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LIVE AT FIVE – 07.04.11

Posted on | July 4, 2011 | 1 Comment

TOP NEWS
Thaksin’s Party Wins Landslide Victory In Thailand

Yingluck Shinawatra, head of the opposition Pheu Thai party, greets supporters

Exiled PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s sister leads his party to victory over the Army-backed Democracy Party, taking 264 of 500 seats in Thailand’s Parliament
Baht, Thai Stocks Rise On News




Oil Spill Outrages Montana Residents
Broken pipeline spills an estimated 42,000 gallons into the flooded Yellowstone River

Turkey Recognizes Libyan Rebels
Offers $200 million in aid



POLITICS
Joplin Takes A Break From Recovery Work To Celebrate Independence Day

Ruins of a house in Joplin

Beth Peacock, Joplin city parks:“We want to have one day without thinking about it. Tuesday’s going to be here soon enough.”

Deadly Storms Rip Through Minnesota, Wisconsin

Obama Faces A Less Friendly Iowa

At NEA Convention, Mixed Feelings About Obama

Bare-Headed Biker In Helmet Protest Crashes, Dies

Last Draftee Finally Retires

Inmate Sues Over Lack Of Porn In Jail



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
McDonald’s UAE Forms Venture To Manufacture Biodiesel From Recycled Vegetable Oil
Stocks, Euro Rise As Greece, PRC Risks Fade
Profit-Taking May Loom As Investors Eye Economic Data
Nestle In Talks To Buy PRC Candy Maker?
Massive Fire Destroys Kentucky Shopping Center
Unpaid Taxes Total $400 Billion, But Little Will To Collect It
Eager for Sales Taxes, Governments Let Fireworks Fly
Will NASA Brain Drain Follow Last Shuttle Launch?
Google+ Faces Off Against Facebook
At Retailers, iPad Faces New Foes



SPORTS
Branyan Dinger In Seventh Gives Angels 3-2 Win

Angels manager Mike Scioscia congratulates Russell Branyan, (R)

Win clinches Freeway Series against Dodgers

Sharks Trade Heatley To Wild For Havlat

Brewers Place Three On NL All-Stars

NY Times Sells Most Of Its Shares In Red Sox

Mariano Rivera Blows Save, Mets Win In 10th Inning

All-Star Rosters Announced

All Work, No Wins For Astros’ Lyle

Dodgers’ Furcal, Blake Exchange Places On DL

Welcome Back To The Comeback, Marlins

Two-Car Draft Gives Fans A Thrill At Daytona

Blowout By Bucs Further Dims Nationals’ Optimism



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Wills & Kate Pray For The Queen, Inspire Quebec City Youths

The Duchess and Duke of Cambridge

Well-wishers outnumber protesters 5:1
And She Can Cook!

Actor Andrew Keegan Tasered, Cuffed By Cops

Tom Cruise Is 49

Actor Jack Scalia Doesn’t Know What Happened To Money His 9/11 Charities Raised

Vinny Leaves “Jersey Shore” House For Good

Chord Overstreet Not Returning To “Glee”

Maria Shriver Files For Divorce

Jason Statham: “Killer Elite” Trailer

Prince Albert, Charlene Wittstock Wed In Outdoor Mass



FOREIGNERS
PRI Claims Victory In Mexico State
Syrian Troops Pull Back From Hama
France Split On A Strauss-Kahn Return To Politics
Mladic To Boycott War Crimes Hearing
PRC Mine Floods, 23 Miners Trapped
Senator McCain: ISI Ties With Taliban, Haqqani Network Must Be Acknowledged
US Envoy To Attempt Brokering Peaceful Division Of Sudan



BLOGS & STUFF
Troglopundit: First John Lennon, Now Bill Clinton?
Legal Insurrection: Dems Getting Punchy
PowerLine: A Tale Of Two Shutdowns
Weekly Standard: Obama’s Economists Say “Stimulus” Has Cost $278K Per Job
Outside The Beltway: Tim Pawlenty, The RC Cola Of Politicians?
Don Surber: Obama Effect Hits Tom Hanks
Blackfive: The Rocket’s Red Glare Of The Occasional Sortie
Moe Lane: Friends Don’t Let Friends Invoke Reagan Badly
Rush Limbaugh: The Americans Who Risked Everything

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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