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Her tough take on Melissa Etheridge's "Piece of My Heart" was a little too yell-y and angry for our taste, but she completely sold us during the battle round when she let loose and wailed at all the right moments during "Baba O'Riley."

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Americans for Job Security, a shadowy third party group recently profiled by the New York Times, has released a spot in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District that features shots of Etheridge getting rough with an anonymous reporter, spliced with video of "constituents" answering Bob Etheridge's grilling of the questioner.

Americans For Job Security Targets Bob Etheridge's Sidewalk Scuffle With New Ad (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Organizing for America, a group that supports President Barack Obama's agenda, marched to Etheridge's office in downtown Raleigh earlier Friday to deliver 10,000 stories of North Carolinians relating their problems paying medical bills.

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"We're Bobby Etheridge's constituents," one person says, as the video cuts over.

Americans For Job Security Targets Bob Etheridge's Sidewalk Scuffle With New Ad (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Melissa Etheridge's former domestic partner, Tammy Lynn Michaels, has filed legal docs asking for full custody of their twin children.

Melissa Etheridge's Ex, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Files For Full Custody Of Their Two Kids 2010

Now, Etheridge's actions are only partially defensible.

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In her first posting on Saturday, Michaels writes that in 2001 she put an indefinite hold on her successful acting career to help care for Etheridge's older children while she was on tour.

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For the uninitiated, Etheridge's tenth album will sound largely like the nine that came before it.

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In her first posting on Saturday, Michaels writes that in 2001 she put an indefinite hold on her successful acting career to help care for Etheridge's older children while she was on tour.

Tammy Lynn Michaels: Melissa Etheridge Left Me Blindsided, Broke 2010

However, Michaels doesn't seem to want to go along with Etheridge's story.

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