Morning Buzz: February 2

Posted February 2, 2008, 4:46 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, February 2, 2008. There are 333 days left in the year and 276 days left until Election Day.

It's Groundhog Day! It was a bright day as the world's most famous weather-casting rodent emerged from Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania to make his annual forecast. Punxsutawney Phil, on the job since 1887, saw his shadow indicating 6 more weeks of winter weather. Phil's track record, though, isn't alot better than the local weather guy. Phil has only not seen his shadow -- and predicted an early spring -- 14 times in the more than 130 years.

GBNEWS
A-Block
Presidential Race Could Still Be Muddled After Super Tuesday (USA Today)
World is Watching US presidential Race (AP)
Pentagon Spilt on Iraq Withdrawals (LA Times)
Microsoft's 44.6 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Buy Yahoo? It's All About Google. (Business Week)

B-Block
Watch the Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials of All Time (manpill.com)
At 90, Giants Trainer decided He Will Retire After Sunday's Game (NY Times)
NASA Says, 'Hello, Universe, Meet the Beatles' (NY Times)
Blue Bics - Artist Uses Only Ballpoint Pens to draw 10ft 'Photographs' (Daily Mail)

Today's GB Birthdays:

Happy birthday to GB members Toni Kusiak and Joe! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:

Gossip columnist Liz Smith is 85. Acting icon and GB Radio Show Guest Elaine Stritch is 83. Economist David Friedman is 63. Actress Farrah Fawcett ("Charlie's Angels") is 61. Al McKay, guitarist and songwriter of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, is 60. Musician Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) is 42.

On This Day:

In 1887: The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where "Phil" the groundhog comes out of his burrow to predict the weather of the rest of the winter.

In 1940: Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.

In 1990: South African President F.W. de Klerk lifts a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free 71-year-old Nelson Mandela.

Today's Thought:

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
--Nelson Mandela



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