Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Blogger

US life expectancy tops 78 as top diseases decline
Thank you George W. Bush! (Heck, he gets blamed for things he can't control. We might as well give him credit for this.)

Telescope launched to scout out gamma rays

First images in!

With lab delivered, shuttle leaves space station
That should solve the problem with Space Squirrels.

Engineers search for fuel-saving big rigs
Um, don't they already have trains?

Flat visitor season anticipated in Alaska
The big-chested ones head to South Padre Island.

Today's Highlights in History:

In 1770, Capt. James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it. That's how my grandpa discovered his house.

In 1947, the government announced the end of household and institutional sugar rationing, to take effect the next day.
On a side note, Ritalin was also publicly introduced.

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