Show time: The Louisiana Art & Science Museum downtown will reopen the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium Friday following a three-month renovation. New carpet and more comfortable seats were installed in the planetarium, and capacity was expanded from 143 to 171. Programs beginning Friday include the new digital music show Led Zeppelin, as well as Digital Universe, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs and Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. Click here for a full schedule and ticket prices.
Popped: There are smartphone applications for just about everything, but one company went too far by claiming its app could clear up acne, the Federal Trade Commission says. The Los Angeles Times reports the agency obtained a court order prohibiting AcneApp and AcnePwner from making acne-treatment claims. The apps were sold on Apple’s iTunes store and the Android Market and claimed to treat acne with colored lights emitted from smartphones. The app sold for $1.99 on iTunes and 99 cents on the Android marketplace, the FTC says. Nearly 15,000 people paid for the app. Three people who marketed the apps settled an FTC lawsuit by agreeing to no longer market the products.
An item in the Thursday, Oct. 27, edition of Daily Report AM stated New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg contributed $1,000 to the Alliance for Better Classrooms political action committee formed by Baton Rouge businessman Lane Grigsby. The contribution was in fact $100,000. Daily Report regrets the error.
