Boomer's Buzz: Monday, March 10, 2008

Posted March 10, 2008, 3:57 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, March 10, 2008. There are 296 days left in the year and 238 days left until Election Day.

B-Block:
AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water (AP)
Finally -- Beatles Coming to iTunes in $400 Million Deal (scenta)

By The Numbers:
10 Worst Countries for Women (TheStar)

Pic of the Day:
Earth At Night

Video of The Day: Pat Williams Motivates (Growing Bolder)



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB member Rudy Fabian! Click on his name to send him a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Talk show host Ralph Emery is 75. Bluegrass musician Norman Blake is 70. Actor Chuck Norris ("Walker, Texas Ranger") is 68. Singer Dean Torrence is 68. Actress Katharine Houghton is 63. Newspaper Columnist Bob Greene is 61. Actress Shannon Tweed is 51. Actress Sharon Stone is 50. Pearl Jam musician Jeff Ament is 45. Prince Edward is 44.

On This Date:
In 1922: Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison. He is released after two years of his sentence, after an operation for appendicitis.

In 1918: Warner Bros. releases "My Four Years in Germany," its first major film.

In 1933: An earthquake shakes up Long Beach, California and kills 120 people.

In 1965: Neil Simon's play ''The Odd Couple'' opens on Broadway.

In 1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1988: Pop singer Andy Gibb dies at age 30 of heart inflammation.

Today's Thought:
"A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs."
-- Joan Welsh



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