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Eminem CD has top single-week sales

NEW YORK -- Eminem's fans couldn't live without him. His latest release, "The Eminem Show" sold 1.3 million albums in its first full week in stores, according to industry figures released on Wednesday.

It's the biggest single-week sales total of the year and easily allowed Eminem to retain his hold at the No. 1 spot for a second week in a row. Last week, the disc sold 285,000 copies in just three days of release. Interscope Records pushed the release date up to May 26 because it was being heavily bootlegged.

The first song from the CD, "Without Me," was up to No. 4 this past week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Singer's biplane hits Florida runway sign

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Singer Jimmy Buffett flew his biplane into a runway sign at Palm Beach International Airport over the weekend, but was not injured.

The Federal Aviation Administration originally said a Buffett employee was at the controls of the Boeing Stearman when it collided with the sign on Saturday afternoon. The FAA told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that the employee called the airport tower, so controllers thought the employee was the pilot.

FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane was pushed off the runway by a wind gust. Buffett, who owns a home in the Town of Palm Beach, was arriving from Key West. The 55-year-old singer is best known for his 1977 hit "Margaritaville" and his legion of loyal fans known as Parrotheads.

Bobbitt released from jail, confined to house

LAS VEGAS -- A judge in Fallon, Nev., freed John Wayne Bobbitt from jail and confined him to house arrest pending resolution of a probation violation charge in Churchill County and a domestic violence case in Las Vegas.

Churchill County District Judge Archie Blake let Bobbitt out of jail, but on Tuesday ordered him to wear an electronic monitor and stay at home in Las Vegas until his family court hearing July 9 on the criminal domestic violence charge.

Bobbitt, 35, admitted to four of five probation violations, a Churchill County court spokeswoman said. He had faced up to three years in prison on the charges, lodged after his May 13 arrest on an assault complaint by his wife of less than two months.

John Wayne Bobbitt gained fame when his first wife cut off his penis in 1993. It was surgically reattached.

Cage film recognizes WW II Code Talkers

WASHINGTON -- Nicolas Cage says when he read the script for his new movie "Windtalkers," he knew little about the Navajo Indian Code Talkers who created the Marines' unbreakable code used in World War II's Pacific front.

"I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn't put it in the history books," Cage said at a Senate reception marking Tuesday's film premiere. "I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts." Cage, co-star Adam Beach and director John Woo joined several surviving Code Talkers -- including four who developed the code -- and about a dozen senators at the reception.

The Code Talkers created a code based on the Navajo language. It was used in World War II's fiercest battles, including Iwo Jima, and was never cracked. After World War II, the Code Talkers were sworn to secrecy, and their work was not formally recognized until last summer when they were presented congressional gold and silver medals.

Oprah's craving helps Graeter's sell ice cream

CINCINNATI -- Business always gets brisk for the Graeter's ice cream company when summer arrives. But it improved dramatically after Oprah Winfrey announced on television that she likes the Graeter's product.

"This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted," Winfrey said on her show Thursday.

The telephones began ringing at the Cincinnati-based company, which has stores in Columbus, northern Kentucky and Lexington and Louisville, Ky. Callers wanted to order the ice cream that Winfrey said she craves. By Friday morning, Graeter's had received 450 ice cream orders through its phone line and Web site. By Monday, it had received more than 700 orders. Normally, the company might have received 75 orders during that period, executive vice president Rich Graeter said.

-- From wire reports