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LIVE AT FIVE: 08.09.13

Posted on | August 9, 2013 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
US Orders Most Diplomats Out Of Lahore, Pakistan

US consulate in Lahore

Americans warned against traveling to Pakistan; not related to Eid embassy shutdown

Plane Full Of Weapons Crashes At Mogadishu Airport
Ethiopian Air Force plane in flames


Clinton, Oprah, Fourteen Others To Receive Medal Of Freedom
Others honored include Gloria Steinem, Ernie Banks



POLITICS
Boston Bomber’s Buddies From College Indicted

Dias Kadrbayev (L), Azamat Tazhayakov (C) accused of obstructing justice

Pair threw out evidence from Tsarnayev’s room

Protected Plates Give Growing Number Of Officials Green Light To Avoid Fines

Trent Lott Hospitalized


GAO Opens Investigation Of Planned Parenthood’s Use Of Taxpayer Money

Obama, Family Going On Eight-Day Martha’s Vineyard Vacation

NSA To Slash System Admins By 90 Percent To Limit Data Access

US Spending $772 Million On Aircraft Afghans Can’t Fly Or Maintain



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Rebounds After Sell-Off Sparked By Fed: NYMEX $104.19, Brent $107.15
PRC July Consumer Inflation Holds Steady
House Regulator Mulls Action On “Eminent Domain” Mortgage Seizures
Amex, Wells Fargo Team Up On Credit Card
Detroit Stymies Muni Bond Sales
McDonald’s July Sales Rise On New Menu Items
Just A Couple Of Quarters Left For J.C. Penney?
Silent Circle Follows Lavabit In Shuttering Encrypted E-Mail Service
Apple Turns Tables, Seeks Samsung Phone Ban
Bill Gates Throws Cold Water On Google’s Dream Of Connecting The World
How Facebook Is Already Profiting From Instagram
Amazon Says Oops, Chromecast Not Delayed After All



SPORTS
Max Scherzer First To 17 Wins As Tigers Rout Tribe

Tigers outfielders do the bump after Thursday’s rout of the Indians

Scherzer now 17-1; first Tiger to win 17 of his first 18 decisions

Peers Say Jim Leyland Best Manager In AL

Deal to Buy NJ Devils Expected To Close Before NHL Season Starts

Johnny Manziel Could Be Turning The Tide Toward Student Athletes, Not The NCAA

Tony Stewart Undergoes Second Surgery On Broken Leg

NCAA Gets Out Of The Jersey-Selling Business

Chen Gives Red Sox The Pops, Royals Win 5-1

Pirates Sweep Marlins With Extra-Inning Win

Phillies Rout Cubs 12-1

Blister Keeps Lincecum From Complete Game, Giants Win Anyway 4-1

Mets Edge Rockies 2-1

As Davey Johnson Nears The Exit, Mike Rizzo Has Decisions To Make



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Leah Remini’s Not Done With The Co$ Yet

Sticking it to the cult

Files missing person report with police on cult leader’s wife

Hello Sexy! Kate Upton On Becoming This Generation’s Bombshell

“Real World” Star, AIDS Activist Sean Sasser Dies, 44

Lily Collins, Jamie Bower Officially Broken Up

Inside Queen Latifah’s Empire

Amanda Bynes’ Parents Hoping Judge Extends Hospitalization


Katherine Heigl Eyeing Return To TV

Bruce Willis Allegedly Leaves “Expendables 3” After Not Getting $1 Million Per Day

Milla Jovovich From “Resident Evil” Joins Shakespeare Update “Cymbeline”

Kit Harrington Talks “Game Of Thrones” Season 4: “There’s A Lot Of Blood”

Farrah Abraham’s New Reality Show Axed Before It Even Begins

Check Out Matt Damon And George Clooney In “The Monuments Men” Trailer

Lady Gaga: Full Frontal In Weird Yoga Forest



FOREIGNERS
Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary Of A-Bombing
Burma Marks 25th Anniversary Of Peoples’ Uprising
British Charity Workers Rushed Home From Zanzibar After Acid Attack
Israel Shuts Eilat Airport After Egyptian Rocket Warning
Saudi Arabia Arrests Two Aspiring Suicide Bombers
Pope Francis Beefs Up Supervision Of Vatican Bank
ANC Youth League: Tutu Doesn’t Represent Views of South Africans
One Of Mafia’s Most Wanted Bosses Found Living Quietly In England
Chicoms Sack Top Economic Official; Expelled From Party, Will Be Prosecuted For Graft
Indian Defense Minister Antony Withdraws Remarks On LoC Killings, Pacifies Opposition


BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Economics 101 – A Bigger Story Than It Seems
Twitchy: Lapdogs Fess Up – AP Admits “Wrongly” Inserting Words To Cover Obama Gaffe
Legal Insurrection: MAD About Him
Weekly Standard Blog: McConnell Campaign Manager – “I’m Holding My Nose” Until Rand Paul Campaign
Hit & Run: Jesse Benton Responds To Taped Fonecon Questioning His Loyalty To McConnell
Gateway Pundit: Fox News Shakeup – Megyn Kelly Moves To Primetime
Andrew Stuttaford: Talking To Putin (Or Not)
Ed Driscoll: At Last, MSNBC Finds Suitable Replacement For Keith Olbermann
Atlas Shrugs: Federal Reserve Jihad Plotter Blames Plot On Childhood Stammer, Unfaithful Girlfriend
Allahpundit: Slate Won’t Use Redskins’ Name Any More, Nobody Cares
American Thinker: Destroying Football Is The Left’s Endgame
Rush Limbaugh: ObamaCare Cannot Work (By Design)
Paul Bedard: IRS Agent Says Agency Still Targeting Tea Party Groups
Megan McArdle: We Are All Going To Pension Hell
Jihad Watch: Fort Hood Shooter Allowed to Represent Himself
JustOneMinute: CNN Joins The Choom Gang
The Jawa Report: Some Really Cool UK Muslims Rip Anjem Choudhary A New One


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