Boston - According to a new report, a record number of students in 2007 took the SAT test, or the college admissions test.
The record number of students in the high school graduating class of 2008 led to a record high of people taking the SAT exam.
The average scores among the 1.5 million students who took all 3 parts of the SAT exam, including the essay, were exactly the same as in 2007.
Thsi is according to the College Board, which owns and administers the test.
40% who took the SAT test were minorities, up from 33% a decade ago.
Breaking it down by minorities, white students di dbetter than Mexican American test-takers in reading.
Black students did a little worse than Mexican Americans, with a score of 438 on average compared to 446 for Mexican Americans.
Washington - Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, taping the episode on Monday.
John McCain has been taking quite a few hits recently when he was unable to answer a question about how many homes he owned.
Jay Leno will have his first broadcast since being pre-empted by the Olympics on NBC since August 8th.
He will be a guest on Monday night’s episode of The Tonight Show, and reportedly joked quite a bit about his age, and much more during the taping of the episode.
The show will also feature Olympic swimmer Dara Torres.
The main target of the interview between the two had to do with how many houses McCain owners, as well as his age.
U.S. Space Agency Is Looking Into Why Launch Malfunctioned
Virginia- The combined efforts by the US National Space Agency and Alliant Technical Systems, Inc. is focused on the failure of a rocket to launch correctly from its pad on Friday.
The location for liftoff was from the NASA space site in Wallops Flight Facility, located in Virginia, and the time that the rocket was supposed to lift off was 5:10am in the morning.
The fact that the rocket did lift off but then had to be destroyed was very disappointing to NASA, but the main issue in recent years for the Space Agency has been to insure that the public safety was never at risk.
NASA is gathering an investigation team that is multidisciplinary in nature, to fully investigate exactly what happened with the rocket launch failure.
The rocket actually lifted off but then had to be destroyed shortly after it took off at 5:10am. An unexpected anomaly suddenly occurred that made the launch safety officers self-destruct the rocket about 27 seconds into the launch.
Boston - It appears that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, and pick for vice president.
Sen. Barack Obama confirmed on Thursday that he has made up his mind as to who he will have on the Democratic ticket with him.
He did not say anthing beyond that though, as he is managing to keep the suspense at a very high level.
He stated in Virginia that “I’ve made the selection, and that’s all you’re going to get.”
Within the next 48 hours, it is expected that Obama will reveal who it is to the world, most likely Saturday.
Washington - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has come out and tried to paint his Republican rival John McCain as a rich man who is simply out of touch with everything.
The two presidential candidates have tried to become far more negative as of late towards each other, as evident in recent ads and speeches.
Two of the latest national polls show that McCain is catching up on Obama, and at a very fast rate.
The most recent poll shows that Obama has a lead at 45% to McCain’s 42%.
Obama made some statements recently about an interview McCain had with Politico, stating he doesn’t know how many homes he owns.
McCain’s wife Cindy is also estimatd to be worth $100 million at least.
Washington - According to a new poll, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is gaining on his rival, Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
The poll was released by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, and has revealed that McCain has managed to cut Obama’s lead in half.
Obama, according to experts, has really lost all of the momentum that he had going into the summer months.
This news comes just days before the two candidates are set to reveal who their choices are to be vice president.
The survey has revealed that McCain is quickly gaining ground, as Obama holds just a 3-point lead over McCain, 45 to 42%.
This is down from Obama’s 47 to 41% lead he had last month.
Washington - Colleges and universities across the U.S. are in support of lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18.
The leaders from over 100 colleges and universities across the U.S. have joined for the push to lower the drinking age.
The belief is that if they can do this, they will be able to reduce binge drinking among college kids.
Research has shown that binge drinking takes place before they go out to clubs and such at night.
Lowering the drinking age to 18 could push more casual drinking, and less binge drinking.
Many are against this though, including MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), as they feel it would lead to more fatal car crashes.
Washington - Last weekend, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama voiced his support for NASA and space exploration. Republican presidential candidate John McCain has stated though that Obama flipped his stance, and was not always a supporter.
Barack Obama announced in Florida that wants the U.S. to be the international leader in space exploration.
He also announced additional funding for NASA, and the push for astronauts to get back on the Moon by 2020, and then get to Mars.
John McCain stated that Obama did not always believe this, and has flipped his stance to go with the popular choice.
Obama once stated, according to McCain, that he would cut NASA funding.
McCain has stated he is in full support of NASA.
Washington - Hundreds of people had to be evacuated after a dam broke near the Grand Canyon over the weekend.
Rains caused the Colorado River to flood through the Grand Canyon over the weekend, causing a break in the Redland Dam on Sunday.
Water was sent rushing into the Supai village, forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to be evacuated.
Helicopters were quickly brought in to try and evacuate hundreds of people who were on the scene camping, as well as residents.
They were taken to a Red Cross shelter in Peach Springs to wait out things.
Washington - Jackson Browne has filed a lawsuit against Republican presidential candidate John McCain for using the song Running on Empty in a campaign ad.
The veteran rocker has coem out and made it quite clear that he is not the biggest supporter of McCain, and is not happy that he is using the song.
He is none too happy that McCain has been using his signature 1977 song in campaign commercials.
Browne has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against McCain, as well as the Republican National Committee on Thursday.