contest. The Silver-Aged Beauty Contest has energized and mobilized thousands of senior citizens throughout the country. Six thousand older Chinese have battled through regional contests to win the honor of traveling to the capital for the final. Jin has an advantage over the competition having already earned the title of Image Ambassador for the Chinese Elderly and the Most Trendy award. To Jin this competition is just one example of how the elderly population can do their part as citizens of China. "Keeping an active, healthy and spiritually satisfied older population means better prospects for the country and economy. " Despite suffering from diabetes, Jin is at the forefront of a new cultural revolution in China that has been sweeping through her generation in recent years. A retired factory worker, she has forged a new career in her golden years as a dance teacher and elderly fashion model.