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Eddie Fisher died at 82

FILE – This 1990 file photo, shows singer Eddie Fisher. Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday night Sept. 22, 2010 at his home in Berkeley of complications from hip surgery. He was 82. Singer Eddie Fisher, a teen idol in the 1950s who sparked an international scandal when he left his wife Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor, has died at the age of 82. Fisher died in Berkeley, California

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Teresa Lewis execution

Death penalty protestors hold signs as they protest the execution of Teresa Lewis outside the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Teresa Lewis was executed and pronounced dead at 9:13 p.m. Teresa Lewis admitted to her role in slaying her husband and stepson for money. That prompted the judge in the 2003 proceedings to call her “the head of this serpent” – a plot that also involved two gunmen, who agreed to s-ex and cash in exchange for murder. As Ms.

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Gulf Oil Plume Gone, Eaten By Newly Discovered Microbes

Analysis by Berkeley Lab revealed the dominant microbe in the dispersed Gulf of Mexico oil plume was a new species, closely related to members of Oceanospirillales family. Image: Terry Hazen via Science Daily . In what seems a deus ex machina or perhaps deus ex gaia moment, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report that the miles-long deep sea oil plume which resulted from the BP oil spill has essentially vanished, apparently eaten by micro… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s Greatest Angry Scientist: ‘Ya Fulla My J*z Right Now!’ [Heroes]

Dr. Tyrone Hayes is a biologist at UC Berkeley and a longtime critic of atrazine, an herbicide produced by the chemical company Syngenta. He took the bold step of sending lots of taunting, rap-quoting emails to the company. Scandal ensued. More

Green Day Preview American Idiot Musical At Grammys

The guys give a taste of what’s to come at the Michael Mayer-directed Broadway show, opening in April. By Eric Ditzian Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong performs with the cast of “American Idiot” at the 2010 Grammy Awards Photo: Michael Caulfield/ WireImage At the Grammy Awards on Sunday night (January 31), Green Day gave the world a preview of the musical based on their 2004 album American Idiot. Singing along with the cast of the show coming soon to Broadway, Billie Joe Armstrong and the band busted out “21 Guns,” a cut off 21st Century Breakdown for which they all recorded a special version

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Green Day Are ‘Beyond Satisfied’ With ‘American Idiot’ Musical

‘It’s like going to your own funeral,’ Billie Joe Armstrong says.

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‘Glamour’ Names Kate Winslet Most Glamorous Woman of 2009, Snubs Kate Moss

Getty Images. Don't Miss: Kate Moss to Pen 'Exciting' Autobiography Kate Moss for Topshop Kate Moss to Write Cookbook? Kate Moss may be one of the world's most recognizable fashion icons, but she's barely chic enough to make the cut for Glamour magazine's 50 Most Glamorous Women of 2009 , apparently

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