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LIVE AT FIVE: 07.09.14

Posted on | July 9, 2014 | 2 Comments

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TOP NEWS
Israel Launches Gaza Offensive As Hamas Continues Rocket Barrage

An air strike in Rafah, one of fifty targets hit by the IDF

Despite reserve callup, Israel sees ground offensive as last resort

Ukraine Moves On Separatists While Russia Stands Aside
Ukrainian forces surround Donetsk, Lugansk; Russian FM Lavrov calls for cease-fire

Abdullah Abdullah Stops Short
Walks up to brink of forming parallel government in protest of election results, asks supporters for more time



POLITICS
President, Governor Perry To Discuss Border Crisis After Tarmac Snub

No photo-op handshake for YOU!

Gov. Perry refuses to greet Obama at Austin airport today; gets meeting instead
No Deportation Changes, But Crisis Funding Request Balloons to $3.7 Billion



Priebus Announces Cleveland As Site Of 2016 GOP Convention

Study: Oklahoma Spends Least In Nation On Prison Healthcare

Obama Gets Cold Shoulder In Colotado

Hundreds Line Up For Legal Weed In Washington State

Trial Lawyer Bruce Braley Slammed For Claiming He’s A Farmer In Iowa Senate Race



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Brent Falls To Almost $110 In Asian Trade: WTI $103.56, Brent $110.10
Alcoa Crushes Q2 Earnings Targets, Stock Up 1.5%
Asian Stocks Slip, Dollar Slumps
Citigroup May Pay $7 Billion To Settle Mortgage Probe
Amazon Courts Hachette Authors, Offers 100% Of E-Book Revenue
Democrats Consider Linking Ex-Im Bank Funding To BUdget Reauthorization
“Weaponized” Exploit Can Steal Cookies On eBay, Tumblr, Other Sites
Larry Page’s Vision Of The Future Looks Strangely Like Lord Keynes’
With Passport Phone, BlackBerry Argues It’s Hip To Be Square
Scientists’ Finger Device Reads To The Blind In Real Time
Brazilian Bandits Hit Samsung Factory, Steal $6.3 Million Worth Of Mobile Devices



SPORTS
Rookie DeGrom K’s 11 As Mets Rout Braves

DeGrom leaves with a smile in the seventh

Braves’ Teheran knocked out in the fourth

Beatdown In Brazil: Germany Routs Brazil 7-1, Covers Spread And Over/Under

Longoria And The Rays Hold Off The Royals

Tigers Beat Down The Dodgers 14-5

Red Sox Skid Continues As Pale Hose Win 8-3

Home Run Derby Participants Announced

Wong Delivers For The Cards With Sayonara Homer

Tribe Scalps Tanaka, Yankees 5-3

Snoozing Yankees Fan Sues ESPN Announcers

Sterling Defiant In Trial Testimony

O’s, Nats Postponed By Rain, Makeup Day August 4



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Katie Holmes Topless For Glamour

Scorching hot at 35

Talks dating after Tom Cruise split, prioritizing being a mom


Pamela Anderson Files For Divorce From Rick Salomon – Again


Pixar, LucasFilm, Dreamworks In Alleged Wage-Fixing Cartel


Live-Action “Dumbo” In The Works

Sony Pictures Losing Its Faith-Based African-American Exec

Beyonce’s Dad Hit With Second Paternity Suit

Dave Walks Out On Joan Rivers

J.K. Rowling Writes New Story About Adult Harry Potter

“Housewives” Star Apollo Nida’s Prison Sentence Shortened For Informing

Angelina Jolie Caught On Video In Drug Den

Joan Rivers Explains Her CNN Walkout

John Cleese To Star In “Baywatch” Movie Remake

Zooey Deschanel Shows Her “Fiery Feminist Side”

Sylvester Stallone To Star In Mob Tale “Scarpa”

Jennifer Lawrence: May The Bras Never Be In Your Favor



FOREIGNERS
Red China Inflation In Line, Unlikely To Affect Policy
Vatican Bank Chief To Step Down
Indonesians Head For The Polls In Tight Race
Weakened Typhoon Leaves Two Dead As It Heads From Okinawa To Japan
Great Successor Limping, But Nobody Knows Why
Jihadis Seize Iraqi Chemical Weapons Site
Eric Holder Urges EU Nations To Stop Flow Of Young Jihadis To Syria
Officials Claim Obama Didn’t Know Anything About Spying On Germany
Former Soviet FM, President Of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze Dies, 86
Northern Ireland Bakery Refuses To Make Gay Bert & Ernie Cake
Former Indian Railway Ministers Slam Rail Budget



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: A Man For Whom The Gates Of Hell Await
Doug Powers: NOW’s Pitiful Attempt To Kick The Habit – Little Sisters Of The Poor Included On “Dirty 100” List
Twitchy: Laura Ingraham Has Housing Solution For Flood Of Illegals
Chicago Boyz: TWANLOC
American Power: Sarah Palin – It’s Time To Impeach President Obama
American Thinker: Is The Border Crisis Obama’s “Katrina Moment”?
BLACKFIVE: Free Kurdistan On The Radio
Conservatives4Palin: Obama To Skip Border Visit To Attend Fundraiser With Pro-Amnesty Filmmaker
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, July 8
Jammie Wearing Fools: Democrats Feign Outrage Over The Cost Of Investigating Obama’s Scandals
Joe For America: Jennifer Lopez Pushing Amnesty With “Los Jets” TV Show
JustOneMinute: Some Borderline Statistical Analysis
Pat Dollard: Border Doctor Says Previously-Deported Illegal With Active TB Ignored By Feds
Protein Wisdom: Violent MS-13 Gang Members Leave Graffiti On Bathroom Walls Of Nogales Processing Center
Shot In The Dark: How To Do Transit
The Jawa Report: War Pr0n – Baywatch IDF
The Lonely Conservative: How Bureaucracy Is Bleeding Us Dry
This Ain’t Hell: Why Not Costa Rica?
Weasel Zippers: Chicago Stuck With $1 Million Legal Tab After Losing Gun Store Lawsuit
Megan McArdle: Who’s The Real Hobby Lobby Bully?


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