The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 01.10.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Indian Diplomat Indicted Confusion as to diplomat’s whereabouts after visa fraud charges brought; did she return to India or stay in Manhattan? West Virginia Declares Emergency After Chemical Spill 100,000 West Virginians warned not to use tap water Christie Fires Aide After NJ Bridge Scandal Prosecutor launching probe POLITICS […]

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 01.08.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Gates: Obama Didn’t Believe His Own War Strategy Former SecDef delivers scathing critique of President Obama’s handling of the Afghan war in new memoir Janet Yellen Confirmed As Fed Chairman Fed vice chair moves into the top slot Former Miss Venezuela Slain In Highway Robbery Five-year-old daughter wounded but […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.06.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Record-Setting Cold Temperatures Blow Into Midwest, Northeast Polar vortex spurs wind chill warnings from Montana to Alabama Election-Year Politics Shaping Congressional Agenda Democrats want minimum wage hike South Sudan Peace Talks Delayed Amid Fresh Gunfire Capitol residents on edge from rumors of rebel advance POLITICS Liz Cheney Abandons Senate […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.23.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Khodorkovsky: I’m Not Challenging Putin Won’t be funding any opposition parties Appeals Court Denies Stay On Utah Gay Marriage Ruling 10th Circuit denies stay pending hearing today Senator Manchin: Obamacare Could Suffer “Complete Meltdown” WV Democrat pushing for a one-year delay of the Abominable Care Act POLITICS GOP Finds […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.19.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Fixes Max Baucus Problem By Shipping Him Off To Beijing President to name Blue Dog Senator ambassador to PRC Advisory Panel Tells Obama To End NSA Phone Dragnet One of five recommendations regarding the “rogue” intel agency US Ignored Requests To Resolve Consul’s Maid Issue SecState Kerry apologizes […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.18.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Diplomatic Row Between India, US Escalates India outraged by vice-consul’s strip search, imprisonment with drug offenders Russia Offers Ukraine Financial Lifeline Moscow hands Kiev $15 billion in loans, steep gas discount Pope Francis Shares His Birthday Breakfast With The Homeless The Supreme Pontiff celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday POLITICS […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.17.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Judge Rips NSA Phone Snooping District Court Judge grants injunction against phone snooping, stays injunction pending inevitable appeal Related: Top tech execs meeting with Obama to push for surveillance limits Putin Expected To Offer Financial Lifeline To Ukraine No commitment to politically hazardous customs union, though Socialist Bachelet Wins […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.13.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Norks Say Leader’s Uncle Executed For Treason Accused of preparing military coup Missing American In Iran Was On Rogue Mission For CIA Three analysts fired, seven disciplined for unauthorized mission UN Report Confirms More Chemical Weapons Use In Syria Poison gas used at least five times, but report doesn’t […]

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