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Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)

Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
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Top 6 Super Bowl ads featuring animals (+video)

Super Bowl ads reflect a broader truism in advertising: A cute animal is a better pitchman than a human 9 times in 10 (Peyton Manning aside). Over the years, some of the most successful Super Bowl ads of all time have featured a wide array of animals, from mighty Clydesdales to lowly mosquitoes. Here is our countdown of six of the best ever fuzzy (and not so fuzzy) Super Bowl commercials, including a winner from Super Bowl XLVI. Did your all-time favorite take the top spot?
Tokyo Motor Show: New tires don't need air – or oil

Tokyo Motor Show is where tiremakers are showing off next generation tires that don't need air and aren't made from oil. Prototypes at Tokyo Motor Show emphasize recyclable, biodegradable materials.
Grizzly encounters and other reasons for federal regulations

My Alaska encounters with fly fishing and grizzly bears reveal how much America benefits from federal regulations. Without them, this pristine wilderness would likely not exist, and neither would many protections for consumers and workers.
Tiger Woods gets ready for PGA return at Bridgestone

Tiger Woods practiced Tuesday in preparation for this weekend's Bridgestone Invitational. After a three-month injury hiatus, Tiger Woods is 28th on the world golf rankings.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf: Africa's 'Iron Lady' revitalizes Liberia

UPDATE: On Oct. 7, the Nobel Prize committee announced that Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was one of three women to win the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing the role of women in society. In April, the Monitor profiled President Johnson-Sirleaf – who faces voters in Oct. 11 national elections – and her record of erasing her Liberia's crushing debt after years of civil war.
Super Bowl commercials: top ads of Super Bowl 2011 [VIDEO]

Super Bowl commercials everybody is talking about after Sunday's game.
Eminem doesn't do ads. But for Super Bowl...

Eminem makes appearance in emotional Chrysler 200 ad. And an animated Eminem hawks Lipton tea.
The Simple Dollar
Credit card debt or personal loan? How to choose.

Credit card debt is dogging this reader – one of 10 questions in my readers' mailbag.
Robert Reich
Egg recall culprit has a history of corporate crimes

Egg recall originator, agribusinessman Jack DeCoster, is pulling 380 million eggs off the shelves. His corporate malfeasance reaches back for decades, but he seems to regard fines as the cost of doing business. A database of repeat corporate offenders could prevent another egg recall or oil spill.
Tiger Woods shoots under par during first round

Tiger Woods shoots under par during the first round of the PGA Championship Friday, following a nearly three-hour fog delay. 'I played too good not to shoot under par, and it would have been very disappointing and frustrating to end up at even par as well as I played,' Tiger Woods said.
Tiger Woods plays his worst round ever at Firestone

Tiger Woods, who has won seven times at Firestone, struggled all day Thursday to shoot a 74, his worst round ever on the course and in the tournament. 'Just because I like the course doesn't mean I'm going to play well on it,' said Tiger Woods.
Sandra Bullock appears at Nashville Rising flood relief benefit

Sandra Bullock made a surprise appearance Tuesday night at the Nashville Rising flood relief benefit concert.
Nashville flood damage tops $1.5 billion; Grand Ole Opry stage underwater

Four to 6 feet of water flooded the celebrated stage of Grand Ole Opry as 13 inches of pounding rain cause havoc in Nashville.
Gallery: Celebrities giving to Haiti
In Pictures: Major product recalls
Irish pork recovering slowly after feed scare

Organic producers failed to escape industrial farm problems, despite efforts.
EarthTalk: Is nitrogen better than air for filling car tires?

Nitrogen doesn’t leak out as quickly, and well-inflated tires save gas. But cost is also a factor.