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LIVE AT FIVE: 10.15.13

Posted on | October 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Senate Leaders Scramble To Iron Out New Budget Plan

Have the Senate Democrats overreached?

McConnell, Reid agree: progress has been made

Deadly Earthquake Hits Bohol, Cebu
At least 30 dead from magnitude 7.2 quake in Philippines


Nobel Prize For Eugene Fama Big Win For Chicago School
Free-market finance prof shares prize with colleague Lars Peter Hansen, Yale’s Robert Schiller



POLITICS
Michigan’s Attorney General Confident Supremes Will Uphold Affirmative Action Ban

Michigan AG Bill Scheuette, protesters

“The only thing we are discriminating against is discrimination itself.”

NSA Rooting Through Personal E-Mail Address Books Looking For Terrorism Links

Walmart, Xerox Trade Accusations After Glitch Strips Limits From EBT Cards

NC County Official To Accept Gay Marriage Applications

Former SecDef Panetta: Sequester Is Hurting Military Readiness

Veterans To Protest Government Shutdown



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Brent Edges Below $111 Ahead Of Iran Talks: NYMEX $102.16, Brent $110.96
Poll Finds Half Of Older Workers Downsizing Retirement Plans
Macy’s To Break Tradition, Open At 8 PM On Thanksgiving
Stocks Jump On Hopes For Debt Deal
AstraZeneca Buys Oncology-Focused Spirogen; May Cost Up To $440 Million
Snowstorm To Complicate Recovery Efforts For Dakota Ranchers
How To Run Android 4.4 “KitKat” On Older Phones
WinPhone 8 Engorged My Microsoft To Phablet Size
Yandex Buys “Russia’s IMDB”
Cable Companies Not Sure They Trust Netflix
Google Readying “Mobile Meter” App, To Offer Rewards For Tracking Mobile Usage



SPORTS
Big Papi’s Blast Sparks BoSox Rally

Grand slam in 8th wipes out deficit

Gomes scores in the 9th to give Boston 6-5 win, even ALCS at a game apiece

Dodgers In Peril? Puig & Ryu To Rescue!

Rivers, Novak Lead Chargers Past Colts, 19-9

Wings Hold Off Bruins In Matinee

Tom Tremendous: Brady Rallies Pats Past Saints, 30-27

Wild Edge Winless Sabres 2-1

Caps Snap Skid With 4-2 Defeat Of Oilers

MLB Umpire Wally Bell Dead At 48

Michael Waltrip Racing Cutting Back To Two Full-time Teams

Busch Notches 11th Win At Charlotte

The Nationals’ Other In-House Option For Manager



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jenny McCarthy To Lose Her Gig On “The View”?

Viewers tuning out

Even less popular than departed Elizabeth Hasselbeck

Madonna Banned From Cinema Chain After She Wouldn’t Stop Texting During Movie


Charlie Hunnam Leaves “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Movie

Is There Anything Sandra Bullock Can’t Do?

Jon Bon Jovi Walks Super-Fan Down The Aisle

Ty Simpkins Lands Lead In “Jurassic World”

Marvel Likes Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, Paul Rudd For “Ant-Man”

Unspeakable Armenian Reveals Atkins Diet For Baby Weight Loss

Jessica Simpson Returns To Weight Watchers



FOREIGNERS
Chicom State Press Calls For “De-Americanized World”
Irish Near Bailout Endgame With Less Austerity In Budget
Bomb Attack At Mosque Kills Influential Afghan Governor
Migrants Arrested In Moscow Raids
Syria Fighting Rages On Despite Muslim Holiday
Somali Pirate Leader Arrested In Belgian Sting
Pilgrims Stone The Devil In Final Hajj Ritual
PRC Jails Wheelchair-Bound Bomber
Japan’s PM Abe Opens Diet With Pledge Of Higher Wages



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Why Isn’t This Considered Theft?
The Camp of the Saints: Re Paul Lemmen And My Critics
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: This Stupid Week – Swipe Yo EBT Edition
Doug Powers: “Million Vet March” In DC Proves Again – Barricading Monuments An Exercise In Futility
Twitchy: Snit Fit Redux – Barrycades Ordered Back Up At WWII Memorial – A Simple Suggestion
American Power: Debt Ceiling Dirty Deal
American Thinker: It’s Not Just Failed Obamacare
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – More Sticker Shock
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, October 14 (Yes We Cone Edition)
Jammie Wearing Fools: Obama’s America – Disabled Mom Forced To Choose Between Food And Obamacare Premiums
JustOneMinute: ObamaCare Debacle Soon To Be The 24/7 Story
Pat Dollard: Texas Christian University Bans Everything Guns
Protein Wisdom: On Bob Costas’ Sudden, 30-Year-Late Pronouncement That “Redskin” Is A Slur
Shot In The Dark: From Hell
The Jawa Report: Female Suicide Bomber Responsible For Ranger Deaths In Afghanistan
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Wants Default And Ongoing Shutdown
Megan McArdle: ObamaCare Needs A Drop-Dead Date


Comments

8 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 10.15.13”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    October 15th, 2013 @ 5:15 am

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  2. Lockestep1776
    October 15th, 2013 @ 5:15 am

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  3. CHideout
    October 15th, 2013 @ 5:15 am

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  4. Citzcom
    October 15th, 2013 @ 5:15 am

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  5. jwbrown1969
    October 15th, 2013 @ 5:15 am

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  8. Bob Belvedere
    October 15th, 2013 @ 7:53 pm

    Thank you, Wombat.