Friday's Buzz: February 22, 2008

Posted February 22, 2008, 4:04 am by Growing Bolder



A-Block
Obama, Clinton Debate One More Time (NY Times)
Analysis -- Clinton's Big Debate Moment: Turning Point or Swan Song? (Reuters)
NY Times McCain Story: Fit to Print? (ABC News)

B-Block
Daytime Dozing Could Signal Stroke Risk (BBC)
Just One in Four Know Heart Attack Signs (Yahoo News)
Study: Anger Slows Healing Process After Injury (Yahoo News)
Cops Find Huge Marijuana Stash in Senior Citizen's Car (Yahoo News)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
Top 12 Green Cars --The Undirty Dozen (CNN)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
Digital Art: Top 40 Photoshopped Images

Video of The Day:
You've got to watch this to the end. Michael Jackson did not invent the moon walking. Ladies and Gentlemen, give it up for Bill Bailey.


Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB members SandroC, Mr. Orange and cferenac! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:

TV announcer Don Pardo ("Saturday Night Live") is 90. Actor Paul Dooley is 80. Singer Marni Nixon is 78. Hall of Fame baseball manager Sparky Anderson is 74. Director Jonathan Demme is 64. Actor John Ashton is 60. Basketball hall-of-famer Julius Erving is 58. Golfer Vijay Singh is 45.

On This Date:
In 1935: It becomes illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.

In 1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

In 1962: Elvis Presley has his 10th UK chart topper with "Can't Help Falling In Love"/"Rock-A-Hula Baby."

In 1986: MTV dedicates a full 22 hours to The Monkees, showing all 45 episodes of their original TV series.

In 2000: The engagement ring that The Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious gave to his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, is put up for sale. The asking price for the ring, which Sid bought in 1977, is £1,500 ($2,550).

In 2006: At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing about $92.5 million from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

Today's Thought:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain



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