The "Liberties" columnist on the op-ed page of today's New York Times writes, "I call my doctor to plead for Cipro, the antibiotic that may not work on the Deadly Anthrax Virus but then again may."
Anthrax is not a virus but rather, as the Times reports elsewhere in today's paper, it is bacterial. The medical consensus is that antibiotics don't work against viruses, so the mistake is actually relevant.
Election Day: An article in the metro section of today's New York Times reports that the Democratic runoff for mayor "is taking place on a Thursday, rather than a Tuesday, because Monday was Columbus Day." What is it exactly that says you can't have an election the day after Columbus Day? A more likely explanation is that Tuesday and today are Jewish holidays.