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LIVE AT FIVE – 1.18.11

Posted on | January 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

TOP NEWS
Apple’s Jobs Takes Medical Leave Again

Steve Jobs with some Apple gizmo or another


Can Apple survive without its wizard?


Greed Of Leila Ben Ali Major Goad To Tunisian Revolt
“The Imelda Marcos of the Arab World”




House GOP Ready To Rumble
Repeal/replacement of Obamacare still job #1

Lebanon On Brink Of Chaos As UN Indictments Delivered
Ayatollah Khamenei, Hezbollah charged with ordering, carrying out Hariri’s assassination



POLITICS
Rep. Giffords Could Leave Hospital In Weeks, Possibly Days

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Plans underway for extended rehab; meanwhile, Federal attorneys fight to keep Loughner’s trial in Arizona

Maine Governor LePage: Backtracking on NAACP Remark, Or Staying The Course?

Federal Grand Jury Probes John Edwards For Campaign Finance Violations

Bloomberg: School Chancellor’s Birth Control Remark Just A Joke

State of Alaska, Native Groups To Sue Department of the Interior Over Polar Bear Habitat



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Starbucks Introduces Supersized Coffee With Asinine Name
Because “extra-large” is just so pedestrian.
Goldman Sachs Limits Sales Of Facebook IPO; No Americans Wanted
Crude Oil Prices Fall As Trans-Alaska Pipeline Reopens
Facebook Update Exposes User Contact Info
Apple Should Be Paranoid About Android
File Taxes From your Smartphone? There’s An App For That



SPORTS
Zenyatta Crowned Horse of the Year

Zenyatta at last year's Breeders' Cup

19-1 last year, beats out Blame by over 20 votes

Raiders Promote Hue Jackson To Head Coach

#5 Pitt Ends Syracuse’s Undefeated Run

Favre  Retires, Officially


Nyets Lose Sixth Straight, Fall to Warriors 109-100



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Ricky Gervais: One And Done At Golden Globes

Ricky Gervais, dying at the Golden Globes

Robert Downey Jr. – “Aside from the fact that it’s been hugely mean-spirited with mildly sinister undertones, I’d say the vibe of the show’s pretty good so far, wouldn’t you?”

Octomom Whips It In Fetish Video

Anne Hathaway To Play Chris Colfer’s Lesbian Aunt On “Glee”

Heidi Montag Forced To Turn Down DWTS Invite

The Second Creepiest Thing You’ll See Today (Video)

Snooki: Sorry, I’m Not Dead (Video)



FOREIGNERS
PRC, US Eager To Put A Happy Face On Relations
“Baby Doc”‘s Return to Haiti Denounced; France Sez “We Didn’t Do It”
Stuxnet To Create Chernobyl-Style Meltdown In Iran? (Video)
UN To Authorize More Peacekeepers For Ivory Coast



BLOGS & STUFF
Yuval Levin: Paul Krugman, Logician
Don Surber: To Ayres Is Lefty
Legal Insurrection: Jennifer Rubin Discovers Think Progress Playing The Race Card
Big Hollywood: Ricky Gervais Gives Hollywood A Taste Of Their Own Sucker-Punch Medicine
Ed Morrissey: NYT – Maybe We Should Have Waited For The Facts Before Blaming The Right
Outside The Beltway: George Allen Back For Another Bout With Jim Webb?


— compiled by Wombat-socho

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