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LIVE AT FIVE – 11.10.11

Posted on | November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
GOP Candidates Target Housing Market, Tax Reform, And Bailouts In Latest Debate

Participants in the 11/9 Michigan GOP Presidential Candidate Debate

Candidates focus fire on Obama Administration, avoid attacking each other


Has Rick Perry The Brain Worms?!?!?




Paterno, Spanier Out At Penn State
Trustees fire legendary football coach, school president in wake of pedophilia scandal

Italy Struggles To Placate Markets As Crisis Mounts
Parliament works feverishly on reform measures; Berlusconi expected to resign over the weekend once measures are in place.



POLITICS
Cain Blasts “Character Assassination”

Herman Cain at the Michigan debate

Crowd reacts angrily to moderator’s question about harassment; Romney declines to comment: “Look, Herman Cain is the person to respond to these questions. He just did. The people in this room and across the country can make their own assessment.”

Alaskan Storm Batters Bering Sea Coast From Barrow To Bethel

Mississippi’s Defeated Initiative 26 May Be Just The Beginning

Alabama’s Jefferson County Files For Largest Municipal Bankruptcy

Republicans Take Control, “Responsibility” In Virginia

GOP Senators Backing Internet Sales Tax Bill



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Stocks Dive As Bond Yields Push Italy To The Brink
PRC October Exports Growth Weakest In Eight Months
Ag Department Shelves Christmas Tree Tax After Uproar
Cisco Beats The Street Despite Q1 Profit Drop
Home Prices Keep Dropping
Apple Drops Flash For Phones
Net Bandits Charged in $14 Million Ad Fraud Case
Amazon Ups Orders From Kindle Fire Suppliers To 5 Million Units
BlackBerry Loses App For GMail



SPORTS
Penn State Scandal Shatters An American Institution

Joe Paterno walks away from his Nittany Lions

“Once again, the uneasy relationship between powerful college football programs and universities’ role as educators, community hubs and stewards of young people is being harshly scrutinized.”

NBA Owners, Players Meeting As Deadline Expires

Connolly’s OT Goal Lifts Lightning Over Flyers

Bucs Claim Haynesworth On Waivers

With Haynesworth Gone, Will The Pats’ Other Big-Name Underachiever Stay?

Nationals Catcher Wilson Ramos Kidnapped In Venezuela



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Mariah Carey Sings Praises Of Jenny Craig After Postpartum Weight Loss

Mariah Carey, post-baby weight drop

Pop star drops thirty pounds, signs as new celebrity spokesman for weight loss chain

Dakota Fanning’s Advert For Marc Jacobs Banned

Eddie Murphy Drops Out Of Oscars Telecast


Howard Stern Defends Brett Ratner, Slams Hollywood As “Loony” (Video)

Michael Jackson’s Deathbed Up For Auction

Robin Williams Won’t Host Oscars, Says Billy Crystal “May” Be Interested

Madonna: The Director’s Cut



FOREIGNERS
Deal On Greek National Unity Government Collapses
Turkey Quake Kills Five, Scores Trapped In Rubble
Syria Crackdown Prompts PRC, Russia To Call For End To Violence
India, Pakistan Hold Summit In Maldives
UN Admissions Committee Unable To Find Consensus On Palestinian Bid



BLOGS & STUFF
Clayton Cramer: How Much More Evil Dos Our Culture Have To Get?
Don Surber: Feds Investigate Paterno
American Power: Republicans Believe Romney Most Likely To Win Nomination
Rasmussen Polls: Florida – Cain 30%, Romney 24%, Gingrich 19%
Megan McArdle: The Financial Folly Of Fairness
Jammie Wearing Fools: More Antisemitic Lunacy From Zuccotti Park

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Comments

4 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 11.10.11”

  1. smitty
    November 10th, 2011 @ 6:00 am

    I am so overjoyed that we hold a famous flipping football coach more accountable than our Commander-in-Chief. Both deserve feet firmly in the fire.

  2. Cartoon of the day « Don Surber
    November 10th, 2011 @ 7:31 am

    […] Robert Stacy McCain. […]

  3. Anonymous
    November 10th, 2011 @ 10:17 am

    I’d prefer full-body broiling for both, myself.

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    November 10th, 2011 @ 10:51 am

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