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LIVE AT FIVE – 02.10.12

Posted on | February 10, 2012 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
West Offers Only Words As Syria Killing Rages On

Wounded men are seen in the Sunni Muslim district of Bab Amro in Homs

Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignores calls to halt the slaughter
U.S. Looks To Turkey To Take Point On Supporting Syrian Rebels

$25 Billion Pact Reached With Five Banks
Settlement doesn’t apply to 50% of mortgages

Cardinal George Throws Down The Gauntlet
Chicago archbishop blasts Obama Administration contraception mandate in letter to be read from pulpits this Sunday



POLITICS
New Jersey, Nine Other States Get Waivers From “No Child Left Behind”

Secretary of Education Duncan applauds before the President announces which states get NCLB waivers

States pursued greater accountability, improvements in their schools

Chairman Of House Financial Services Committee Under Investigation For Insider Trading

U.S. Allows More Combat-Related Jobs For Women

First Lady Fights Obesity In Iowa, But Overweight Kids are Few There

Democrats Propose Six-Week Cut In Jobless Benefits

Giffords Aide Will Seek Her Seat

Romney Glitter Bomb Suspect Fired From Job, Could Face Jail Time



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Weakens As Dollar Gains
Gold Weighed Down By Stronger Dollar Despite Margin Cut
German Bunds Rise For First Time In Four Days As EU Withholds Greek Aid
European Stocks Fall
A Bear Lurks Behind Chines New Year Data Skew
Emerging Market Stocks Fall From Six-Month High On Greece, PRC Concerns
Kodak Shutters Camera Business
First New U.S. Reactors In Decades Approved
Tesla Motors’ Gull-Winged Model X SUV Debuts
Hasbro, Zynga Team Up
Videogame Designers Use Crowd-sourced Funding For New Project
Google’s GDrive Reportedly To Launch As Less-Pricy Dropbox Rival
Windows 8 On ARM (WOA) To Include Office Apps For Tablets
Foxconn Hacked In Factory Conditions Protest



SPORTS
Gasol’s Double-Double Pushes Lakers Past Celtics

Lakers' Pau Gasol shoots over the Celtics' Jermain O'Neal

Boston falls in OT, 88-87

NYC In Grip Of “Linsanity” But Jerseys Nowhere To Be Found

Rockets Use Strong Bench Effort To Down Suns, 96-89

Rangers Beat Lightning 4-3 In OT

Gonzaga Thrashes #13 St. Mary’s 73-59, Back In WCC Hunt

Tennessee State Upsets #9 Murray State 72-68

Blues Stick It To Devils, Win 4-3 On Shootout


Oil Can Boyd Admits To Doing Coke

An Amazin’ Tweet! Mets GM Alderson Pleads Poverty

Australia Leads Sri Lanka In Third ODI Match: 231 (all out) to 65/2 out

Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) Whines About Nats’ “Take Back The Park” Plan



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Halle Berry Wants Out Of U.S. Due To Death Threats

Halle Berry

Crazed stalkers and a baby daddy lackadaisical about security – who wouldn’t want to shift the scene?

Kris Jenner: The New Face Of Lube


Ellen Barkin To Co-Star In NBC Comedy Pilot

JWoww, Snooki Spin Into Jersey City After Being Kicked To The Curb In Hoboken

Demi Moore Seeks Help From Deepak Chopra
Can’t wait to see the Crack Emcee‘s take on this.

Reese Witherspoon Would Love To Have More Kids



FOREIGNERS
Greeks Strike Deal On Austerity Package, Lenders Remain Skeptical
Syria Bombs Aleppo As Tanks Line Up Outside Homs (Live Updates)
Pakistan Turmoil Expected After PM’s Contempt Appeal Rejected
The Maldives Sink Into Instability
CINC CENTCOM Headed For Pakistan To Mend Fences
Decoding Obama’s Iran Policy
Judge Garzon Convicted, Suspended From Court For 11 Years
PRC’s Anti-Gang Police Chief Placed On “Stress Leave”
Rio Police Vote For Strike One Day Before Carnival
Bungled Conservation Effort Kills South African Rhino



BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: Internal WH Debate On Contraception Mandate Proves Obama No Kind Of Moderate
Shot In The Dark: The Not-So-Paper Bull?
Powerline: Is 2012 Slipping Away From The GOP?
Allahpundit: Santorum Blows Past Gingrich In Pennsylvania, Leads Romney By One
Philip Klein: How Romney Could Fail To Get Enough Delegates
Professor Bainbridge: Obama Versus The Bishops
NRO Bench Memos: Linda Greenhouse Doesn’t Understand RFRA Or The Free Exercise Clause
AmSpecBlog: No Waiver For Thee
Gateway Pundit: Breaking Ranks – Ben Nelson Calls Obama’s Mandate “Bone-Headed”
Troglopundit: Labor Unions Pushing Wisconsin Recall Candidates To Promise Really Stupid Things


SOTD: Until The Night

Category: Live at Five

Comments

7 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 02.10.12”

  1. Sticker of the day « Don Surber
    February 10th, 2012 @ 6:31 am

    […] Robert Stacy McCain. […]

  2. Adjoran
    February 10th, 2012 @ 6:44 am

    Wow, how did states get waivers from NCLB when the bill authorized nothing of the sort?

    It’s like we don’t need no stinking laws, we have the dictator to tell us what to freakin’ do.

  3. Anonymous
    February 10th, 2012 @ 9:21 am

     Laws are for people that ain’t got a clout.

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