Boomer's Buzz: Monday, April 7

Posted April 7, 2008, 5:22 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, April 7, 2008. There are 268 days left in the year and 210 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Clinton's Top Campaign Strategist Forced Out (Newsday)
McCain Insists Iraq Buildup is Working (AP)
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Dean Expects to Seat Fla., Mich. Delegates (Boston Globe)

Developing News:
Olympic Torch Relay a 'Public Relations Nightmare' of Protests and Clashes (CNN)
Airline Passenger Complaints Soaring (AP)
Match Up: Kansas vs. Memphis (Denver Post)
Bush and Putin Fail to Resolve Missile Differences (Reuters)



Latest Health News:
Study: Medicare Flows Unevenly to Hospitals (USA Today)
Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants (USNews)

By the Numbers:
Top 10 Cities for Shopaholics (MSNBC)
3 Reasons to Welcome a Recession (Motley Fool)
10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up (DumbLittleMan)

Pic of the Day:
Stunning Photos of Russian Free Diver Hitching A Ride With A Beluga Whale (DailyMail)

Video of The Day: Teaching a Cool Dog New Tricks




Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to cfkane, Fitz, Ree Noyes and ronni! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor R.G. Armstrong is 91. Actor James Garner is 80. Country singer Cal Smith is 76. Actor Wayne Rogers ("M.A.S.H.") is 75. TV Journalist David Frost is 69. R&B singer Patricia Bennett is 61. Actor Jackie Chan is 54. Football hall-of-famer Tony Dorsett is 54. Actor Russell Crowe is 44.

On This Date:
In 1927: An audience in New York sees an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.

In 1940: Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

In 1947: Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies at age 83.

In 1949: The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opens on Broadway.

In 2001: NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft takes off on a six-month, 286 million-mile journey to the red planet.

Today's Thought:
"In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed."
-- Sid Caesar



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