Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, March 16, 2008

Posted March 16, 2008, 4:04 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, March 16, 2008. There are 290 days left in the year and 232 days left until Election Day.
Race For the White House:
McCain Lands in Iraq Today (Chicago Tribune)
Obama Gains 14 More Delegates (Washington Post)
Clinton Backs Michigan Revote Plan (AP)

Developing News:
Astronauts Take Spacewalk to Build Robot (AP)
Crane Crushes NYC Buildings, 4 Killed (AP)
More Rate Cuts From Fed Expected Tuesday (AP)

Latest Health News:
More Patients Awake During Surgery Than Once Thought (News Inferno)
A Little Exercise Goes a Long Way for Obese Women (MedHeadlines)

By the Numbers:
More Than 100 Free Places to Learn Online (MissionToLearn)

Pic of the Day:
Hope of The Nation?

Video of the Day: Munchkin Revisited



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Michelle Greene, Dhaverstrom and Michael! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor-comedian Jerry Lewis is 82. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 67. Country singer Jerry Jeff Walker is 66. Actor Erik Estrada is 59. Actor Victor Garber ("Alias") is 59. Actress Kate Nelligan is 57. Actress Isabelle Huppert is 53. Rapper Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) is 49. Folk singer Patty Griffin is 44.

On This Date:
In 1850: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published.

In 1984: CIA station chief in Beirut, William Buckley, is kidnapped by gunmen and later dies in captivity.

In 1994: Figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty in Portland, Ore., to conspiracy for covering up the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

In 1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment after it was officially ratified 130 years before, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.

In 2005: A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sends Scott Peterson to death row for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci.

Today's Thought:
"A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience."
-- Elbert Hubbard



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