Today's Buzz: Saturday, Jan. 26

Posted January 26, 2008, 5:36 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, January 26, 2008. There are 340 days left in the year and 282 days left until Election Day.

What's Going on This Weekend?

• Tiger tries to win his sixth opening tournament of the year at the Buick Invitational. Watch coverage of the final rounds on CBS on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. ET.
• South Carolina Democrats head to the polls on Saturday to vote in the Democratic presidential primary. Barack Obama is still leading Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, but new polls show that lead slipping.

GB News Brew:

A Block
Follow the Democratic Primary in South Carolina (CNN.com)
Study Raises Caution Flag for Sushi Lovers (KOMO TV)
What Chores Would Jesus Do? (LA Times)
Double Amputee Walks Again Thanks to Bluetooth (CNN)
Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon (Wired)

B Block
Magazine Estimates Britney Spears is Worth $120 Million to Economy (ABCNEWS.com)
Review: Does Rambo Stand Up to Test of Time? (Entertainment Weekly)
May the Force Be With Pew: Brothers Open "Jedi" Church in England (Daily Mail)

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
American actress Anne Jeffreys ("General Hospital") is 85. Actor Scott Glenn ("The Silence of the Lambs") is 67. Singer Jean Knight is 65. American model Janet Lupo is 58. Rock musician Eddie Van Halen is 52. Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 50. Musician Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows) is 48. Ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky is 47.

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB member Gerry! Click on the link to send him a birthday greeting.

On This Day:
In 1934: The Apollo Theater reopens in New York City paving the way for talented acts throughout the years.

In 1961: Former President John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. It is the first time a woman held the position.

In 1979: "The Dukes of Hazard" premieres on CBS giving viewers a taste of living life on the edge and how short shorts really could go.

In 1988: The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ''Phantom of the Opera'' opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater. It became the longest-running show in Broadway history taking the stage for more than two decades.

Today's Thought:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
--Aristotle


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