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"I Am America (And So Can You!)" was written by the popular television personality Steven Colbert in 2007, but because of the ongoing presidential campaign that we are all aware of, it may be necessary to bring this book up once again. Every weeknight, audiences are given the chance to get to know Colbert a little bit better on his hit television show, "The Colbert Report" (remember the Ts are silent).

In the "things that are true" stack, we hear that 72 Australian under-sea ironers beat the standing record (70) in "extreme ironing," which the group's website touts as the "latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.

I guarantee that if you were to walk into a nightclub in the 80s you'd notice a few things: bright lights, a robot dance-off and a sea of mullets. What is a mullet, you ask? Let me explain. A mullet is a hairstyle known as "business in the front with a party in the back," and it is easily recognizable for featuring short hair in the front while long hair dangles in the back.

Dennis likes to run. He likes to run from responsibility, commitment and anything that involves any effort. He even decides to run out on his pregnant fiancée, Libby, on the day of their wedding. Dennis hasn't done any running since. Five years later, Dennis, played by Simon Pegg ("Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz") has settled down with a part-time job as a security guard at a woman's clothing store and has a cozy apartment in someone's basement.

By Peter Banuelos The Daily Barometer Judd Apatow is to comedy as Mozart is to music, period. Fine, that might be stretching it somewhat. But whether Apatow is taking the lead by directing or taking the sidelines as producer, one cannot deny the hilarity of his most recent comic throw-downs.

Not many teenage bands can say they have shared the stage with acts such as Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb of God and Static-X before any of the members were old enough to drink. Enter Black Tide. Hailing from Miami, Fla., Black Tide is a band that defies all expectations of a group so young.

It seems fitting that Dan Hunter has inserted repetition into his stage name, Playradioplay! While many of his songs are very catchy and the electric beats that he creates are at times phenomenal, the repetition in his lyrics can be downright unbearable at times.

The exclamation point isn't the only thing Panic at the Disco lost with their newest album, "Pretty. Odd." They seem to have also lost what made them famous in the first place: their sound. The follow-up to their acclaimed debut ("A Fever You Can't Sweat Out") seems to encounter a band that has lost its once youthful intrigue.