LIVE AT FIVE – 04.27.11

Posted on | April 27, 2011 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 04.27.11

TOP NEWS
Obama Urges End To Oil Company Tax Credits

Gas prices keep rising! It must be the EVIL oil companies!

Because nothing the administration has done could be responsible, right? Right?

Predictable Pushback At Town Halls
Worried seniors and others question Congressmen about Ryan’s plans for Medicare and Medicaid

Sony: Credit Card Data At Risk In PSN Hack
Hackers may have stolen credit card data from PlayStation Network

POLITICS
Obama Running On Empty

Are you better off now than you were in 2008?

Leftist policies, not speculators, to blame for gas prices

Missouri Sues To Block Demolition Of Levee
Corps of Engineers plans to blow levee, save Cairo, IL from flooding; Missouri AG has a problem with that

Homeless Woman Arraigned Over Child’s School Registration; Charged With Felony Theft

Kansas Set To Defund Planned Parenthood

Appeals Court Orders New Sentencing For Liberal Icon Abu-Jamal

NJ Residency Ruling Trips Up Carl Lewis Candidacy

Florida House Voting On Religious Funding Ban

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Gold Inches Up, Silver Rebounds As Fed Decision Looms
10-Year T-Notes Dip, Await Fed & Bernanke
Amazon.com Net Income Slides
BP Profit Falls After Selling Fields To Pay For Gulf Spill
Ford Rocks First Quarter With $2.6 Billion Profit
IPhone Stored Location In Test Even If Disabled
World’s Last Typewriter Factory Closing Its Doors
Color Nook E-Reader Gets Free Android OS Update To Tablet
A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS

SPORTS
Rose Blossoms, Bulls Advance To Second Round

Derrick Rose drives for the basket

Chicago finishes off Pacers, 116-89

Kobe Goes Retro, Lakers Follow For Critical Victory

Canucks Finish Blackhawks With Game 7 OT Win

Sabres Season Ends With Game 7 Loss To Flyers (Video)

Mets Win In Washington, Extending Streak To Five

NFL In Limbo As Players, League Head Back To Court

Snakebit? Arizona Pounds Ineffective Oswalt For Five Runs In 7-5 Win

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Couric Leaving CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News talking head Katie Couric

“I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling…” As opposed to the one-dimensional storytelling she’s done all her life?

Kara DioGuardi On Sex Abuse And “Fumbling” “American Idol”

Lindsay Lohan Wants An Oscar By 30

Beyonce Accused Of Destroying Christmas For 70 People

Phoebe Snow, “Poetry Man” Singer, Dies, 60

Megan Fox, Now With Less Ink!

Schwartzenegger To Star In “Terminator” Reboot?

Ice-T, Wife Coco To Star In Reality Series

FOREIGNERS
Gadhafi Forces Pound Port Of Misrata
Radiation Readings At Daiichi Reactor Rise To Highest Levels Yet

Chernobyl Marks 25th Anniversary
Tibetan Exiles Elect Prime Minister To Succeed Dalai Lama As Political Leader
India’s Emotional Farewell To Sathya Sai Baba
ROK Foreign Minister Deprecates Carter Visit To Norks
France, Italy Seek Tighter Borders
Sarkozy: “We want Schengen to live on, but Schengen must be reformed.”