In the News 8/30/06

• Paris Hilton reportedly paid $195,000 to ride Richard Branson’s soon-to-be-built space shuttle, the Virgin Enterprise rocket. Hilton later requested a refund after discovering Branson’s Virgin Enterprise rocket isn’t what she thought.
  
  
• While taking a driving lesson from his owner, a dog in China crashed when he steered into an oncoming vehicle. The dog claims his owner confused him when she told him to use his rear wipers.
  
  
• Apple Computers is recalling nearly 2 million laptop batteries because they overheat. Nobody recalled this many overheated laptops since Wilt Chamberlain wrote his autobiography.