Headlines from September 21, 2007
- Backed by memories of Pinochet, Chile's Supreme Court extradites Fujimori to Peru.
- Rumors, the Internet, and immigrant "assistance" companies give hundreds of Mexicans false hope of Canadian refugee status.
- In odd move, Mattel apologize to China for toy recall, claiming they overreacted to design flaws.
- NASA hits newspapers and the streets to promote a moon base. (Why the moon? Good question.)
- Los Angeles Times arrives late to the scene with their own article on saving near-extinct languages, one verb conjugation at a time.
- Judge Crater--call your office. The history of a phrase you probably don't use.
- Bavaria weighs interesting proposal to have marriages expire after seven years--of course they're renewable.
- Amsterdam cutting down on red-light district window displays by one-third.
- If Belgium splits up, remember you read it here first.
- And if you're running short of cash this month, now's the time to try Middle Eastern "lucrative begging."
- The simple answer (there's a flowchart) for why most published research is false.
- In TMN's last Novice, Nicole Pasulka played with pointy needles; this time, Lauren Frey marvers molten glass.
- New research on "Hobbit" skeleton points to a primitive form of human being, not just a sick one.
- Making a point about frivolous lawsuits, Nebraska senator sues God; God disputes the jurisdiction.