The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days. This second drilling target, called “Cumberland,” lies about nine feet (2.75 meters) west of the rock where Curiosity’s drill first touched Martian stone in [ Read More ]
McDonald’s Corporation today announced that global comparable sales decreased 0.6% in April. Performance by segment was as follows: U.S. up 0.7% Europe down 2.4% Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) down 2.9% “McDonald’s is focused on becoming our customers’ favorite place and way to eat and drink by leveraging the strength of our menu variety, [ Read More ]
Large jackpots for the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state games are generating excitement for Pennsylvania Lottery players this week. The Powerball jackpot rolled to a $222 million annuity value, or a $144.5 million cash prize, for the Wednesday, May 8 drawing. The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday, May 7 has grown to a $139 million [ Read More ]
Supporters of the Schumer-Rubio amnesty argue that the bill’s large increase in future legal immigration will have little impact on the employment of natives because immigrants do only jobs American’s don’t want. But a detailed analysis of 472 separate occupations by the Center for Immigration Studies shows there are only a tiny number of majority-immigrant [ Read More ]
Fenerbahçe SK will be mindful of history repeating itself after a 1-0 UEFA Europa League semi-final home win against SL Benfica, with their last visit to the Eagles’ nest having ended badly. After Fenerbahçe hit the woodwork three times on Thursday , including from a missed penalty , Egemen Korkmaz finally made the breakthrough – [ Read More ]
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced a line of Mother’s Day gifts that help provide children in developing countries with a healthier childhood. Purchasing items like hand-carved jewelry from UNICEF’s cards and gifts collection, or a special edition “Gucci for UNICEF” Boston handbag, will support survival and development programs for children worldwide. Shoppers can also [ Read More ]
Borussia Dortmund are hoping to repeat their success against Real Madrid in this season’s group stage when the teams meet again in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Jürgen Klopp’s team took four points off the Merengues – winning 2-1 at home – as they finished above them in Group D. They are now looking to [ Read More ]
For the second season running Bayern München take on a Spanish powerhouse in the UEFA Champions League semi-final. Last year they overcame Real Madrid CF; now they are looking to do the same to FC Barcelona. Bayern, the 2012 runners-up, have lost only once in their 20 home meetings with Spanish opposition but a tough [ Read More ]
The revamped 2013 Nissan LEAF has been named to the top spot on Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com’s list of 10 Best Green Cars of 2013. After driving and testing every significant “green” vehicle currently on the market, the experts at KBB.com determined the newly redesigned LEAF offers the best value, range, refinement and value for [ Read More ]
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. The Kepler-62 system has five planets; 62b, 62c, 62d, 62e and 62f. The Kepler-69 system has [ Read More ]