LIVE AT FIVE – 12.15.10
Posted on | December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Apparently mere warnings weren’t enough for some zoomies
Doctors And Other Health Care Workers On Strike In Ciudad Juarez
More security demanded in wake of recent kidnappings
Senate Republicans Blast Spending Bill Over Earmarks
McConnell: “This is exactly what the American people said…they did not want us to do.”
POLITICS
Emanuel Gets A Grilling From Chicagoans Who Don’t Think He Qualifies As One Of Them
Questions arise from tax return, auto registration, other documents that seem to establish residence in Washington, not Chicago
Patrick Proposes $1.5 Billion In Cuts To Massachusetts Budget
Gay Veterans File Reinstatement Suit
Marine Commandant Suggests Repeal of DADT Could Lead To More Casualties
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Dollar Gains As Yields On T-Bills Rise, Fed Claims Economy Continues To Recover
Fed Keeps Rates Low, Continues To Buy Bonds
Head Of KC Fed Goes Out With Perfect Streak Of Dissents; Accuses Bernanke Policy Of Sparking Inflation, Asset Bubbles
Yahoo! Cuts 600 Employees, 4% Of Work Force
Microsoft To Open Its Tablet Apps To All Comers
Encourages software makers to write and sell software for Win7 tablets themselves, unlike another tablet maker we could name
Little Spacecraft That Could Continues To Report As It Approaches Outer Limits Of The Solar System
SPORTS
Lee’s Going Back To the Phillies: Five Years, $120 Million
That’s not a pitching rotation. That’s a firing squad.
Flyers End Pens’ 12-Game Streak With Power Play Goal
Nyets Score Two First-Round Picks In Three-Way Deal With Rockets, Lakers
What’s Causing Ravens’ Fourth-Quarter Woes?
Sixers Finally Win Another One On The Road
Devils Put Veteran Winger Rolston On Waivers
Will Muschamp Introduced As New Gators Coach
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Gentlemen, Scarlett Johansson’s Back On The Market
Splits up with Ryan Reynolds after two years
Lindsay Turns Down DWTS Invite; Wants To Remain Focused On Rehab
Nicolas Cage Signed For “Medallion”
Thora Birch Fired From Off-Broadway “Dracula” Revival
Leighton Meester Looks Overdressed
Natalie Portman: I Gained Twenty Pounds At Harvard
Hugh Jackman Injured In Botched “Oprah” Stunt
FOREIGNERS
Ciudad Juarez Drug War Death Toll Tops 3000
Riots Erupt In Rome As Berlusconi Survives No-Confidence Vote
Asylum Seekers Die After Boat Hits Rocks Off Christmas Island
PRC Readies Goodies For Pakis Ahead Of State Visit To India
BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: Reid Threatens To Extend Session Through January 5
Newsbusters: WaPo Fails To Publish Own Poll Showing Obamacare’s Record Unpopularity
Marginal Revolution: The Inequality That Matters
Legal Insurrection: Neither Necessary Nor Proper
Jawa Report: Our World – The Feminist Deception
— compiled by Wombat-socho