Thursday's Buzz: February 28, 2008

Posted February 28, 2008, 4:18 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, February 28, 2008. There are 307 days left in the year and 249 days left until Election Day.
Clinton Campaign Pours Resources Into Two Crucial Primaries (Washington Post)

B-Block
NASA to Crash Into the Moon -- on Purpose (space.com)
Drug-Resistant TB Emergency (LA Times)
Bernanke Readiness to Reduce Rates Stokes Inflation Concerns (Bloomberg)

By The Numbers
12 Practical Steps for Learning to Go With the Flow (Zen Habits)
13 Stupid Ideas That Made Millions of Dollars (fastupfront)

Pic of the Day
Redneck Mansion (sonnyradio)

Video of The Day: Skydiving without a Parachute. Crazy.



Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Charles Durning is 85. Actor Gavin MacLeod ("The Love Boat") is 77. Hall-of-Fame basketball coach Dean Smith is 77. Actor Don Francks is 76. Dancer and choreographer Tommy Tune is 69. Auto racer Mario Andretti is 68. Actress Kelly Bishop ("Gilmore Girls") is 64. Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried is 53. Rock singer Cindy Wilson (B-52s) is 51.

On This Date:
In 1954: Scientists James D. Watson and Francis Crick discover the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes, in a Cambridge University lab.

In 1958: A school bus accident in Kentucky kills 26 students and the bus driver after it hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the Levisa Fork River. It remains the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.

In 1983: The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with about 125 million viewers.

In 1983: The album ''War'' by U2 is released.

In 1984: John Denver hosts the Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson wins eight awards, including Best Album for "Thriller" and Best Record for "Beat It."

In 1993: A gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents try to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.

Today's Thought:
"Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday."
-- Brian Tracy



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