Saturday's Buzz: February 16, 2008

Posted February 16, 2008, 4:36 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, February 16, 2008. There are 319 days left in the year and 262 days left until Election Day.

GBNews
A-Block
In Wake of NIU Horror, Obama, Clinton Back Arms Rights (NY Daily News)
Gunman Was 'Somewhat Erratic' (Chicago Sun Times)
Tycoon Adventurer Steve Fossett Officially Declared Dead (AP)
Clinton Superdelegate in Iowa Throws Support to Obama (DailyNews)
In Africa, Bush Touts Morality of Aid (AP)

B-Block
Flu Season About to Get Worse and Flu Shots 'Not Working' (MSNBC)
New Study: Strokes Cause Brain Damage in Three Minutes (Yahoo News)
Identical Twins Not as Identical as Believed (Physorg)
Now Available: Commercially Cloned Dogs (Korean Times)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
8 Highly Effective Cold Prevention Strategies (fatmanunleashed)
10 Biggest Oscar Snubs of 2007 (thedeadbolt)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
Latest Internet Craze (Daily Mail)

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB members Margaret Tenslee, Pat and Toh Kim Twee! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Singer Patty Andrews is 90. Actress and dancer Gretchen Wyler ("Santa Barbara") is 76. Actor William Katt ("The Greatest American Hero") is 57. Footballer George Martin is 55. Singer James Ingram is 52. Actor Ice-T ("Law and Order") is 50. Tennis Hall-of-Famer John McEnroe is 49.

On This Date:
In 1923: The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb is unsealed in Egypt.

In 1948: NBC-TV airs its first nightly newscast, ''The Camel Newsreel Theatre,'' which consists of Fox Movietone newsreels.

In 1963: The Beatles see their second release, "Please Please Me," reach the top of the UK singles chart. No one seemed to care that during one verse, John and Paul can clearly be heard singing different words.

In 1963: Paul Anka marries his wife Anna. Their 37-year marriage ends in 2000.

In 1968: The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system is inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala.

Today's Thought:

"Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those who seek it for themselves."
-- F. Emerson Andrews



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