Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, April 13, 2008

Posted April 13, 2008, 5:31 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, April 13, 2008. There are 262 days left in the year and 204 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Obama Expresses Regret for Remarks on Small Towns (LA Times)
Clinton Atttacks Obama for Small-Town Voter Remarks (Boston Globe)
McCain's VP Search (Reuters)

Developing News:
American Returns All MD-80s to Service (AP)
Masters: Young Guns Lead, Tiger Lurks (Boston Globe)
Consumer Confidence Hits 26-Year Low (AP)
Sting Pays $26.5 Million for NYC Condo (Huffington Post)

Latest Health News:
Cereal Link to Poisoning is Probed (AP)
Cancer Linked to Obesity (NowRepubic)
Bird Flu Spreads in South Korea (Forbes)

By the Numbers:
The Top 10 Wines Under $10 (Mainstreet)
5 Ways to Help a Friend With Cancer (Huffington Post)
Top 10 U.S. Beaches with Pics (ABC News)

Pic of the Day: A family enoying their Sunday.




Video of The Day: Everyone has a story and it should be documented for future generations.



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members lorie, colleen fenimore and cyndi413! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Lyle Waggoner is 73. Actor Edward Fox is 71. Playwright Lanford Wilson is 71. Actor Paul Sorvino is 69. Rock musician Jack Casady is 64. Actor Tony Dow is 63. Actor Ron Perlman is 58. Actor William Sadler is 58. Bluegrass musician Sam Bush is 56. Actor Gary Kroeger is 51. Actress Saundra Santiago is 51.

On This Date:
In 1954: Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron makes his major league debut with the Milwaukee Braves.

In 1964: Sidney Poitier becomes the first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award, for "Lilies of the Field."

In 1970: Apollo 13, is crippled on the way to the moon when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. Thankfully, the astronauts made it home safely.

In 1997: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf's Masters Tournament.

In 2005: Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and three other attacks in back-to-back court appearances in Birmingham, Ala., and Atlanta.

Today's Thought:
"The shorter way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time."
-- Mozart




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