Launching Madonna

RIA Novosti reports that a deputy in the Russian Duma has proposed that Russia send pop singer Madonna on a trip to the International Space Station. Alexei Mitrofanov, described as a “flamboyant lawmaker from the ultra-nationalist LDPR party” said that the Russian space agency Roskosmos should act to send Madonna on a 2008 flight, apparently […]

When one letter makes all the difference

A newspaper in upstate New York, the Amherst Times, ran a New York Times article about Anousheh Ansari. Problem is, they made a typo in the headline: “SHE DREAMED OF THE SARS; NOW SHE’LL ALMOST TOUCH THEM”. While it’s entirely possible that she has dreamed of SARS, it’s unlikely she’ll have any chance to make […]