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LIVE AT FIVE – 12.15.10

Posted on | December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

TOP NEWS
Air Force Blocks Its Computers From Accessing News Sites Posting Wikileaks Papers, Predictable Media Whining Ensues

Air Force takes logical next step to prevent accessing classified docs on unclassfied machines


Apparently mere warnings weren’t enough for some zoomies
Doctors And Other Health Care Workers On Strike In Ciudad Juarez
More security demanded in wake of recent kidnappings

Senate Republicans Blast Spending Bill Over Earmarks
McConnell: “This is exactly what the American people said…they did not want us to do.”





POLITICS
Emanuel Gets A Grilling From Chicagoans Who Don’t Think He Qualifies As One Of Them

Former WH Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel testifies at hearing on his residency


Questions arise from tax return, auto registration, other documents that seem to establish residence in Washington, not Chicago

Patrick Proposes $1.5 Billion In Cuts To Massachusetts Budget



Gay Veterans File Reinstatement Suit

Marine Commandant Suggests Repeal of DADT Could Lead To More Casualties



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Dollar Gains As Yields On T-Bills Rise, Fed Claims Economy Continues To Recover
Fed Keeps Rates Low, Continues To Buy Bonds
Head Of KC Fed Goes Out With Perfect Streak Of Dissents; Accuses Bernanke Policy Of Sparking Inflation, Asset Bubbles
Yahoo! Cuts 600 Employees, 4% Of Work Force
Microsoft To Open Its Tablet Apps To All Comers
Encourages software makers to write and sell software for Win7 tablets themselves, unlike another tablet maker we could name
Little Spacecraft That Could Continues To Report As It Approaches Outer Limits Of The Solar System

SPORTS
Lee’s Going Back To the Phillies: Five Years, $120 Million

Cliff Lee: another stud for the Phillies' already-tough rotation

That’s not a pitching rotation. That’s a firing squad.

Deflated Dome Not An Option For Vikings – Last Home Game of Season Likely To Be Played Outdoors At U. Minn.

Flyers End Pens’ 12-Game Streak With Power Play Goal

Nyets Score Two First-Round Picks In Three-Way Deal With Rockets, Lakers

What’s Causing Ravens’ Fourth-Quarter Woes?

Yankees Sign C Russell Martin

Sixers Finally Win Another One On The Road

Devils Put Veteran Winger Rolston On Waivers

Will Muschamp Introduced As New Gators Coach



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Gentlemen, Scarlett Johansson’s Back On The Market

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson

Splits up with Ryan Reynolds after two years

Golden Globe Nominations

Jennifer Connelly Expecting!

Lindsay Turns Down DWTS Invite; Wants To Remain Focused On Rehab

Nicolas Cage Signed For “Medallion”

Thora Birch Fired From Off-Broadway “Dracula” Revival

Leighton Meester Looks Overdressed

Natalie Portman: I Gained Twenty Pounds At Harvard


Hugh Jackman Injured In Botched “Oprah” Stunt



FOREIGNERS
Ciudad Juarez Drug War Death Toll Tops 3000
Riots Erupt In Rome As Berlusconi Survives No-Confidence Vote
Asylum Seekers Die After Boat Hits Rocks Off Christmas Island
PRC Readies Goodies For Pakis Ahead Of State Visit To India



BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: Reid Threatens To Extend Session Through January 5
Newsbusters: WaPo Fails To Publish Own Poll Showing Obamacare’s Record Unpopularity
Marginal Revolution: The Inequality That Matters
Legal Insurrection: Neither Necessary Nor Proper
Jawa Report: Our World – The Feminist Deception


— compiled by Wombat-socho

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