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LIVE AT FIVE – 1.11.11

Posted on | January 11, 2011 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 1.11.11

TOP NEWS
Commentators Rush To Blame Media For Loughner’s Murders

Meanwhile, the Lamestream Media blames Sarah Palin.

And pious blathering about “violent rhetoric” focuses only on the Right.

South Sudan goes to the polls
Most observers think secession’s a done deal




Tom DeLay Sentenced To Three Years For Money Laundering, Free On Appeal Bond
“I can’t be remorseful for something I think I didn’t do”



POLITICS
Brown’s Budget For California: “Honest” And “Very Painful”?

Governor Jerry Brown presents his budget

Budget cuts $12.5 billion in spending, raises taxes, and cuts state salaries 8-10%

Arrest Made In Threat Against Senator Bennet’s Staff




Limbaugh: Democrats Sought To Profit From Loughner’s Murders

Illinois Governor Quinn: “We Will Pay Our Bills”



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Alcoa Shines As Aluminum Prices Rise
Hef Buys Back The Bunny: Founder Of Playboy To Take Company Private In $207 Million Deal
Merger Of Duke, Progress Energy Would Create U.S. Largest Utility
NASA Ames’ Kepler Mission Finds First Rocky Exoplanet
“World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm” Sells 4.7 Million In First Month



SPORTS
Rockets Still Trying To Trade For Anthony

Chancey Billups and Carmelo Anthony: soon to be ex-Nuggets?

No deals until the deadline?

Penalties And Scandals Highlight Irregular College Football Season

Penguins Squander Lead, Fall 4-2 To Bruins

Rangers Trade Rozsival To Coyotes For Wolski


Petersen Intrigued By Stanford But Stays At Boise State

Wings Goalie Osgood Out 6-8 Weeks With Injured Groin

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Owen Wilson’s Going To Be A Dad!

Owen Wilson

Pregnant GF Jade Duell in Hawaii, where she plans to give birth

Scarlett “Devastated” By Ryan & Sandra’s Rebound Romance

‘Tis best to be off with the old love, before one is on with the new, eh, Scarlett?

Jake Gyllenhall Praises, Teases Pregnant Natalie Portman

Britney’s New Single “Hold It Against Me” Leaks To Internet A Day Early

How Caroline Kennedy And Maria Shriver Shivved “The Kennedys” Miniseries

Giada DeLaurentiis Embraces Traditional Roles Of Wife And Mom



FOREIGNERS
Eight Killed, 72 Missing As Australian Floods Continue

Bhutto Pledges To Defend Pakistan’s Minorities, Condemns Those Who Praised Slain Governor’s Assassin

ROK Rejects Nork Dialogue Offer As Ploy To Get Aid Restarted
Spanish PM Zapatero Says Basque Terrorists’ Offer Of Permanent Truce Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Ouattara Offers Unity Government If Gbagbo Steps Down



BLOGS & STUFF
The Cholla Jumps: Jared Loughner Is A Product Of Sheriff Dupnik’s Office
See also Atlas Shrugs.
Legal Insurrection: What David Frum Needed To Say
Michelle Malkin: The Progressive Climate Of Hate – An Illustrated Primer
Protein Wisdom: Hillary Must Go

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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