The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 03.13.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Papal Conclave Enters Second Day Princes of the Church to get up today and do it again Senate Democrats Propose Budget With $1 Trillion In New Taxes Doesn’t eliminate deficit, but then that’s not what Obama wants anyway NLRB To Appeal Recess Case To Supreme Court Appeals Court ruled […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.12.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Falklands Vote To Stay British Only three residents vote against maintaining overseas territory status; Kirchner dismissive Cardinals Begin Conclave Today Election of new pope could take as long as five days Norks “Scrap” 1953 Armistice “The time for final showdown has arrived,” Rodong Sinmun announces; U.S. unimpressed, imposes further […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.11.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS SecDef Hagel Gets Explosive Welcome To Afghanistan Two bombs kill nineteen on day of Hagel’s arrival Karzai: “The bombs that were detonated in Kabul and Khost were not a show of force; they were serving America.” Delhi Gang Rape Suspect Ram Singh Suicides In Solitary Confinement Cell Prime suspect […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.08.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Norks End Non-Aggression Pacts, Threaten U.S. & ROK With Nukes Announcement follows fresh round of UN sanctions President Obama Does Lunch With Paul Ryan Still no cure for cancerdebt crisis Hugo Chavez Gets The Lenin Treatment Corpse to be embalmed. put on public display POLITICS Rand’s Stand Draws Bipartisan […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.06.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Hugo Chavez Is Dead Dies at age 58 after 14 years as Venezuela’s president Syrian Refugees Reach One Million Majority of refugees are in Jordan and Lebanon L.A. Mayor’s Race Headed For Runoff Garcetti, Greuel top vote-getters in primary, but neither wins majority POLITICS Senate Intelligence Committee Endorses Brennan […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.05.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Venezuela’s Chavez Fighting For His Life VP Maduro says Chavez suffering from respiratory infection, prognosis not favorable Obama Reaching Out To GOP In Effort To Avoid Sequester Democrats don’t have a plan, but don’t like ours President Names EPA, Energy Picks Will they be tasked with enacting climate change […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.04.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS White House Backs Down From Sequester Apocalypse Ranting GOP still to blame for as-yet-unseen horrors, though Related: Sperling and Woodward agree to move on Cardinals Weigh Future Pope Well, he weighs more than a duck, so that’s good. Baby Born With HIV Cured Aggressive drug treatment seems to have […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.01.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS White House To Enact Sequester Cuts Today, Amid Questions Over Impact “Still, if you’re reading this, odds are you’ve survived.” Malaysia Standoff With Armed Filipinos Ends In Violence Sultanate of Sabah wants out of Malaysia Obama Asks Supremes To Ax Proposition 8 Administration now “fully evolved” on gay marriage […]

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