Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has the green light from doctors to attend Friday’s launch of the Space Shuttle to be piloted by her husband astronaut Mark Kelly. Giffords will not make a public appearance at the Kennedy Space Center. Giffords is recovering after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt back in January. Source Link
The battery-operated alternative to lighting-up will be regulated like its tobacco counterpart. The FDA says electronic cigarettes will come under the same rules as real cigarettes and will not face tighter regulation as a drug delivery device. Electronic cigarettes let a smoker breathe in nicotine without creating ashes or smoke. Source Link
The successor to the Wii is on its way, as Nintendo says the next generation of the video game system will be unveiled in June and go on sale next year. The Wii was the first game system to control on-screen action by tracking a player’s movements using a wireless handheld controller. Nintendo has sold more than 86 million Wii systems since it debuted in 2006. Source Link
