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LIVE AT FIVE: 04.18.13

Posted on | April 18, 2013 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Mississippi Man Arrested In Ricin Letters Case

A PG County fireman in a protective suit enters a decontamination are a after tests in the Hyattsville mail handling facility

A PG County fireman in a protective suit enters a decontamination area after tests in the Hyattsville mail handling facility

Suspect arrested at his home in Corinth

Ten States Threaten EPA With Lawsuit
Agency has failed to issue guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions

Senate Shoots Down Gun Control Measures
Bipartisan vote triggers Obama tantrum



POLITICS
Senator Max Baucus Says Obamacare Heading For Train Wreck

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) addresses the Montana state legislature

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) addresses the Montana state legislature

Coauthor of Affordable Care Act rakes HHS Secretary Sebelius over coals for implementation failures


Gosnell Murder Trial: Grisly Testimony Of “Abortions Gone Wrong”


Supremes Nix Mo. Warrantless Blood Tests In DUI Cases

Military Court Ruling Upholds Secrecy In Wikileaks Trial

Boston Bomb Suspects Spotted On Video; No Arrests Yet

Police: Wife Says Disgraced Former JP Killed Kaufman County DA And Wife

SecDef Hagel Cancels Proposed Distinguished Warfare Medal For Drone Pilots, Cyberwarriors



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Falls Below $88 As IMF Lowers Global Growth Outlook: NYMEX $87.99, Brent $99.27
Yen Remains Higher After Japanese Cut Foreign Debt Holdings
Apple Shares Drop Below $400 On Fears Of Slowing Sales
Cerberus’ Feinberg Said To Weigh Bid For Freedom Group
India Rushes To Buy Gold As Prices Fall
EBay Grows 1Q Earnings But Outlook Falls Short
Fed Says “Moderate” Growth Across U.S. Led By Housing
Why Dish Is Playing Hardball For Sprint
Google Will Brick Glasses If Owners Resell Or Loan Them Out
Nintendo’s Fils-Aime: 3DS Performance Very Strong
Provo Utah Is Next City For Ultrafast Google Fiber
Evernote CEO: We Want To Build Hardware
Iceland Gets Anti-Incest App
ACLU Claims Slow Smartphone Updates Are Privacy Threat
Samsung Considering DRAM Chips From Apple Supplier SK Hynix
Hands On With The Toshiba Kirabook: Can Great Hardware Coupled With An Amazing Display Save Windows PCs?
Spain’s Siri-Challenger Sherpa Learns English, Arrives In The U.S.



SPORTS
Anthem Unites Boston Fans

Lakers Back Into Playoffs As Jazz Fall To Grizzlies

Even Without Crosby, Pens Pound Habs 6-4

Royals Snap Braves’ Win Streak

Timbermutts Finally Break San Antonio Losing Streak

Burnett Takes No-No Into Seventh As Bucs Blank Cardinals 5-0

Raptors End Season With Rout Of Celtics 114-90

Nationals Rake For Ross, Thrash Marlins 6-1



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Gwyneth Paltrow Named Most Hated Celebrity In Hollywood

The winner!

The winner!

Beats out Anne Hathaway, Kristen Stewart in Star magazine poll

Will Smith In “Focus” For Warner Brothers

“Snow White And The Huntsman” Set For 2015 Sequel

Kelly Osbourne: My Body Isn’t Perfect, But I Love It

MSN, XBox Eye “Heroes” Revival

“Friends” Reunion Will Never, Ever Happen Says Co-Creator

260-Pound Teen Sues Rachael Ray Show: They Made Me Take A Hike!

Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Care Who Replaces Behar And Hasselbeck On “The View”



FOREIGNERS
Pentagon Sending Additional Troops To Jordan
Iran Condemns Boston Marathon Bombing
Egypt: Mubarak Going Back To Prison From Hospital
Burma Opposition Leader Says Reforms Depend On Military
Bangalore Blast Fake Mobike Number Foxes Cops
Burgeoning IT Sector Aims To Reverse Palestinian Economic Rot
Senate Committee Passes Resolution To Back Israel In War with Iran
Venezuelan Judge Rejects Call For Election Recount



BLOGS & STUFF
ChartGirl: Give It Arrest
Senator Ted Cruz: Assault Weapons Ban Fails, 2nd Amendment Prevails
Lonely Conservative: Manchin-Toomey Amendment Voted Down In The Senate
Twitchy: Obama Lashes Out
Power Line: Are Benghazi Whistle-Blowers Starting To Talk?
Breitbart: Sealed Sanford Divorce Records Leaked To AP
NRO Online: NRCC Withdraws Support For Sanford A Month Before Election
Shark Tank: Move Over ObamaPhone – Say Hola! To The MarcoPhone
PJ Tatler: SPLC Got It Wrong, Police Charge Wife Of Jailed JP With Capital Murder
Just One Minute: Tom Friedman Continues His Journey To Insanity
Atlas Shrugs: Saudi Terror Cell, Possibly Al Qaeda. Behind Boston Marathon Bombings – Manhunt For Escaped Suspect
Ed Driscoll: Old Media Botches Story, Plays Victim Card
Nate Silver: Why Weiner’s Mayoral Bid Is A Long Shot

James Pethokoukis: Now What For Reinhart-Rogoff And The Case For Austerity?
Legal Insurrection: You Mean The Media Didn’t Want To Report About Aborted Babies Stuck In Toilets And Plumbing?


Live At Five will be on hiatus until Wednesday, April 24. Smitty has graciously agreed to do the FMJRA this weekend, so send him your links – I won’t guarantee I’ll forward any links that show up in my mailbox, as I’ll be in Minnesota, surrounded by half-pretty girls half-dressed to show it.


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Comments

5 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 04.18.13”

  1. 20thCenturyVole
    April 18th, 2013 @ 10:07 am

    Oooooh, the Prez’nit is angry…. Oh, I’m sooooo a-skeered…. He might demonize me or something…

  2. richard mcenroe
    April 18th, 2013 @ 3:53 pm

    So, Wombat… which half is pretty?

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