Wednesday's Buzz: February 20, 2008
Posted February 20, 2008, 4:30 am by Growing Bolder
GB News
A-BlockObama, McCain Win Again, Race Moves to Ohio, Texas (Reuters)
Space Shuttle Returns Ahead of Satellite Shot (Reuters)
Music Speeds Recovery From Stroke (Yahoo News)
B-Block
Mogul Merger; Martha Buys Emeril (AP)
U.S. Cancer Death Rate Down But 565,000 Will Still Die This Year (Reuters)
Tonight: Last Lunar Eclipse Until 2010 (AP)
C-Block (By The Numbers)
Ten Best Oscar Best Pictures of All Time (FilmSchoolRejects)
D-Block (Pic of the Day)
Most Luxurious Modes of Transportation (h2limousine)
Video of The Day: Sinatra On My Space
Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to GB members Comets 1 and Bob! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Socialite and fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt is 84. Actor Sidney Poitier ("In The Heat of The Night") is 81. Actress Marj Dusay ("The Guiding Light") is 72. Politician Mitch McConnell is 66. Actor Peter Strauss is 61. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 54. Basketball player and analyst Charles Barkley is 45. Model Cindy Crawford is 42.
On This Date:
In 1792: Let there be mail! President George Washington signs an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
In 1962: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth as he flies aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
In 1965: The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashes on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
In 1999: Film critic Gene Siskel dies at the age of 53.
Today's Thought:
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
-- George Washington
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