Sunday's Buzz: February 17, 2008

Posted February 17, 2008, 4:34 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, February 17, 2008. There are 318 days left in the year and 261 days left until Election Day.
A-Block
Solar: How Silicon Valley Will Save The Planet (NY Times)
Mankind's To-Do List -- Great Minds Identify Top Challenges of the 21st Century (Wired)
Clinton: "I'll Go The Distance" in Battle for Nomination (Newsday)
Today's Daytona 500 -- NASCAR Packs Punch (NY Daily News)

B-Block
Report: McCartney and Mills Agree to $108M Divorce Settlement (NY Daily News)
Singer, 104, Takes Stage Amid Protests (Newsvine)
Woman Applying for ID Says She's 120 (ABC News)
World's Most Expensive Vanity License Plate: $14.3M (ABC News)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
301 Pennies Auctioned Off for $10.7M (AP)
31 Ways Simple Ways to Prevent Cancer (Readers Digest)
121 Blackberry Tips, Hacks, Resources (Inside CRM)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
10 Longest Bridges in The World (The Contaminated)

Today's Video: Believe in Yourself

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB members Jacqueline, Beverly Harrell, Janine and Londra Mead! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Former president Harry Truman's daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel is 84. Actor Hal Holbrook ("All The President's Men") is 83. Singer Bobby Lewis is 75. Actress and beauty queen Mary Ann Mobley ("General Hospital") is 69. Singer Dodie Stevens is 62. Actor Richard Karn is 52. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips ("Courage Under Fire") is 46. Basketball great Michael Jordan is 45. Movie Director Michael Bay is 43.

On This Date:
In 1933: The magazine Newsweek is published for the first time.

In 1936: The world's first superhero, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in comics.

In 1972: Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T.

In 1972: President Richard M. Nixon departs on a historic trip to China. It is the first time an American president visits the country.

In 1976: The Eagles' album ''Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)'' is released.

In 1992: A court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sentences serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer to life in prison. Dahmer is responsible for the murders of 15 men and children.

Today's Thought:

"Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost."
-- Robert H. Schuller



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