Boomer's Buzz: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Posted March 20, 2008, 4:00 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, March 20, 2008. There are 286 days left in the year and 228 days left until Election Day.
Race For the White House:
Today on the Campaign Trail (AP)
Clinton Donors Offer to Fund Michigan Do-Over (LA Times)
Obama's Poll Numbers Slip (USA Today)

Developing News:
Fannie and Freddie Set Free (Business Week)
Bear Billionaire Lewis May Seek Alternative to JP Morgan (Bloomberg)

Latest Health News:
Cancer Vaccine for Older Women Gets Fast Review (Boston Globe)
Heparin Contaminant Identified ( LA Times)
'Old Blood' May be Risky For Surgery (USA Today)

By the Numbers:
3 Cups of Tea a Day Helps Stop Heart Attacks and Strokes (Daily Mail)
10 Ways to Control Your Cravings (RD)

Pic of the Day:
Out on a Limb -- Overlooking Endeavour (NASA)

Video of The Day: The Constant Gardener

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Skip Stein, jr, Pamela and Johnny Thompson! Click their names to leave them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Director and producer Carl Reiner is 86. Actor Hal Linden is 77. Country singer Jerry Reed is 71. Hockey hall-of-famer Bobby Orr is 60. Blues singer Marcia Ball is 59. Actor William Hurt is 58. Rock musician Carl Palmer is 58. Director Spike Lee is 51. Actress Theresa Russell is 51. Actress Holly Hunter is 50. Rock musician Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats) is 47. Model Kathy Ireland is 45.

On This Date:
In 1727: Physicist, mathematician and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton dies in London.

In 1916: Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.

In 1969: Rock musician John Lennon of the Beatles marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar.

In 1989: Dick Clark announces his retirement from American Bandstand after 37 years on air.

In 1991: Michael Jackson inks the most lucrative deal in recording history when Sony signed him to a $1 billion contract.

In 1991: Eric Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, falls to his death from the 53rd story of a New York City apartment window. The boy and his mother, Italian actress Lori Del Santo, were visiting a friend and the housekeeper left the window open to air the room. His death inspires Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven."

Today's Thought:
"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson



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