Globo TV photos

Priest disappears on helium balloon flight:
A priest who floated into the sky under hundreds of helium-filled party balloons has gone missing off the southern coast of Brazil. (Telegraph U.K.)

There's video at Globo TV.

Even as I marvel at the divine folly of Rev Adelir Antonio de Carli's well-intended stunt -- "to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in the Brazilian port of Paranagua" -- headline writers are chuckling about his celestial flight. Pieces of balloon have been found in the water, according to a New Zealand TV station, so it's not so funny. Not much more to say except I hope he's found safe.

Geek toy: CNN has launched, in beta, a T-Shirt shop that offers headlines as messages. Anybody with a little knowledge of html (for instance, a space is %20) can play the prankster and create alternative messages -- in the online versions of the shirts, anyway.

I wouldn't expect them to print it up special for you, but I'm not going to spend the $15+ on this science experiment. The official FAQ does suggest they print them on the fly.

How long are headlines available for? Headlines that can bought as shirts are only available as long as the headline stays in the latest news section.

Prickly correction: Alert commenter Nancy -- obviously not a city gardener like me -- noticed that yesterday's "baby porcupines" are actually hedgehogs.

Should you run across one or the other, telling them apart could be crucial. So courtesy of the National Zoo in Washington, a photo of a real prehensile-tailed baby porcupine born there in 2006: