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Campbell wants to say goodbye to the ‘soup’ in its name. It isn’t the first to make such a change

NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell is ready to drop the soup — at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name at an annual meeting of investors on Tuesday. The 155-year-old food seller, which is most famous for its assortment of namesake canned soups, says it would now like to be known as “The Campbell’s Co.” The new name is still subject to a shareholder approval. But the New Jersey company is far from the first to attempt such as makeover. A handful of other food brands and retailers have also rebranded themselves over the years — often shedding the mention of specific item they were known for with shorter corporate title, or even just an updated logo, in hopes of emphasizing other business.

The ancient jar smashed by a 4-year-old has been fixed. It’s back on display at an Israeli museum

TEL AVIV (AP) — An Israeli museum has put back on display a rare Bronze-Era jar that a 4-year-old accidentally smashed. Last month, a family from northern Israel was visiting the museum when their youngest son tipped over the jar, smashing it into pieces. Restoration experts were able to carefully piece the 3,500-year-old item back together. The jar had been on display at Haifa’s Hecht Museum for 35 years. The museum has tried to turn the incident into an educational opportunity. After the accident, it invited the boy and his family on a special tour of the museum.

No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall for the first anatomy lesson of their academic careers. The originator of the unique method is the rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest. Dr. Péter Sótonyi uses a stick of chalk to draw onto one of the horses from head to hooves where its bones, organs and muscles can be found inside. Sótonyi believes having students encounter a living animal on their first day as veterinary students helps them engage more directly with the subject matter than studying solely through books, charts and models.

Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams. There’s the young artist’s urge to break through, fallow creative periods and regrettable chapters of fame-addled excess. But there are a few little differences. In “Piece by Piece,” Pharrell is a Lego. And in “Better Man,” Williams is played by a CGI monkey. If the music biopic can sometimes feel a little stale in format, these two movies premiering this week at the Toronto International Film Festival attempt novel remixes.