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LIVE AT FIVE – 09.29.11

Posted on | September 29, 2011 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Ashland, Mass. Man Charged With Plotting Terror Attack On Capitol, Pentagon

Rezwan Ferdaus, accused terrorist

Modified mobile phones to serve as IED triggers; planned to fly RC planes into DC targets. Chalk up another one for the FBI

Justice Department Asks Supremes To Rule On Obamacare
Ruling sought on coverage mandate. Separately, 26 states and the NFIB ask Supreme Court to strike down health care law as unconstitutional





Saudi King Abdullah Revokes Flogging Sentence For Female Driver
Announcement follows King’s earlier decision to allow women to vote



POLITICS
Judge Upholds Most Of Alabama’s Immigration Law

Alabama governor Robert Bentley

Judge Blackburn upholds all but four sections of America’s harshest immigration law

The Other Warren Drops Out Of Mass. Senate Race

Florida Could Force Early Primaries

Massachusetts Sheriffs, Sen. Scott Brown Criticize Gov. Patrick On Immigration

Perry Campaign Goes On Defensive

Romney Tries To Cast Himself As Political Outsider, Catches Flak



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
European Stocks Seen Lower As German Vote Looms
Study: Facebook, Twitter Usage Increase Company’s Security Risk
Companies Helping Workers Get Healthy In Bid To Slow Insurance Cost Growth
Fed Dissenter Thomas Hoenig Retires
Crude Oil Rises In Asia, Tracking Stocks
Amazon Aims To Kill iPad With Fire
Mango’s Tethering Comes With Strings Attached
Microsoft-Samsung Deal Strikes Blow At Google
iPod Shuffle, Classic To Be Scrapped?
DOJ Asks Google For More Data On Motorola Deal
T-Mobile Asks US Court To Block Ban On Samsung Products
Media Reform Group Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Rules



SPORTS
Collapse By Red Sox Highlights Wild Baseball Season Finish

Tampa Bay Rays Justin Ruggiano (center), David Price and James Shields celebrate their win over the Yankees last night

Sox Blow 3-2 Lead In 9th At Camden Yards While Rays Claw Their Way Back From 7-0 Deficit To Beat Yankees

Elsewhere, Atlanta Falls 4-3 To Phillies In Extra Innings, Clearing Way For Cardinals


Stern Says This Weekend Critical In NBA Talks

Red Sox Players Back Francona

Hiller & Ducks Beat Canucks, 3-2

No Major Changes In NASCAR’s 2012 Schedule

Crimson Tide Ready For Rough Road Test In Swamp

Strasburg K’s 10 In Season Finale As Nats Win 3-1; Washington Finishes Season In Third With 80 Wins



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jessica Simpson Postpones Wedding

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

Indecision or just cold feet?

Demi & Ashton Gearing Up For Divorce?

Anna Faris: I Want To Have Eight Kids With Chris Pratt

Scarlett Johansson Says Privacy Invasion Is Unjust, Wrong

Who Are The Highest Paid TV Actresses?

Bravo Looking To Clean House (And Housewives) In New Jersey

Dane Cook Inks NBC Development Deal

“Lost” Star Sonya Walger Lands New Series On USA

Interns File Suit Against “Black Swan” Producer

John Goodman Boards Paramount’s “Flight”



FOREIGNERS
Almost 60,000 Evacuated From Hainan Ahead Of Typhoon
Pakistani Leader Hold All-Party Talks On Crisis In Relations With US
Libyan Leaders Remove Heavy Weapons From Tripoli; Profess Indifference To Khadafy’s Whereabouts
Rival Forces Clash In Yemen’s Capital
Syrian Government Forces Kill 17 As EU, USSR Move Closer To Agreement
Serbian Protesters, NATO Troops Hurt In Kosovo Clash
Cartel Leaves Five Severed Heads Outside Acapulco School In Latest Extortion Threat
Ivory Coast Seeks To Heal Wounds With Truth Commission



BLOGS & STUFF
Troglopundit: “Wait – Herman Cain Supported TARP?”
Allahpundit: Perry Admits He Shouldn’t Have Called Critics Heartless
Gateway Pundit: Crony Socialism – Obama Gives $737 Million To Solar Firm Linked To Pelosi Clan
Marginal Revolution: Why They Call It Green Energy
NRO Corner: Your Tax Dollars At Work
Legal Insurrection: A Prayer For 5772
Weasel Zippers: Cain – Black Community “Brainwashed” Into Voting For Democrats
American Power: “I Cannot Tell You How Tired I Am Of This Kind Of Pretentious S**t”
Verum Serum: Obama Tells Hispanic Roundtable To Stop Complaining
Sister Toldjah: The Anti-Democratic Democrats

SOTD: Shoot To Thrill

Category: Live at Five

Comments

8 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 09.29.11”

  1. Philip Hahn
    September 29th, 2011 @ 11:28 am

    Robert Bentley is Alabama’s governor, not Mississippi’s, as stated in the picture. 🙂

  2. Roy Jacobsen
    September 29th, 2011 @ 11:28 am

    Rezwan Ferdaus, accused terrorist

    He looks like one of them xtian fundie birther teabaggers, too.

  3. Anonymous
    September 29th, 2011 @ 11:37 am

    Undervalued piece of media productions quality content: the story of the FBI during this period. Paging Dr. Writerly Journalist.

  4. RezwanFerdaus
    September 29th, 2011 @ 1:55 pm

    I am upset over the Red Sox.  Does that excuse me? 

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    September 29th, 2011 @ 10:44 am

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  6. Anonymous
    September 30th, 2011 @ 12:58 am

    Er, yes. Fixed.

  7. Anonymous
    September 30th, 2011 @ 1:00 am

    If you were upset on account of the Red Sox, you would have plotted to bomb Yankee Stadium, Book ‘im, Dano.

  8. Anonymous
    September 30th, 2011 @ 1:01 am

    The press write articles praising an agency mostly made up of Mormons and Roman Catholics? Are you mad, sir?