LIVE AT FIVE: 05.13.15

Posted on | May 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
Rescue Efforts Resume In Nepal After Latest Deadly Tremor

Epicenters of the two most recent quakes

Four killed as latest quake rocks stricken country
Nepal officials warn people to leave damaged buildings

Amtrak Train Crashes In Philadelphia
Five dead, 130 injured

Biker Gunmen Kill 43 In Karachi Bus Attack
All the slain from Pakistan’s Ismaili Shiite sect

POLITICS
House Votes To Block EPA From Implementing New Water Regulation Plan

The rule would “trample on private property rights and hold back our economy,” says a memo from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

White House promises veto

Obama Takes Defeat On Trade Bill Personally

Navy Secretary to Propose Doubling Maternity Leave, Opening More Jobs To Women

White House Threatens Veto On Defense Bill

Harriet Tubman Wins Poll To Replace Andrew Jackson On The $20

Libertarian Party To Sue For Inclusion In 2016 Debates

Premature Election: Sanchez Retracts Senate Announcement

Moody’s Downgrades Chicago To Junk

Only One GOP Candidate Scores 100% With ACU

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Extends Gains On Weak Dollar, Expected Slump In Inventory: WTI $61.21, Brent $67.06
Verizon To Buy AOL In $4.4 Billion Mobile Video Push
French Economy Gathers Steam As Germany Slows
Fees Forcing Fliers To Ditch Airlines?
Nissan Posts 15% Operating Profit Growth On Rise In Vehicle Sales
March’s New Jobs Slip By 150K
Buzzfeed, BBC To Publish Stories Straight To Facebook
Verizon, Sprint Fined $158 Million In Cramming Probe
Samsung Announces New Push Into Internet Gadgets
NVIDIA GRID Calls Dibs On 1080p60 Game Streaming
Assassin’s Creed Hits London

SPORTS
Rockets Stay Alive Behind Harden’s Triple-Double

26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists

Rockets win game 5, beat Clippers 124-103

Habs Lose Game 6 To Lightning

Giants Rout Astros 8-1

Bulls Rally Too Little Too Late; Cavs Win Game 5 106-101

Royals Edge Rangers 7-6 In Extras

Kyle Busch Returns To Competition This Weekend

Tigers Pull It Out In 10th, Beat Twins 2-1

Warriors Head Home After Tying Series

Tribe Falls To Cards 8-3

Rangers Face Caps In Game 7

Ronda Rousey Posed Nude To Deter Ex From Leaking Photos

Jays Rout O’s 10-2

Juggernaut Derailed: Snakes Rip Strasburg, Nats 14-6

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Misses First Day of Community Service At Brooklyn Preschool

Returning from London to finish sentence

Lateness due to unspecified hurdles, says school

Marvel Courting Selma Filmmaker to Direct “Diverse” Superhero Movies

Unspeakable Armenian Warned To Cut Water Use During California Drought

Anne Hathaway To Star In Colossal

Paula Deen Selling Savannah Estate For $12.5 Million

Ctae Blanchett Opens Closet Door With Lesbian Romance Carol

Hamptons Fear Mark Leder’s Infamous Parties

Linda Evangelista Turns 50 In Style

Warner Brothers Putting The Fugitive Back On The Run

Bill Clinton Dubs Himself “Ricky Martin’s Warm-up Act”

Erin Andrews Explains Her DWTS Behavior

Did Tiger Cheat On Lindsey Vonn?

Empire Signs Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, And Lenny Kravitz For Season Two

Lily Allen Shares A Close-Up With Her Acne

AOL In Talks To Spin Off HuffPo For Over $1 Billion?

FOREIGNERS
Personal Diplomacy Marks Modi’s China Visit
Norks Execute Defense Minister For Falling Asleep At Event Attended By Kim Jong Un
Inspectors In Syria Find Traces Of Banned Military Chemicals
No Refuge For Bangladeshi, Rohingya Muslim Boat People
MH370 Search Finds Uncharted Shipwreck In Indian Ocean
Turkey, Saudis Shock West By Supporting Anti-Assad Jihadis
Amnesty International Pushes ROK To Free Conscientious Objectors
Focus Is On ISIS, Libya As NATO Foreign Ministers Meet
Obama’s Summit With Gulf Leaders To Focus On “Aggressive” Iran, Saudi FM Says
Cameron To Fast-Track Terror Laws

BLOGS & STUFF
EBL: So How Are Things Going In Baltimore?
Louder With Crowder: Muslim-American Publisher Claims Pamela Geller “Worse Than ISIS”
Michelle Malkin: SFC Christopher Speer Is Dead, And Omar Khadr Is Free
Twitchy: Is Pamela Geller Really The Issue? Atheist Bangladeshi Blogger Hacked To Death
Shark Tank: More Crazy From Alan Grayson
American Power: Where The British Left Went Horribly Wrong
American Thinker: Michelle Obama Should Have Read The Founder Of Tuskegee University Before She Went There
BLACKFIVE: “Dear Mom, I’m Okay…”
Conservatives4Palin: Obama Blasts FOX, Blames Network For Class Warfare
Don Surber: Poor Little Michelle, Boo Hoo Hoo
Jammie Wearing Fools: Some Upset By Aussie PM Calling ISIS A Death Cult
Joe For America: Diane Feinstein Makes Obama’s Hit List
JustOneMinute: Hillary’s Rope-A-Dope
Pamela Geller: ISIS Savagely Mutilates Women Who Breastfeed In Public
Protein Wisdom: My 25th Brief Conversation With The Ghost Of John Merrick
Shot In The Dark: The Racism Of The Gun Grabbers, Part MMMXLVIII
STUMP: Obamacare Tax Watch – The Pain Won’t Stop
The Gateway Pundit: Obama Lectures Christians – Churches Should Focus More On Poverty And Less On Abortion, Marriage
The Jawa Report: 100% Proof Allah Digs Muhammad Cartoons!
The Lonely Conservative: Massachusetts Obamacare Exchange Under Federal Investigation
This Ain’t Hell: Whitehall PA Vets Angry With Mayor Ed Hozza
Weasel Zippers: Soros Donates $159 Million To Bill DeBlasio’s Newly Launched “Progressive Agenda”
Megan McArdle: In Politics, it’s Good To Be A Little Bad
Mark Steyn: “Stay Quiet And You’ll Be Okay”

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7 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 05.13.15”

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May 13th, 2015 @ 1:14 pm

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Why was the Amtrak train going twice the speed limit just prior to the crash? | Batshit Crazy News
May 13th, 2015 @ 1:16 pm

[…] remains that if excessive speed was the reason for the derailment, why was this train speeding? Wombat: Amtrak crash in Philadelphia, seven dead and over a hundred […]
CrustyB
May 13th, 2015 @ 3:48 pm

Moody’s Downgrades Chicago To Junk

In other news, the last time Chicago had a Republican mayor was the year before Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion.
Wombat_socho
May 13th, 2015 @ 4:42 pm

Coincidence? I think not!
LN_Smithee
May 13th, 2015 @ 7:49 pm

Tigers Pull It Out In 10th, Beat Twins 2-1

If the Tigers can score the winning run by pulling it out, it explains why Justin Verlander was able to land Kate Upton.

Sorry. 🙂
Wombat_socho
May 13th, 2015 @ 9:51 pm

Detroit’s always been good to guys with a big bat, IYKWIMAITYD. 😉
Daniel Freeman
May 14th, 2015 @ 12:59 am

The Atlantic isn’t all bad, sometimes I can find a sensible gem in the sea of SJW drek, and I found one today: The Real Cost of College