Rover “Spirit”
Unless you've been under a rock the last couple of days, the rover on Mars has been quiet. It just yesterday let loose 73 megabytes of data relayed through the other rover on the lander. Then they found out what the trouble was. It turns out it was flash RAM. You know, that thumb USB drive you wanted for Christmas. Same stuff. That is great news. I still wander if a little green guy with a “bleenball” bat had something to do with the silence.

Drunken elephants electrocted
It isn't often a news junkie like myself can say “That is a new one.”