To date, there are over 50 franchises that have grossed over $1B, and they aren’t planning to stop anytime soon.

These are photos of Marseilles, France. It seems that the garbage collectors have been on strike and this is the result. Apparently, they are trying to force the President to raise the retirement age to 62. But I doubt if the President is having any trouble getting his garbage picked up.

This ship served in the U.S. Navy between 1968 and 1997. But in the beginning of July, it was used for high end multi-national target practice during Exercise RIMPAC 2010. Ex-USS New Orleans was fired upon by Harpoon missiles, bombs and at last a barrage of naval gun fire from 8 ships.