Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 30, 2008

Posted March 30, 2008, 4:54 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, March 30, 2008. There are 276 days left in the year and 218 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Obama Says Clinton Should Keep Running (Yahoo News)
Bill Clinton to Fellow Dems: "Relax" (AP)

Developing News:
Rolling Blackout -- Earth Goes Dark for One Hour (Reuters)
All-Time Record Crowd Watches Dodgers and Red Sox (Washington Post)
Is Stimulus Payment Automatic? What You Need to Know (Wall Street Journal)
Life's Little Mysteries: Answers to Questions You've Always Had (DailyMail)
Earliest Recordings Preceded Edison's (LA Times)

Latest Health News:
Experts Warn About Sushi Risks (MSNBC)
Robots Tapped for Colonoscopy Work (MSNBC)
Paternity Test Now on Drugstore Shelves (UPI)

By the Numbers:
Top 20 Most Dangerous Vehicles (Forbes)
10 Things You Need To Know About Debt Collectors (achingdebts)
18 Foods That Make Your Skin Glow (Yahoo)

Pic of the Day:
Endeavour to Orbit

Video of The Day: Boomer Babes on Bikes



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Bob Rafkin, The Fuelman, Greg Brown and Carolyn! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Richard Dysart is 79. Actor John Astin ("Addams Family") is 78. Hollywood Squares game show host Peter Marshall is 78. Basketball hall-of-famer Jerry Lucas is 68. Rock musician Eric Clapton is 62. Actor Paul Reiser is 51. Rapper MC Hammer is 45. Rock singer Tracy Chapman is 44. Singer Celine Dion is 40.

On This Date:
In 1870: The 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving African American men the right to vote, is declared in effect.

In 1909: The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens.

In 1981: President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley Jr.

In 1998: German automaker BMW buys Rolls-Royce for $570 million.

In 1999: A jury in Portland, Ore., orders Philip Morris to pay $81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.

In 2002: The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England dies at age 101.

Today's Thought:
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."
-- Aristotle



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