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LIVE AT FIVE: 01.16.14

Posted on | January 16, 2014 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Thai Protesters Target Revenue Offices

An anti-government protester waves the Thai flag near the Victory Monument

As government awaits graft ruling, protest movement appears to be losing steam

Blagojevich Prosecutor Hired By NJ Assembly
Will conduct investigation into “Bridgegate”

Rahul Gandhi Unlikely To Be Congress’ Candidate For PM
AAP’s Kumar Vishwas: Gandhi “incapable of taking responsibility”



POLITICS
GOP Urges Probe Of IRS Scandal Investigation

IRS officials (including Lois Lerner, center) testify before Congress

Lawmakers frustrated over slow pace of probe, conflicts of interest

House Passes Omnibus Spending Bill On Bipartisan Vote

Federal Judge Backs Obamacare Subsidies For Non-Exchange Enrollees

VA Angers Veterans With Push To Change Disability Claims Process

Republicans Cry Foul As Colorado Regulators Clear Senator Udall

Senate Report Indicates Attackers Were Tied To Al Qaeda

Christie’s Favorability Remains High In NJ Despite Media Feeding Frenzy

Supremes Appear Doubtful On Massachusetts Abortion Protest Buffer Law



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Mixed After US Stockpiles Drop: NYMEX $94.19, Brent $106.76
IMF Predicts Global Economic Recovery, But Risks Remain
JC Penney Closing 33 Stores, Laying Off 2000 Workers
Aussie Falls To Three-Year Low, Euro Stocks Retreat
Skeptics Question Banks’ Bottom Lines
Amazon Employees Vote To Reject Union
Kid Clicks Cost Apple
Facebook Tweaks Advertising Tools, Takes On Google
Use Your Phone To Buy Starbucks? This Major Security Flaw Could Kill Your Buzz
Blackphone: A Smartphone Designed To Stop Spying Eyes
Roughly Three Million Teens Left Facebook Between 2011 And 2014, But Who Cares?



SPORTS
Heat Go From White House To Outhouse

Wizards forward Marcin Gortat defends against LeBron James

Wizards deliver 114-98 whipping to reigning champs for third straight loss

Dodgers Sign Clayton Kershaw To $215 Million Deal

Pens Topple Caps 4-3

Suns Dump Crippled-Up Lakers In Game Marred By Brawling

Ducks Set Franchise Record In 9-1 Blowout Of Canucks

Harden Lifts Rockets Past Pelicans 103-100

Leafs Beat Sabres For Ninth Shootout Win


Portland Pulls Away From Cavaliers

Charlie Manuel Returning To Phillies As Adviser

Celtics Snap Slump With 88-83 Win Over Raptors

“Have You No Sense Of Decency Left, A-Rod?”

Clippers Pull Off Comeback Win Against Mavericks

Late Turnovers Cost George Mason A Win Against #16 Massachusetts

Spurs Streak Now Six After Defeating Jazz

ICC Mulls Two-Tier Test Cricket

Red Wings’ Datsyuk Named Captain Of Russian Olympic Hockey Squad

Promotion, Relegation Coming To Test System?

Nationals Extend Affiliation With Harrisburg Senators



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Demi Lovato Feels “Healthy” In Teeny-Weeny Black Bikini

Good Lord, somebody get that girl a sandwich

“What body issues?” YGBSM.


Porn Star’s O-Cup Breasts Could Prove Lethal

Margot Robbie: Kissing Leonardo DiCaprio For 17 Hours Not As Fun As It Seems


Chris Hemsworth & Elsa Pataky Expecting Twins

Miley Cyrus Apparently Taking Fashion Advice From Lena Dunham

And Speaking Of The Alleged “Queen Of Comedy”…

Trace Adkins Checks Into Rehab After Cruise Ship Brawl

Tom Brady’s Wife (Gisele Bundchen) Gives Revealing Look At Their Home Life

Kristen Stewart To Star In Romantic Adaptation Of “1984”(sic)



FOREIGNERS
Car Bomb In Lebanon Kills 3, Injures 20
Russia Says Iran Essential For Finding Peace In Syria
Thirteen Dead, Forty Thousand Displaced By Flooding In Indonesia
Kerry Vows Continued Mideast Peace Push Despite Dis From Israeli Defense Minister
Japan Brushes Off PRC’s “Troublemaker” Criticism
Ugandan Troops Join South Sudan Fighting
Norks Rattling Sabers Again Over ROK/US Military Drills
Philippines Internet Child Abuse Ring Smashed By UK-Led Police Effort
Delhi Police Arrest Two In Gang Rape Of Danish Tourist
Mexican Government Now Faces Vigilante Groups It Backed In The Drug War



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: John Kerry’s Greatest Accomplishment?
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Infighting Among The Feminists
Michelle Malkin: Tamera Mowry Is Not Alone
Twitchy: Can Debbie Wassermann-Schultz Find A Dem As Sleazy As Jim Moran? Survey Says “Hell Yes”
American Power: Government Itself Still Cited As Top US Problem
American Thinker: What Obama’s “Making Sure” Of
Blackfive: Book Review – “The Kill Order” By Robin Burcell
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: HuffPo Desperately Pretends That Lena Dunham Is Hot
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – The Trouble With Women
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 15
Jammie Wearing Fools: Wendy Davis Campaign Mocks Greg Abbott For Being Paralyzed
Pat Dollard: Video Montage Of Obama And Carney Blaming Benghazi Attack On YouTube Video, Not Al Qaeda
Protein Wisdom: “I Am Appalled, I Am Outraged, I Am Ashamed Of The Republican Party” – Hugh Hewitt
Shot In The Dark: Scorecard – Light Rail 10, Concealed Carry 0
The Jawa Report: New Book Explains Everything Obama Knows About Job Creation
The Lonely Conservative: Video – Jimmy Kimmel Shreds Obamacare
This Ain’t Hell: Unarmed Gun Owner Harassed In Maryland
Megan McArdle: Does Bag Tax Really Deter Us From Packing With Plastic?


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