21 September 2007: Afternoon
By The Morning News
—
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.