A California televangelist wants to reset his countdown clock to the end of the world. Harold Camping now says the apocalypse will occur on October 21st. Camping and his followers bought thousands of billboards nationwide proclaiming May 21st as Doomsday. Some of those followers spent their life savings preparing for the end that didn’t come last weekend. Source Link
It’s the end of the world for those who are used to a daily dose of Oprah. Today marks the farewell episode for the Oprah Winfrey Show after a quarter-century as the reigning queen of TV talk. Winfrey’s final program was being kept under wraps following a top-secret taping yesterday. The show will end its 25-year run with repeat episodes that will air through August. Source Link
As the Space Shuttle program heads for retirement this summer, NASA has unveiled plans for a new spaceship that could take astronauts to an asteroid and beyond. The vehicle is based on one from a program that was scrapped by the White House last year. The new effort aims for a touchdown on an asteroid by 2025 and a Mars landing in the 2030’s. Source Link