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• Trump Tweets About Boston

  19-08-2017 23:56 via yahoo.com
  "Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heal, & we will heal, & be stronger than ever before!" he tweeted at one point.
  
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• Dark Elves Destroyer Quest Battle Gameplay - Total War: Warhammer 2

  19-08-2017 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Dark Elves are lead by legendary Lord Malekith in this quest battle against the High Elves. The Dark Elves are ruthless and sadistic fighters with Malekith himself flying a dragon and casting spells from the air.
  
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• Lost WWII USS Indianapolis Wreckage Finally Uncovered

  19-08-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  It was 18,000 feet under the water's surface.
  
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• Nigeria's ailing president returns after 3 months away

  19-08-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country Saturday after more than three months in London for medical treatment but the government gave no details on what has been ailing him.
  
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• An Oregon Wildfire is Blazing in the Eclipse's Path of Totality

  19-08-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  About 600 residents in the area were already evacuated
  
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• Boston 'free speech' rally abandoned by right-wing demonstrators outnumbered by 15,000 counter-protesters

  19-08-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  As the official start time of the contentious “Free Speech Rally” in Boston approached, the winner in the battle of words between organisers and counter-demonstrators had already been determined.If hateful speech aimed at Jewish people or minorities was chanted at Boston Common park, it was not audible at one of the largest rallies being held just one week after the deadly demonstrations in Charleston, Virginia, where neo-Nazis marched bearing torches, and where one woman was killed.
  
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• Syrian army pounds rebel areas near Damascus after Russian brokered truce

  19-08-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian jets and artillery struck rebel-held eastern Damascus suburbs on Saturday a day after a Russian sponsored ceasefire with a rebel group agreed a halt of fighting in the last opposition enclave in the capital, rebels and witnesses said.The Russian defense ministry said on Friday it had reached a ceasefire that took effect at 21.00 hrs Moscow time (1800 GMT) with Failaq al Rahman, the main Free Syrian Army (FSA) group fending off a two-month widescale
  
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• Trump dumps Bannon, who returns to conservative website

  19-08-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, the blunt-spoken and divisive strategist who went from Donald Trump's victorious campaign to a top White House post, has been pushed out by the president, capping a turbulent seven months that witnessed the departure of much of Trump's original senior staff.
  
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• After Leaking, EA Officially Releases Star Wars: Battlefront 2's Epic Space Battle Trailer

  19-08-2017 21:52 via gamespot.com
  
  [UPDATE] EA has now officially released the Starfighter Assault trailer, following the leak earlier this week. A gameplay demo for the mode is expected at Gamescom next week.The original story is below.Ahead of an expected official reveal at Gamescom 2017 next week, a trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront II has leaked. It shows off the game's space battles, one of the most anticipated elements of the sequel. What you're seeing is not gameplay but was captured in-engine, so keep that in mind when l
  
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• German writer critical of Turkey's Erdogan arrested in Spain

  19-08-2017 21:47 via yahoo.com
  By Thomas EscrittBERLIN (Reuters) - German-Turkish author Dogan Akhanli was arrested in Spain on Saturday after Turkey issued an Interpol warrant for the writer, a critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, fanning an already fierce row between the NATO allies.The arrest of the German national in Granada was part of a "targeted hunt against critics of the Turkish government living abroad in Europe," Akhanli's lawyer Ilias Uyar told magazine Der Spiegel, which first reported Akhanli's
  
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• Spain hunts suspect over Barcelona carnage

  19-08-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Spanish police on Saturday hunted for a Moroccan man suspected of carrying out one of two terror attacks that killed 14 people, injured 120 more and plunged the country into shock and grief.Two days after the assaults that struck Barcelona and the nearby seaside town of Cambrils, Spaniards put on a defiant front while mourning the victims, with crowds out in force to greet King Felipe and Queen Letizia as they arrived to pay hommage to those killed in the attacks.Slogans like "Las Ramblas is cry
  
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• Spanish police believe they may have body of missing boy Julian Cadman

  19-08-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Hopes were fading for seven-year-old British boy Julian Cadman on Saturday as Spanish authorities revealed they were no longer searching for any missing youngsters. His father Andrew made the long flight from Australia and landed on Saturday afternoon to comfort his seriously injured wife, Jumarie, who had been in the area to attend a family wedding when she and her son were struck by the terrorist's van which killed 13 people and left more than 100 injured. Despite a major appeal by his lo
  
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• Confirmed! VW Electric Microbus Coming in 2022

  19-08-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  It's finally happening. We can't believe it either.
  
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• The Latest: Police say conservative activist rally is over

  19-08-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a conservative rally and counter-demonstration in Boston and around the country (all times local):
  
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• State funeral for Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa'

  19-08-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Ruth Pfau, a German nun who devoted her life to combatting leprosy in Pakistan, was buried with full state honours on Saturday, in an unprecedented service for a foreign Christian in the Muslim-majority country.Pfau, who died at the age of 87 on August 10 was known locally as Pakistan's Mother Teresa.Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain attended the state funeral service at St Patrick's Cathedral in the city, where hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects.
  
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• Muslims fear anti-Islam backlash in tolerant Barcelona

  19-08-2017 21:29 via yahoo.com
  Prayer time is approaching but Raja Miah, an imam at a tiny mosque in the heart of Barcelona does not expect a big turnout.Since the twin attacks in Barcelona and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils claimed by the Islamic State group, the Muslim community in central Barcelona's neighbourhood of Raval fears an anti-Islam backlash."People are very scared," said Miah, 23, as he sat in a small room at the mosque in Raval as a small group of children in an adjoining room studied the Koran.
  
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• Solar Eclipse To Cost US Nearly $700M In Lost Productivity

  19-08-2017 21:26 via yahoo.com
  Research says the time loss could be a good way to boost company morale.
  
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• Donald Trump seeks to placate Steve Bannon as fired strategist says ‘that presidency is over’

  19-08-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump appears to be trying to placate Steve Bannon, the strategist whom he fired and who subsequently claimed that the “presidency is over”.Hours after Mr Trump sacked Mr Bannon, the right wing populist returned to his former position as the head of the pro-white nationalist Breitbart News.“The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” Mr Bannon told the Weekly Standard.
  
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• On StarCraft Remastered's Transformation And Why There Isn't A Console Port

  19-08-2017 21:01 via gamespot.com
  
  If you want to see how much has changed in StarCraft between the game's launch in 1998 and the current remaster in 2017, try pressing F5 while playing. The default key for switching between the classic graphics version and the remaster, shows how much attention has gone into making the StarCraft remake feel like it belongs on your HD monitor.But what was it like bringing this game back to life? And what about a console or mobile version? Robert Bridenbecker, whose official title is VP of technol
  
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• Nihon Falcom President Shares Studio Insights And Thoughts On Zelda Comparisons

  19-08-2017 21:00 via gamespot.com
  
  As one of the oldest console and PC game studios, Nihon Falcom has--consciously or otherwise--made games that have drawn different age groups. It has devotees who were around for the first Ys game in 1987, and newer fans who discovered the studio through Trails In The Sky, a series with DNA that can be traced back to one of Falcom's earliest games, Dragon Slayer. It's a developer that embraces its RPG and action RPG heritage but isn't afraid to evolve their properties in its sequels and spin-off
  
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• Barcelona attack: Police raid home of imam linked to cell behind twin terror attacks 

  19-08-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  Moussa Oukabir confirmed shot dead in Cambrils ​Cambrils shoot out ' was like a horror movie'  Who are the victims? British boy, seven, among the missing Who are the suspects in the Spanish terror attacks? Everything we know about first attack on Spain in 13 years Catalan investigators on Saturday raided the house of an imam in the town of Ripoll they believe may have overseen the cell which killed 14 people in twin terrorist attacks in Barcelona and the seaside resort
  
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• 'A lot of years and not enough change': Protesters in New York rally against white supremacy

  19-08-2017 20:45 via yahoo.com
  In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, right-wing groups have cancelled rallies around the country.In New York, dozens of people took part in a rally outside Google’s corporate campus.The protest organisers, however, cancelled the rally days before, citing “alt left terrorist threats”.
  
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• Venezuela 'congress in resistance' rejects new super-assembly

  19-08-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  By Hugh Bronstein and Diego OréCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition-controlled congress on Saturday rejected the self-proclaimed law-making authority of a new legislative superbody elected last month at the behest of President Nicolas Maduro.Congress's declaration of resistance followed statements from a group of 12 regional nations plus the United States on Friday, saying they would continue to regard congress, not the new constituent assembly, as the Venezuela's only legitimate la
  
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• Palestinian in West Bank attack bid killed: Israel police

  19-08-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  A Palestinian teenager who tried to attack an Israeli border guard in the occupied West Bank with a knife on Saturday was shot dead, an Israeli police spokeswoman said.The Palestinian health ministry identified the teenager as Qoteiba Yussef Zahran from the Tulkarm region in the northern West Bank.The Israeli spokeswoman said one of the border guards suffered a slight leg injury during the incident, but did not say clearly if he had been stabbed by the Palestinian.
  
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• At least 23 dead, dozens hurt as train derails in India

  19-08-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after an express train derailed in north India Saturday, officials said, as rescuers clambered across mangled carriages to pull passengers from the wreckage.Rescue and relief operations are continuing," G S Priyadarshi, Muzaffarnagar district magistrate, told AFP.A police officer at the accident spot said 50 people had been taken to hospital.
  
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• Grace Mugabe absent from S.Africa summit as assault claim lingers

  19-08-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe failed to appear Saturday at a summit in South Africa attended by her husband, an event overshadowed by her effort to obtain diplomatic immunity over assault allegations.The wife of President Robert Mugabe has not been seen since being accused of attacking a 20-year-old model with a electrical extension cord last weekend in a Johannesburg hotel where the couple's two sons were staying.The alleged assault is a political headache for South Africa and Zimbabwe, cl
  
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• New Ni No Kuni II Trailer Features Stoic President Roland

  19-08-2017 19:52 via gamespot.com
  
  Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom's latest trailer, debuting just before Gamescom, focuses on one of the game's supporting characters rather than our blonde-haired protagonist--Roland, the stoic president of a country in Ichi No Kuni.Though the trailer doesn't reveal much about Roland's character, we do already know he's not as he appears to be. Roland is a 48-year-old president renowned for his leadership and loved by his people. After some magical happenings and he is transported to Ni No Kuni,
  
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• Man Caught Smuggling 13 Pounds of Meth Into US Via Drone

  19-08-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  Drones generally haven't appealed to smugglers because their noise attracts attention.
  
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• 11-Year-Old Doused With Hot Water at Sleepover Makes Extraordinary Recovery: 'She is so Amazing'

  19-08-2017 19:22 via yahoo.com
  She suffered burns on 85 percent of her face.
  
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• Trump's new communications director isn't new to his ways

  19-08-2017 19:12 via yahoo.com
  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Others tried without much success, and now the job of keeping President Donald Trump on message has fallen to Hope Hicks, a young aide who entered his orbit not knowing the ride would eventually take her to the pinnacle of Washington politics.
  
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• Thousands take to streets in Boston protest against hate speech

  19-08-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people in Boston protested a "Free Speech" rally featuring right-wing speakers on Saturday, with hundreds of police mobilized to prevent a recurrence of violence that left a woman dead at a Virginia white-supremacist protest last week.In historic Boston Common park alone, hundreds of protesters who believe the event could become a platform for racist propaganda dwarfed the few dozen rally participants.The number of protesters was poised to swell exponentially as a march with thousan
  
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• Boston 'free speech' rally dwarfed by thousands of counter-protesters

  19-08-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  Eight people were arrested at a "Free Speech Rally" in Boston that organisers said "fell  apart" after it as dwarfed by a counter-protest against white nationalism. About 30 people attending the rally huddled on Boston Common's bandstand, their words drowned out by more than 10,000 counter-protesters. The two sides were kept more than 50 metres apart by fencing and police.  Trouble flared only briefly. At the end of the hour-long rally when the speakers were hustled into a police van t
  
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• Father jumps car over open drawbridge in terrifying stunt to save family

  19-08-2017 18:19 via yahoo.com
  A father drove his car over an opening drawbridge in a death-defying stunt to avoid plunging into the water below.Terence Naphys was crossing New Jersey's Middle Thorofare Bridge with his family when its steel ramp began to lift beneath them.Mr Naphys was reportedly already near the centre of the bridge and was forced to accelerate his Toyota RAV 4 to jump the 6ft gap out of fear the car would fall 65ft into the deep bay below.
  
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• Moroccan asylum seeker 'targeted women' in Finland terror stabbing

  19-08-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  Finnish police said Saturday that a Moroccan asylum seeker deliberately targeted women in a stabbing spree that left two dead and is being investigated as the country's first terror attack.Police shot and wounded the knife-wielding suspect, detaining him minutes after Friday's rampage at a busy market square in Turku, southwestern Finland.Finland raised its emergency readiness after the attack, increasing security at airports and train stations and putting more officers on the streets.
  
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• 13-Year-Old With Down Syndrome and Personal Trainer Form Brotherly Bond: 'Parker is a Blessing'

  19-08-2017 18:02 via yahoo.com
  They train together twice a week.
  
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• Madden NFL 18 Video Review

  19-08-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Is this year's Madden Football game one to skip over or is it an absolute touchdown of a game? Find out in our GameSpot review!
  
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• Madden NFL 18 Review

  19-08-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  After almost 30 years, the Madden NFL series is rarely surprising. Fans think they know what to expect each year: a handful of small but meaningful mechanical tweaks, roster updates, and slight graphical bumps. Madden NFL 18, however, is highlighted by one of the most significant additions in series history--a full story mode--and a new, much more graphically capable engine. And due in large part to the Longshot story, it is a marked improvement over the last several entries in the series.Madden
  
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• Madden NFL 18 - Patriots Vs Falcons First Quarter Gameplay

  19-08-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Watch the first quarter of a game where the Patriots go head to head against the Falcons in a friendly football game for your entertainment.
  
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• Madden NFL 18 - 12 Minutes Of Longshot Mode Gameplay

  19-08-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Madden NFL 18 features a very robust single player story mode, here are the first 12 minutes fro your viewing pleasure.
  
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• Game Of Thrones: Bronn's Funniest Moments

  19-08-2017 18:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Ser Bronn of the Blackwater has a zinger for every occasion. Here's a collection of his best moments. Beware of spoilers! Enter our giveaway to be in with a chance of winning a Tyrion Lannister Funko Pop! (US-only) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-of-thrones-season-7-funko-pop-giveaway/1100-6452407/
  
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• Boston free speech protests: Far-right demonstrators 'outnumbered 10 to 1 by anti-fascists'

  19-08-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  Far-right demonstrators in Boston appeared to be greatly outnumbered by their opponents - perhaps as much as ten to one - as the city braced for two competing rallies.The Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, issued an appeal to the many thousands of people taking part in the two events to be peaceful and show respect.The events were taking place a week after clashes at a white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in more than 20 people being injured and one young woman, Heath
  
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• Sebastian Gorka: Donald Trump 'could remove Steve Bannon ally from White House post'

  19-08-2017 17:59 via yahoo.com
  Sebastian Gorka could be nex to leave Donald Trump's administration after his ally Steve Bannon was fired, it has been claimed.Mr Gorka, who previously worked with Mr Bannon at Breitbart News, is another key figure of the Trump's administration populist stance.Two sources with knowledge of the situation told Bloomberg he could be removed from his counter-terrorsim advisory role to Mr Trump in a move which could suggest White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is looking to root out Mr Bannon's alli
  
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• Live Updates: Protests Unfold in Boston

  19-08-2017 17:57 via yahoo.com
  The event was set to start at noon.
  
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• 6 Officers Shot in Florida and Pennsylvania, 2 Killed and 4 Wounded

  19-08-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  Three police departments are reeling from a violent night that has left two officers dead.
  
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• Serena Williams' Fiancé Is A Little Shocked By Her Pregnancy Cravings

  19-08-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  He knew there would be cravings, but not quite like this.
  
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• Trump struggles with presidential duties as uniter-in-chief

  19-08-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For Susan Bro, mother of the woman killed at a rally organized by white supremacists, the president of the United States can offer no healing words.
  
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• Middle-earth: Shadow Of War -- The Story So Far

  19-08-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Path To Middle-earth: Shadow of War
  Set almost immediately after Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the next adventure for the undead ranger Talion and his wraith sidekick Celebrimbor sees them expanding their arsenal of skills while forging a new ring of power in order to dismantle the Dark Lord Sauron's influence over the lands of Middle-earth. In Middle-earth: Shadow Of War, the scope is much larger than before, and in order to survive, Talion and Celebrimbor will have to form their own army
  
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• Best Playstation 4 Games You Might've Missed in 2017

  19-08-2017 17:00 via gamespot.com
  
  PlayStation 4 owners have had no problems finding great games for the console, but here are six titles that might've flown under the radar for many people.
  
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• Barcelona attack: Terror cell 'completely dismantled' amid search for man suspected of driving van

  19-08-2017 16:58 via yahoo.com
  Moussa Oukabir confirmed shot dead in Cambrils ​Cambrils shoot out ' was like a horror movie'  Who are the victims? British boy, seven, among the missing Who are the suspects in the Spanish terror attacks? Everything we know about first attack on Spain in 13 years Spanish officials confirmed on Saturday at midday that the terror cell responsible for the attack in Barcelona and Cambrils was "completely dismantled". It is believed there is still an international manhunt for the man
  
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• Donald Trump Jr: US investigators 'examining President's son's meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer'

  19-08-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  A team of special prosecutors appointed to examine the alleged link between Donald Trump’s election campaign and Moscow are reportedly focusing their efforts on the President’s son.The prosecutors, led by Robert Mueller, a former director of the FBI, are now trying to find out Mr Trump Jr’s motives in attending the meeting, according to Buzzfeed News, which cited a source close to the investigation.Ms Veselnitskaya is alleged to have links to the Russian government but has deni
  
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