August 7th, 2012

Good Morning!

Today is August 7, 2012.

 

In the news:

Courtesy: NASA

NASA lands Curiousity 

Curiosity captures Cardnial Images from the Surface

NASA employees are excited to see what Mars looks like after their rover "Curiosity" landed on planet Mars Monday. Curiosity will show us pictures of Mars' surface. Curiosity landed at around 1:30 AM EST. NASA released this photo on its website showing how ecstatic employees were!





Oak Creek, Wisconsin is right near lake Michigan, where the "A" is
Courtesy: Google Maps

Tragedy at Temple

Sikh Temple Gunman Identified

More details are coming out after the tragedy in Oak Creek, Wisconsin yesterday. Six people are now dead. Three people remain in the hospital and one of which is a police officer. All three are in critical condition, as of yesterday. President Obama ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff, Monday in memory of the victims of the sad attack.

Economy:

It wasn't too bad of a day on Wall Street yesterday, with all three markets gaining...

STOCKS:

Source: NYSE, updated AUG062012 15:38 PM EST
DOW JONES- 13117.51 /\ 21.34
NASDAQ - 2989.91 /\ 22.01
S&P- 1394.23 /\ 3.24


Sports:

USA soccer team beats Canada by a hair

Goal scored in the last moments

The USA women's soccer team is headed for a gold metal after a nail-biting win over Canada in the Womens Soccer Semi-Finals. Alex Morgan scored the goal in the 123rd minute in over-time to make the win.

Have a great day!



Sources:

NASA Photo:
NASA/JPL-Caltech. Cheers for Curiosity. N.d. Photograph. NASA. NASA. NASA, 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 6 Aug. 2012. <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/cheering.html>.
Google Map :
Google. "Google Maps." Map. Google Maps. Google, n.d. Web. 05 Aug. 2012. <maps.google.com>.
NBC. "Olympic Day 10: , : (London Time)." Nbcolympics.com. NBC, 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 Aug. 2012. <http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/soccer/morgan-scores-123rd-minute-goal-u-s-womens-soccer-team-beats-canada-4-3-in-extra-time.html>.
Webster, Guy, and Dwayne Brown. "NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration." NASA. NASA, 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 Aug. 2012. <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120805c.html>.
Staff, CNN Wire, Poppy Harlow, and Steve Almasy. "Wisconsin Temple Shooting Victims: Putting Others First - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 Aug. 2012. <http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/06/us/wisconsin-shooting-victims/index.html?hpt=hp_t1>.