Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Posted March 11, 2008, 3:45 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Tuesday March 11, 2008. There are 295 days left in the year and 237 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail (Washington Post)
Obama Ridicules Notion of VP Spot (AP)
Dems Surge By 65,000 in PA (AP)
Opinion: When Campaign Ads Backfire (LA Times)

Developing News:
Space Shuttle Launches for Longest Mission Ever (Bloomberg)
It Wasn't the Sex; Suspicious $$ Transfers Led to NY Governor Spitzer (ABC News)
Gulf War Illness Linked to Chemical Exposure (Washington Post)
Countrywide Falls to 13-year Low on FBI Probe Reports (Reuters)

B Block:
If Both Parents Have Alzheimer's, Your Risk Soars (Reuters)
South Korea Names Woman as Its First Astronaut (New York Times)
100-year-old Has Driver's License Renewed (Portland's LocalNewsDaily.com)
Madonna, John Mellencamp Among Stars Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Reuters)
Lisa Marie Presley to Sue Over "Fat" Comments (SFGate)
Leona Helmsley's Garb up for Sale (NY Daily News)

By the Numbers:
Top 10 Cult Classic Mid-80s Fantasy Adventure Flicks (Heckler Spray)
25 Amazing Photoshop Tutorials (Elitebydesign)
35 Most Amazing HDR Pictures (Smashing Magazine)
800-Lb. Man's Date Ruined by Accident (AP)

Pic of the Day:
Inside the Palace of Augustus (Guardian)

Video of the Day: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and GB Guru Roger McGuinn at Home





Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members PM, Barb, Bitdidler, serenitysue, Donny G. and Linda Mobley! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Terence Alexander is 85. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 77. Broadcast journalist Sam Donaldson is 74 -- to hear his interview with Growing Bolder click here. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 72. Actress Tricia O'Neil is 63. Actor Mark Metcalf is 62. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 58. Director Jerry Zucker is 58. Actress Susan Richardson ("Eight is Enough") is 56. Actress Alex Kingston ("ER") is 45. Country musician David Talbot is 45. Actor Wallace Langham ("CSI") is 43.

On This Date:
In 1959: The original Broadway production of "A Raisin In The Sun" opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.

In 1970: The album ''Deja Vu'' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is released.

In 1974: Janis Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, is awarded $112,000 on her life insurance policy. The insurance company had argued that Joplin's drug overdose death in 1970 was a suicide, not an accident.

In 1991: Janet Jackson signs a $30 million deal with Virgin Records. It's the largest record deal ever until brother Michael signs with Sony a week later.

In 1993: Janet Reno is unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be the nation's first female attorney general.

In 1997: Former Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.



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