Sending mommy to the moon

Sending mommy to the moon

Just in time for Halloween, the Connecticut ghost town of Johnsonville has been put up for sale by a hotel developer for $800,000. (Business Insider)

Creatively-named Luxembourg space exploration company LuxSpace has launched the first private (unmanned) mission to the moon. LuxSpace was able to keep the cost under a million dollars by hitching a ride on China’s “Long March” rocket. (Engadget)

Printer tech company EFI has been fined $3,500 plus back wages for paying foreign employees $1.21 an hour to work 122-hour weeks at its Fremont, California headquarters. The firm is still assessing the impact of this sanction on its $200 million quarterly revenue. (SFGate)

“Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy,” a 1606 painting by Italian artist Caravaggio, has likely been discovered in a private European collection. Tragically, its owner has not signaled any intention to put it up for auction. (Telegraph)

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