The
occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be looking for his AARP
card in the mail soon. Today President Obama becomes just the third
president to turn 50 while in office. His birthday plans include work at
the White House, after a big-ticket fund-raiser party in Chicago last
night and hundreds of house parties around the country sponsored by his
re-election campaign. Source Link
July
was an extreme weather month in all of these United States. The
National Climatic Data Center says at least one daily high temperature
record was set in each of the 50 states last month. The over 2,700 high
temperature records set in July included spots in Riverside County
California and Maricopa County, Arizona where the thermometer reached
120 degrees. Source Link
The
nation’s biggest Internet service providers are doing a better job of
letting you keep the pedal to the metal on the information superhighway.
The FCC says testing shows broadband speeds now average about 80
percent of what’s advertised. Two years ago, average service speeds
were only about half as fast as promised. The agency is publishing the
results in an online guide for consumers. Source Link
