LIVE AT FIVE: 12.11.13

Posted on | December 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
Budget Deal Averts Shutdown, Cuts Federal Workforce

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sena. Patty Murray (D-WA)

Budget replaces $63 billion in sequestration cuts with more targeted savings, more fees

BJP, AAP Prepare For Another Round Of Elections
Neither party has majority in Delhi; neither will budge from Opposition

GM No Longer Government Motors
Feds sell off last of GM shares, take $10.5 billion loss

POLITICS
Rep. Steve Stockman To Challenge Sen. Cornyn In 2014 Primary

And in this corner…

Tea Party favorite going after Cornyn after latter undermined Ted Cruz on Obamacare

Poll: Obama Gets No Credit From Majority As Economy “Improves”

White House Gun Control Push Loses Steam As Newtown Anniversary Approaches

NY Court Won’t Compel Reporter To Testify, Boosting Shield Law

Local Meth Laws Illegal, Tennessee AG Says

Former Clinton Aide John Podesta To Join Obama White House

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Brent, WTI Converge As US Crude Inventories Fall: NYMEX $98.41, Brent $109.26
Wall Street Exhales As Volcker Rule Seen Sparing Market-Making
GM To End Production In Australia, New Zealand
Asian Stocks Down On Prospect Of Fed Stimulus Cut
S&P 500 Slips From Record High
Lucky Brand Apparel Sold For $225 Million
Windows “Threshold” Leaks Point To Return Of Start Menu
Ubuntu Touch OS Wins First Smartphone Partner
Twitter Adds Photos To Direct Messages For Mobile, Web
Google Chromecast Gets Ten New Apps
Nokia Moves Ahead With Plans For Low-End Android Phone

SPORTS
Paul George Leads Pacers’ Second-Half Rally To Beat The Heat

Paul George is guarded by LeBron James

15 of his 17 points came in second half of Pacers’ 90-84 win

Is The Angels/Snakes/White Sox Trade A Menage A Blah?

Ovechkin Scores Four As Caps Edge Bolts 6-5

With Latest Mack Brown News, Let The Saban To Texas Rumors Begin

Knicks Lose Again, Thumped 109-94 By Cavs

Blue Jackets Tip Devils With Last-Minute Goal

Forty Favorite College Cheerleaders Of 2013

Rockies Trade Two To A’s For Brett Anderson

Kings Score Six, Shut Out Habs

Cubs Interested In Nationals’ Storen, Clippard?

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Rhymes With Possum…And With Awesome

Emmy Rossum

The Esquire interview.

Kate Winslet: It’s A Boy

Demi Lovato On Her Past Drug Use: Couldn’t Go More Than An Hour Without Cocaine

Justin Bieber Being A Jackass Down Under

Bette Midler To Play Mae West In HBO Biopic

Tom Cruise Developing Another Jack Reacher Movie

NBC Gets Boost From “The Sound Of Music”, Considering Follow-Up

Victoria Justice Breaks Up With BF Ryan Rothman

Madonna’s Daughter Lourdes Stars In High School Production Of “Grease”

Britney Spears Talks Pregnancy Sex, Defends The Unspeakable Armenian

Julia Roberts Expecting A Lot Of Pregnancy Questions

Paris Hilton’s Brother Giving NYPD No Cooperation In Alleged Lohan-Linked Attack

Adam Shankman Checks Into Rehab

Angelina Jolie’s Plane Grounded By FAA

Carol Lawrence Returns To NYC

FOREIGNERS
South Africa Overlooked At Mandela’s Funeral
Ukrainian Police Clash With Protesters In Kiev
Uruguay Okays First National Market For Legalized Pot
India’s Supreme Court Reinstates Ban On Gay Sex
Thai Protesters Claim Authority Over Government
Senator Schumer Bucks Secretary Kerry, White House; Will Call For Tougher Iran Sanctions
President Of Firm Responsible For Defective Breast Implants Gets Four Years
Japan Aims To Expand, Revive ASEAN Swaps At Weekend Summit
Uneasy PRC Hopes For Stability, Friendly Relations With Norks After Recent Purge
Us Pins Hopes On India To Persuade Karzai To Sign Pact

BLOGS & STUFF
The Looking Spoon: As If Obama’s Handshake With Raul Castro Wasn’t Bad Enough…
Michelle Malkin: Two Big Announcements – Book Deal And Twitchy Deal!
Twitchy: Truth-Boom! Brit Hume Crushes Obamacare With One Question, Devastating Answer
American Power: Vulgarity – The New Normal
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, December 10
Jammie Wearing Fools: Panetta Revealed Classified Info To “Zero Dark Thirty” Filmmaker
JustOneMinute: Income Taxes, Excluding Social Security And Medicare
Pat Dollard: Leo Tyrrell Loses His Mind On Hannity
Protein Wisdom: I Can’t
Shot In The Dark: A Memorial To Remember
The Jawa Report: Air Force Band’s Flash Mob Concert At The Air & Space Museum
The Lonely Conservative: Bipartisan Budget Deal Does Nothing To Solve Budget Problem
This Ain’t Hell: To Be…Or To Do?
Megan McArdle: GM’s First Female CEO Has An Incentive Problem

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