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And Now, Back to Charles (Barkley) with the Weather

Today in viral videos: proof that Charles Barkley should stick to his day job, proof that Australia is pretty scary, Manti Te'o gets auto-tuned, and more.

By Alexander Abad-Santos
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We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:

So, Charles Barkley is a semi-wonderful, candid announcer, and we fully respect his NBA career. A gifted meteorologist, however, Barkley is not — but that may be a good thing:

Bless Manti Te'o and his silly story. Bless Katie Couric for devoting time to ask the Notre Dame football star about his silly story. But most of all, bless whoever put together this catchy and entertaining auto-tuning of the entire boondoggle:

Australia, you are scary:

And finally, this is a baby raccoon who has learned to give people high-fives. Send him your way, because you, you rock star, just made it through a Monday:

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