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Sideshow: Prince Harry heads back to the war front

That Prince Harry sure gets around. Seems like only yesterday he was playing naked billiards in Las Vegas with his guy- and gal-pals. Photos circulated of the royal heinie. He was getting in a few last bank shots before shipping off to Afghanistan, for his second four-month tour of duty. On Friday, Harry reported to his squadron in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, where he'll be a copilot gunner on Apache helicopters fighting the Taliban. Come home safe, sweet Prince.

Britain's Prince Harry gives a thumbs up Friday Sept. 7, 2012 after he walked past the Apache flight-line at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be operating from during his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner. The Prince has returned to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters in the fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)
Britain's Prince Harry gives a thumbs up Friday Sept. 7, 2012 after he walked past the Apache flight-line at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where he will be operating from during his tour of duty as a co-pilot gunner. The Prince has returned to Afghanistan to fly attack helicopters in the fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)Read moreAP
    by Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer | Columnist
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That

Prince Harry

sure gets around.

Seems like only yesterday he was playing naked billiards in Las Vegas with his guy- and gal-pals. Photos circulated of the royal heinie. He was getting in a few last bank shots before shipping off to Afghanistan, for his second four-month tour of duty. On Friday, Harry reported to his squadron in Camp Bastion, Helmand province, where he'll be a copilot gunner on Apache helicopters fighting the Taliban. Come home safe, sweet Prince.

Fairey gets dusted

Remember

Shepard Fairey

? In 2008, the street artist produced the far-famed

Barack Obama

"Hope" poster (

» READ MORE: www.philly.com/fairey

). Um, said the Associated Press, isn't that

our

photo, taken by

Manny Garcia

? Fairey claimed fair use - i.e., he wasn't bound by copyright. The AP tried to get credit and payment. Fairey sued the AP, seeking a fair-use ruling.

For a while he was a hero for folks wanting a different way of looking at copyright. Then it all caved in. Fairey, 42, pleaded guilty to lying and forging documents. The Department of Justice pressed for jail time, but a judge on Friday said no: For misdemeanor contempt, Fairey will get two years' suspended sentence, 300 hours' community service (if he finishes within a year, so will his sentence), and a $25,000 fine.

R.E.M. disses Fox

R.E.M.

retired in September - but now they're blasting Fox News for using their classic tune "Losing My Religion" during coverage of the Democratic National Convention. A steamed

Michael Stipe

said in a statement, "We have little or no respect for their puff adder brand of reportage" -

oh, snap!!!!

- and "our music does not belong there." Recently, the

Silversun Pickups

and

Dee Snider

of

Twisted Sister

told the GOP not to play their tunes at rallies.

Emily's eyes . . .

Welcome to SideShow,

Emily Dickinson

! So far, the

Godmother of U.S. Poetry

has been identified in only one image (

» READ MORE: www.philly.com/emily1

) for sure. Now there might be a second. Folks at University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, say an unnamed collector bought an 1859 daguerreotype (

» READ MORE: www.philly.com/emily2

) in 1995, and they've been studying it since 2007. It seems to show Ems, about 29, sitting with her pal

Kate Scott Turner

. Folks compared Em's big eyes with the eyes in the other 1847 shot - and it's a match! Ophthalmic evidence!