Today's Buzz: Thursday, Jan. 31

Posted January 31, 2008, 5:17 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, January 31, 2008. There are 335 days left in the year and 277 days left until Election Day.


GBNEWS
A-Block
Fed Reduces Rate by Half-Point; 2nd Cut in 8 Days (NY Times)
Edwards Drops Out of Democratic Race (NY Times)
Giuliani Withdraws and Endorses McCain (Bloomberg)
Quotes From Last Night's McCain-Romney Debate (Reuters)

B-Block
Madonna Richest Woman in Music (Forbes)
Sugar Mamas: Older Women and Their Boy Toys (Reuters)
5 Foods For Healthier Skin (Yahoo)

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Bobby Lumaksana and Maytag! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actress Carol Channing ("Hello, Dolly!") is 86. American composer Philip Glass is 71. Major League Baseball player Nolan Ryan is 61. Harry Wayne Casey, or KC, of KC and the Sunshine Band, is 57. Politician and former House minority leader Richard Gephardt is 67. Actress Minnie Driver is 37.

On This Day:
In 1930: Gift-wrapping becomes easier after 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

In 1949: The NBC station in Chicago broadcasts the first TV daytime soap opera "These Are My Children."

In 1958: America makes its mark in space with the first successful launch of the satellite Explorer I into orbit.

In 1976: ABBA's "Mamma Mia" dethrones Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" from the top of the U.K. charts. But decades later, both songs will find new life -- "Bohemian Rhapsody" returns to No. 1 in 1991 when it's featured in the movie "Wayne's World" and "Mamma Mia" is the title of the smash Broadway hit based on the songs of ABBA.

In 1982: 35-year-old Sandy Duncan gives her final performance as the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up in the stage version of "Peter Pan." During her tenure, she completed 956 performances without missing a show and flew a total of 261.5 miles while on stage.

In 1990: McDonald's Corp. opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow and Russians get a taste of the original cheeseburger.

Thought For The Day:
"Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling."
-- Claude Pepper



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