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LIVE AT FIVE – 07.01.11

Posted on | July 1, 2011 | 2 Comments

TOP NEWS
Senate Cancels July 4 Recess

President pauses for thought during Tuesday's press conference

Senate returns to work July 5 as debt ceiling looms

Abortion Provider Sues To Halt New Kansas Clinic Rules
Seeks Federal injunction against state’s new abortion clinic regulations


Chavez Admits To Having Cancerous Tumor Removed
Still under treatment in Cuba for “diverse cells”



POLITICS
Fire Menacing Los Alamos Lab Grows To Record Size

Sunset through smoke of the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos

Nearly 93,000 acres of pine forest burned so far

Michelle Obama Hits Boston Up For Re-Election Cash

Minnesota State Gov’t Shuts Down As Budget Talks Fail; No Special Session Planned

Romney Keeps Sights On Obama, Economy

Unfunny Dork Gets Vanity PAC Approved; FEC Also Limits Candidates’ Donations To “Super PACs”

Gov. Huntsman Raises $4.1 Million In First Days Of Campaigning

SecDef Gates Retires, Gets Medal Of Freedom As Parting Gift

Obama Whines About Tone Of Early Campaigning



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Geithner Quashes Departure Rumors
BOJ Quarterly Survey Shows Japan’s Manufacturers Still Depressed
FCC Probes Twitter For Antitrust Abuses
Corn, Wheat Futures Fall As USDA Raises Crop Prospects & Stock Levels
Amazon Won’t Collect California Sales Tax, Turns California Affiliates Loose
Nikkei Index Rises As Greek Worries Recede
ROK Inflation Hits Three-Month High
Nine Reasons To Switch From Facebook To Google+
Mossberg: TouchPad Needs More Apps And A Reboot To Rival iPad
“Indestructible” Rootkit Enslaves 4.5 Million PCs In Three Months
IBM Announces Computer Memory Breakthrough
A Tablet That Wants To Take Over The Desktop



SPORTS
NBA Lockout Begins

NBA commissioner David Stern

Commissioner claims 22 of 30 teams unprofitable. (Yeah, right.)

Sharapova In The Finals After Beating Lisicki

LA’s NFL Stadium Effort On Track


NFL Lockout Talks Stretch Into The Night

O’s Send Struggling Matusz To Minors

Astros’ Magic Wandy Shuts Down Rangers

Dodgers Staff Checks Bounced When Accounts Frozen

Tigers’ Verlander Can’t Find Rhythm But Finds A Win To Avoid Sweep



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Cops Avert Suicide Bid By Tudors’ Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Too many bottles and too many pills; back to rehab?

Lindsay Lohan Stumbles On First Night Of Freedom

Angelina Jolie & The Kids Go Bowling

Gwyneth Paltrow Nearly Nude For VF Calendar

All Four Judges Returning To “The Voice” After Finale Spikes Ratings

Starz Declines “Camelot” Renewal

Charlie Sheen Talks Steroids, Baseball, “Major League” And More

“White Devil” Amy Winehouse’s Website Hacked

Heidi Klum: You’re Never Too Old For Topless Tanning

Anderson Cooper Discusses Kim Kardashian’s Butt, An Issue Of Vital National Importance



FOREIGNERS
Libyan Opposition Leader Looking For Guns & Money
Apparently has enough lawyers already
CCP Celebrates 90th Anniversary
International Tribunal Indicts 4 In Assassination Of Rafik Hariri
Pakistan Claims 40 Militants Killed In Tribal Belt
UK Public Sector Strike Has Uneven Impact
Poland Set To Assume EU Presidency
Italy Approves Austerity Package
Egyptian Fenugreek Seeds Responsible For Deadly E. Coli Outbreak?



BLOGS & STUFF
Allahpundit: Surprise, Thad McCotter To Announce Presidential Run Saturday
Lonely Conservative: I Wonder How Much Chuck Schumer’s “Jobs” Plan Will Cost Us
Troglopundit: “I Feel Like George Bailey In ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ – God Bless You, You Good Old Federal Election Commission!”
Clayton Cramer: If An Opponent Of Same-Sex Marriage Said This, It Would Be Bigotry
Weasel Zippers: Harvard Study Says July 4th Parades Only Energize Republican Voters, Increase Likelihood Kids Will Vote For GOP
Moonbattery: How To Have An Environmentally Sanctimonious 4th Of July
American Thinker: A Dangerous Point Of View, Indeed
Randy Barnett: Eight Things to Know About Yesterday’s Sixth Circuit Decision
American Spectator: An Obsession With Corporate Jets
Maggie Gallagher: New York’s GOP Lets Down The Base

— compiled by Wombat-socho

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