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• Crackdown 3 Delayed To Spring 2018

  16-08-2017 23:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Crackdown 3 will no longer launch on November 7 alongside the Xbox One X. Microsoft confirmed today that the Xbox One and PC action game is now coming in Spring 2018.In a statement to Polygon, Microsoft Studios GM Shannon Loftis said delaying the game will give studios Reagent Games, Sumo Digital, and Cloudgine the time they need to deliver the "hugely ambitious" game to their quality standards."We’re very excited about Crackdown 3, and so are many fans, and so it's a difficult call to mov
  
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• Iran general slams Iraq referendum plan during Erdogan talks

  16-08-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  Iran's Armed Forces chief of staff said Wednesday after talks with Turkey's president that a referendum on independence in Iraq's Kurdish region would trigger conflict and negative consequences for the entire region.General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri's remarks, carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, underlined the firm opposition shared in Tehran and Ankara to the poll next month."Both sides stressed that if the referendum would be held, it will be the basis for the start of a series of tens
  
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• GS News Update: Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Patches Will Be Released Less Frequently

  16-08-2017 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  PUBG's developer will roll out updates less often in order to preserve a "high standard of quality."
  
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• At least 7 dead in alleged gang attack on Guatemala hospital

  16-08-2017 23:35 via yahoo.com
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Attackers stormed one of Guatemala's largest hospitals with guns blazing Wednesday to free an imprisoned gang member, officials said. At least seven people were killed and five were arrested.
  
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• Fox's Shep Smith Can't Find A Republican Willing To Defend Trump

  16-08-2017 23:34 via yahoo.com
  Need proof that GOP officials are trying to avoid talking about President Donald Trump?
  
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• SeaWorld veterinarians euthanize orca that had lung disease

  16-08-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — SeaWorld euthanized one of the entertainment company's last killer whales to come from the wild, marking the third orca death this year at one of its marine parks.
  
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• Trump's business council had 'decided to disband before Trump claimed he had disbanded it'

  16-08-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has taken credit for disbanding his Strategic and Policy Forum, but a new report claims the business council members made the decision for themselves, before the President ever announced his intentions.Members of council decided on Wednesday morning that they would disband the group, a person familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.Hours later, Mr Trump tweeted that he had decided to disband the group himself.
  
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• Trump Says Kids Shouldn't Come To U.S. Illegally. He's Also Limiting Their Legal Options.

  16-08-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Central American immigrants in the U.S. already had few ways to legally bring their children over to join them.
  
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• Natalee Holloway's Dad Having Human Remains Tested For DNA

  16-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway says he is awaiting the results of DNA testing on bones found in Aruba.
  
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• Has Natalee Holloway's Body Been Found? Remains Reportedly Discovered in Search for Missing Teen

  16-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The Alabama teen vanished during a school trip in 2005.
  
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• The Evil Within 2's Newest Trailer Introduces A Twisted Photographer

  16-08-2017 23:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Nightmarish creatures aren't the only monsters that await Sebastion in The Evil Within 2. He'll also cross paths with many sadistic humans on his quest to rescue his daughter, Lily. Today, Bethesda introduced one of the murderous characters Sebastion will encounter during the game: the twisted photographer Stefano Valentini.Bethesda describes Valentini as "an artist with dark proclivities and unbounded imagination." His artwork consists of gruesome photographs of his victims and "moment of death
  
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• Prey Dumps Its Demo In Favor Of A Free Trial On PS4, Xbox One, And PC

  16-08-2017 23:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Prey's been out for several months now, but if you haven't had a chance to check out the action game, you can now try it for free and keep your progress if you upgrade. Bethesda announced today that a free trial is now available on PC, and the demos on PS4 and Xbox One have both been converted to free trials.What's the difference between a trial and a demo? Bethesda explained that the Prey trial is essentially the full game, but it has restrictions until you buy it. This means that all of your p
  
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• Maryland judge denies DC sniper Malvo's bid for new sentence

  16-08-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  Lee Boyd Malvo, who as a teenager participated in the sniper attacks that killed 10 people and terrorized the Washington region, will not get a new sentence in Maryland, a judge said in a ruling released Wednesday.
  
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• None Of The 10 Best Cities To Live In The World Are In The U.S.

  16-08-2017 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s policies are partly the reason that none of the 10 most liveable cities in the world are in the U.S., according to a new report from The Economist Intelligence Unit.
  
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• Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War's Shelob Takes The Form Of A Woman, Here's Why

  16-08-2017 22:48 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're a fan of The Lord of the Rings--or even if you've just seen The Return of the King--you'll remember the horrifyingly large spider, Shelob. The monster very nearly kills Frodo, after all, quite possibly coming closest of all enemies to actually halting Frodo's quest. But in Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Shelob takes the form of a decidedly un-monstrous woman. Recently, creative vice president Michael de Plater explained to Eurogamer why, exactly, Shelob isn't a massive spider in the game
  
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• Man Whose Heart Was Pierced by 3-Inch Nail Drives Himself 12 Miles to Hospital

  16-08-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  Doug Bergeson says common sense told him not to pull the nail out.
  
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• Sierra Leone mourns 100 children among dead in massive flooding

  16-08-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  Sierra Leone began a week of mourning Wednesday as it emerged that 105 children were among more than 300 people who perished in mudslides and torrential flooding, in one of the country's worst natural disasters.With 600 people still missing in Freetown, President Ernest Bai Koroma described the humanitarian challenge ahead as "overwhelming".Officials at Freetown's central morgue said Wednesday that 105 of the more than 300 officially dead were children.
  
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• Mugabe's wife whipped my daughter with electric cable, mother says

  16-08-2017 22:37 via yahoo.com
  By Ed CropleyJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace whipped two South African women in a Johannesburg hotel room with an electric cable, the mother of one victim said, adding that the attack must be punished.Debbie Engels told Reuters her daughter Gabriella, a 20-year-old model, suffered a gash on her forehead that required eight stitches and another on the back of her head that needed six.Engels did not witness the attack and Reuters has not been able to verify
  
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• NBA 2K18 Gameplay Trailer Shows Off More Of Its Ridiculously Detailed Players

  16-08-2017 22:35 via gamespot.com
  
  If you didn't get enough of a glimpse at this year's NBA 2K game with its first trailer, you're in luck. 2K has released another gameplay video showcasing NBA 2K18's impressive visuals.Featuring the song "Shook Ones" by Mobb Deep, which is one of 49 songs on NBA 2K18's soundtrack, the two-minute video is comprised primarily of player celebrations, reactions, and dunks. Much like our previous look at the game, 2K18 continues to impress with its alarmingly accurate versions of the NBA's biggest st
  
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• Twitter Points Out Other Times When 'Both Sides' Were Clearly Incomparable

  16-08-2017 22:33 via yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, many Americans were left reeling after recent remarks made by President Donald Trump in the aftermath of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• With a wary eye on Iran, Saudi and Iraqi leaders draw closer

  16-08-2017 22:30 via yahoo.com
  By Ahmed Rasheed and Sylvia WestallBAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) - It was an unusual meeting: An Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric openly hostile to the United States sat in a palace sipping juice at the invitation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Sunni kingdom that is Washington's main ally in the Middle East.For all the implausibility, the motivations for the July 30 gathering in Jeddah between Moqtada al-Sadr and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman run deep, and center on a shared interest in counte
  
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• New Star Wars Han Solo Movie Image Teases Familiar Villains

  16-08-2017 22:24 via gamespot.com
  
  The upcoming Han Solo movie may have had a few behind-the-scenes issues earlier this summer, but all now seems to be well on set. Director Ron Howard has been releasing a series of images since he took over the Star Wars spinoff, and the latest features a familiar sight. It's an Imperial helmet, which Howard accompanied with the words "the Empire looms large.” Check it out below:The Empire Looms Large pic.twitter.com/IN7GiiJtXY— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 16, 2017This latest
  
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• We Happy Few Release Date, PS4 Version Announced

  16-08-2017 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  We Happy Few, the unsettling first-person game showcased during Microsoft's E3 2017 press conference this past June, is currently available in Early Access and Game Preview for PC and Xbox One, but now we know when the full version is set to launch. Developer Compulsion announced that the title will receive a physical release courtesy of Gearbox next year, and in addition to the aforementioned platforms, it will also arrive on PlayStation 4.We Happy Few will launch worldwide on April 13, 2018, a
  
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• After brinkmanship, a diplomatic opening with North Korea

  16-08-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  For more than two decades, North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them long distances has prompted recurring international crises.Sudden bursts of heightened tension, primarily between the North and the United States, were interspersed with diplomacy that never definitively halted the gathering storm.After a week of brinkmanship and escalating rhetoric between the two sides, Pyongyang and Washington suddenly found themselves at perhaps the most dangerous momen
  
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• Scholars say Trump went afoul in lumping Lee with founders

  16-08-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families.
  
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• Scientists solve mystery of ‘Frankenstein dinosaur’

  16-08-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  A dinosaur that puzzled researchers thanks to the incredibly puzzling design of its body finally has its place in history thanks to a team of scientists from Cambridge and the Natural History Museum in London. The Chilesaurus, which has been nicknamed the "Frankenstein dinosaur" due to it appearing as though it were patched together from other, unrelated dinosaur species, has now been labeled a transitional species that helps to bridge the gap between herbivorous dinosaurs and the more iconic me
  
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• Woman Arrested for Running Raffle Ticket Scam Using Image, Name of Boy Who Died of Cancer

  16-08-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  Tracey Jacqueline Weir is accused of selling phony raffle tickets to support children's cancer research in the name of 4-year-old Nolan Scully.
  
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• Families wait in rain to ID lost loved ones in Sierra Leone

  16-08-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Hawa Stevens spoke through tears of the 28 family members she lost after surging mudslides and floodwaters swept through Sierra Leone's capital, killing hundreds and leaving hundreds more missing.
  
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• Takiyah Thompson, Hailed As 'Hero,' Showered With Support For Toppling Confederate Statue

  16-08-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  Takiyah Thompson, a 22-year-old student activist who participated in tearing down a Confederate statue during a protest in Durham, North Carolina has been released from jail.
  
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• US will 'know how to face' anti-Semitism: Israel president

  16-08-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin expressed shock Wednesday over anti-Semitism at a recent US white supremacist rally, but said American leaders would succeed in dealing with "this difficult challenge".Rivlin wrote to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to convey his "support and solidarity for the American Jewish community" after the unrest in Charlottesville."The very idea that in our time we would see a Nazi flag -- perhaps the most vicious symbol of anti-Semitis
  
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• Family: FBI knew Oklahoma bomb plot suspect is schizophrenic

  16-08-2017 21:54 via yahoo.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The family of a man accused of attempting to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank says he is a paranoid schizophrenic and that the FBI knew it.
  
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• Grace Mugabe claims diplomatic immunity in S.Africa assault case

  16-08-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe has claimed diplomatic immunity after being accused of assaulting a 20-year-old model, South African police said Wednesday, in an incident that could test cross-border relations.The 52-year-old wife of President Robert Mugabe is accused of attacking Gabriella Engels on Sunday evening at a Johannesburg hotel where the first lady's two sons were staying.Engels has registered a police case alleging assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, saying she suffere
  
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• Christian School Reportedly Told 12-Year-Old His Alleged Rape Was ‘Boys Being Boys’

  16-08-2017 21:31 via yahoo.com
  A prestigious Christian school in Tennessee is under fire for allegedly doing nothing after a male student reported that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by four older classmates.
  
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• Meet the Nokia 8: Specs, price and release date revealed

  16-08-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  On Wednesday evening, HMD Global, the Finnish company that acquired Nokia's feature phone business last year, unveiled the first flagship Android phone under the Nokia brand. The Nokia 8 will go on sale in Europe in September for 599 euros (~$700), but there is no word yet on a US release.Having been the subject of dozens of leaks in the weeks and months leading up to its official unveiling, we already know most of what there is to know about the Nokia 8. HMD's Android phone features a 5.3-inch
  
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• Check Out Sonic Mania's Secret Knuckles Mode In Action

  16-08-2017 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Sonic Mania is now available--unless you're stuck waiting for the PC version--and it appears to be the game that many Sonic fans have been hoping for. Not only that, but it also features a special mode that plays off a popular Sonic joke.As featured in the video above, & Knuckles mode allows you to have the titular echidna follow you around, much like Tails in past games. It can be activated even if you're playing as Knuckles, allowing you to create a Knuckles & Knuckles experience.This
  
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• German Car Companies Are Driving the Country Off a Cliff

  16-08-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  "Made in Germany" used to mean reliability. Now it means collusion.
  
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• SeaWorld Orca Dies After Long Battle With Lung Infection

  16-08-2017 20:55 via yahoo.com
  An orca at SeaWorld San Diego was euthanized Tuesday evening after a long battle with a bacterial respiratory infection.
  
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• Killing Floor: Incursion - Gameplay Launch Trailer

  16-08-2017 20:55 via gamespot.com
  
  From award-winning developer Tripwire Interactive comes a fully-realized, made-for-VR, multi-hour, story-driven adventure.
  
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• PlayStation Experience 2017 Date Announced, First Tickets Now Available

  16-08-2017 20:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony's annual gaming convention, PlayStation Experience, will return this year. PSX 2017 has been dated, and those hoping to attend the PS4-focused event can buy tickets right now.PSX 2017 runs from December 9-10 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, the same venue as last year's show. The first batch of early-bird, two-day tickets are on sale right now at a discounted rate of $65; standard two-day tickets will go for $75. Either way, you'll need to be at least 18 to attend, a
  
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• Yara Shahidi answers 'Grown-ish' questions from a fan

  16-08-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  Actress Yara Shahidi shares how she plans to handle college life
  
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• Man arrested on hindering charge in Missouri officer killing

  16-08-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with hindering prosecution in the killing of a western Missouri police officer told an informant that he dropped the suspected gunman off at a nearby marina after the shooting, according to court records.
  
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• Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Patches Will Be Released Less Frequently

  16-08-2017 20:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Since Playerunknown's Battlegrounds' Early Access release this past March, developer Bluehole has supported the immensely popular title with a steady stream of patches and updates. Now, however, the developer has announced that new updates for the game will be rolling out less frequently until its official release.Bluehole discussed the change in a post on the game's Steam forums. According to the developer, the reason behind the decision is to "improve how we work on the game.""We’ve foun
  
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• Mission: Impossible 6 Production Delayed Following Tom Cruise Stunt Accident

  16-08-2017 20:39 via gamespot.com
  
  The production of Mission: Impossible 6 has shut down following an on-set accident involving star Tom Cruise. It has been reported that it could be up to three months before the movie starts shooting once more.According to Variety, the London-based production will be paused for "six weeks to three months" to give Cruise time to recover from his injuries. While there has no been no official statement from Paramount about the accident, Variety's sources suggest that Cruise may have "broken his ank
  
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• Venezuela mulls 'law against intolerance,' aimed at dissenters

  16-08-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  By Hugh BronsteinCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans who express "hate or intolerance" will be jailed for up to 25 years under a bill pending in the country's newly-formed constituent assembly, a measure the opposition fears will be used by the government to further crack down on dissent.President Nicolas Maduro has faced a cacophony of international criticism - from the United Nations to Pope Francis - since he installed the 545-member assembly stacked with Socialist Party allies earlier this month
  
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• More arrests made in toppling of Confederate statue

  16-08-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More protesters were arrested Wednesday for participating in a demonstration that toppled a Confederate statue in North Carolina, and more monuments were vandalized as well.
  
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• GS News Update: Destiny 2 Is Not Coming To Steam, Bungie Says

  16-08-2017 20:32 via gamespot.com
  
  The much-anticipated sequel will only be available on Battle.net, it seems.
  
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• WWE 2K18: Every Confirmed Wrestler On The Roster

  16-08-2017 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  This October, 2K Games will release the next game in its WWE franchise: WWE 2K18. Seth Rollins was revealed as the cover star of this year's game, and more recently, John Cena's career will be highlighted in the deluxe edition of the game, which you can see the contents of above. The biggest news came from early July when it was announced the game will be available on Nintendo Switch. We also discussed some of the changes to this year's game with 2K devs.For WWE 2K18, the publisher has stated t
  
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• Mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer: 'They tried to kill my child to shut her up'

  16-08-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  “They tried to kill my child to shut her up,” said Susan Bro, dwarfed by the large stage and cinema screen at the Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.The 1,200 mourners in the room rose to their feet and applauded as the mood ebbed between somber reflection, defiance and a celebration of 32-year-old Heather Heyer’s life.
  
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• Why Barack Obama is Our Most Viral President

  16-08-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  Barack Obama's post Charlottesville tweet just broke the record for number of likes. How did Obama crack the social media code?
  
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• The price of eclipse glasses have more than tripled on Amazon over the last 2 weeks

  16-08-2017 20:18 via yahoo.com
  If you're trying to be frugal and find a cheap deal on a pair of glasses for the solar eclipse, good luck. The price of the protective glasses continues to soar, even among concerns over sales of potentially useless glasses.  On Amazon, which seems to be the marketplace of choice for eclipse shoppers, prices for glasses have more than tripled over the last two weeks for the website's most popular protective glasses, according to Wikibuy.  Wikibuy, which tracks prices through its Google
  
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