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NEWS ABOUT: mistake

mistake stories: 15 news summaries

Gingrich Honors Porn Exec, Invites Her to 'Intimate Event'

Former House Speaker's group says it mistakenly sent letter

Sep 12, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group founded by Newt Gingrich has named a porn executive “Entrepreneur of the Year” and invited her to an “intimate event” with the former House speaker, Talking Points Memo reports. “I’m honored, and more than a little surprised,” Allison Vivas responded in a statement.... More »

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entrepreneurs • Newt Gingrich • pornography • mistake • 527 groups

OPINION

You're 'Me,' Not 'Myself,' and Other Grammar Peeves

Sad kids do not 'literally tear' the heart out of a mall Santa, and other mistakes

Sep 10, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some common grammar mistakes are also inexcusable, Johnny Truant writes for Copyblogger. Too many of the following, and your readers may decide "that you’re actually a chimpanzee—and not one of the smart ones, either."
  • It's "me," not "myself:" People often "
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writing • list • language • English • mistake • grammar • proper usage • word choice

Brown: I Do Remember Beating Rihanna

Clip 'not representative' of interview with CNN's King, R&B star claims

Aug 31, 09 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video clip making the gossip rounds, in which Chris Brown says he doesn’t remember beating then-girlfriend Rihanna, is “not representative of what I said” to CNN’s Larry King, the singer tells People today in a statement. “Of course I remember what happened,” Brown adds.... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • domestic violence • CNN • mistake • Rihanna • celebrity interview • Chris Brown

VA Mistakenly Tells Hundreds of Vets They Have ALS

'Coding error' to blame for ALS mistake

Aug 24, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Because of an error, the Department of Veterans Affairs incorrectly notified 1,200 veterans they had ALS, the fatal neurological condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the AP reports. The letters alerted the veterans to disability benefits available to those who suffer from the disease. Thought the VA... More »

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disease • Lou Gehrig's disease • Department of Veterans Affairs • neurological disorder • mistake • ALS • computer error • National Gulf War Resource Center

Minn. Dems Red-Faced Over Email Error

Blue language in
linked video derails
Pawlenty criticism

Jul 31, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is frantically apologizing after sending out a mass email that linked to a profane YouTube video, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The email, which blasted Gov. Tim Pawlenty over his economic record, was supposed to include a link to a development report. Instead, it linked to... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Democrats • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • mistake

Bolivian TV's Flight 447 Photos Actually From Lost

News program apologizes after gaffe

Jun 23, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In what was either a bizarre prank or heinous gaffe, a Bolivian TV station broadcast two photographs last week from the ABC series Lost as exclusive photos from the final moments of Air France Flight 447, the Telegraph reports. The first shows passengers in an aircraft cabin using oxygen masks,... More »

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entertainment • television • Lost • ABC • Bolivia • mistake • gaffe • airplane • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - A British fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo into a woman who aborted it as soon as she found out, dashing another couple's hopes of having their second baby, reports the Telegraph. When a lab assistant informed the couple, they "held each other and sobbed," said the... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • parenting • embryo • birth • mistake • fertility treatment • IVF

'Accidental Millionaires' May Have Fled NZ for China

Had asked for $6K overdraft; got $6M instead

May 21, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New Zealand couple on the lam after they became accidental millionaires may be in China, and an investigator has been dispatched to look for the fugitives, the Rotorua Review reports. Interpol is also on the case. Of the $3.6 million originally transferred into a gas station's account because... More »

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crime • New Zealand • bank • fugitive • mistake • fleeing • Westpac Bank • Leo Gao • Hui Gao • Huan Di Zhang

(Newser) - That was most definitely not Hillary Clinton on the line. Journalists who called in to hear a NATO phone briefing from Clinton and another official instead got an offer for phone sex, Fox News reports. It seems the White House made a mistake in a press release and printed the... More »

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White House • mistake

Microsoft U-Turns on Severance Clawback

Company tells laid-off workers they can keep severance overpayments after all

Feb 24, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft is moving to stem a flood of bad publicity by letting laid-off workers who accidentally got too much severance pay keep the extra cash, TechCrunch reports. The workers, who lost their jobs last month in Microsoft's first-ever mass layoffs, contacted news media after receiving letters from the company asking... More »

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Microsoft • layoffs • mistake • severance pay

OPINION

Obama Transition Not So Flawless After All

Blunders show new administration to be quite ordinary, blogger writes

Feb 4, 09 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - News coverage has so far given the impression that Barack Obama’s transition is one of the smoothest, best-executed in history. But with a number of recent blunders grabbing headlines, the administration’s image is coming back down to earth, writes Ed Morrissey for Hot Air. “Most transitions feel... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • mistake • transition • Obama administration • transition team • President Obama

Toronto Man Loses Lotto Winnings Over 'Misprint'

$135,000 win from misprinted tickets

Jan 6, 09 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - It's been a rough year already for lottery winner—and loser—Thomas Noftall. The Toronto man netted $135,000 in winnings from four scratch-off tickets on New Year's Eve but was rebuffed when he went to collect his prize, UPI reports. "One guy pulled me into his office and... More »

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Canada • money • mistake • lottery • prize • Toronto

Nuclear Parts Still Missing: Pentagon Report

Sensitive components remain unaccounted for in mess that cost Air Force brass jobs

Jun 19, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The investigation that resulted in the dismissal of top US Air Force brass two weeks ago also found that hundreds of nuclear-missile parts remain missing, the Financial Times reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon needed "to re-establish positive control of these sensitive, classified components" in announcing the... More »

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Air Force • nuclear weapons • Department of Defense • mistake • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles

Engineer's Goof Turned Out Florida Lights

Worker disabled
two levels of protective backup systems

Mar 1, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - One engineer's blunder shut off the power in Florida Tuesday, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Light & Power says a field engineer diagnosing a faulty switch disabled two levels of safety backups—against company policy—as he worked. In a bit of extremely unfortunate timing, a fault then occurred that... More »

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Florida • utility companies • electricity • engineers • power outage • mistake • blackout

US Arrests Iranians, Then Admits Error

Military seizes energy ministry
delegation at Baghdad checkpoint
 

Aug 29, 07 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - US soldiers detained 8 envoys from Iran's energy ministry in Baghdad yesterday and held them overnight before admitting it was a mistake, the BBC reports. The men, who were energy experts on an official visit, were released after Iraqi leaders intervened. The US military said they were stopped at a... More »

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Iran • Baghdad • US military • mistake • Iraq war

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