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LIVE AT FIVE – 12.20.10

Posted on | December 20, 2010 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 12.20.10

TOP NEWS
ROK Prepares For Live Fire Artillery Exercises Near Border With Norks

ROK Marines patrol Yeonpyeong Island before exercises

Predictably, Norks threaten to retaliate, hold breath until they turn blue, etc.; equally predictably, PRC uninterested in getting the brats to STFU

For Gay Rights, Is DADT Repeal The End Or The Beginning?
You get one guess.




GOP Leadership Digs In To Oppose New START Treaty
McConnell, Kyl ask : What’s the big rush?



POLITICS
Senate Nears Deal On Continuing Resolution

Pushing back the budget debate to March 2011

GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to fund government though next fiscal year

President Reaches Out To Mend Fences With Liberal Base



Florida, Texas Likely To Gain Clout In House



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Stocks Fall, Won Slumps, Dollar Gains On News Of ROK Exercises
Shoppers Crowd The Malls In Christmas Countdown
America Gets Ringside Seat For Lunar Eclipse
Oracle Applications Now Available In Amazon’s EC2 Cloud



SPORTS
Eagles Pull Off A Comeback For The Ages

Eagles QB Michael Vick

Down 24-3 at the half, Eagles stun Giants with 38-31 victory

Royals Deal Greinke & Betancourt To Brewers For Escobar And Three Prospects

Lady Huskies Match Legendary UCLA Mens’ Streak With 88th Straight Win

Patriots Pick Up Sixth Straight Against Packers (Video)

Steelers Crippled By Penalties, Fall To Jets 22-17

Titans Snap Six-Game Skid, Beat Texans 31-17



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Demi Lovato’s Rep: Sex Tape Rumors “Disgusting”

Allegedly Demi Lovato

Rep blasts media for spreading unsubstantiated rumors

Clay Aiken Finds Himself A New BF

Neil Patrick Harris Twitters Insults At Eric Braeden

Nicolette Sheridan Drops Lawsuit Against Former Employers



FOREIGNERS
Airlines Warn Against Travel To Snowbound Britain
Belarus President Wins By A Landslide, Riots Erupt
Violence Continues In Ivory Coast Over Disputed Election
Oil Thieves Blamed For Pipeline Blast In Mexico: 27 Dead



BLOGS & STUFF
Ed Morrissey: Pop Culture References A Futile Mask For Reid’s Incompetence
Chicago Boyz: Sending The New York Times Back To School
Jawa Report: IDF Finds Boy Of American Female Tourist
Blackfive: To Take A Coined Phrase…
Jammie Wearing Fool: King Abdullah To Relocate Ground Zero Mosque To West Side?


— compiled by Wombat-socho

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