Boomer's Buzz: Saturday, March 29, 2008

Posted March 29, 2008, 5:02 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, March 29, 2008. There are 277 days left in the year and 219 days left until Election Day.

Race For the White House:
Sen. Leahy Calls for Clinton to Drop Out (LA Times)
Clinton Rules Out Leaving Race Early (AP)
McCain Tours War Hero Image as Clinton and Obama Bicker (Daily News)
Video Proof -- Hillary Wasn't Lying!



Developing News:
Earth Hour: Lights Go Out All Over the World Tonight (AP)
Dalai Lama Appeals to World Community to 'Please Help' Tibet (afp)
74-Year-Old Blind Archer Makes One-In-a-Million Robin Hood Shot (Telegraph)

Latest Health News:
Survey Finds Many Patients Dissatisfied With Hospitals (NY Times)
Poor Sense of Smell May Be Early Sign of Parkinson's (Forbes)
Dole Joins Those Recalling Cantaloupes (AP)

By the Numbers:
5 Steps to Becoming More Productive This Afternoon (HowToSplitAnAtom)

Pic of the Day:
Digging Out from Snow

Video of The Day: Mr. Tambourine Man



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB member Jsnn, Rose, Roger and Kenny Shocklee! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
TV host John McLaughlin is 80. Author Judith Guest is 72. Basketball hall-of-famer Walt Frazier is 63. Singer Bobby Kimball is 61. Actor Christopher Lawford is 53. Rock singer Perry Farrell is 49. Actress Amy Sedaris is 47. Model Elle Macpherson is 45. "Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless is 40.

On This Date:
In 1962: Jack Paar hosts NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.

In 1971: A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The sentences are later commuted.

In 1973: Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show get their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine after their hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone," reaches No. 6 on the U.S. singles chart. According to members of the group, they really did buy five copies of the magazine for their mothers, just like the song said.

In 1980: The Bee Gees are sued by Chicago antique dealer and part-time songwriter, Ronald Selle, who alleges the Bee Gees' hit song "How Deep is Your Love" plagiarizes two sections of a song he wrote called "Let It End." Selle wins the case even though the Bee Gees claim they never heard the song and it was all just a coincidence. The group successfully appeals the decision three years later.

In 1987: Wrestlemania III sets a World Indoor Attendance Record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans. The record could be broken this Sunday, when Wrestlemania makes its way to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

In 2005: Attorney Johnnie Cochran dies at age 67. He's best known for his work on O.J. Simpson's infamous murder case.

Today's Thought:
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson



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