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LIVE AT FIVE: 07.29.14

Posted on | July 29, 2014 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Netanyahu Warns Israel To Prepare For Long War In Gaza

And the fighting continues

No halt until Gaza tunnels destroyed, Israeli PM says
Huge explosion hits Gaza media building
Five IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as death toll hits 48

Ebola Just A Plane Ride Away From The USA
CDC claims it wouldn’t spread far

Setbacks Complicate Putin’s Ukraine Strategy
Pro-Russian rebels take worst hammering in weeks as EU, US agree on harsher sanctions for Russia



POLITICS
Federal 4th Circuit Court Strikes Down Virginia Gay Marriage Ban

Plaintiffs in the case pose for the media after oral arguments

Decision stayed until August 18; could be appealed to full appellate court or Supremes

State Department Unhappy With Israeli Criticism Of SecState Kerry

House, Senate Agree On $17 Billion VA Fix


Dems Pump Up Impeachment Boogeyman In Appeal For Support, Bucks

Jury Deadlocked In Jesse Ventura Defamation Case

Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro Sworn In As HUD Secretary

Defiant Cuomo Denies Tampering With Ethics Commission

Dem Senate Candidate From WV Shuts Off White House Power In Pro-Coal Ad

Report: Medicare Finances Improve, Hospital Fund Good For Additional Four Years



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Continues Slide As Stockpiles Offset Ongoing Unrest: WTI $101.33, Brent $107.40
Dollar Tree Buys Family Dollar For $8.5 Billion
Southwest Airlines Faces $12 Million FAA Fine
Foreign Bribery Costs Smith & Wesson $2 Million Fine
Darden CEO Steps Down Amid Food Fight With Investors
T-Mobile CEO Blasts AT&T (Again), Unveils New Promotion
Windows Phone 8.1 Details Leak
Microsoft Targeted In Apparent Red China Anti-Trust Probe
OKCupid Experiments On Users, Discover Everyone Is Shallow
Music Industry Trying To Extract Royalties From Ford, GM



SPORTS
Yu Can Do It: Darvish Holds Yankees Down, Rangers Win 4-2

8 K’s in Texas 20th home victory this year

Rangers offense finally puts together a big inning

Judge Clears Way For Clippers Sale

Astros Jack Four Homers In 7-3 Win Against A’s

NFL Official Tries, Fails To Justify Ray Rice Ban

Burnett Struggles, Mets Crush Phillies 7-1

Reds Lose To Snakes In Extras, Fall Below .500

Cabrera, Dickey Lead Blue Jays In 14-1 Rout Of Red Sox

Worley Tosses 4-Hitter As Bucs Blank Giants

Soriano Blows Save, Game As Fish Score 4 In 9th, Top Nats 7-6



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Sandra Bullock Celebrates Her 50th Birthday In Wyoming

Plus some cheeky photos on Instagram

Party started early at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar on Thursday

E! Czar Suzanne Kolb Gets The Axe

Freddie Prinze Jr. Bashes Kiefer Sutherland Over Behavior On “24” Set


Piper Perabo Says “I Do!”

Nikki Reed And Ian Somerhalter Are Everywhere

After Two Years, This Is Justin Bieber’s Pitiful Excuse For A Mustache

Eva Green Eyes Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” Trailer Released

Eva Green: Too Sexy For ABC?



FOREIGNERS
US: Russia Broke 1987 Nuclear Missile Treaty
40% Of Weapons Sent To Afghanistan By US Unaccounted For
Rival Militia Groups Spark Libya Oil Depot Fire
Kerry To Woo Modi’s India But Swift Progress Unlikely
16-Year-Old Japanese Girl Held For Strangling, Decapitating Friend
Brazil’s President To Ask Zero Tariff For Mercosur Partners
Communist Chinese Police Remove Church Cross Amid Crackdown
Germany-US Rift Stalls Massive Trade Pact With EU
Japan’s Retail Sales Drop In Challenge To Abe Reflation
Rebel Factor Gives Congress Party The Jitters In Haryana Elections



BLOGS & STUFF
St. Dismas Mission: On Forgiving Those Who Trespass Against Us
Michelle Malkin: Still Fighting – The Delphi Workers Obama Robbed
Twitchy: Media Lap Dog Dismisses Nunn Campaign’s Reliance On Lap Dog Media
American Power: GOP Senate Prospects Brighten – Strong Candidates, Obama’s Slumping Approval Expand Party’s Map
American Thinker: Glenn Beck’s Kinder, Gentler Exploitation Of The Border Crisis
Conservatives4Palin: Gov. Palin Calls In To Michael Medved Show To Discuss Impeachment
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, July 28
Jammie Wearing Fools: Lefty Morons Fall For Fake Michele Bachmann Story
Joe For America: Being President Is Tough – Being Incompetent Doesn’t Help
Protein Wisdom: “Weather Channel Founder Debunks Global Warming Hoax”
Shot In The Dark: Junk Science, Junkier Journalism
STUMP: Public Finance Watch – Chicago Faces Doom
The Gateway Pundit: Muslim Rioters In Paris Screaming “Allahu Akbar!” Attack Police With Rocks, Poles
The Jawa Report: Flat Fatima Attempts Big Pallywood Comeback
The Lonely Conservative: Oops! Democrat Accidentally Releases Campaign Plan To Fool Voters
This Ain’t Hell: Another Democrat War Hero
Weasel Zippers: Federal Court Rules Against Radical Atheists – Ground Zero Cross To Stay
Megan McArdle: Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan Sure Can’t Hurt


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