As America’s Space Shuttle fleet heads for retirement this year, NASA has announced where the spacecraft will touch down to become tourist attractions. The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington gets Discovery, the California Science Center in Los Angeles will host Endeavour, and Atlantis will go on display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Source Link
One of the nation’s biggest consumer advocates is telling Congress to take a hard look at that proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, says AT&T’s takeover plan would eliminate a lower-cost alternative in T-Mobile and subject more subscribers to AT&T customer service that often ranks lowest among national carriers. Source Link
Even as housing values continue to suffer the effects of the Great Recession, Americans are still sold on home ownership. A new survey shows that eight out of ten people still see housing as the best investment a person can make. But nearly a quarter of all homeowners said that if they had it to do all over again, they would not buy their current home. Source Link
