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A fundraiser planned to help raise money toward Teresa and Joe Giudice’s legal fees caused a stir this week and forced the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star to clarify some things.

RadarOnline.com reported Thursday that Teresa “resorted to begging her fans to help pay her legal bills” with an event at Maliblue Oyster Bar in Lido Beach, N.Y. The event, which went down on the evening of Aug. 29, was apparently slated as a fundraiser organized by employees of the Long Island venue.

“A group of bartenders and staff from a legendary Long Island beach resort and catering facility are collecting donations to support the legal defense of … Teresa Giudice,” a press release for the event read. “They strongly believe Teresa will be vindicated soon and will be collecting funds to aid her defense. They are seeking donations from compassionate fans of the reality TV star, who has four young children.”

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Katy Perry kicked off Labor Day weekend by announcing that her official video for “Roar” will arrive on Sept. 5. Perry tweeted the news along with a poster for the event. The “Roar” video will be of the “motion theory adventure” variety, and it was apparently filmed in “Junglescope.” Perry’s new album, “Prism,” is out on Oct. 22.

Archaeologists announced a discovery that has broad implications for the history of the Amazon: evidence of human settlements in Bolivia dating back at least 10,000 years.

International researchers came to this conclusion after discovering remnants of human activity in three mounds examined out of the hundreds that scatter the the Llanos de Moxos region in present-day Bolivia, according to the paper published this week in peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE. Inside some of the mounds was evidence apparently left by human foragers, including ancient sea shells, animal bones and charcoal. Radiocarbon dating of the soil suggests the mounds are the oldest known archaeological sites in the area.

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If you’ve not heard a lot of chatter out of WIMM Labs over the past few months, there may be a very big reason why: it’s been reported today that Google acquired the company as early as a year ago. While it’s not immediately apparent why this news has broken just now, GigaOM suggests that […]

The Lycurgus Cup, a 1,600-year-old Roman chalice housed in the British Museum, had baffled scientists ever since the piece was acquired back in the 1950s. When lit from the front the chalice appears as a beautiful jade green. Oddly, when lit from the back it turns a bright blood red. The mystery was solved in 1990 when researchers were able to view broken shards of the cup. That was when they discovered that the Romans had been working with nanotechnology.