Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, April 6, 2008

Posted April 6, 2008, 4:54 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, April 6, 2008. There are 269 days left in the year and 211 days left until Election Day.
Breaking News:
Film Legend Charlton Heston Dies at 84 (LA Times)
Facts About Charton Heston (Reuters)

Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Clinton Renews Call to Count Florida, Michigan (AP)

Developing News:
Final 4: Memphis, Kansas Prove Superiority (FOXSports)

Latest Health News:
9 Things to Stop Worrying About Today (msnbc)
Health Web Ssite Reinstates 'Abortion' as Search Term (KansasCityStar)
1 in 4 Soldiers on Multiple Tours Have Mental Health Problems (HuffingtonPost)

By the Numbers:
6 Ways to Dine Out for Less (Yahoo News)
7 Types of Vinegar and Their Uses (Gomestic)

Video of The Day: RV's: Boomers Are Driving The Bus

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB member ioverbeek! Click the name to send ioverbeek a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor and director Ivan Dixon is 77. Country musician Merle Haggard is 71. Actor Billy Dee Willliams is 71. Actor Roy Thinnes is 70. Actor John Ratzenberger ("Cheers") is 61. Actress Marilu Henner ("Taxi") is 56. Figure skater Janet Lynn is 55. Actor Michael Rooker is 53. Actor Paul Rudd is 39.

On This Date:
In 1896: The first modern Olympic Games opens in Athens 1,500 years after being banned.

In 1909: Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole. Decades later, GB Radio guest and Cancer survivor Barbara Hillary became the first black woman to make the same trek. Click here to listen to her tell you how she did it!

In 1983: Interior Secretary James Watt bans the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."

Today's Thought:
"I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living."
-- Steven Spielberg



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