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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Newser Happy Hour 6-pack - Foo Fighters Punk Westboro Protesters

The day's six most popular stories, in time to unwind.

Foo Fighters Punk Westboro Protesters

(Newser) - When the Westboro Baptist Church decided to protest the Foo Fighters concert in Kansas City on the grounds that their music promoted fornication and homosexuality, the band came up with a counter-protest of their own. The musicians—dressed in hillbilly costumes from a recent promo video—performed their song "... More »

Charlie Sheen Wins $25M Warner Bros. Settlement

(Newser) - Who's crazy now? Charlie Sheen is hammering out a settlement with Warner Bros. for his firing from Two and a Half Men amounting to $25 million, TMZ and the Los Angeles Times are reporting. The whacked-out actor filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner Bros. when... More »

Hockey Mom Accused of Sex With Minors on Son's Team

(Newser) - The crime talker of the day: A 44-year-old California woman is accused of having sex and committing "lewd acts" with at least one and possibly three members of her son's youth hockey team, reports the Orange County Register . Kathia Maria Davis, a divorced mother of three, faces charges... More »

Sweet, Womanizing Kutcher a Fine Stand-in for Sheen

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen’s character “exploded like a balloon full of meat,” another character explained last night as Two and a Half Men premiered and finally killed him off. Meanwhile, Ashton Kutcher also debuted as Walden Schmidt. What the critics are saying: Turns out Schmidt is “sweet, unsarcastic... More »

Sheriff Joe Sics 'Posse' on Obama Birth Certificate

(Newser) - You thought the birther controversy was over, what with President Obama releasing his long-form Certificate of Live Birth ? Well, think again. Arizona’s fiery Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a secret five-member Cold Case Posse looking into the authenticity of said birth certificate, World Net Daily reports. Sheriff Joe explains... More »

MacArthur Genius Winner: I Thought it Was Spam

(Newser) - When silversmith Ubaldo Vitali got the phone call, he thought it was a joke. Cellist Alisa Weilerstein nearly wrote off her email as spam. But it was neither a joke or spam: Vitali and Weilerstein are among this year’s 22 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation’s $500,000 “... More »