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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.26.11

Posted on | October 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama Hopes To Reap Votes With Student Loan Repayment Tweaks

Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Denver yesterday

Administrative moves will reduce interest, minimum payments

Obama: Libya A “Recipe For Success”
So says the President as he schmoozes with Leno.




Neighbors, Police Getting Tired Of Filthy #OWS Hippies
Cities moving to shut down encampments on public health grounds



POLITICS
Last Of The City-Buster Bombs Dismantled

A B-53 atomic bomb at the Pantex plant in Amarillo

Last B-53 dismantled yesterday, had yield of 9 megatons

Lagging In Polls, Perry Pitches (Optional) 20% Tax

NYPD Officers Busted For Gun Smuggling


Atlanta Police Disperse #OWS Camp, Arrest Resisters

House to Repeal Suspended Contractor Withholding Law

California Leads The Nation In Jacking Up College Costs

First Lady Urges Mayors To Adopt Chicago’s “Food Desert” Fight



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Shares Mixed On Concern Over EU summit
Gupta To Face Insider Trading Charges
European Stocks Stagnant Before Debt-Crisis Summit
Netflix Stock Plunges After Losing 800K Subscribers
Just In Time For The Holidays, A Bad Economic Mood
Oil Edges Higher On EU Concerns; US Stocks Still High
Nokia Preparing Custom Phones For US Market
Siri Attracts Competition And Its First Peripheral
Google Reveals YouTube Terror Crackdown
Android Overtakes iOS In App Downloads



SPORTS
Cherington Takes Charge In Boston

New Hampshire native lands job of his dreams

Epstein Embraces Cubs Challenge

MLB Accuses Frank McCourt Of Looting $189 Million From Dodgers

More Lost NBA Games Appear Inevitable

What If Terrell Owens Had A Workout And Nobody Showed Up?

NHL’s Blue Jackets Finally Notch First Win Of The Season

With Nation’s Debt Problems Solved, Waxman Calls For Hearings On NFL, HGH



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Tony Romo And Candice Crawford Are Expecting!

Candice Crawford & Tony Romo

Romo breaks the news during a high school anti-drug rally

Chaz Bono: DWTS Judges’ Animal Comments Are Disrespectful
Well, he won’t have to sweat those any more

Kaley Cuoco Engaged To Josh Resnik

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Hurt After Slip In Paraguayan Shower

The 15 Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

AMC Renews “The Walking Dead” For Season 3

LeAnn Rimes Loves Her Body

For Amber Heard, “Rum Diary” And Johnny Depp Were Intoxicating

Book Publishers To Casey Anthony: Hell No!



FOREIGNERS
Libya’s NTC Wants NATO To Stay
Turkey Declines Israeli Quake Aid Offer
Tunisia’s Islamist Victors Promise Unity Government
Bangkok Flood Defenses Fail
Three Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia
Hurricane Rina Nears Mexican Beach Resorts
Funeral Held For Crown Prince Sultan
Rights Rules At Heart Of EU Opt-Out Push



BLOGS & STUFF
NRO Corner: Perry, Paul Support Issues 2 & 3 In Ohio
Dave Weigel: In Ohio, Romney Punts On Health Care, Union Rights
JammieWearingFool: Scenes From Zuccotti Park – “We’re Gonna Kill You!”
Vodkapundit: Shop Talk – The OWS Edition
Gateway Pundit: Loony Elizabeth Warren Takes Credit For #OWS
Riehl World View: Is Rubin Perry’s Worst Nightmare?
Allahpundit: Paul Ryan To Hammer Obama On Class Warfare
Jonah Goldberg: No, Really
Verum Serum: Occupy Oakland Is No More (Videos)
Weasel Zippers: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Blasts Flat Tax As “Definition Of Insanity”
PJ Tatler: State Department Buys Up Piles Of Obama Bios
Neo-Neocon: Obama – Not A Good Politician?


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3 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 10.26.11”

  1. Protest of the day « Don Surber
    October 26th, 2011 @ 7:05 am

    […] Robert Stacy McCain. […]

  2. The Naked Mind Of Barack Hussein Obama « The Camp Of The Saints
    October 26th, 2011 @ 1:44 pm

    […] ABC News, Devin Dwyer reporting, we learn [tip of the fedora to Wombat-Socho and Jonah Goldberg]: At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his […]

  3. mojo
    October 26th, 2011 @ 4:31 pm

    Aerosmith does Paraguay?

    Surely the end times are upon us…