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LIVE AT FIVE: 05.05.14

Posted on | May 5, 2014 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Pro-Russian Rebels Attack Odessa Police Station

Ukrainian soldiers stand at a former rebel checkpoint in Andreevka

67 prisoners freed by rebels


Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams Urges Calm After Release
No charges against Adams in McConville murder case


Portugal To Make Clean Exit From Bailout
Buoyed by exports and benefiting from austerity budgets



POLITICS
NC Senate GOP Primary A Test Case For The Establishment’s War On The TEA Party

NC House Speaker Thom Tillis

Tillis is favored by Washington insiders, but can he really beat Brannon and Grant before taking on Kay Hagan?


Watchdog Finds EPA Paid Nearly $500K In Unauthorized Bonuses


Senator Manchin Signals Keystone Pipeline Bill Might Have The Votes

Rep. King Blasts Schiff’s Call For Dems To Boycott Benghazi Probe

Seattle City Council To Begin Debating $15 Minimum Wage

Lawmakers Step Up Fight To Overturn FDA Approval Of Painkiller Zohydro



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Mixed On Ukraine Tension: NYMEX $99.82, Brent $108.46
Asia Stocks Slip As PRC Manufacturing Slips
Powerade Drops Controversial Ingredient
SAP CTO Vishall Sikka Steps Down In Cloud Overhaul
PayPal Exec Leaves Company After “Inappropriate” Tweets
SEC Probing Hedge Funds’ Bets On Herbalife
Foursquare Creates Swarm
Twitter May Soon Allow Users To Mute Annoying Friends
Comcast Nears Deal To Stream EA Games To TVs
Apple, Facebook And Google To Expand Transparency On Government Data
Amazon Discounts Samsung Pro Tablets



SPORTS
Pens Blank Rangers 3-0 In Game 2

Evgeny Malkin collides with the Rangers’ Dan Girardi in the second period of game 2

Letang, Fleury do the damage for the Penguins


Spurs Knock Out Mavericks In Game 7 Rout


Blackhawks Clip Wild, Take 2-0 Series Lead


Denny Hamlin Wins Crash-Marred Race At Talladega

Bruins Rally Late To Beat Habs, Even Series

Braves Slump Continues in 4-1 Loss To Giants

Mariners Hold Off Astros In Slugfest

Hernandez Outduels Gio As Phillies Blank Nats 1-0



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Cites Miscarriage In Apology To Judge

Fleeced by Bebe?

Seeking reinstatement in lawsuit over demise of her 6126 clothes brand

Kerry Washington Welcomes Daughter Isabelle

Bryan Singer Facing Another Sexual Assault Suit

Ben Affleck Kicked Out Of Hard Rock Casino For Counting Cards

Britney Spears Dancer Says Brit Broke Her Nose And Didn’t Care

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Teaming On New Project She Wrote

Jennifer Esposito Engaged To Louis Dowler

Adriana Lima And Marko Jaric Separate

Lorde Accuses Photographer Of Stalking

Boring Taylor Swift Dines On Bread And Water

Charlize Theron To Bring “Brain On Fire” To Film

Stephen Hawking Warns Us About AI Technology

Spidey Tops The Box Office

When Disney Stars Grow Up



FOREIGNERS
Panama’s VP Varela Pulls Off Upset To Win Presidential Election
Big Quake Rattles Tokyo, But No Tsunami
Nigerian President Bows To Pressure, Vows Rescue Of Kidnapped Girls
Three Killed, Sixty Injured In Kenya Bus Blasts
Libya Parliament Speaker Voids PM Vote
Passenger Train Derails In India, At Least 19 Dead
Death Toll From ROK Ferry Hits 259; President Park Visits Families Of The Missing
Hundreds Of Mourners Gather At Western Wall On Eve Of Remembrance Day
Pedophile Max Clifford Kept Damaging Evidence About Clients In His “Little Brown Book”



BLOGS & STUFF
American Power: #LiberalRacism – Condoleeza Rice Bullied Out Of Rutgers Commencement
American Thinker: The Suffocating Neo-Puritanism Of “Progressive” America
Blackfive: Come Run, Walk, Roll
Conservatives4Palin: Sarah Palin – Evil Reigns When Good Men Do Nothing
Don Surber: How Republicans Will Blow The Election In 2014
Jammie Wearing Fools: Trey Gowdy To Head House Select Committee Investigating Obama’s Benghazi Coverup
Joe For America: Mayweather Drops Fiance – “She Killed Our Twin Babies”
JustOneMinute: Tax Cut Denialism, With A Freudian Slip
Pat Dollard: Gwen Ifill – Benghazi A Distraction From Nigerian Girls School Kidnapping
Protein Wisdom: Democrats Make It Clear – Obama’s Political Reputation More Important Than American Lives
Shot In The Dark: Kill National Popular Vote With Greasy Fire Part II – An Experiment
STUMP: Public Pension Watch – The Fragility Of “Can’t Fail” Thinking
The Jawa Report: Blah, Blah, Blah
The Lonely Conservative: Pelosi Claims Dems Lost In 2010 Because Of Citizens United, Not Obamacare
This Ain’t Hell: The War Against Veterans
Megan McArdle: A Good Step Forward In A Long Recovery


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