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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.16.11

Posted on | May 16, 2011 | 7 Comments

TOP NEWS
Euro Slumps To Seven-Month Low As IMF Head Arrested

Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves an NYPD precinct for court

Not the first time Strauss-Kahn has had female trouble, either; chances of defeating Sarkozy as Socialist candidate next April now pretty much zero unless he’s cleared of rape charges


Lebanon Complains To UN After Border Protests Result In Ten Dead, 112 Wounded
Palestinians shot while trying to climb border fence during Nakba protests

Pakistan/US Relationship At Crossroads, Kerry Warns
Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee sets positive tone despite mutual suspicion, recriminations over Bin Laden raid



POLITICS
Gingrich Calls GOP Medicare Plan “Too Radical”

Former speaker appears on Meet The Depressed

“I don’t think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering.” Wait, what?

Scott Brown Chalks Up DiMasi Charges To One-Party Corruption

Colorado Redistricting Effort Tripped Up By 4th CD Hurdle

Obama Warns Of New Financial Crisis If Debt Limit Not Raised

Jerry Brown Not Giving Up On Tax Hikes To Balance California Budget

Does Romney Think Big Government Is Good For Business?



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Euro Zone To Back Portugal Bailout, With New Caveats
European Stocks Open Lower
Teva Buys Generics Maker Taiyo
Nikkei Hits One-Month Low
Amazon’s EC2 Cloud Service Fueled Playstation Network Attack
Endeavour Fueled For Next-To-Last Shuttle Launch
Why Nook Color Tablet May Find A Niche



SPORTS
Heat Flounder As LeBron Struggles Against Bulls

LeBron James argues with a ref in the fourth quarter

Miami goes down in flames 103-89

A Rotten Time For Jorge Posada As The Yankees Core Ages

Police: Kenya’s Marathon Champ Jumps To His Death



Carl Crawford A Pro To The 8th Degree

Astros To Announce Sale Of Team Today

Sharks Collapse In Second Half Of Game One

 



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Pippa Hits Madrid With Her Old Flame And The Girls

¿Excúseme, de dónde es la barra?

Clubbing!

Tamera Mowry Gets Married

Ex-MTV VJ Sued: “He Used Me For My PlayStation!”
Is that what the cool kids are calling it these days?

Mariah Carey Turned In Drinking In The Hospital?



“Jersey Shore” Cast Takes Italy By Storm

Botox Mom Investigated By CPS After “Good Morning America” Interview



FOREIGNERS
British Defense Chiefs Want NATO To Step Up Attacks In Libya
Eight Killed In Syrian Crackdown Near Lebanese Border
27 Killed In Guatemala Massacre Near Mexican Border
Zurich Voters Reject Ban On Assisted Suicide
Saudi Diplomat Killed In Pakistan
Abbott: Australian Labor Party “At War With Itself”
Tunisia Arrests Al-Qaeda Bombers
Muslim/Coptic Clashes Flare Up Again In Egypt



BLOGS & STUFF
Atlas Shrugs: Israel Under Attack
Abu Muqawama: Just Another Sunday In The Levant
Samizdata.net: France In Disarray, Perhaps, But Why Disbelief?
Power Line: Paper Turns Thumbs Down On Obama’s Stimulus
National Review: Newt Tacks Left
Paul Ryan: The Budget Debate All Americans Deserve
NewsBusters: ThinkProgress Falsely Accuses Ron Paul Of Comparing Social Security, Medicare To Slavery
J. Christian Adams: Senate GOP Embarrasses Dems Over Boeing
Lonely Conservative: Union Whistleblowers Beaten, Threatened

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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