SIRIUS AND XM ANNOUNCE AMBITIOUS PLANS

NEW YORK The titans of satellite radio, Sirius and XM, announced plans to merge. The new company will reduce operating costs, provide greater variety to subscribers, and will build a Death Star by 2010. With the resources of both companies at their disposal, executives said they plan to put a man, rumored to be shock-jock Howard Stern, on the moon within two years. There are no plans to bring the man back.