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• Sharon Osbourne Reveals Ozzy Cheated on Her with Six Women: ‘He Had Women in Different Countries’

  04-09-2017 23:54 via yahoo.com
  Sharon Osbourne is opening up about the affairs she says her husband Ozzy had that almost led to their divorce
  
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• NBA 2K18 For Switch Does Not Have Amiibo Support

  04-09-2017 23:51 via gamespot.com
  
  [UPDATE] A 2K Sports representative confirmed that NBA 2K18 will not offer Amiibo support. The original story is below.With NBA 2K18's release coming up soon, some new details about the pro basketball's features on Nintendo Switch have been revealed. According to US Gamer, the Switch edition will be "feature complete and identical" to the PlayStation 4 (and presumably Xbox One) versions.This means NBA 2K18 on Switch will offer MyGM team-management, MyLeague, MyCareer, and Story mode, just as the
  
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• Isil for first time urging women to join battle to combat dwindling manpower

  04-09-2017 23:00 via yahoo.com
  The Islamic State is increasingly urging women to fight in its battles, in a significant ideological move that highlights the group’s desperate bid to boost its manpower. Women had not previously participated in Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s armed struggle, with the single exception of an all-female brigade responsible for policing females in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa.  However, with the jihadists losing large numbers of militants in the fight for Raqqa and Mosul
  
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• Log: Man killed outside shelter wouldn't exit police cruiser

  04-09-2017 22:56 via yahoo.com
  STOW, Ohio (AP) — A man who was fatally shot after being transported by a police officer to a homeless shelter had refused to get out of the officer's cruiser when they got there, police records show.
  
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• Israel army to hold drill simulating war with Hezbollah

  04-09-2017 22:25 via yahoo.com
  Israel's army will begin Tuesday a massive exercise simulating conflict with Lebanese movement Hezbollah in the country's north, military sources said, in what would be the largest drill in nearly two decades.The drill will last 10 days and simulate "scenarios we'll be facing in the next confrontation with Hezbollah", a defence source said Monday, referring to the Iran-backed Shiite movement.Military sources said tens of thousands of soldiers, including thousands of reserves, would take part.
  
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• DACA: New York threatens to sue Trump if he ends 'Dreamers' programme for undocumented immigrant children

  04-09-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  New York state authorities have threatened to sue Donald Trump if he ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, which is intended to protect those brought into the US illegally while they were minors from deportation.There are approximately 800,000 people - so-called 'Dreamers' - who have benefited from DACA in the US since its beginning in 2012 under the Obama administration.Mr Schneiderman is also working with Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller to assist in the ongoing in
  
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• Burning Man Attendee Dies After Running Into Flames

  04-09-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  An attendee of Nevada’s Burning Man festival has died after breaking through security and running into a burning effigy Saturday night.
  
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• Syria army nears regime enclave besieged by IS

  04-09-2017 21:55 via yahoo.com
  Syria's army battled the Islamic State group on the edges of Deir Ezzor Monday, seeking to break the siege of a government enclave and oust the jihadists from a key stronghold.The jihadist group has already lost more than half of its nearby bastion of Raqa to attacking US-backed forces, and the loss of Deir Ezzor city and the surrounding oil-rich province would leave it with only a handful of isolated outposts.Deir Ezzor province borders Iraq, where IS has also been expelled from former strongho
  
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• Small boy's body found encased in concrete in Kansas house

  04-09-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating after the body of a small child was discovered encased in concrete inside a rental home in Wichita, Kansas.
  
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• Touchdown! Hall of Fame Quarterback Troy Aikman Marries ‘the Love of My Life’ in California

  04-09-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  Troy Aikman is a married man!
  
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• Mother's fight to discover fate of dead baby's body finds empty coffin

  04-09-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  A mother who has been fighting for four decades to find out what happened to her dead baby boy has discovered that his coffin has no human remains in it.
  
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• 106-year-old Afghan woman faces deportation from Sweden

  04-09-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  HOVA, Sweden (AP) — A 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe, carried by her son and grandson through mountains, deserts and forests, is facing deportation from Sweden after her asylum application was rejected.
  
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• Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery as evacuation order lifted

  04-09-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  By Daniel TrottaHOUSTON (Reuters) - Authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area surrounding a once-burning chemical plant and a major fuel pipeline reopened on Monday in signs that Texas was edging toward recovery from the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey.The storm dumped some 50 inches (125 cm) of rain on the low-lying Gulf coastal region after coming ashore on Aug. 25, killing about 50 people and causing what the Texas governor said could be up to $180 billion in damage.Flooding le
  
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• The Latest: US says IS convoy still stranded in Syria

  04-09-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Operation Blood Orchid Drops Tomorrow, Watch The New Trailer Now

  04-09-2017 20:46 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege's largest update yet, Operation Blood Orchid, drops tomorrow. From new Operators to improvements in the game's lighting system, this update may not change the way the game is played, but it is a massive overhaul to how the title appears.We got a good look at Blood Orchid last week with the release of the update's full patch notes. Today's trailer gives us yet another look at the update's new characters, Special Duties Unit Operators Ying and Lesion, as well as the new Theme Par
  
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• Klan's Ambition Finds Foothold With Trump

  04-09-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks back at how the Ku Klux Klan flexed its muscles in national American politics in the 1920s and how those same racist political ambitions are finding accommodation with Donald Trump.
  
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• Klan's Resurgence Foreshadowed by Wilson

  04-09-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow looks at how a screening of "Birth of a Nation" at the Woodrow Wilson White House in 1915 foreshadowed a political resurgence by the Ku Klux Klan.
  
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• Man Who Rushed into a Massive Bonfire at Burning Man Festival Dies of His Injuries

  04-09-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  A man rushed past layers of security officers into a massive fire at the Burning Man festival’s signature ceremony, suffering burns that left him dead just hours later
  
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• Syrian army, allies thrust east to break siege in Deir al-Zor city

  04-09-2017 20:23 via yahoo.com
  By Ellen Francis and Laila BassamBEIRUT (Reuters) - With a sudden lunge through jihadist lines, the Syrian army and its allies on Monday came to within 3 km of relieving the Euphrates city of Deir al-Zor, where Islamic State has besieged 93,000 civilians and an army garrison for years.The advance on the eastern city marks another stinging setback for the once-triumphant Islamic State, fast retreating in both Iraq and Syria as its self-declared caliphate crumbles.Syrian troops were rapidly approa
  
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• Twin Peaks Just Wrapped Up One Of The Most Subversive, Wonderful Seasons Of TV Ever

  04-09-2017 20:19 via gamespot.com
  
  As an unabashed fan of Twin Peaks, I never seriously believed the series would return. It had been too long, and it was a show too weird, to imagine it could come back, even amidst a flurry of remakes and reboots. That never stopped me from imagining a third season, but those daydreams never came with any belief that I would be proven right or wrong. I was floored to learn the series would indeed make a comeback after about 25 years--appropriately enough, given the prophetic, "I'll see you again
  
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• Where is Kate? Duchess of Cambridge spends day with mom Carole amid bombshell baby announcement

  04-09-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  The 35-year-old royal has remained out of the spotlight, missing a planned engagement at the Hornsey Road Children's Centre in London, since announcing on Monday that she's pregnant with baby No. 3. Kate's mom, Carole Middleton, was seen leaving Kensington Palace late Monday afternoon in a black SUV after spending the day with her daughter.
  
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• Denmark's Corporate Sector Just Sold Off Its Last Oil Company

  04-09-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland ― Denmark’s biggest company is selling off the country’s last oil firm as the world’s top wind turbine-producing nation transitions to renewable energy.
  
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• Denmark Is Selling Off Its Last Oil Company And Spending The Money On Wind Power

  04-09-2017 19:58 via yahoo.com
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland ― Denmark, the world’s top wind turbine producer, is selling off its last oil company.
  
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• U.S. envoy says North Korean leader 'begging for war' as U.N. mulls sanctions

  04-09-2017 19:56 via yahoo.com
  By Christine Kim and Michelle NicholsSEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said countries trading with North Korea were aiding its "dangerous nuclear intentions" as the United Nations Security Council mulled tough new sanctions and the isolated regime showed signs of planning more missile tests.South Korea said it was talking to Washington about deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula following the North's sixth and most powerful nuclear t
  
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• Last Chance To Get August's Free PS Plus Games For PS4, PS3, And PS Vita

  04-09-2017 19:16 via gamespot.com
  
  September is upon us, meaning it's almost time for a new selection of free games from Sony as part of PlayStation Plus. That also means August's free games will not be available free of charge for much longer: today marks the last chance for PS Plus subscribers to add six games to their library for free.August's free PS Plus games, as always, are split across PS4, PS3, and PS Vita. They include destruction-oriented open-world game Just Cause 3 and Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry--originally an exp
  
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• Lil Wayne Rushed to Hospital After Suffering Seizure, Upcoming Las Vegas Show Canceled

  04-09-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  Lil Wayne was reportedly rushed to the hospital in Chicago on Sunday after suffering a seizure, leading to the cancellation of his upcoming show in Las Vegas
  
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• This Dreamer Died Saving Harvey Flood Victims. His Body Was Found The Day Reports Surfaced Trump Will Kill DACA

  04-09-2017 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Alonso Guillen came to the U.S. from Mexico as a child.
  
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• Every Action Movie That Inspired "Pickle Rick" | Rick and Morty Side-by-side Comparison

  04-09-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Did the action scenes in "Pickle Rick" look familiar to you? From John Wick to Iron Man to Oldboy, here is a side-by-side comparison of the action movie references in Rick and Morty Season 3 Episode 3!
  
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• iPhone 8 To Come With New Siri Activation Feature

  04-09-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  New information on the upcoming iPhone 8 suggests the device could come with a new option to activate Siri.
  
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• Mummified Dog And Other Oddities 'Shatter Your Senses' In New Ripley's Book

  04-09-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  In case you haven’t noticed, it’s a weird world out there.
  
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• Can Trump Stop Other Nations Trading with North Korea?

  04-09-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  Trump's threat to cut trade with North Korea's trade partners could be bad for the U.S. economy, experts warn.
  
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• Scientists discover strange form of black hole at the heart of Milky Way

  04-09-2017 18:41 via yahoo.com
  A strange form of black hole has been detected for the first time at the heart of the Milky Way. It's a "mini-me" version of its neighbouring supermassive "cousin" - shedding light on how it formed. Looming in the middle of every galaxy, supermassive black holes weigh as much as ten billion suns - fuelling the birth of stars and deforming the fabric of space-time itself. The centre of the Milky Way, 27 000 light-years away from Earth Credit: AFP/Getty Images But the
  
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• 'Fake' Tom Roberts painting bought for £7,500 could sell for £300,000 after BBC show reveals it's genuine

  04-09-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  A  painting by British-born Australian artist Tom Roberts which was lost for 136 years was discovered to be an original after the owners – a husband and wife who spent their savings on it even though they were told it was a forgery – approached the BBC’s Fake or Fortune  program. Joe Natoli, a former mayor in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, bought the 1883 oil painting, titled Rejected, from an online auction site in 2013 even though it was listed as a fake. T
  
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• 'Fake' painting bought for £7,500 could sell for more than £300,000 after BBC show reveals it's genuine

  04-09-2017 18:36 via yahoo.com
  A  painting by British-born Australian artist Tom Roberts which was lost for 136 years was discovered to be an original after the owners – a husband and wife who spent their savings on it even though they were told it was a forgery – approached the BBC’s Fake or Fortune  program. Joe Natoli, a former mayor in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, bought the 1883 oil painting, titled Rejected, from an online auction site in 2013 even though it was listed as a fake. T
  
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• Row over bears in France intensifies after angry farmers 'fire shots' in protest at sheep deaths

  04-09-2017 18:25 via yahoo.com
  A bitter dispute over bears in France's Pyrenees mountains has intensified after farmers were accused of firing "50 shots" at state experts who came to assess how many sheep the beasts had killed. Prosecutors in the Ariège, south-west France, have launched a judicial investigation into "violence with weapons" after a group of "thirty aggressive people" allegedly unleashed a hail of bullets in the vicinity of four experts from the national hunting and wildlife office, ONCFS. The agent
  
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• Trump's Latest North Korea Threat Could Have 'Apocalyptic' Consequences, Experts Warn

  04-09-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off trade with any country that does business with North Korea would have massive consequences on the global economic stage if executed, experts said.
  
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• Russia Tells Trump to Be Bigger Person on North Korea

  04-09-2017 17:58 via yahoo.com
  "The stronger and the smarter one will show restraint," Russia's deputy foreign minister said.
  
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• Fresh iPhone 8 leak shows how Apple is dealing with the phone’s biggest change

  04-09-2017 17:48 via yahoo.com
  Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 will undeniably represent the biggest change to the iPhone form factor we've ever seen. According to reports, the venerable home button -- a mainstay on the iPhone since the original was introduced back in 2007 -- will be tossed aside to make room for an edgeless OLED display. And though Apple initially tried to embed its Touch ID sensor underneath the display itself, those plans were ultimately abandoned due to yield issues Apple wasn't able to overcome.With the home b
  
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• Handcuffed Utah Nurse: Police Need to Regain Public Trust

  04-09-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  In Salt Lake City, public anger is growing over a video that shows a police officer handcuffing a nurse who refused an order to illegally take a blood sample from a patient.
  
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• Water Is Still Rising in Houston

  04-09-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of evacuations were ordered over the weekend in West Houston, as water levels continued to rise more than a week after Harvey made landfall.
  
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• Police: Longtime fugitive Italian mobster nabbed in Uruguay

  04-09-2017 17:27 via yahoo.com
  ROME (AP) — A top crime syndicate boss convicted of drug trafficking and on the run from Italy since 1994 has been arrested in Uruguay, where he was living in a luxury villa in a seaside resort town under an alias and using a false Brazilian passport, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Fugitive Italian 'cocaine king' arrested in Uruguay

  04-09-2017 17:13 via yahoo.com
  ROME/MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - One of Italy's most wanted mob bosses has been arrested in Uruguay after 23 years on the run from convictions for mafia association, drug trafficking and other serious crimes, the interior ministries of both countries said on Monday.Rocco Morabito was considered the most wanted fugitive member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful organized crime group and one of Europe's biggest importers of South American cocaine.The 50-year-old was arrested in Montevi
  
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• Cambodian leader gets China's backing as West condemns crackdown

  04-09-2017 17:09 via yahoo.com
  By Prak Chan ThulPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen won words of support from China on Monday after the United States and European Union condemned the arrest of his main rival and a widening crackdown on his critics before next year's election.A day after Kem Sokha was arrested in a midnight raid on his house, one of his deputies said donor countries should open their eyes to Cambodia's "false democracy" and put more pressure on Hun Sen.When asked about Kem Sokha's arrest at
  
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• Chechen strongman draws huge crowd over Rohingya plight

  04-09-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  Thousands gathered in Russia's Chechnya region Monday for an officially staged rally over the plight of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority that placed local strongman Ramzan Kadyrov at odds with the Kremlin.A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence erupted in neighbouring Myanmar on August 25, with some alleging massacres by security forces and Buddhist mobs.Kadyrov -- who rules the mainly-Muslim Chechnya region in southern Russia with an iron fist -- i
  
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• Man Tells 911 He Woke From a Dream to Find Wife Stabbed in Their Bedroom: 'I Think I Did It'

  04-09-2017 16:54 via yahoo.com
  Matthew Phelps, an aspiring pastor, has been arrested for the murder of his wife, who was a Sunday school teacher.
  
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• Venezuelan President Maduro to address U.N. Human Rights Council

  04-09-2017 16:52 via yahoo.com
  By Tom MilesGENEVA (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro, accused of trampling on human rights and democracy in Venezuela, is expected to address the opening day of a three-week U.N. Human Rights Council session on Sept. 11.Maduro's government has been criticized by the United Nations, Washington and other governments for overriding Venezuela's opposition-led Congress, jailing hundreds of opponents and failing to allow the entry of foreign humanitarian aid to ease a severe economic crisis."We rec
  
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• 'The King of Cocaine'. Alleged mafia drugs kingpin arrested in South America after 23 years on the run

  04-09-2017 16:31 via yahoo.com
  An alleged mafia boss nicknamed “the King of Cocaine” has been captured in South America after 23 years on the run. Rocco Morabito, who was wanted by Italian police for allegedly masterminding the trafficking of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, was arrested in a hotel in Uruguay. He is considered to be one of Italy’s five most dangerous fugitives and has been on the run from arrest since 1994.  During a search of his home in Uruguay, police found 13 mobile phones, whi
  
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• Trump promised to put American workers first. He lied | Michael Paarlberg

  04-09-2017 16:29 via yahoo.com
  ‘It’s hard to imagine a more anti-worker agenda from any president, much less one claiming the mantle of champion of the American worker.’ Donald Trump in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in June, where he spoke about renegotiating Nafta.As Donald Trump celebrates Labor Day by proposing to slash taxes for CEOs such as himself, it may come as a shock that a president who was previously best known for firing people on TV might not have been completely sincere in his promise to put “Amer
  
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• Rocky Spinoff Creed 2 Could Start Filming Soon, Sylvester Stallone Teases

  04-09-2017 16:16 via gamespot.com
  
  Over the past few weeks, Rocky star and action icon Sylvester Stallone has been teasing fans about his return to the ring for a sequel to 2015's hit spinoff Creed. The latest hint comes via an Instagram post that shows Stallone and star Michael B. Jordan, that suggests that Creed 2 will start production in 2018. This latest post follows rumors in July that fellow action star Dolph Lundgren will reprise his role as Russian heavyweight Ivan Drago, last seen in 1985's Rocky IV. At that time Stallon
  
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• How a Houston Community Fed Thousands of First Responders

  04-09-2017 15:59 via yahoo.com
  A volunteer group has been making 3,000 meals a day to feed those in need
  
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