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• Syrian Army, U.S-Backed Forces Rub Shoulders In Eastern Syria

  11-09-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Fighters from opposite camps converge on the ISIS stronghold of Deir Ezzour — with potentially explosive consequences.
  
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• Here's What We Know About The Florida Keys After Hurricane Irma

  11-09-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Irma had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it crawled north out of Florida on Monday.
  
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• Supreme Court Lifts Trump Travel Ban Exemption

  11-09-2017 23:31 via yahoo.com
  The stay of a lower court's ruling is in effect while the court receives responses from those suing the government.
  
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• Destiny 2: How To Be The Best Warlock

  11-09-2017 23:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Enter The Space Wizard
  In Destiny 2, the Warlock class has refined its spectral, elemental powers to offer much more to the fireteam's chemistry. With the Titan focusing on defense and heavy strikes, and the Hunter utilizing fast and hard hitting moves with finesse, the Warlock has upped their Space Wizard game to offer more support to their allies in the heat of battle--all the while getting in a some serious damage when it counts. If you want to have the power of the Warlock at your fingertips
  
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• Eight victims killed by gunman in Texas were gathered for party

  11-09-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  A gunman who fatally shot eight people at a Dallas-area house knew at least some of the victims gathered there to watch a football game, authorities said on Monday.The shooter in Plano, Texas, was killed by the first police officer to arrive at the scene on Sunday, Plano Police Chief Gregory Rushin said at a news conference.The officer discovered seven victims who had been fatally shot, and two others were taken to a hospital.
  
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• Destiny 2 PC Details: Release Date, Requirements, Graphic Options, And Everything We Know

  11-09-2017 23:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Unlike its predecessor, Destiny 2 will release on PC. Although players will have to wait longer for it--Destiny 2 doesn't launch on PC until October 24 but is already available on Xbox One and PS4--the PC version does feature a variety of improvements and differences compared with its console counterparts. To help you get an idea of what to expect from the PC release of Bungie's hotly anticipated sequel, we've gathered all of the essential details below.For more on the game, check out our Destin
  
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• Bossert says the link between climate change and recent hurricanes to be analyzed 'at a later date'

  11-09-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  During a briefing on Monday, Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert dodged a question about the connection between climate change and the recent hurricanes. He said the “causality is something outside my ability to analyze.”
  
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• 'Little People, Big World' Stars Jeremy And Audrey Roloff Welcome Baby Girl

  11-09-2017 23:19 via yahoo.com
  The “Little People, Big World” stars are now parents to a baby girl, Jeremy’s rep confirmed to People.
  
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• Hurricane Irma Couldn't Faze Florida's Mermaids

  11-09-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is closed until further notice, but aims to reopen after a few days of cleanup.
  
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• Group Founded By Obama Administration Alumni Says Joe Arpaio Pardon Was Unconstitutional

  11-09-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― An advocacy group run by former government attorneys says President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is unconstitutional, and is urging a district court judge to refuse Arpaio’s request to vacate his contempt of court conviction.
  
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• Destiny 2: All The Hunter Arcstrider Skills

  11-09-2017 23:15 via gamespot.com
  
  All The Hunter Arcstrider Skills
  Destiny 2's new Arcstrider Hunter subclass is nimble class with the melee expertise of a warrior. With its trusty staff, it can inflict a variety of damaging electrical attacks. In addition, it also has a variety of useful dodging maneuvers, such as Gambler's Dodge, which allows you to fully recharge your melee ability if you evade attacks from enemies close to you.Here's a quick breakdown of all the skills and traits for the Arcstrider subclass, and for more inf
  
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• Nintendo Switch Exclusive No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again's Game Crossovers Don't Work Like You Think

  11-09-2017 23:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Undoubtedly the biggest surprise to come out of Nintendo's Nindies Summer Showcase last month was Travis Strikes Again, a brand-new installment in the No More Heroes series releasing exclusively for Switch. GameSpot got a chance to sit down with the game's director, the eccentric Suda51, at PAX West and learned some more details about its unique collaborations with other indie games.Travis Strikes Again isn't a direct continuation of the series, but a spin-off of sorts, taking place seven years
  
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• Three men including two soliders charged with being members of banned neo-Nazi group National Action

  11-09-2017 22:55 via yahoo.com
  Three men, including two British soldiers, have been charged with terror offences as part of an investigation into the banned neo-Nazi group National Action. Five men, including four soldiers, were held on suspicion of terror offences last week and two have since been released without charge. West Midlands Police said Alexander Deakin, 22, Mikko Vehvilainen, 32, and Mark Barrett, 24, have been charged with being members of a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 11 of the Terrorism Act. De
  
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• Rescuers Save Adorable Baby Seal Abandoned by Her Mom

  11-09-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  The pup was only a day old.
  
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• Texas man arrested in ex-wife's disappearance day of Harvey

  11-09-2017 22:46 via yahoo.com
  The body of a Texas real estate agent was found in a marshy wooded area Saturday more than two weeks after she disappeared the day Hurricane Harvey made landfall, authorities said.
  
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• Destiny 2: How To Be The Best Hunter

  11-09-2017 22:42 via gamespot.com
  
  Hunters' Delight.
  You've decided to save the solar system with the staff-wielding talents of the Hunter class in Destiny 2. Not only did you pick a well-rounded savior skilled in gunplay and melee combat, you're also going to look awesome when you rack up those kill counts. The base abilities and the power of your Super can take you far, but we have tips on how to make the most of this crafty and agile class.To get a general handle of playing the Hunter--or any class for that matter--consult our
  
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• Surprise PC Shooter Atomega Revealed By Ubisoft, And It's Out Next Week On Steam

  11-09-2017 22:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Out of nowhere, Ubisoft has announced a new game today. It's called Atomega, and you won't have to wait long to try it out--it launches for PC in just a week's time.Atomega is an online multiplayer FPS that is set "at the very end of time where reality is rapidly dissolving." You'll step into the role of an Exoform, which are a "distant relative" of human beings and machines that now compete for "fun and dominance." Exoforms attempt to get their hands on mass, which can be done by fighting other
  
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• The Latest: Person hospitalized in Texas shooting dies

  11-09-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  PLANO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the deaths of at least eight people, including the suspect, after a shooting at a Texas home (all times local):
  
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• Democrats Aren't Happy About Hillary Clinton's Return

  11-09-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Morning Must Reads: September 11
  
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• Finally, powerful women are speaking up for the rights of men. Equality just got a step closer

  11-09-2017 21:40 via yahoo.com
  Last Thursday, a gaggle of women demonstrated outside a building in Virginia where US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was speaking. Shouting slogans and brandishing placards that declared De Vos and Donald Trump were “standing up for rapists”, the women were protesting against DeVos’s determination to mitigate the excesses of the rape panic that has gripped American university campuses; and, also, they were bellowing their opposition to De Vos’s promise to insist on fa
  
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• Endangered Florida deer spotted after Irma raised fears for species

  11-09-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Several endangered deer found only in the lower Florida keys were sighted on Monday, easing fears about the fate of the tiny species after Hurricane Irma swamped their vulnerable archipelago ecosystem.With the highway to the Keys open only to emergency vehicles, power mostly out and communications disrupted, experts said it was too early to tell how the overall population of up to one thousand Key deer had fared."So thrilled ... can you imagine how terrified they were and are!?" wrote one North
  
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• California Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Elimination

  11-09-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO ― California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) announced Monday he is suing President Donald Trump’s administration to block it from ending protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Wonder Woman 2 Officially Bringing Back Its Director With Record-Setting Deal

  11-09-2017 21:24 via gamespot.com
  
  Given both the critical and commercial success of Wonder Woman, it seemed obvious that the follow-up would bring back its director. Patty Jenkins is now officially signed on to return to the director's chair for the sequel, which was first announced earlier this summer.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jenkins has finally closed her deal on the film, which will see her serve as director, co-writer, and producer. Specifics were not shared, but a recent report about her being in final negotiati
  
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• Brazil police search home of executive who turned himself in

  11-09-2017 21:15 via yahoo.com
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police searched the homes of former and current executives of the world's largest meatpacker whose plea bargain testimony has implicated the president in corruption, a firm that represents the men said Monday.
  
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• Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite's Pre-Order Costumes Shown Off In New Trailer

  11-09-2017 21:12 via gamespot.com
  
  Capcom's anticipated new fighting game, Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite, launches worldwide in a little over a week. Ahead of its release, the publisher has shared a new trailer that shows off the different DLC costumes players can get by pre-ordering the title.Capcom has announced four costumes that will be available as pre-order bonuses: Warrior Thor, Evil Ryu, Gladiator Hulk, and Command Mission X. However, the costumes you get depend on which version of the game you pre-order. Those who reserve
  
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• Pence: Flight 93 passengers might have saved my life on 9/11

  11-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence told relatives and friends of the victims of United Flight 93 attending the 16th anniversary ceremony Monday in Pennsylvania that the passengers might well have saved his life.
  
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• Russia Scoops US Media on Trump Meeting Again

  11-09-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump meeting with new Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov in the White House, but not telling U.S. press about it until it was already reported by Russian state media.
  
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• Supreme Court justice puts hold on Trump refugee ban ruling

  11-09-2017 20:48 via yahoo.com
  By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday put a temporarily hold on limits imposed by a lower court on President Donald Trump's order barring most refugees from entering the United States.Kennedy acted in response to the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the part of a Thursday ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that would let refugees from around the world enter the country if they have a formal offer from
  
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• Cuba counts the cost of deadly Hurricane Irma

  11-09-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Cuba emerged from a 72-hour thrashing by Hurricane Irma on Monday with three-quarters of the population without power, as the country began the task of restoring basic infrastructure and services.Among the worst-hit areas were Havana, where at least seven bodies were recovered, and the coastal towns of Caibarien and Cojimar.Dazed citizens like Yanmara Suarez surveyed the devastation in the historic old town of Havana, largely submerged by a wind-whipped tidal surge that left many people wading i
  
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• 'Goodbye Spain': Huge rally for Catalan independence before vote

  11-09-2017 20:42 via yahoo.com
  Hundreds of thousands of Catalans rallied on Monday to demand their region's secession from Spain, in a show of strength three weeks ahead of an independence referendum which has been banned by Madrid.Draped in red, yellow and blue separatist flags -- with one banner reading "Goodbye Spain" -- they marched through central Barcelona in what many hope will be the last protest before independence.Around one million people took part in the event, Barcelona's municipal police said in a Twitter post.
  
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• Supreme Court lifts restriction on Trump 'Muslim ban', barring 24,000 people from entering US

  11-09-2017 20:40 via yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the President's travel ban, quashing an opportunity for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the country.At the request of the Justice Department, the Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling that would have exempted some people for the administration's ban on refugees.In a one-page ruling, signed by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court announced that the exemption would be stayed, pe
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Rips Into Trump At GLAAD Gala

  11-09-2017 20:39 via yahoo.com
  Count House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is among those “appalled” by President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender recruits from enlisting in the military.
  
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• Trump Aides Facing Mueller Query Lawyer-Up

  11-09-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  Maddow looks at current and former Trump White House staffers who have hired lawyers as Special Counsel Robert Mueller has turned his attention their way, and considers what can be gleaned about the Trump Russia investigation from recent developments
  
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• Destiny 2 PSA: What You Need To Know About The Weekly Reset

  11-09-2017 20:16 via gamespot.com
  
  If Destiny 2 is your first Destiny game, or you simply didn't play much of the original, one thing you may be unaware of is how certain parts of the game run on a schedule. By now, you may have noticed that certain things reset daily, but more significant are the those that happen on a weekly basis--the aptly named weekly reset.A number of activities--and their corresponding rewards--are tied to the weekly reset. In other words, once you complete them, you'll have to wait for the following week
  
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• The German Election Is a Christian Civil War

  11-09-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Germany’s far-right is saying out loud what Angela Merkel’s party has always quietly believed: that Christian culture depends on Christian demographics.  
  
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• Russian Pol: Russia Elected US President

  11-09-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow rounds up some of the day's major headlines, including news of a Russian parliamentarian saying on a TV show that U.S. intelligence "slept through" Russia electing the U.S. president.
  
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• Around one million rally for Catalan independence from Spain

  11-09-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  By Sam EdwardsBARCELONA (Reuters) - Around one million Catalans rallied in Barcelona on Monday, waving red and yellow striped flags and banging drums, in a show of support for independence after Madrid moved to block a referendum on the region's split from Spain.Sept. 11 marks the 'Diada', Catalonia's national day, which commemorates the fall of Barcelona to Spain in 1714 and is traditionally used by pro-independence activists to call for secession for the northeastern region with a distinct lan
  
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• 400 hurricane survivors arrive in France, Netherlands

  11-09-2017 19:48 via yahoo.com
  About 400 exhausted and traumatised survivors of Hurricane Irma, which pummelled Caribbean islands last week, arrived in France and the Netherlands on Monday aboard military planes.A plane with 278 aboard landed in Paris, while another 100 people flew into Eindhoven in the southern Netherlands from the Guadeloupe capital Pointe-a-Pitre.Both the French and Dutch governments have come under criticism over delays in their responses to the crisis and in particular over how they handled outbreaks of
  
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• Watch Us Play The NBA 2K18 Prelude Demo

  11-09-2017 19:47 via gamespot.com
  
  Turns out the NBA 2K18 Prelude demo is available to download so its time to ball out.
  
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• Mexico Reverses Hurricane Harvey Aid Offer to Texas

  11-09-2017 19:45 via yahoo.com
  After a series of natural disasters in Mexico, the country is reversing its offer of aid to Texas victims of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• 5 More Rick And Morty Funko Pops Coming This Fall, See Them Here

  11-09-2017 19:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Funko and Rick and Morty fans have something to look forward to this fall. There is another set of figures from the popular Pop line, expanding upon the previous lines released in recent years.Based on the hit late-night Cartoon Network series, five new figures to the Funko Pop line are coming out this fall, which you can check out above. This latest series of figures consists of Scary Terry, teenage Summer, Beth, Jerry, and Lawyer Morty. Prices for the upcoming line were not released, but more
  
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• Teenage Partygoer Found Dead in Hotel's Walk-In Freezer

  11-09-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  Kenneka Jenkins was pronounced dead at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont on Sunday.
  
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• Hunter S. Thompson's 9/11 Essay Is Still Chillingly Accurate 16 Years Later

  11-09-2017 19:18 via yahoo.com
  When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, no one knew exactly what the future would hold.
  
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• ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Asks If 9/11 Memorial Will Face Same Fate As Confederate Statues

  11-09-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  Leave it up to a Fox News Channel talk show host to ask a tone-deaf question.
  
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• Cool-Looking Mario And Zelda Nintendo Switch Controllers Up For Pre-Order

  11-09-2017 19:07 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo Switch owners on the search for a new controller for their console have two cool-looking new options to choose from. PowerA is releasing a pair of officially licensed wired Switch controllers this October.The two controllers sport designs inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the Super Mario series. Both feature a 10-foot removable USB cable, rubber grips, and six interchangeable analog caps. You can take a look at images of the controllers below. Each controller retai
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Comments On Reports About Taking Over Episode 9

  11-09-2017 19:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week it was announced that Star Wars Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow had left the movie, leading to much speculation about who would replace him. It was reported that Rian Johnson, who is currently finishing this December's The Last Jedi, could step in to take over the next part of the Star Wars saga. However, Johnson has now commented on this and revealed that he currently has no plans to make another movie in the blockbuster franchise.Johnson was asked about the rumors that he might t
  
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• BlizzCon 2017 Goody Bag Unboxing

  11-09-2017 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  This year, Blizzard is offering their Blizzcon Goody Bag via their online store so Jess & Dan took a look inside to help you decide if it's worth it!
  
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• Turkey says U.S. indictment of former minister amounts to "coup attempt"

  11-09-2017 18:55 via yahoo.com
  Turkey said on Monday its former economy minister, indicted in the United States for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran, acted within international law and that charges against him amounted to a coup attempt through American courts.Former minister Zafer Caglayan "has protected Turkey's interests as Turkish economy minister, and has acted within the laws of our country and international laws while doing that," government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said.
  
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• Miss Texas Did Not Hold Back About President Trump's Response to Charlottesville

  11-09-2017 18:54 via yahoo.com
  While Miss North Dakota took the Miss America crown, Miss Texas also made a political statement about white supremacy and terrorism.
  
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• Hurricane Irma Looters Caught By News Camera On Alleged Spree

  11-09-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  These suspected Hurricane Irma looters could be gone with the wind ― behind bars.
  
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