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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 – running time 58:20
Hippie Glenn is back, TechCrunch's quick fall into nothingness, and more Star Wars themed cakes you've never seen!

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Hippie Glenn is back from Europe with a brand new fiance! Join in with us to congratulate the two, and check in on the best (and worst) user-submitted stories from digg.com including TechCrunch's quick fall into nothingness without founder Michael Arrington, and even more Star Wars themed cakes you've never seen!

Is TechCrunch Close to Becoming History?

The current TechCrunch team may dissolve if AOL decides to sack Michael Arrington, the founder of the online publication.

Source: WalYou

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Brazilian Scientists Find Signs of 3,700 Mile Underground River Flowing Far Under Amazon River

A huge underground river appears to be flowing thousands of feet beneath the Amazon River, Brazilian scientists said Thursday.

Source: The Washington Post

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US Postal Service: Going Broke and Shutting Down

The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances.

Source: NY Times

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Gallery of Awesome: Star Wars Cakes

Ever since the first birthday for Star Wars in May of 1978, people have been baking Star Wars-inspired cakes. It's almost an art form to itself with some amazing designs popping up in the last few years. A wedding cake that's a dead Tauntaun with Luke pouring out of its belly? Yup that's been done. As have just about any Star Wars creation you can think of, in edible cake form.

Source: Furious Fanboys

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Yahoo's CEO: 'I've Just Been Fired Over the Phone'

Yahoo's cursing CEO Carol Bartz is out the door -- and just sent staff an email saying she's been fired over the phone. It looks like AOL isn't the only loser tech company with a clusterf**k on its hands this week.

Source: Gawker

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