Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, May 4, 2008

Posted May 4, 2008, 5:32 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, May 4, 2008. There are 241 days left in the year and 183 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Obama Wins Guam Caucuses By Just 7 Votes (AP)
Obama Calls Gas Tax a Political Ploy, as Clinton Stands by Her Proposal (LATimes)
U.S. Health Care Waits to Ignite as Campaign Issue (Reuters)

Kentucky Derby:
Big Brown Wins Derby; Filly Finishes Second and is Euthanized (Chicago SunTimes)
A Tragic End for Eight Belles (NY Times)
Is Horse Racing Breeding Itself to Death? (WashingtonPost)
Eight Belles' Death Renews Horse Racing Questions (USAToday)

Developing News:
Buffett Says Risk of Financial Meltdown Has Declined (MarketWatch)
Chinese Cheer as Olympic Torch Starts Mainland Leg (AP)

Latest Health News:
Common Drugs Hasten Decline in Elderly (Yahoo News)
Exercise Your Brain Or Else You'll..Uh...(NY Times)
The Amazing Story Behind the 265-Year-Old Man (Body Shock)

By the Numbers:
98 Interesting Facts About Dogs (NewsBlaze)
20 World Georgraphy Facts That Might Surprise You (BootsnAll)
15 Mexican Dishes in 15 Minutes (Yahoo Food)

Pic of the Day: Venice - Macro View



Video of The Day: David Belle Speed Air Man




Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Nina Corsi, Dave Miller, filmules and S! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is 80. Opera singer Roberta Peters is 78. Jazz bassist Ron Carter is 71. Rocker Dick Dale is 71. Columnist George Will is 67. Singer Nick Ashford is 66. Country singer Stella Parton is 59. Singer Jackie Jackson is 57. Country singer Randy Travis is 49. Actress Mary McDonough ("The Waltons") is 47. "Saturday Night Live" comedian Ana Gasteyer is 41. Basketball player Dawn Staley is 38.

On This Date:
In 1932: Mobster Al Capone, convicted of income-tax evasion, enters the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.

In 1946: A two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison in San Francisco Bay ends after five people are killed.

In 1949: The entire Torino soccer team (except for one player who did not take the trip due to an injury) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.

In 1953: Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea."

In 1961: A group of Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C., for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals.

Today's Thought:
"People do not lack strength; they lack will."
-- Victor Hugo




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