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LIVE AT FIVE: 01.14.14

Posted on | January 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Dozens Of Tradeoffs In $1.1 Trillion Budget Bill

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY)

“Slashing spending” with “only a 13% increase”; Tea Party Caucus expected to oppose


Pope Says “Throwaway Culture” Behind Abortion And Famine
Says this mindset is a threat to peace


WV Begins Lifting Tapwater Ban
Bans lifted in several areas of West Virginia



POLITICS
FBI Doesn’t Plan Charges Over IRS Harassment Of Tea Party

Rep. Michele Bachmann addresses a Tea Party rally in June 2013

WSJ reports Feds not finding political bias or enemy hunting

Journalists Flock To Jobs In Obama Administration

Supremes Skeptical Of Obama’s Recess Appointments

Proposed Spy Phone Record Shift Draws Resistance

Obama Dodges Questions On Gates Book

Government Spends Millions On Penis Pumps, Paid Twice Retail Price

“Octomom” Charged With Welfare Fraud In California



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Continues Slide Despite Iran Nuke Deal: NYMEX $91.81, Brent $106.68
Insurers Raise Cost Concerns After Obamacare Demographics Released
Japan Stocks Suffer Worst Day In Five Years After Weak US Jobs Report
Charter Offers $61 Billion For Time Warner Cable
Suntory To Buy Jim Beam For $13.6 Billion Cash
Pizza Hut To Offer Pizza By The Slice In Two Test Markets
Google Buys Wi-Fi Thermostat Company Nest For $3.2 Billion
Microsoft To Launch Windows 9 In 2015?
Huawei Readies Android Game Console For PRC Market
Ubuntu Touch Device Support Dwindles
Facebook Buys Social Media Startup Branch



SPORTS
Rodriguez Sues MLB, Players’ Union To Overturn Ban

Not content with arbitrator’s reduction to 162 games

Accuses MLBPA of bad faith
Seven Random Sports News Items More Interesting Than A-Rod

Howard, Rockets Pocket Win In Boston

Jets Rout Coyotes, Halt Five-Game Skid For New Coach’s Debut


#1 UConn Women Snap Baylor’s 69-Game Home Streak

Blue Jackets Win Fourth Straight On Letetsu’s Late Power Play Goal

#15 Kansas Beats #8 Iowa State, Remains Unbeaten In Big 12

One Goal Enough As Kings Hold Off Canucks In Chippy Game

Are The Nats Done Adding Lefties To The Mix?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jennifer Lawrence Photobombs Taylor Swift At Golden Globes

Us Magazine awards her the red carpet


Shouldn’t the theme from “Jaws” be playing?
Ryan Seacrest: “Single most important photo from 2014 Golden Globes”

Man Killed After Dispute Over Texting In Theater

Sorkin’s “Newsroom” Renewed For Third & Final Season

Ashlee Simpson Engaged To Evan Ross

Disney CEO Bob Iger: “Frozen” Shows Disney Animation Back In The Groove

MTV’s Much-Derided “16 And Pregnant” May Resonate As A Cautionary Tale

Remainder Of “Glee” Season Five To Be Set In New York

Jessie Williams Welcomes Daughter Sadie

Charlize Theron Convinces New BF Sean Penn To Give Up His Guns

Justin Bieber’s Bad Egg Caused $20K In Damage

Kanye West Allegedly Assaults Teenager Who Shouts Racist Slur At Unspeakable Armenian



FOREIGNERS
Egypt Goes To The Polls to Vote On Constitution
Eulogies Praise Former PM Ariel Sharon
At Least 200 Die In Ferry Sinking As Refugees Flee South Sudan
PRC Court Sentences Doctor To Death For Baby Trafficking
Charities Pledge $400 Million To Syria Aid
Revealed: The Dying Remorse Of Mikhail Kalashnikov
Nigeria Bans Gay Marriage
US Journalist Claims He’s Been Expelled From Russia



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Queens Principal Marcella Sills Has A History Of Aggressive Incompetence
The Looking Spoon: The Story Of American Decadence Hollywood Will Never Tell and Obama’s Support (Even Among His Base) Dwindles For A Simple Reason
Michelle Malkin: Beware The Left-Wing Funded “Main Street Republicans”
Twitchy: “OMFG The Pope Is Catholic!” Unreal – Is This The Most Absurdly Unreal Reuters Headline Ever?
American Power: Warehousing Students At New York’s PS 106
American Thinker: Obama’s Internal Devaluation Causes Income Inequality
Blackfive: Heroine – Brit Army Medic Kylie Watson Receives The Military Cross
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Get What’s Not Yours
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 13
Jammie Wearing Fools: Pew Poll – Christie “Scandal” Draws Little Public Interest
JustOneMinute: It’s The Best That Could Happen
Pat Dollard: Benghazi Transcripts Show Top Defense Officials Briefed Obama On Terror Attack, Not Video Or Protest
Protein Wisdom: “Supreme Court To Weigh Constitutionality Of Obama Power Grab”
Shot In The Dark: One Day At Independence Party HQ
The Jawa Report: Stunning Snowden Revelation – Racist Aliens Behind US Power
The Lonely Conservative: Hillary Has An Enemies List Too
This Ain’t Hell: Clint Cleaver, Phony Army And MC Clubber
Megan McArdle: You Can’t Have A Conversation About Sexism At Gunpoint


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