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Professor Tries To Correct Century-Old Court Error

Aug 5th, 2008 · In 1883, the Supreme Court issued a series of rulings on whether Congress could pass civil rights legislation. A law professor has found a typo in one of those decisions and now, 125 years later, he's gone to Washington to get it corrected.

Keywords: Congress · law · civil · legislation · professor · Washington · Supreme Court · Error · correct · typo · 1883

Man Travels Country to Fixe Typos

Mar 6th, 2008 · Jeff Deck of Boston had seen a lot of mispellings on signs around the city, and one day he couldn't take it anymore. Deck founded the Typo Eradication Advancement League and set off on a nationwide quest to repair the mistakes by any means necessary, including sticky vinyl letters.

Keywords: city · country · Vinyl · typo · Jeff of Boston · mispellings

Films So Nice, They Named Them Twice? *

May 12th, 2006 · The British film Wah-Wah is the latest, but hardly the first, movie title to double up on a word. Bob Mondello explores the history of movies with title titles. (No, that wasn't a typo.)

Keywords: British · history · movies · Mondello · Wah Wah · typo