The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE – 04.11.11

TOP NEWS Obama To Call For Broad Plan To Reduce Deficit But not Paul Ryan’s plan. Gadhafi Approves Ceasefire Plan, Allow OAU Peacekeepers Zuma positive, but will rebels accept a plan that leaves the Khadafy family in power? Japan PM Weakened By Local Election Losses, Ongoing Atomic Crisis Coalition government for recovery doomed? POLITICS Debt […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.08.11

TOP NEWS Progress, But No Deal On Budget? Continuing resolution passed by House; Obama promises to veto it Powerful New Quake Batters Japan Two killed, but no additional damage to Fukushima reactors Tsunami Warning Lifted (Video) Hedge Funds Chase Opportunities In Japan After Quake NATO Admits Air Strike On Rebel Forces Friendly fire incident triggers […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.07.11

TOP NEWS President Holds Late-Night Budget Talks To Avoid Shutdown White House meeting includes Senate Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Boehner Related: Karl Rove on Obama’s Government Shutdown Gambit Effort Begins To Head Off Gas Explosion At Fukushima Reactor Nitrogen being injected into Unit #1 Wisconsin Supreme Court Vote Doesn’t Shake Walker’s Resolve Governor says […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.06.11

TOP NEWS No Budget Deal Yet As Shutdown Looms Brinksmanship continues as Boehner holds firm Japan May Order Heartland Industry Power Cuts Efforts underway to avoid summer blackouts in wake of Fukushima disaster Gbagbo Refuses to Surrender Despite Military Defeat Still holed up in bunker underneath Presidential residence. [Insert parody video from “Downfall” here] POLITICS […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.05.11

TOP NEWS FAA To Order Older Boeing 737s Checked 80 737s covered; all but two owned & operated by Southwest 9/11 Suspects To Be Tried In Military Courts Another promise hits its expiration date. UN Peacekeepers, French Forces Strike At Gbagbo Loyalist Positions In Abidjan UN and France choose sides in Ivorian civil war Yemeni […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.04.11

TOP NEWS BP Seeks To Resume Drilling In The Gulf Looking to expand, maintain production at existing well sites Widespread Cracks Found On Southwest Airlines Jet Hundreds of flights canceled Senators Express Optimism On Avoiding Government Shutdown Senate seems to agree on cuts but not where they’ll be made POLITICS Obama Begins 2012 Campaign The […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.01.11

TOP NEWS Gates’ Goal For Libya: No US Boots On The Ground “There will be no American troops on the ground in Libya as long as I’m in this job.” US Wants Others To Arm, Train Libyan Rebels Opposition Hopes To Gain Information From Former Foreign Minister Heavy Fighting In Abidjan Near Gbagbo Residence Endgame […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.31.11

TOP NEWS CIA Officers In Libya Aiding Rebels Every promise from the President has an expiration date. Libya’s Foreign Minister Resigns, Arrives In Britain Rebels forced to retreat to Benghazi Obama Renews The Call For Energy Independence; Analysts & Energy Companies Dubious About Energy Policy Oppenheimer’s Fadel Gheit: “You want a partnership with the industry […]

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