Boomer's Buzz: Friday, March 28, 2008

Posted March 28, 2008, 4:39 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Friday, March 28, 2008. There are 278 days left in the year and 220 days left until Election Day.

Race For the White House:
Could There Be an Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? (CNN)
Obama Weathers Wright Storm as New Details Emerge (Reuters)
McCain, Romney on Their Differences: That Was Then (LA Times)
North Carolina Could Change Race Dynamic (WSJ)
Today on the Campaign Trail (Guardian)

Developing News:
Adobe Releases Free Web-Based 'Photoshop Express' (CNET)
Shuttle Crew Reflects on Marathon Mission (MSNBC)

Latest Health News:
FDA Investigates Possible Link Between Popular Asthma Drug and Suicide (USA Today)
Study Hints of Gene Link to Risk of Schizophrenia (NY Times)
Yes, Running Can Make You High (NY Times)
25 Shocking Facts About the Pharmaceutical Industry (NOEDb)

By the Numbers:
16 Names of Things You Never Knew Had Names (thelandsalmon)
Top 9 Gas Savings Tips to Help Save the Environment and Your Wallet (monsterauto)

Pic of the Day:
Beauty Beyond the Stars- Nebulas Picture Gallery (National Geographic)

Video of The Day: The Horse Painter



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Baker Drew, Jay Bunner, Sharon Kuhs and Julia! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Country musician Charlie McCoy is 67. Director Mike Newell is 66. Actress Conchata Ferrell is 65. Actor Ken Howard ("The White Shadow") is 64. Secretary of the treasury Henry Paulson is 62. Actress and country singer Reba McEntire is 53. Actress Tracey Needham is 41. Country singer Rodney Atkins is 39. Actor Vince Vaughn is 38.

On This Day:
In 1797: Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.

In 1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., at age 78.

In 1985: About 6,000 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously play "We Are the World," the fundraising song for African famine relief recorded by 45 superstar performers. Sales of the single, album, video and related merchandise initially raise more than $38 million.

In 1987: Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''The Sound of Music,'' dies at age 82.

In 1996: Phil Collins announces he is leaving Genesis after 25 years. He joined the band as drummer after the departure of John Mayhew in 1970 and became lead singer when Peter Gabriel left five years later.

Today's Thought:
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire, which transcends everything."
-- Napoleon Hill



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