Boomer's Buzz: Monday, March 24, 2008

Posted March 24, 2008, 4:53 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, March 24, 2008. There are 282 days left in the year and 224 days until Election Day.

Race For the White House:
Democrats in a Do-Si-Do Over Negative Campaigning (Washington Post)
A Present for McCain as the Other Side Fights (NY Times)

Developing News:
U.S. Death Toll in Iraq War Hits 4,000 (AP)
Olympic Torch Lighting is Today (CNN)
JPMorgan May Raise Bid for Bear Stearns (Bloomberg)
Viagra Still Going Strong 10 Years Later (Yahoo News)

Latest Health News:
Former Philippines President Has Cancer (AP)
Therapeutic Cloning Successfully Treats Mouse Parkinson's (BBC)
Writing Eases Stress of Cancer (BBC)
Looks Like Jello, Works Like Cartilage (Discovery)

By the Numbers:
5 Ways to Synchronize Your Body's Clock (Reader's Digest)

Pic of the Day:
4 Awesome Unfinished or Abandoned Structures in Florida

Video of The Day: Meet the man who made the sandals worn by the 'High Priestess' when she lights Olympic torch in Olympic, Greece today.



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Leslie Skillman, MetroMike and John Delaney! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Fashion designer Bob Mackie is 68. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 64. Director Curtis Hanson is 63. Rock musician Lee Oskar is 60. Rock singer Nick Lowe is 59. Comedian Louie Anderson is 55. Actor Robert Carradine is 54. Actress Donna Pescow is 54. TV personality Star Jones Reynolds is 46.

On This Date:
In 1883: Long-distance telephone service is inaugurated between Chicago and New York City.

In 1955: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opens on Broadway.

In 1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn.

In 2002: Halle Berry becomes the first black performer to win a best actress Oscar, for her work in "Monster's Ball."

Today's Thought:
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."
-- William B. Sprague



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