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LIVE AT FIVE – 1.21.11

Posted on | January 21, 2011 | 8 Comments

TOP NEWS
House GOP Seeking To Cut Budget Back to 2008 Levels

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

Republican Study Committee proposes cut to 2006 budget levels over the next decade

Surprise Over Nork Offer Of High-Level Military Talks
Also, PRC warned to rein in Norks

Obama Moving Political Offices To Chicago
First moves to start up re-election campaign already underway



POLITICS
Feds Make Record Mob Sweep

Hundreds arrested throughout the Northeastern states


Largest roundup in organized crime history

Gulf War Symposium Draws Thousands to Texas A&M



Kennedy Center Opens JFK Commemoration

Liberal Group Common Cause Whines About Scalia, Thomas Not Recusing Themselves



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Google’s Eric Schmidt To Cash Out With $335 Million Stock Sale
Walmart, First Lady Team Up For Healthier Groceries Initiative
SEC To Require Disclosures On Asset-Backed Bonds
Verizon Challenges FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
Are Android Tablets Vapor? Or Just Not Here?
Breakthrough In Navy Laser Weapon Technology



SPORTS
Red Wings Sign Evgeni Nabokov

Last year, Nabokov and the Sharks knocked Detroit out of the playoffs

Red Wings now wait to see if the former Sharks goalie clears NHL waivers

Brady’s Foot Surgery A Success

Bulls Defeat Mavs In Defensive Struggle, 82-77


Stars Beat Oilers 4-2 For Record 8th Road Win

Nyets GM Apologizes To Team For Carmelo Anthony Trade Talks



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Swift & Gyllenhaal: Together Again?

Jake & Taylor: why would she?

Maybe not: onlooker says couple were “cordial, but not affectionate”.

Clint Eastwood To Direct Beyonce In “A Star Is Born”

Britney Shows Fierce New Look In “Hold It Against Me” Video

Ke$ha’s Big Lie

Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Saddam Hussein In “The Dictator”

“American Idol” Premiere Ratings: Biggest Drop Yet



FOREIGNERS
Israel To Disconnect Gaza From Infrastructure Grid
Over 700 Dead, Hundreds Still Missing In Brazilian Landslides
Baroness Warsi: Tory Party Chair Is First Muslim Woman To Become UK Cabinet Minister
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Running Out Of Cash As Sanctions Bite Down On Ivorian Economy



BLOGS & STUFF
Greg Mankiw: Give Me $1 Billion To Cut The Deficit
Fausta: One Million Jobs Went To Aliens, Most of Them Illegal
Megan McArdle: Department Of Awful Statistics
Liberty Pundits: ABC News Needs To Shut Up About Rush

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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