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$95 million lawsuit

Roy Moore, a Republican who ran in and lost a Senate election in Alabama, is suing Sacha Baron Cohen — aka Ali G aka Borat aka Brüno et al. — and Showtime for nearly $100 million.

Moore appeared on Baron Cohen’s Showtime show “Who Is America?” and was scanned with a “pedophile detector.” It beeped, causing Moore to end the interview. [Variety]

Any more outbursts of laughter in my court and you will be removed. 


2-millimeter hole

Elsewhere in outer space, there is a two-millimeter hole in the International Space Station, and it is leaking. No one seems to know who did it, save for the fact that Russian officials say it was likely caused by a human hand.

No one on the station is in “significant danger” because of the leak, but if you have any information on the tiny outer space hole-maker, or if you’ve just misplaced an awl, please let us know. [NPR]

$5 million in cash

Theranos, the blood-testing “company” that was “accused of perpetrating Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud,” is closing. Among other reasons to go out of business — like, you know, that massive and years-long fraud — the company has just about $5 million in cash.

At its peak, it was valued at more than $9 billion. Nice work, free market. [The Wall Street Journal]

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