Friday's Buzz: February 15, 2008

Posted February 15, 2008, 4:37 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Wednesday, February 15, 2008. There are 320 days left in the year and 263 days left until Election Day.

A-Block
Romney Endorses McCain; Huckabee Still in Race (Newsday)
Dems Battle Over Florida (Reuters)
Gunman Kills Six at Northern Illinois University (Washington Post)
U.S. to Try to Shoot Down Spy Statellite (Washington Post)
Greenspan Says U.S. on "Edge" of Recession (Reuters)

B-Block
Study: Human Activity "Strongly" Affecting Oceans (USA Today)
Jane Fonda Apologizes for Vulgar Slang on "The Today Show" (NY Daily News)
Writers Strike Casualty: "24" Fans Must Wait Until January 2009 (Yahoo News)
Junior Wins Daytona Qualifier (MSNBC)
The Man Who Claims He's JFK's "Love Child" (Globe and Mail)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
40 Things That Only Happen in the Movies (Cinema-Pedia)
The Top Ten Wired Countries (HowStuffWorks)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
World Press 2007 Photos of the Year: Complete Gallery of All Categories! (Worldpress)

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members rav and Sam Peck! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Kevin McCarthy is 94. Actor Allan Arbus (M*A*S*H) is 90. Actor, comedian Harvey Korman is 81. Former defense secretary and CIA Director James Schlesinger is 79. Actress Jane Seymour ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 57. Model Janice Dickinson is 53.

On This Date:
In 1820: American suffragist Susan B. Anthony is born in Adams, Mass.

In 1933: In Miami, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escapes an assassination attempt, but Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak isn't as lucky. He is shot and dies of his wounds.

In 1953: Tenley Albright, 17, becomes the first American to win the world figure skating championship. She goes on to graduate from Harvard University and become a surgeon.

In 2005: YouTube, the popular Internet site where videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.

Today's Thought:

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball -- the further I am rolled, the more I gain."
-- Susan B. Anthony



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