Boomer's Buzz: Monday, April 28, 2008

Posted April 28, 2008, 5:08 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, April 28, 2008. There are 247 days left in the year and 189 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
McCain Backers Combat Age as Issue in Campaign (Washington Times)
Eyes on Blue Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style (NY Times)

Developing News:
Prince and Former Pink Floyd Frontman Rock Festival (Washington Post)
India Rocket Launches 10 Satellites in Rare Space Feat (AFP)

Latest Health News:
Gene Therapy Experiments Improve Vision in Nearly-Blind (Yahoo)
Gene Therapy Takes Big Step Forward (USA Today)
Chocolate 'May Cut Diabetes Risk' (BBC News)

By the Numbers:
8 of the World's Most Unusual Plants (with pics) (Divine Caroline)
6 Diet Secrets at Your Supermarket (Hungry Girl)

Pic of the Day: Possom's On The Menu



Video of The Day: Charlie Bit My Finger. The simple, sweet video that has been viewed over 21 million times.



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Margie and Cynthia! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
"To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is 82. Singer Ann-Margret is 67. Actress Marcia Strassman ("Welcome Back, Kotter") is 60. Actor Paul Gilfoyle is 59. Talk show host Jay Leno is 58. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 56. Actress Mary McDonnell is 56. Golfer John Daly is 42.

On This Date:
In 1947: A six-man expedition sails from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia.

In 1967: Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the Army.

In 1990: The musical "A Chorus Line" closes after 6,137 performances on Broadway.

In 2001: A Russian rocket lifts off from Central Asia bearing the first space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito.

In 2005: More than 100 volunteers join police in Duluth, Ga., in searching for Jennifer Wilbanks, a bride-to-be who had vanished two days earlier. Wilbanks turns up in Albuquerque, N.M., having run away on her own -- making her the real Runaway Bride.

Today's Thought:
"The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about."
-- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer





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