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# Acoustic News: The Week in Song (Aug. 30)

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## Video: Acoustic News: The Week in Song (Aug. 30)

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_Published 2009-08-30. From the funeral of the Lion of the Senate, to clever beavers freeing deer in Latvia, David Clair sings the week's news_


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## Transcript

>> Laura is 13 years old. She wants to sail around the world. But if her daddy lets her go, the government's gonna take over. There's a [ unk ] on the Black- Eyed Peas. A governor's gonna get impeached. Piven's favored in ruling. Bernie Madoff's gonna get a schooling. SOS, SOS, 30th of August. [ unk ] new hackers and weed whackers, dengue fever and scheming beavers. This is the news, August 30th. Debbie's gone and I'm not used to it. It's the news, Sunday Morning. Crazy shit happens without warning. Apples are exploding. The Taliban's withholding. Malaysians may have more to fear. Six [ unk ] for drinking a beer.

The F- 22 has been shut down. Gates is gonna turn the Air Force around. T- Pain and P. Diddy are no longer speaking. [ unk ] position is weakening. SOS. SOS. New threat to the US. In the year 2037, asteroid is gonna fall from heaven. This is the news, August 30th. Debbie's gone and I'm not used to it. It's the news, Sunday Morning. Crazy shit happens without warning. Chain him up and give him a slap. Let him know where his mama is at. There's no sleep and nobody to call. Bash his head on the plywood wall.

>> Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Brown.

>> I thought it was time that you heard directly from me that I'm sorry. I've tried to live my life in a way which can make those around me proud of me, and until recently, I think I was doing a pretty good job. I wish I had the chance to live those few moments again, but unfortunately, I can't.

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