Boomer's Buzz: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Posted April 2, 2008, 5:02 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, March 29, 2008. There are 277 days left in the year and 219 days left until Election Day.

Featured:
Living Longer: The Pros and Cons of Aging (ABC News)

Race For the White House:
Business Donors Bypass McCain (WSJ)
Clinton Says She's Like Rocky, Won't Quit (Newsday)
Can McCain Win if U.S. Has Recession? (Reuters)
Super Delegate Gathering Gets Thumbs Down (USA Today)

Developing News:
Bush Seeks to Salvage Legacy on World Stage (Reuters)
Wall Street Shows Optimism That Crisis is Fading (NY Times)
Expert: Chute Wasn't From D.B. Cooper (Yahoo News)

Latest Health News:
Study Finds Home Defibrillator is No Help (NY Times)
National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned (NY Times)
Fasting Before Chemo Protects Healthy Cells (U.S. News & World Report)
Older Corneas May be Good for Transplanting (AP)
Diabetics Not Happy With Current Treatments (Now Public)

By the Numbers:
The Top 50 Resources For Getting A Cheap Flight (TravelHacker)

Video of The Day: Extreme at 93: Meet Banana George




Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Caroline H., Patricia and Diana! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Dabbs Greer is 91. Actress Rita Gam is 80. Actress Sharon Acker is 73. Singer Leon Russell is 66. Actress Linda Hunt is 63. Baseball hall-of-famer Don Sutton is 63. Actress Pamela Reed is 59. Rock musician David Robinson (The Cars) is 55. Actor Chris Meloni ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") is 47. Country singer Billy Dean is 46.

On This Date:
In 1902: "Electric Theatre," the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.

In 1964: The Beach Boys record "I Get Around," which becomes their first U.S. No. 1 single by the following summer.

In 1969: Frank Sinatra's version of "My Way" enters the U.S. record charts for a stay of 122 weeks.

In 1972: Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist in the early 1950s during the Red Scare.

In 1992: Mob boss John Gotti is convicted in New York of murder and racketeering charges.

Today's Thought:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt



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