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LIVE AT FIVE – 1.13.11

Posted on | January 13, 2011 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 1.13.11

TOP NEWS
President Asks For Words That Heal, Not Words That Wound

The President hugs Mark Kelly, Congressman Giffords' husband

Calls for moderation in the ongoing political debate

Extra Police Sent In As Flood Death Toll Continues To Rise
Police will patrol vast flooded areas in Brisbane, Ipswich

Sarah Palin Breaks Silence, Accuses Critics Of “Blood Libel”
Predictable whining from media, leftist Jews ensues

At Least 270 Dead In Brazil From Flooding, Landslides
Heavy rains trigger lethal landslides in mountain towns near Rio



POLITICS
Quinn Refuses To Be Pinned Down On Illinois Death Penalty Repeal

GOP State Senators listen during Tuesday's debate

Mayor Daley’s agin’ it

Neighboring States Gleeful Over Illinois Tax Increase

Mississippi Governor Barbour Pushes For Civil Rights Museum

Man Arrested After Threatening Rep. McDermott

Border Patrol Agent Arrested For Harboring Illegals, Including His Father

Supremes Approve B&E In Pot Cases

NJ Governor Christie Eyes Ending Teacher Tenure

AP Suit Against Shepard Fairey Settled

Va. Governor McDonnell Pushes For Spending On Roads, Businesses; Seeks Privatization Of State Liquor Stores



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Merit-Pay Pressure On UAW Rising
Home Foreclosures Top 1 Million Per Year For First Time
Heating Oil Rises To 27-Month High On New England Snowstorm; Gasoline Falls
2010 PC Sales Slow, Hurt By Tablets
Sony Takes PS3 Hackers To Court
News Corp Looks At Sale, Spinoff, Or Merger Of MySpace



SPORTS
Kitchen Leads Seminoles To 66-61 Upset Of #1 Duke

FSU's Chris Singleton puts up a shot over Duke's Ryan Kelly

Florida State’s defense good enough to put Coach K’s Blue Devils off their game, end Duke’s 25-game win streak

Patriots Shrug Off Jets’ Trash Talk

Thunder Hold Off Rockets For First Win In Houston Since 2005

Jazz Outgun Knicks, 131-125

Another Shutout For Crawford As Hawks Top Avs 4-0

Doc Rivers Now Third On Celtics Wins List


LeBron James Tweaks Horrible Cavaliers



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Golden-Voiced Ted Williams Entering Rehab, Sez Dr. Phil

Ted Williams - golden-voiced bottle jockey?

Long one-on-one with celebrity doc convinces Ted to dry out

Camille Implies Kelsey Likes To Cross-Dress

David Fincher Gets The Girl (With The Dragon Tattoo)

Brett Favre’s Sister Arrested In Meth Bust

DA Not Dropping Lindsay’s Betty Ford Incident

Next Up For Kiefer: Internet Series!



FOREIGNERS
Haiti Mourns Dead, Looks Ahead
Lebanon’s Government Collapses After Hezbollah, Allies Pull Out
Protests Spread To Tunisian Capital, Curfew Invoked
Ivory Coast Racked By Clashes For Second Day
Kuwaiti PM Visits Iraq For First Time Since First Gulf War
Japanese PM’s Wife Publicly Mocks Husband As Form Of Tough Love



BLOGS & STUFF
Big Government: Alan Dershowitz Defends Sarah Palin’s Use Of “Blood Libel”
Ramesh Ponnuru: Poolside Fight
Atlas Shrugs: Lawsuit Filed To Stop Ground Zero Mosque
Allahpundit: Palin Getting Death Threats At Unprecedented Levels
Hit & Run: The Assassin Who Would Save America From The Extreme Right
Pirate’s Cove: WaPo Offers Up Complete Lies About Wake County School Integration Policy

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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