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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.05.11

Posted on | May 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

TOP NEWS
Signs Point To Pakistan/Al-Qaeda Link

Not hiding in a cave after all, eh?

Suspicion Falls On Pakistani Intel Service; Links Between ISI and Other Muslim Terrorist Groups Cited; Did ISI Factions Help OBL Hide In Plain Sight?


First GOP Presidential Debate Missing Key Players
Tim Pawlenty only participant regarded as serious contender

Engineers To Blow Third Hole In Levee As Floods Worsen
This year’s flood could be worse than the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927



POLITICS
House Passes Restrictive Antiabortion Measure

Rep. Christopher James, R-NJ, the bill's sponsor

Bill would codify Hyde Amendment, deny tax credits and deductions for abortions except in rare cases

Romney Still Dominant In NH, Poll Says

Wolves Taken Off Endangered List In Idaho, Montana

Suspect In 2010 Mosque Bombing Killed In Oklahoma

Deficit Reduction Talks Face Roadblocks

Secure Communities Program Meets With Strange Resistance

California Income Tax Revenue Running $2.3 Billion Ahead Of Projections



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Renren ADRs Surge 30% In NYSE Debut
US Stocks Fall, Pressured By Weak Economic Data, Earnings
Government Motors Recalls 2011 Cruze To Inspect Steering Column
Treasury To Reach Debt Limit Next Week With $72 Billion Bond Sale
Fed Ready To Fight Inflation, But Not Yet
Freddie Mac Reports $676 Million Profit, Won’t Seek Aid From Treasury
Apple iOS Update Fixes Location “Bug”
Lawsuit Accuses Apple, Others Of Fixing Workers’ Pay
Barnes & Noble Plans Launch Of New E-book Reader



SPORTS
Justice Department Has Questions About The BCS

NCAA president Mark Emmert

Justice may launch antitrust probe of NCAA; Emmert says of college presidents wanted playoffs they’d have one by now

Noah Leads Bulls Past Hawks 86-73


Hudson Pitches One-Hitter To Give Braves Sweep

MLB: Dodgers’ Financial Woes All McCourt’s Doing

Lightning Sweeps Caps As Bruins, Sharks Take 3-0 Leads

Athletic “D” Has Celtics Stuck In Miani’s Vise



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Marie Osmond Remarries First Husband

Marie Osmond and Stephen Craig

Reunited almost 30 years after first marriage in 1982

Jesse James’ Douchebag Tour Continues

Superman Actor To Marry Showjumper

Jackie Cooper Dead At 88



Oprah Saving Biggest Star For Last Show

A New Show For Charlie Sheen?

Kelly Preston To Play John Travolta’s Wife In Gotti Movie



FOREIGNERS
Palestinian Pact Shows Effect Of “Arab Spring” On Hamas
Irish PM Promises Bailout Rates Deal
EU Moves To Tighten Controls In The Schengen Zone
Assad Increasingly Reliant On Alawite Power Base
World Loses Last WW1 Vet with Death Of Perth Digger Claude Choules
France Mulls Faster Exit From Afghanistan After Bin Laden’s Death
Ivorian Troops Retake Pro-Gbagbo Area Of Abidjan
Thai-Cambodian Border Crossing Reopens As Fighting Dies Down



BLOGS & STUFF
American Power: Reuters Releases Pix From Osama Raid
Weasel Zippers: CIA Director Panetta – On Second Thought, There Was No Live Footage Of The Raid
Bookworm Room: The Administration’s Cloud Of Confusion Explained
Michelle Malkin: Photo Ops
Blackfive: Back To Being A Wuss – No OBL Picture
Lonely Conservative: GOP Calls On Administration To Drop Investigation Of CIA Operatives
Maggie’s Notebook: Remember John Yoo, Jay Bybee, And Torture Memos?
Jawa Report: Human Rights Watch Condemns Bin Laden Killing – Odious Moral Equivalence
NRO Corner: Giving Up On Medicare? Not So Fast


— compiled by Wombat-socho

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