Boomer's Buzz: Thursday, April 24, 2008

Posted April 24, 2008, 4:59 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, April 24, 2008. There are 251 days left in the year and 193 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Today on The Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Clinton Win Stirs Doubts on Obama (WallStreetJournal)
How Can Clinton, Obama Not Be Exhausted (AP)
McCain Says Government Isn't Poverty's Sole Solution (NYTimes)

Today's Campaign Viral Video: Barracky, The Movie:



Developing News:
95-Year-Old Defends Self, Home With Screwdriver (NewsOk)
Texas 911 Abuse Calls Linked to 33-Year-Old in Colorado (Washington Post)
Eastwood and Allen Showing Films at Cannes (Reuters)
Mom's Diet May Play Role in Whether Baby is Boy or Girl (AP)

Latest Health News:
Study Discovers How Cancer Cells Spread (UPI)
Embryonic Stem Cells Coaxed Into Key Heart Cells (Reuters)

By the Numbers:
What's on Your Bucket List? 10 Incredible Things to Do Before You Die (trifter)
5 Appliances That May Be Smarter Than You Are (Popular Mechanics)

Pics of the Day: Check this Out. It's interesting until the last photo and then it's very sad.
What families around the world eat in a week and what it costs.

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members RunnerGirl22 and Stewart Crane! Click their name to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Director Richard Donner is 78. Actress Shirley MacLaine is 74. Author Sue Grafton is 68. Actor Michael Parks is 68. Singer and actress Barbra Streisand is 66. Actor Eric Bogosian is 55. Actor Michael O'Keefe is 53. Rock musician David J is 51. Rock musician Billy Gould is 45. Actor Cedric the Entertainer is 44. Baseball player Omar Vizquel is 41. Actress Melinda Clarke is 39.

On This Date:
In 1953: British statesman Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

In 1957: Ricky Nelson, 16, releases his first record, "Teenager's Romance" with his cover of Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'" on the flip side.

In 1968: At 66, Louis Armstrong becomes the oldest person to ever land at the top of the UK charts with the single "What A Wonderful World." He's also the oldest person to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart when he accomplished the feat in 1964 with "Hello Dolly."

In 1976: Wings' "At The Speed Of Sound" goes to No. 1 on the US album chart. It is Paul McCartney's fifth No. 1 after he left The Beatles.

In 1990: The space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.

Today's Thought:
"Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do."
-- John Wooden



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