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• Tomb Raider Movie's First Trailer Looks Like The Games

  19-09-2017 23:44 via gamespot.com
  
  As promised, the full trailer for Tomb Raider is here. Alicia Vikander stars as Lara Croft, and the movie certainly looks like it will live up to director Roar Uthaug's earlier suggestion that the 2013 reboot game would be a big influence, with some moments taken directly from the game. The trailer was originally published on Instagram by co-star Daniel Wu, but it has since been removed, though you can still watch it above.The film also stars Dominic West (The Wire) as Lara's father, Walton Gogg
  
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• What Augmented Reality Gaming Is Like On The New iPhone Platform

  19-09-2017 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  With iOS 11, Apple brings AR gaming to its platform with ARKit. We got our hands on The Machines and Zombie Gunship Revenant early to see what mobile AR is about.
  
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• Preacher: Herr Starr's Most Shocking Moments

  19-09-2017 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the best parts of Preacher's second season was the introduction of the iconic villain Herr Starr. Ryan Peterson shares the Grail leader's most shocking moments of the year.
  
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• New riots over police shooting raise the question: What is it about St. Louis?

  19-09-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  In St. Louis, protests over the acquittal of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist have degenerated into violent clashes with police. Problems between police and the black community exist well beyond St. Louis and nearby Ferguson. But this week’s clashes suggest that racial problems run deep here.
  
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• Kingsman: The Golden Circle Review

  19-09-2017 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Kingsman: The Secret Service was a ridiculously violent, completely over-the-top, charmingly stylish, CG-heavy action-spy romp with a surprising helping of heart and one very bad joke. Its sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, triples down on all of the above--including its cringeworthy comic sensibilities. The movie lunges, slides, and leaps frenetically from mood to mood, mashing up emotional reunions, goofy but impressive fight scenes, spicy one-liners of wildly varying wit, clumsy political c
  
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• More Xbox One X Pre-Orders Coming To GameStop This Week

  19-09-2017 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  Those eager to get their hands on Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One X as soon as possible will have another opportunity to pre-order the system very soon. GameStop has announced the details of an upcoming wave of pre-orders.Like other retailers, GameStop quickly sold out of its allotment of Xbox One X Scorpio Editions, which are available by pre-order only. You've missed your opportunity to secure one of those (at least without resorting to the secondhand market), but pre-orders for the standard edi
  
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• Photos Show Destruction And Scramble For Survivors After Deadly Mexico Earthquake

  19-09-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the central Mexican state of Puebla on Tuesday afternoon, less than two weeks after another powerful quake in the country killed at least 217 people.
  
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• Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite Glossary Of Terms For Newbies

  19-09-2017 22:40 via gamespot.com
  
  You could write a book on all the FGC (fighting game community) slang that is thrown around in tournaments and on the internet. The Marvel vs. Capcom series even has some of its own slang. It's not easy to keep up with it all, but this handy guide will help learn and understand some of the terms that you may see in our guides or elsewhere online.Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more of our thoughts on the game, check out our MvC: Infinite review in
  
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• Buildings sway, collapse as powerful earthquake hits Mexico City

  19-09-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City. Stunning videos posted on Twitter showed buildings swaying and in some cases collapsing, as people poured into the streets.
  
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• Watch Tomb Raider Reboot Movie's First Trailer

  19-09-2017 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  As promised, the full trailer for Tomb Raider is here. Alicia Vikander stars as Lara Croft, and the movie certainly looks like it will live up to director Roar Uthaug's earlier suggestion that the 2013 reboot game would be a big influence, with some moments taken directly from the game. Check the trailer out below: Yesterday was the tease now today you get the meat and potatoes. Check out the trailer for #TombRaider! Releasing March 2018!A post shared by Daniel Wu 吴 彦 祖 (@th
  
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• Huge Overwatch Update Now Live With New Map And Mercy, D.Va Revamps

  19-09-2017 22:13 via gamespot.com
  
  As a new piece of content, the headlining feature of today's Overwatch update may be the Junkertown map, but more meaningful are the balance changes the patch makes. Among other things, these include the overhauls for both D.Va and Mercy, both of whom now play much differently.The changes to those two characters don't come out of nowhere; they were first announced in August and have been live on the Public Test Realm for the last few weeks. But they are significant: D.Va gains a new ability call
  
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• Apple Overhauls iOS With AR Gaming And App Store Revision

  19-09-2017 22:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Today, Apple released iOS 11 to the public, and it includes new features for gaming on the platform. These additions are two-fold; the App Store sports a redesign that dedicates more space to games, and augmented reality (AR) games built with ARKit are now part of the ecosystem.App Store emphasizes gamingFirst off, games now have a dedicated tab in the App Store (aptly labelled as "Games") which contains recommendations, new releases, top-selling titles, and video content. This allows the platfo
  
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• Destiny 2 Review Roundup

  19-09-2017 21:54 via gamespot.com
  
  It's been two weeks now since Destiny 2 released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. We offered our preliminary thoughts on Bungie's new shooter in our Destiny 2 review-in-progress, and since then we've been sharing our impressions of the game as more of its features became available in our Destiny 2 review diary. Now that we've had more time with it, we've posted our final verdict on the game in our full Destiny 2 review, with critic Kallie Plagge calling it "a significant improvement over the orig
  
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• 'Shocking' disregard for safety in U.S. meningitis case -prosecutor

  19-09-2017 21:53 via yahoo.com
  By Nate RaymondBOSTON (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor on Tuesday accused a Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder for his role in a deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak of showing a "shocking" disregard for patients' lives, while his lawyer argued the man was no killer.Glenn Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at New England Compounding Center, oversaw the production in filthy conditions of tainted steroids, Assistant U.S. Attorney George Varghese said at the start of the man's trial in
  
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• Grab Free Copy Of A Classic PC Platformer For A Limited Time

  19-09-2017 21:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Whether you played the classic PlayStation game or just want to try out a piece of puzzle-platformer history, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for PC is free today on GOG, Steam, and Humble Bundle. The game was the first in the Oddworld series, and introduced the character of Abe. It came out 20 years ago today.GOG had hinted something big was coming today. Yesterday, it said anyone visiting the site would received something "absolutely, definitely, positively special." Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee will be av
  
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• Emilia Clarke's New Hair Is Giving Us 'Game Of Thrones' Anxiety

  19-09-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  After seven seasons, Emilia Clarke has finally gone full Mother of Dragons.Up until now, Clarke, a brunette, has donned a wig to play the part of Khaleesi, but those days are apparently gone.In honor of Season 8, Clarke posted a photo to her Instagram page after she went platinum, Khaleesi blonde, writing: “AAAAHHHHHHH SHHHHIIIII****** I done did it.
  
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• Ex-tennis star Blake testifies about his mistaken arrest

  19-09-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former pro tennis star James Blake testified on Tuesday that a plainclothes police officer wearing a T-shirt and jeans didn't identify himself before throwing him to the ground and handcuffing him in a mistaken arrest in 2015 outside a Manhattan hotel.
  
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• Donald Trump’s Big Speech: America First Makes Its Debut at the UN

  19-09-2017 21:37 via yahoo.com
  Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump reiterated that he will place the interests of the United States first in any international dealings.Trump said during his speech that he would follow a policy of “principled realism” to guide his strategy.“The United States will forever be a great friend to the world, and especially to its allies,” Trump told the U.N. General Assembly on September 19.
  
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• Overwatch Update Adds Junkertown Map On PC, PS4, And Xbox One; Full Patch Notes Released

  19-09-2017 21:36 via gamespot.com
  
  A major update for Overwatch is now available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It introduces a new map to the game and implements the substantial character balance changes that have been in testing in recent weeks.The new map is Junkertown, which has been available on the Public Test Realm since August. It's an Escort map set in Australia, and it was first introduced with a cinematic short featuring Junkrat and Roadhog. It was also the source for some consternation among Australians, as it fe
  
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• After Irma, special oxygen masks helped Florida pets breathe easier

  19-09-2017 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Soon after millions of Floridians lost power in the wake of Hurricane Irma last week, firefighters in the city of Titusville responded to an emergency call at a home where a gasoline-powered generator had been running in an attached garage.Like thousands of other fire departments and rescue squads across the country, Titusville first-responders carry special masks as standard equipment to deliver oxygen to dogs, cats and other pets in the city, about 40 miles east of Orlando."A pet mask would be
  
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• Grandfather hands stranger's toddler $20 bill in Target for most tragic reason

  19-09-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  A mother shopping with her young son in Target was caught off guard when an elderly man gave the toddler a $20 bill -- but when he explained himself, she was reduced to tears.
  
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• The Latest: Georgia Tech officer who shot student fairly new

  19-09-2017 21:27 via yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a Georgia Tech student by campus police and ensuing violence (all times local):
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel: Bill Cassidy Lied Right to My Face About Healthcare

  19-09-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Bill Cassidy vowed to support a health care bill that passed the "Jimmy Kimmel test," but his new Graham-Cassidy plan to repeal and replace Obamacare does anything but… and Kimmel has something to say about it.
  
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• Trump's UN Speech Photos Are Like A Bottomless Pot Of Gold

  19-09-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  On Tuesday, President Trump spoke to the United Nations general assembly for the first time while in office.
  
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• GS News Update: Final Fantasy 9 Announced For PS4, Launching Today

  19-09-2017 21:20 via gamespot.com
  
  One of the best Final Fantasy games is headed to PS4 in Japan.
  
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• Amb. Sherman on Trump UN speech: 'Dangerous' Where U.S. is Headed

  19-09-2017 21:14 via yahoo.com
  Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Amb. Wendy Sherman, who worked on the Iran Deal and was a special advisor for President Clinton on North Korea, to get her take on Trump's speech.
  
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• Lawrence: Why Trump's UN Speech Worst, Most Dangerous in History

  19-09-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump says the U.S. could "totally destroy" North Korea. Lawrence O'Donnell revisits a speech by Amb. Adlai Stevenson in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and argues Trump's speech is the worst ever delivered.
  
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• Ryan Phillippe accused of brutally beating ex-girlfriend while 'drunk and high'

  19-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  Ryan Phillippe is facing serious domestic abuse and drug allegations from his ex-girlfriend, who is going after the actor in a bombshell new lawsuit.
  
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• Could North Korea Attack America with an EMP Weapon?

  19-09-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  North Korea’s launch of a Hwasong-12 IRBM over Japan on 28 August, a second launch on 15 September (once again overflying Japan), and its test of what is either a boosted fission weapon or an early generation thermonuclear weapon on 3 September have accelerated the rush towards a major military crisis on the Korean peninsula.One aspect of North Korea’s nuclear developments that warrants closer attention is its ability to use nuclear weapons to generate electromagnetic pulse (EMP) att
  
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• 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico City

  19-09-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital of Mexico City and sending people fleeing into the street.The quake hit only hours after many people participated in earthquake drills around the nation on the anniversary of the devastating quake that killed thousands in Mexico City in 1985.The 7.1 quake hit 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Atencingo in the central state of Puebla at a depth of 32 miles (51 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
  
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• Latino Democrats Arrested Protesting Trump On Immigration

  19-09-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  Four Latino Democratic politicians were arrested outside Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday while protesting the president’s actions on immigration and calling for legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
  
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• Woman breaks records with her 18-foot-long fingernails

  19-09-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  It may have taken her 20 years, but Ayanna Williams finally did it: She broke the record for the longest fingernails in the world.The Texas native is making headlines for her wild talons, which measure out to be a combined total of 18 feet and 10.9 inches, to be exact.Williams is set to be featured in Guinness World Record's 2018 book.
  
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• Check Out These 10 Phoenix Variant Covers Coming To Marvel Comics

  19-09-2017 20:38 via gamespot.com
  
  After being dead for more than a decade, Jean Grey is returning to comics this December. The five-issue miniseries Phoenix Resurrection, by writer Matthew Rosenberg and artist Leinil Yu, brings this iconic character back into the X-Men fold, just 11 months before X-Men: Dark Phoenix releases in theaters.To celebrate her return, Marvel will be releasing 21 variant covers for its other comic series featuring the title characters under the power of the Phoenix Force. The publisher revealed 10 of t
  
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• Donald Trump's First UN Address Gets Mixed Reviews From Political Leaders

  19-09-2017 20:36 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday prompted a mix of praise and condemnation from U.S. politicians and world leaders.
  
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• 2 Best Marinades for Pork

  19-09-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  Spice up pork chop night with these two exciting marinades: Vietnamese style and Spanish style.
  
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• First WWE 2K18 Gameplay Footage Showcased In New Trailer

  19-09-2017 20:26 via gamespot.com
  
  2K Sports is continuing its steady stream of WWE 2K18 reveals. Today, the publisher released a new trailer for the game, showcasing the first footage of this year's wrestling title in action.While the video doesn't divulge any new details about WWE 2K18, it does provide an extended look at some of the WWE Superstars and Legends from the full WWE 2K18 roster, including AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, and the Undertaker. The trailer shows them and many other wrestlers performing their signature entrances
  
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• [UPDATED] Chipotle Got Rid Of One Major Menu Item

  19-09-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  Say it ain't chorizo.
  
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• When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims

  19-09-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Editor’s note: We’re republishing this story, which first ran in August 2014, in light of a New York Post headline earlier this week that described a white murder suspect as a “clean-cut American kid.”
  
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• When The Media Treat White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims

  19-09-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  Editor’s note: We’re republishing this story, which first ran in August 2014, in light of a New York Post headline earlier this week that described a white murder suspect as a “clean-cut American kid.”
  
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• Millions Threatened by Hurricane Maria

  19-09-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  Bill Karins, NBC News meteorologist, talks with Rachel Maddow about the intense strength of Hurricane Maria and the threat it poses to millions of people in Puerto Rico and its neighboring islands.
  
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• French police evacuate 557 migrants from makeshift camp

  19-09-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  PARIS (AP) — French police encircled a makeshift migrant camp in a wooded area near Dunkirk on Tuesday, evacuating 557 people, the prefecture of the Nord region said.
  
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• France's Macron at UN defends Iran, climate deals

  19-09-2017 20:11 via yahoo.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron stood firm Tuesday that landmark agreements on Iran and climate change would not change as he gently nudged Donald Trump to return to the fold.Macron, like Trump appearing for the first time at the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders, met his US counterpart on Monday for their latest meeting -- which appeared to be friendly but did not bridge differences.
  
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• Fantastic Destiny 2 Deal Gets You The Game, Xbox One Controller, And More For $70

  19-09-2017 20:09 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're considering picking up Destiny 2 for Xbox One, there's an excellent deal you can take advantage of right now. For not much more than the cost of the game itself, you can land yourself a pair of nice bonuses.Over on Ebay (via Wario64), highly rated seller antonline is offering a $70 bundle that consists of three items: a physical copy of Destiny 2, a white Xbox One controller, and a Play & Charge kit. These are all new and in the box. The controller and charge kit (which includes a
  
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• Trump Paying Legal Bills With RNC Donor Money

  19-09-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares new reports that Donald Trump is using money donated to the Republican National Committee to pay for lawyers for himself, family and staffers in the Trump Russia investigation.
  
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• Wikipedia used to give AI context clues

  19-09-2017 20:04
  A team of computer scientists is teaching artificial intelligence agents how to interact with the world in a way that makes sense.
  
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• McCain urges end to 100-hour work weeks in Navy after collisions

  19-09-2017 20:04 via yahoo.com
  U.S. Senator John McCain called on Tuesday for an immediate stop to U.S. sailors working over 100 hours a week as top Navy leaders struggled to explain a series of fatal naval collisions in the past few months.Earlier this month, the Government Accountability Office government watchdog said that a reduction in crew sizes was contributing to safety risks, with some sailors working over 100 hours a week."I think I know what 100 hours a week does to people over time and that has been standard proce
  
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• Royal Enfield Sets Up Shop In Harley-Davidson's Hometown

  19-09-2017 20:03 via yahoo.com
  Royal Enfield Sets Up Shop In Harley-Davidson's Hometown Last year, Royal Enfield Motorcycles hunkered down in Milwaukee with its first North American flagship dealership, and for the time being Harley isn’t losing any sleep over it. At least not yet, since
  
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• Czech zoo burns horns it sawed off rhinos after French attack

  19-09-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  A Czech zoo on Tuesday burnt 33 kilos (72 pounds) of rare rhino horns, including some it sawed off its own animals in the wake of a brutal attack on a French zoo.Poachers broke into the Thoiry zoo near Paris in March and killed a critically endangered white rhino, hacking off its horns and putting zoos across the world on high alert.The brazen attack prompted a zoo in the central Czech Republic city of Dvur Kralove nad Labem to remove and burn the horns from its herd.
  
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• Building 'Breaks' Into Your Diet Could Help You Lose More Weight

  19-09-2017 20:02 via yahoo.com
  Building frequent “breaks” into your diet could help you lose more weight and keep it off for longer than attempting to cut calories, uninterrupted, for months on end, according to new weight-loss research from the University of Tasmania in Australia.
  
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• Mattis: No need yet to shoot down NKorean missiles

  19-09-2017 19:49 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. has seen no need to shoot down North Korean missiles test-fired in Japan's direction, but a future missile launch that threatens U.S. or Japanese territory will "elicit a different response from us," Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday.
  
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