Boomer's Buzz: Friday, April 18, 2008

Posted April 18, 2008, 5:07 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Friday, April 18, 2008. There are 257 days left in the year and 199 days left until Election Day.
Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Clinton, Obama, Visit 'Colbert Report' on Comedy Central (Newsday)

Here's Clinton:


Here's Obama:




Developing News:
E Street Band Member Danny Federici Dead at 58 (Yahoo)
Study Says 300,000 American Troops Suffer Mental Problems (AP)
People Become Happier With Age, Survey Finds (Reuters)

Latest Health News:
CDC: Flu Season Worst in Four Years, Vaccine Didn't Work Well (AP)
Study Links Incontinence Drugs With Memory Problems (AP)
Vitamin D Said to Guard Against Artery Disease (Yahoo)

Pic of the Day: Bill and Hil in 1969



Video of The Day: Trailer for GB Exclusive: "Roger Rocks on Rails"




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Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB member JOYCE MAYO! Click her name to send her a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actress Barbara Hale is 86. Actor Clive Revill is 78. Actor James Drury ("The Virginian") is 74. Actor Robert Hooks is 71. Actress Hayley Mills is 62. Actor Dorothy Lyman is 61. Actress Cindy Pickett is 61. Country musician Walt Richmond is 61. Actor James Woods is 61. Actor Rick Moranis is 55. Actor John James is 52. Actress Melody Thomas Scott ("The Young and the Restless") is 52. Actress Jane Leeves ("Fraiser") is 47. Bluegrass musician Terry Eldredge is 45.

On This Date:
In 1906: A major earthquake strikes San Francisco and sets off raging fires. More than 3,000 people die.

In 1923: The first baseball game is played at Yankee Stadium in New York City, with the Yankees beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1.

In 1955: Physicist Albert Einstein dies at age 76.

In 1955: Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.

In 1994: Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke at his home in Park Ridge, N.J. and dies four days later.

In 1999: Wayne Gretzky plays his last National Hockey League game, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

In 2003: Scott Peterson is arrested in San Diego for the death of his wife, Laci, who was eight months pregnant when she vanished on Christmas Eve. He is later convicted and sentenced to death.

Today's Thought:
"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate."
-- Ann Landers


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