Today's Buzz: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Posted February 13, 2008, 4:18 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Wednesday, February 13, 2008. There are 322 days left in the year and 265 days left until Election Day.

A-Block
Obama Sweeps Potomac Primaries To Take Delegate Lead (ABC News)
On to Texas -- Clinton Says Nothing About Losses (Washington Post)
Clinton Deputy Manager Quits (MSNBC)
McCain Sweeps But Conservatives Still Cool (CNN)

B-Block
Writers Strike is Over -- Back to Work Today (Washington Post)
First Baby Boomer Receives First Social Security Payment (Orlando Sentinel)
Hottest Fashion For Women? Retro 1940s -- "It Just Fits" (The Daily Mail)
What's Wrong With Our Schools? Retired Teacher Reveals He Was Illiterate Until 48 (10News)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
America's 50 Greenest Cities (Popular Science)
The 40 Best Sandwiches in America (Esquire)
21 Powerful Reasons to Start Exercising (emedexpert)
20 Memory Tricks You'll Never Forget (Readers Digest)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
World's Smallest Bodybuilder (The Daily Mail)

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB member Peter, Jenny M. and Bill! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actress Kim Novak is 75. Actor George Segal ("Just Shoot Me") is 74. Actress Carol Lynley is 66. The Monkees band member Peter Tork is 66. TV talk show host Jerry Springer is 64. Rock singer Peter Gabriel is 58.

On This Date:

In 1935: A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.

In 1957: Cuban officials announce a ban on all Rock and Roll programs on TV, calling the music "offensive to public morals and good customs." They will soften their stance a couple of days later, but strict guidelines are put in place.

In 1961: Frank Sinatra launches his own record label and although he vows that he will never sign any rock artists, Reprise Records later becomes the home of Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman and The Beach Boys.

In 1972: It's time for a haircut for Led Zeppelin, which is forced to cancel a concert in Singapore when officials won't let the band members off the plane because of their long hair.

In 1997: The Dow Jones industrial average breaks through the 7,000 barrier for the first time, closing at 7,022.44.

In 2000: The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies. The comic strip was first published in 1950 and 17,897 strips were published in 2,600 newspapers.

In 2005: Ray Charles wins eight posthumous Grammy awards for his final album, "Genius Loves Company."

Today's Thought:

"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually."
-- Frank Sinatra



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