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LIVE AT FIVE – 2.17.11

Posted on | February 17, 2011 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 2.17.11

TOP NEWS
Borders Enters Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Borders enters a new chapter after 40 years in business

Plans to close 30% of stores nationwide

Governor Christie: Feds Need To Emulate New Jersey
Cut spending, treat voters like adults, show leadership


Scott Brown Describes Harsh Childhood
Beatings, sexual abuse


POLITICS
Wisconsin Public Workers Take To The Streets In Protest

Either Walker breaks the unions, or they'll break Wisconsin

10,000 union members rally to protest against Governor Walker’s reform measures

House Axes Backup Fighter Engine The Pentagon Didn’t Want

New White House Press Secretary Takes Stage (Video)

Bipartisan Senate Group Works On Deficit Plan

Florida’s Governor Scott Rejects High-Speed Rail Money



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Dell Leads Rally In Tech Stocks
Singapore Warns Of Higher Inflation
Nikkei Index Hits Nine-Month High On Earnings, Mergers
Google One Pass Aims To Kneecap Apple’s App Store With Better Deal For Publishers
Expect Nokia Windows Phones In 2012, Says Chairman
Sun Emits Most Powerful Solar Flare In Four Years



SPORTS
Cavaliers Avenge Previous 55-Point Loss, Stun Staggering Lakers

Kobe Bryants drives the lane against the Cavs' Antawn Johnson

Third straight loss for Lakers comes at hands of NBA’s worst team

Pujols On Contract Talk Suspension: “We Strongly Feel This Is The Best Course Of Action”

Earnhardt Wrecks Car In Practice, Will Start Daytona 500 From Back

Blackhawks Coach Quenneville Hospitalized

Slump Continues, But Ailing Stars Confident They Can Bounce Back

Clayton Kershaw Gets Nod As Dodgers’ Opening Day Starter



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Charlie Sheen Does The Dan Patrick Show

Who is this cleancut young man?

Clarifies remarks on “Two And A Half Men”, offers advice to Lindsay Lohan – Y RLY

Nicole Richie Tells Sheen To Get Clean On “The View”

The Deep Thoughts Of Justin Bieber In Rolling Stone

Diane Kruger In GQ


Seinfeld’s Uncle Leo Dies; Len Lesser Felled By Pneumonia At  88

Michael Vick Bails On Oprah Interview

Adrianne Palicki To Star As NBC’s Wonder Woman



FOREIGNERS
Bahrain’s Main Opposition Group Claims 2 Dead After Riot Police Attack Demonstration
Activists Call For “Day Of Anger” In Libya
North Korean Defector Walks Through DMZ Minefields To Freedom As Norks Celebrate “Dear Leader”‘s 69th Birthday
India Attempts Damage Control In Wake Of Corruption Scandals
Netanyahu To Nasrallah: Stay In Your Bunker (Video)



BLOGS & STUFF
Atlas Shrugs: US To Rebuke Israel At UN
Dan Riehl: Coulter Gets Christie Love But Loses Credibility
Michelle Malkin: Watch Wisconsin
Rasmussen: 55% Say Obama’s Budget Doesn’t Cut Enough
Cubachi: Jim DeMint Goes After The Muppet Lobby
Confederate Yankee: Alternet Doubles Down On Bigoted Accusation That Black Conservatives Are Race Traitors

JihadWatch: Spencer On Qaradawi – Egypt’s New Hitler
Professor Bainbridge: UC Davis Religious Discrimination Definition Discriminated Against Christians

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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