Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Posted April 29, 2008, 4:53 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Tuesday, April 29, 2008. There are 246 days left in the year and 188 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
AP Poll: Clinton Leads McCain by 9 Points (AP)
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (AP)
Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Former Pastor, Back on Stage (LA Times)

Developing News:
Officials Say 31 Underage Teen Sect Girls Are Pregnant or Have Had Baby (AP)
Pictures of Cellar Where Father Allegedly Locked Daughter for 24 Years and Repeatedly Raped Her (Daily Mail)
Forever Stamp Sales Soar (NY Times)
Homeowner Vacancies Hit Record High (Reuters)
Spitzer Call Girl Sues 'Girls Gone Wild' for $10 Million (Yahoo News)

Latest Health News:
Exercise-Heart Study Casts Doubt on 'Fit But Fat' Theory (Yahoo News)
Study Warns of Increased Risks in Blood Substitutes (ChicagoTribune)
Number of Pregnant Diabetics Rises Sharply (USAToday)

By the Numbers:
16 High Performance Supercars (RideLust)
10 Terrible Movies by 10 Great Directors (ThePlugg)

Pic of the Day:
Ching-Yuen was reportedly born in China in 1678. He left home at an early age and traveled with herb traders, from whom he learned the basics of herbalism. He also studied with Taoist masters, who showed him how to utilize diet and herbs for health and longevity. Over the course of his life, he married and buried 23 wives. After his death, Chinese scholars traced his life back to his birth, and verified his 256-year lifespan. Master Li enjoyed long hikes in the mountains until the final years of his life; he remained sexually active for more than two centuries, never became senile, and died with all of his own teeth and most of his hair.



Video of The Day: Women in film -- How many can you name? Very cool animation of 80 of the greatest actresses of all time.


Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members joanneb, JoAnne and JABR! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor-comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 55. R&B singer Carl Gardner (The Coasters) is 81. Actor Keith Baxter is 76. Baseball Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio is 75. Blues musician Otis Rush is 74. Country singer Duane Allen is 66. Actor Leslie Jordan is 54. Actress Kate Mulgrew ("Star Trek: Voyager") is 54. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer is 51. Actress Eve Plumb ("The Brady Bunch") is 51.

On This Date:
In 1967: After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

In 1968: The controversial musical "Hair" opens on Broadway.

In 1974: President Richard Nixon announces he is releasing edited transcripts of secretly made White House tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal.

In 1986: Roger Clemens sets a Major League Baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.

In 1992: Deadly rioting that claims 54 lives and causes $1 billion in damage erupts in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquits four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.

In 2004: Oldsmobile builds its final car, ending 107 years of production.

In 2004: A national monument to the 16 million U.S. men and women who served during World War II opens to the public in Washington D.C.

Today's Thought:
"If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke."
-- Brendan Francis



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