Today's Buzz: Jan. 19

Posted January 19, 2008, 5:38 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, January 19, 2008. There are 347 days left in the year and there are 290 days until Election Day.

What's Going On Today?:

• Republicans in South Carolina head to the polls to cast their votes in the presidential primary.
  
• Nevada voters participate in Republican and Democratic presidential campaign caucuses.

Today's Top Stories: GB News Brew

• South Carolina May Winnow GOP Field (Wall Street Journal)
• Poll: Obama Makes Big Gains Among Black Voters (CNN)
• When Will You Get Your Rebate Check? (ABC News)
• Former NFL Player Pleads Guilty in Steroids Case (NY Times)
• Five News Ways to Use Wi-Fi (PC World)
• You're Not Buying Gadgets Any More, You Are Subscribing to Them (NY Times)
• Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good? (Business Week)

Growing Bolder would like to wish a very happy birthday to member pkuz! Click on her name to send her your birthday wishes!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actress Jean Stapleton ("All in the Family") is 85. Actress Tippi Hedren ("The Birds") is 78. Journalist Robert MacNeil ("MacNeil-Lehrer") is 77. Musician Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers) is 69. Singer/actor Michael Crawford ("Phantom of the Opera") is 66. Former football coach Dan Reeves is 64. Country icon Dolly Parton is 62. Chef and TV host Paula Deen is 61. Musician Rod Evans (Deep Purple) is 61. ABC News' Ann Compton is 61. Actress Katey Sagal ("Married … With Children") is 54. Actor/comedian Paul Rodriguez is 53. Football player Junior Seau is 39.

On This Day:
In 1883: Thomas Edison's electric lighting system, which employed overhead wires, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

In 1915: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

In 1935: Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs. It will be another 57 years before Americans find out if a presidential candidate wears boxers or briefs.

In 1937: Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

In 1953: 68 percent of all United States television sets are tuned in to "I Love Lucy" to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky.

In 1966: Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.

In 1974: The UCLA men's basketball team sees its 88-game winning streak end at the hands of Notre Dame. (Click here to listen to Growing Bolder's conversation with UCLA's legendary Coach John Wooden, who was on the sidelines that day)

In 1977: Snow falls in Miami, Florida -- the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.

In 1993: IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992, the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history.

Thought for the Day:
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
-- Former UCLA Coach John Wooden




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