May 9, 2011

Good news for American drivers and their pocketbooks -- after months of steady increases, prices at the gas pump are falling. The nationwide average price for a gallon of gas peaked near $4 but has dropped in the past week, as crude oil prices head down. Some analysts are predicting gasoline prices will fall by 50 cents a gallon in time for the summer driving season. Source Link

Imagine the number of books in a small college library. The top national security advisor to the White House says the commandos who raided a house in Pakistan last week got that along with America’s most wanted terrorist. The operation in which al-Queda leader Osama bin Laden was killed also netted the biggest haul ever of intelligence materials on a terrorist organization. Source Link

The next big thing in TV talent shows will include a reunion of at the judge’s table. Former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell is teaming up with former Idol colleague Paula Abdul on Cowell’s new show “The X Factor.” Abdul left “Idol” a year before Cowell departed America’s number-one TV show in 2010 to begin work on “The X Factor” which debuts this fall. Source Link