Boomer's Buzz: Saturday, March 22, 2008

Posted March 22, 2008, 5:07 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, March 22, 2008. There are 284 days left in the year and 226 days left until Election Day.

Rice Apologizes to Candidates for Passport Breach (Mercury News)
John Edwards Unlikely to Endorse (Huffington Post)

CG Endorsement Video:
This is the Election of the Consumer Generated Endorsement Video. We'll Show them semi-regularly here. Today's Offering: 'Raining McCain' from the McCain Girls"



Developing News:
Flooding, Heavy Snow Plague Midwest (AP)
Beatles Sue to Block 1962 Tapes Release (AP)
Chinese Media: 'Crush' Tibet Protest (AP)
Saturday Spacewalk -- Little Room For Error (USA Today)
Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe (CNN)
Hubble Finds Signs of Life 63 Light Years Away (China Post)

Latest Health News:
Pioneer Who Used Drugs to Treat the Mind Dies (NY Times)

By the Numbers:
10 Most Obnoxious Films Ever (Alternative Reel)

Pic of the Day:
13 Beautiful Gardens from Around the World (Fubnee)

Video of The Day: Boston Dynamics 'Big Dog' Robot - Freaky



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members PattyLineDancer, Ken and sherry! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Karl Malden is 96. Composer Stephen Sondheim is 78. Actor William Shatner ("Star Trek") is 77. Singer Jeremy Clyde is 67. Jazz guitarist George Benson is 65. Broadcast Journalist Wolf Blitzer is 60. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 60. Actress Lena Olin is 53. R&B singer Stephanie Mills is 51. Actor Matthew Modine is 49.

On This Date:
In 1895: In what is generally regarded as the first public display of a movie projected onto a screen, Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their first movie to an invited audience in Paris.

In 1963: The Beatles craze begins as the group releases its first album, "Please Please Me" in Great Britain.

In 1963: Bob Dylan's album "Bringing It All Back Home" -- his first featuring electric guitar -- is released.

In 1977: The John Denver TV special, Thank God, I'm A Country Boy airs on ABC.

In 1982: Diana Ross' first solo album for RCA, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," goes platinum less than three months after its release.

In 1997: Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months.

Today's Thought:
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche



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