To celebrate MLB Rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg’s major league debut last night, The Topps Company, Inc., the exclusive producer of Major League Baseball trading cards, has announced that Strasburg’s first ever MLB rookie card is now available exclusively online via www.ToppsMillion.com. In an effort to capture this special moment in a timely fashion and give [...]
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Without warning, a mystery object struck Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean. The spot first caught the eye of an amateur astronomer in Australia, and soon, observatories around the world, including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, were zeroing in on the unexpected blemish. Astronomers had witnessed this [...]
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Chick-fil-A fans across the country have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the restaurant chain’s new Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Beginning today, the sandwich is available at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide. It is the first new sandwich to hit menu boards since its Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich was introduced in 1989. Building on the heritage of the chain’s [...]
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Relentless in his lifelong devotion to the elephants’ survival, Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Ph.D., has been named the 2010 recipient of the Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation. In recognition for his lifetime achievements, Dr. Douglas-Hamilton will receive $100,000 and the Lilly Medal at a gala ceremony presented by Cummins [...]
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Anamika Veeramani, a 14-year-old speller from North Royalton, Ohio, won the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee Friday night. Anamika was named the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion in the ninth round after correctly spelling the word “stromuhr,” which is defined as “an instrument for measuring the flow of viscous substances designed to measure the amount [...]
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The National World War II Museum announced that beginning today and in perpetuity all WWII veterans will be admitted free. The news comes as the Museum honors both the 66th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy and celebrates its own 10th birthday. This announcement was part of an emotional ceremony that brought together more [...]
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On June 3, a six-man international crew entered an isolation chamber in Moscow for a simulated 520-day Mars mission conducted by the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The crew has a mission schedule full of more than 90 experiments and realistic [...]
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PepsiCo today launched an innovation incubator program called PepsiCo10, an open call for promising start-ups in media, communications and technology. In this unprecedented initiative, PepsiCo will select up to 10 aspiring entrepreneurial groups, match them with industry mentors, and join with them to activate pilot programs with PepsiCo brands. Entrepreneurs can find out more information [...]
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Today is National Donut Day, and Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, is celebrating by announcing the winning donut in the company’s second-annual “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut” contest while also giving people the sweet offer of a free donut. The grand prize winning donut is “Monkey-see Monkey-donut,” a bananas foster-filled [...]
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In collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and as a precautionary measure, McDonald’s USA today issued a voluntary recall of its four Shrek Forever After™ glassware recently offered in its U.S. restaurants. Customers should stop using the glasses and visit www.mcdonalds.com/glasses beginning June 8 for instructions on how to return them and [...]
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