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LIVE AT FIVE – 04.29.11

Posted on | April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

TOP NEWS
Dozens Of Tornadoes Ravage South, Nearly 300 Dead

Forest Lake neighborhood of Tuscaloosa Alabama: completely destroyed

Alabama hardest hit with 131 confirmed deaths

Can New CIA Chief Petraeus Be Objective In Judging His Own Work?
CIA, DIA agree that official progress estimates too rosy


Nine State Attorneys General Urge NLRB To Drop Boeing Complaint
SC Attorney General Alan Wilson: “Our states are trying to emerge from one of the worst economic collapses since the Depression…Your complaint further impairs an economic recovery.”



POLITICS
Governor Perry Accuses Obama Of Ignoring Texas

Texas Governor Rick Perry

State’s requests for disaster designation due to wildfires ignored, though some help from FEMA has arrived

President Rules Out Implementing Immigration Reform By Executive Order

Florida Supreme Court Overhaul Hits Resistance In State Senate

Wikileaks Suspect To Be Confined With Other Leavenworth Inmates



Groupon Rejects “Apprentice” Ads After Complaints

California Assembly Approves Bill To Disincorporate City Riddled With Corruption



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Stocks Extend Multiyear Highs On Fed Plans To Keep Interest Rates Low
RIM Cuts Profit Forecast As Blackberry Demand Falls Short
US GDP Growth Slows To 1.8%, Unexpected Jump In Jobless Rate
Microsoft 3Q Earnings Up 31%
Silver Pops, Gold Surges On Inflation Fears
Budget Cuts Pull Plug On SETI Listening Posts (Video)
Motorola Xoom vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7: A Study In Usability
HP starts Work On $2.5B NASA Contract



SPORTS
NFL Commissioner Booed At Draft

The Carolina Panthers' new rookie QB, Cam Newton

Also, some guy from Auburn picked first by the Panthers

NFL Tells Teams, Players It’s OK To Go Back To Work

Lakers Swat Hornets, Advance To Second Round




Hawks Beat Magic, Advance To East Semifinals

On To Round 2 Of The Stanley Cup Playoffs After A Wild First Round

Forty Million Billion Guys Drafted By Various NFL Teams
seriously, I couldn’t care less



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“Mad Men” Star January Jones Going To Be A Mom

January Jones


Expecting in the fall

Chuck Lorre Hatches “Two And A Half Men” Reboot Sans Sheen…

…Or Will Show Simply Be Axed?

Meredith Vieira To Leave “Today” In June

Duchess Of York Asked To Keep Low Profile During Wedding

Richie Sambora Checking Into Rehab




Jeremy Renner Forms Production Company, Developing Steve McQueen Biopic

The Smiths’ Morrissey: “Royals Are Benefit Scroungers”
…and that’s pretty much the extent of our wedding coverage.



FOREIGNERS
Syrian Ba’ath Party Members Quit; Army Defections Reported
Fourteen Killed In Moroccan Cafe Blast
Four Protesters Sentenced To Death In Bahrain For Killing Police; Three Others Given Life Sentences
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Latest To Take Earnings Hit From TEPCO Disaster
“Papa Boys” Celebrate Pope John Paul II’s Beatification
Germany Expects Influx Of Polish Workers
Israeli Officials Urge Energy Independence After Egyptian Gas Pipeline Explosion



BLOGS & STUFF
American Power: Birther-Mania!
Michelle Malkin: Obama Lied, Transparency Died Part 9,999
Power Line: Facts About Oil
Cubachi: Rand Paul To Donald Trump – Prove You’re A Republican
Chicks On The Right: Hey Animal Carers! Seen Any Free Roaming Animals Lately?
Gateway Pundit: Foul-Mouthed Far Left Thugs Disrupt Another Allen West Town Hall (Video)
Nikki Haley: Obama’s Silence On Boeing Is Unacceptable
Tim Pawlenty: The Federal Government Vs. Job Creation
Marco Rubio: How Obama Must Respond To The Massacre In Syria
Rush Limbaugh: Populism Is Not Conservatism
Atlas Shrugs: A Great Idea

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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