Read more mistake stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11082/mistake.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:35:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69257/gingrich-honors-porn-exec-invites-her-to-intimate-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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. “I'll make sure he walks...http://www.newser.com/story/69257/gingrich-honors-porn-exec-invites-her-to-intimate-event.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 16:11:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69075/youre-me-not-myself-and-other-grammar-peeves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 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 "think that complicating the language needlessly will make them...http://www.newser.com/story/69075/youre-me-not-myself-and-other-grammar-peeves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 16:16:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68267/brown-i-do-remember-beating-rihanna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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. “Several times during the interview,...http://www.newser.com/story/68267/brown-i-do-remember-beating-rihanna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 20:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67655/va-mistakenly-tells-hundreds-of-vets-they-have-als.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBecause 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 has...http://www.newser.com/story/67655/va-mistakenly-tells-hundreds-of-vets-they-have-als.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 16:05:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65799/minn-dems-red-faced-over-email-error.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota’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 a...http://www.newser.com/story/65799/minn-dems-red-faced-over-email-error.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 16:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62580/bolivian-tvs-flight-447-photos-actually-from-lost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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,...http://www.newser.com/story/62580/bolivian-tvs-flight-447-photos-actually-from-lost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 14:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61833/wrong-woman-gets-couples-last-embryo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 woman. “I remember...http://www.newser.com/story/61833/wrong-woman-gets-couples-last-embryo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 6:10:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59739/accidental-millionaires-may-have-fled-nz-for-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/59739/accidental-millionaires-may-have-fled-nz-for-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 12:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55140/oops-white-house-sends-journos-to-phone-sex-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThat 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...http://www.newser.com/story/55140/oops-white-house-sends-journos-to-phone-sex-line.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 19:51:26 CDT